Download or read book Dirty Poker written by Richard Marcus and published by D&B Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you: Ever wonder if you have been cheated at poker? Have any idea how much it goes on? Know about collusion, sleight-of-hand, marked cards and chip dumping? Cheating in poker is more common than people care to believe. Although most cheating occurs in private games that do not follow strict gaming procedures, it is also common in regulated card rooms, casinos and even online. There are many ways to cheat, some subtle, some not so subtle. Richard Marcus knows about them all. Ten years ago poker was a minority interest. The advent of online play has changed all that - poker is now big business. Millions of players play every day, both live and online. If you are one of them you will want to ensure that the games you play in are clean. This book will tell you how cheaters operate, what methods they use and how to spot them. Table of Contents: Introduction: Why this book? Chapter One: Poker cheating: It s been going on for ages and not about to stop. Chapter Two: The underworld of legal casino poker. Chapter Three: It happens here, there, everywhere. Chapter Four: Underneath the tournament tables. Chapter Five: The Underworld Series of Poker. The granddaddy of crooked tournament play. Chapter Six: Crooked Fingers in World Series Ring Games. Chapter Seven: Online-Oncrime. Chapter Eight: For those of you who play at home. Beware of best friends who are your poker night enemies. Chapter Nine: The top ten poker scams of all time. Chapter Ten: Where will it go from here. "
Download or read book 52 Ways to Cheat at Poker written by Allan Kronzek and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-03-25 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoroughly illustrated and researched, and enlivened with historical sidebars, 52 Ways to Cheat at Poker is essential reading for anyone who plays cards for money—or anyone interested in the ingenious ways cheats steal your money while appearing to do nothing at all. It’s no news that cheating pervades American culture. Americans cheat on taxes, tests, sports and spouses. But the largest arena for cheating may be at the poker table! With an estimated 60-80 million Americans playing poker every week—for the highest stakes ever—you can be sure that not everyone is playing by the rules! In this fascinating look at the card sharper’s art—from its origins in Renaissance Italy to the high-tech methods of today—deception expert Allan Kronzek reveals 52 of the most diabolical scams ever invented. Topics include codes and signaling systems, hidden cameras and miniature ear pieces, false shuffles, cuts and deals, peeking and flashing, deck and card switches, culling, instant stacks, marked cards, location play, the cooler, and dozens of other devious devices. Each chapter zeroes in on a single cheating concept and provides expert advice on how to spot and foil the scam (when possible!). You’ll learn the secrets of shade, flash, and juice—the subtlest marking systems; why cutting the cards doesn’t guarantee an honest deal, how a crooked dealer can stack the flop in hold ’em, why casino card rooms are not 100% safe, and how cheating crews crush the opposition without marked cards or sleight of hand.
Download or read book Practice of Speech and Successful Selections written by Byron Wesley King and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book LOCKED IN written by Thirteen O'Clock Press and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-06-09 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Locked In - locked in where? Cell, house, relationship, physical locks, mental locks, the field for this theme was wide open and the Thirteen authors who responded took advantage of that. Their stories range far and wide, from demons to humans and everywhere else. Avoid this if you're claustrophobic, being shut in anywhere can be bad, being locked in is worse... on the other hand, it's a good read... none of it is real, is it... enjoy!
Download or read book Cheaters Always Win written by J. M. Fenster and published by Twelve. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A social history of cheating and how American history -- through real estate, sports, finance, academics, and of course politics -- has had its unfair share of rigged results and widened the margins on its gray areas. Drawing from the intriguing (and sometimes unbelievable) true stories of the lives of everyday Americans, historian Julie M. Fenster traces the history of the weakening of our national ethics through the practice of cheating. From marital infidelity to financial fraud; rigged sports competitions to corruption in politics and the American education system; nuclear weaponry to beauty pageants; hospitals, TV gameshows, and charities; nothing and no one is exempt. And far from being ostracized, cheaters in every sphere continue to survive and even thrive, casting their influence over the rest of our society. And nowhere is this more obvious than in the recent tectonic shift in politics, where a revolution in our collective attitude toward fraudsters has ushered in a new kind of leadership. Part history of an all-American tradition, part dissection of an ongoing national crisis, Cheaters Always Win is irresistible reading -- a smart, sardonic, and scintillating look into the practice that made America what it is today.
Download or read book Porcupine s Works written by William Cobbett and published by . This book was released on 1801 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book X written by Stephen Berg and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In X=, Stephen Berg winds through the wreck of longing and loss, navigating the strains of curious beauty with flashes of electrifying clarity. Stripping bare the burdens of gnawing, unknowing fear, Berg has found his way into a voice of great energy and spontaneity, into a form of overwhelming urgency and detail.
Download or read book Getting It written by Rhonda Nelson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zora Anderson, the confident, hard-as-nails founder of Chicks in Charge, has a secret that could ruin her—her boyfriend refuses to sleep with her! At first she thought it was kind of sweet…but that got old fast. Desperate for a little action, Zora decides to spice up an upcoming conference and sets a seductive trap, one her boyfriend won't be able to refuse. Only, it's not her boyfriend's bed she ends up in…. Tate Hatcher, author of What Women Really Want, can't believe it when a strange woman surprises him in the shower and starts to berate him for not seeing to her sexual needs. Especially when he realizes who she is— Zora Anderson, the bane of his existence. Tate is torn. It would be so easy to "out" her, ruining her reputation for good. But the more he's around her, the more Tate's inclined to give the sassy woman a taste of what she's been missing….
Download or read book The Dirty Work of Poker written by Marcus Vines and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dirty Work of Poker: Impression Management and IdentityPoker has penetrated mainstream popular culture in recent years with the emergence of internet poker sites and television coverage of poker's largest events. However, images of seedy, back alley poker games and riverboat gamblers persist when someone identifies themselves as a poker player. How do poker players deal with the preconceived notions about who they are and what they do? What are they willing (or have) to do to maintain this identity? How does being a poker player affect their family life and their personal relationships? There has been little literature that has examined this world. In this thesis, I draw on the literature on identity, stigma and "dirty work" to examine how poker players negotiate an identity on poker playing and how that identity is maintained and managed both within and outside of the poker community. Twelve in-depth interviews were conducted in order to see how poker players managed their identities within the poker community and how they managed their stigmatized identities outside of the poker room. Five themes emerged through analysis of the data: poker is work, gender matters when poker players talk about their impression management within the poker community, poker players view themselves as "better" than other types of gamblers, players were concealers before they became converters, and they have poker friends and "real world" friends. Future research projects should use participant observation in order to see impression management strategies used within the poker room.
Download or read book Liar s Poker written by Michael Lewis and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author recounts his experiences on the lucrative Wall Street bond market of the 1980s, where young traders made millions in a very short time, in a humorous account of greed and epic folly.
Download or read book Everything for You written by Chloe Liese and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enemies become lovers in this sizzling sports romance about taking a chance on love when life’s taught you it’s a losing game. Oliver Bergman is a beloved rising soccer star, all sunshine smiles and the heart of their team’s spirit. To make matters worse, he’s obscenely attractive. In short: he’s genetically designed to get under misanthropic, miserable Gavin’s aggravated skin. Ten years older than Oliver and a legendary player at the end of his career, Gavin Hayes is the team’s demanding captain. He’s also a giant–albeit gorgeous–grump who lives to rain on Oliver’s parade. Especially when Oliver and Gavin are named co-captains of the team. Sick of their hostility, Coach gives them an ultimatum: put an end to their enmity or say goodbye to being captains. Forced to finally to lower their guards, Gavin and Oliver realize that they also have chemistry off the field and it’s fueled by something much more powerful than competition—an explosive attraction.
Download or read book COLONEL DADDY written by Maureen Child and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: COLONEL DAD…AND MAJOR MOM? Impossible! Could it be that Major Kate Jennings was going to be Major Mom? And the devastatingly handsome marine she'd had a long-distance relationship with was going to be a daddy—Colonel Daddy that is! Suddenly things were very complicated. Especially now that Colonel Tom Candello was her newly assigned boss…. Kate was sure the confirmed bachelor would offer her a marriage of convenience—after all, that was the honorable thing to do. Trouble was, how could Kate every agree to an in-name-only union when her heart had secretly ached for Tom all along? BACHELOR BATTALION: Defending their country is their duty; love and marriage is their reward!
Download or read book The Rancher s Wager written by Maisey Yates and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tempers flare as passion takes over in this new Gold Valley Vineyards novel from New York Times bestselling author Maisey Yates! This wealthy rancher has placed his bet… And it’s winner takes all! No one gets under Jackson Cooper’s skin like fellow ranch owner Cricket Maxfield. Now, facing off at a charity poker game, the stakes get personal. Jackson finds himself on the losing end… And paying up means being the ranch hand at Cricket’s beck and call. In close quarters, tempers flare—and the fire between them ignites into a passion that won’t be ignored… From Harlequin Desire: Luxury, scandal, desire—welcome to the lives of the American elite. Gold Valley Vineyards
Download or read book Reapers written by Duane L. Martin and published by Duane L. Martin. This book was released on 2023-05-18 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the reaper drones showed up at the party to kill Diedre so they could reclaim her energy and take it back to Purgatory, she and Logan had go on the run, hopping from dimension to dimension in an effort to try to stay one step ahead of them while the folks back home work on a way to rectify the situation without leaving all of the energy forms on Purgatory stranded there for all eternity. In their search for answers however, they make some incredible discoveries, not only about the dimension of Purgatory itself, but also about the root cause behind Diedre's psychotic behavior in her former life. Also, when Derek pays himself a visit from the future, he learns that their attempts at finding a solution to the Diedre situation appeared to have worked at first, but things ended really bad for them shortly thereafter. Now they have to think outside the box to come up with a new and unique way of solving the problem that they wouldn't have otherwise considered, because if they don't, then some people that they care very deeply about are going to end up dead, while others will have a falling out that will cause them to go their separate ways. Finally, while out on the run from the Reaper drones, Logan and Diedre's feelings for one another continue to grow, but can Logan resist temptation so that he doesn't end up hurting Darla and destroying their marriage? Derek isn't so sure, and every time that Logan returns and the others fail to catch him so they can swap out who's protecting Diedre, his anger continues to grow. When he starts taking that anger out on the family however, Jarrod is forced to give him a harsh reality check to bring him back to his senses. Reapers is book 19 of the Unseen Things series.
Download or read book The Poker Face of Wall Street written by Aaron Brown and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-07-27 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wall Street is where poker and modern finance?and the theory behind these "games"?clash head on. In both worlds, real risk means real money is made or lost in a heart beat, and neither camp is always rational with the risk it takes. As a result, business and financial professionals who want to use poker insights to improve their job performance will find this entertaining book a "must read." So will poker players searching for an edge in applying the insights of risk-takers on Wall Street.
Download or read book The Anointed written by John Ostrowick and published by John Ostrowick. This book was released on 2009-07-18 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not much is clear when we consider the history of first-century Israel. We know it was a nation in turmoil, with constantly shifting politics and ideas. Crippled by kings who were unable to keep their thrones, governors who were evicted from office soon after taking it, Israel was beset with brutal, violent outbursts and equally brutal suppressions. In such a climate it was inevitable that there'd be no shortage of populist leaders all pretending to know what was best for the people. But something happened, and whatever it was, it was to determine the history of the world for the next two thousand years. We all know the familiar story. But what if it didn't happen like that?
Download or read book Amarillo Slim s Play Poker to Win written by Amarillo Slim Preston and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new and completely revised edition, the first reigning World Series of Poker Champion gets down and dirty about how to win big. It's not just about cards. It's about the people who hold them, so you'll need to be a master of human nature. Who better to teach you than American folk hero and gambling legend Amarillo Slim? Get his first-hand secrets on everything from counting cards to judging opponents, the laws of probability, betting, bluffing, when to drop, and when to pick up your chips and head home.
