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USA TODAY on Poker Books
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Re: USA TODAY on Poker Books
is this writer retarded?
[ QUOTE ] Despite the game's popularity, few poker books by mainstream publishers have done well. Only one — Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions by Ben Mezrich (2002) — has been in the top 50 of USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list in the past 10 years. [/ QUOTE ] Does he not realize that there is a difference between poker and blackjack?? (for those who don't know....the 'team of whiz-kids' were card-counters at BJ....they never played poker at all). the article continues: [ QUOTE ] He attributes part of his first book's success to the Robin Hood syndrome. “People see the casinos as these evil institutions, because everyone has lost in a casino, and they see it as the odds being stacked against you. The idea that a bunch of kids could go out there just using their brains and win turns a lot of people on.” [/ QUOTE ] well great. that's all very interesting. except that it still isn't a book about poker...and when a poker-player wins money he is not taking it from the casino. did it not occur to them to contact some of the biggest poker writers/publishers in the business for an article about the popularity of poker books? James McManus did a similar write-up for the NY Times a few weeks ago about the popularity boom of poker-books. The only difference was that his article actually made sense and didn't focus on some silly blackjack MIT-team story but instead focused on most of the 'how to be a better poker-player' books which are obviously the thrust of the popularity boom. |
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It was a stupid article.
Should not have bothered posting it. |
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well..it's not your fault the article was terrible.
i think you were fine with posting it. I had already read it and was going to post similar. I think it's appalling that USAToday would write something THIS incorrect. |
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USA Today Boycott!!!!!!one111!!
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I guess it appeals to the curiosity of those who don't actually play poker or read about it. It is a General Audience piece and not intended for those who actually know a thing or two about poker literature.
Can you imagine the reaction of the employees at Gamblers Book Shop (in Vegas) after reading this junk? They are probably still shaking their heads. |
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I guess it appeals to the curiosity of those who don't actually play poker or read about it. It is a General Audience piece and not intended for those who actually know a thing or two about poker literature. [/ QUOTE ] yes. it's a general audience piece. but the writer still f'ed it up: Despite the game's popularity, few POKER books by mainstream publishers have done well. Only one — Bringing Down the House - has been in the top 50 of USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list in the past 10 years. as I stated before....Bringing Down the House is NOT a poker-book. It is a REALLY terrible mistake by this writer to say that this is the only POKER book to make the USA Today's best-sellers. And after he establishes this as a POKER book he goes on to quote this particular author. The headline of the article is about the popularity of POKER-books...yet this writer doesn't seem to understand that he is essentially interviewing a NON-POKER author about a NON-POKER book. This is a truly moronic piece. |
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Can you imagine the reaction of the employees at Gamblers Book Shop (in Vegas) after reading this junk? They are probably still shaking their heads. [/ QUOTE ] In fairness, this has been my reaction to every USA Today article I have ever read. |
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Re: USA TODAY on Poker Books
When there are sooooo many people honestly looking to get into poker, giving them accurate information would be so simple: recommend them Getting Started in Hold 'em, The Theory of Poker, and Small Stakes Hold 'em. Those three books, if studied, can turn anyone with no idea about poker into a player ready to start hitting the $3-$6 game at their local casino....
In fact, this is something I was thinking about writing about for a future article for 2+2, as there is a husband and wife that we hang out with that know NOTHING about poker outside of what they see on TV and they have never played a hand anywhere. Off to the Barroncave! Barron Vangor Toth BarronVangorToth.com |
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Why do you want to give beginners accurate information? I'm glad the article named a bunch of irrelevent and crappy books.
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