Bk Rvw: The Complete Book of H 'em by Gary Carson

Many of us know that Gary repeatedly attacked other writers. He trashed my book, "The Psychology of Poker," (Two Plus Two, 2000)at least ten times.


But his attacks did not stop him from plagiarizing it. If you read his discussion of categories of players on page 197 or so, you will see it was copied from pages 73-78 of my book. The dimensions and terms describing each extreme type are identical. He even used the term "Stone Killer" in exactly the way I had used it, and I believe that term does not appear in any other poker book.


I don't know whether to be flattered or offended. In my world plagiarism is taken very seriously. Legitimate writers don't steal other people's work. If he wanted to use my material, he should have asked permission. At the very least he should have stated that he was copying from me.