Barry Greenstein's book

[Jordan Olsommer]

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I'm really looking forward to this book, but that cover is horrible.

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I think the cover is very good. Very "stylish". Matter of personal preference, I believe. Who created that cover anyway?

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Indeed, it is a matter of taste, although I've found that the covers of poker players' books are very similar to poker players' fashion sense: way overstated and gaudy ("ok so we've got cards on the cover, we've got chips on the cover, the title and author info, anything else?" "hmm.....how about a gun?")

Although there are some poker books with good cover designs ("Poker Wisdom of a Champion" [and the similar Bobby Baldwin book], and yes, even "Play Poker Like the Pros" [although the cover is probably all that book has going for it])

It just doesn't seem to me to be just a coincidence that the literary books on poker seem to have very well-designed and aesthetically pleasing covers ("positively fifth street", "the biggest game in town", "the making of a poker player", hell even moneymaker's book's cover isn't bad), while most strategy books have covers that look like they were designed in MS Paint.

[Dale]

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I'm really looking forward to this book, but that cover is horrible.

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I think the cover is very good. Very "stylish". Matter of personal preference, I believe. Who created that cover anyway?

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If I were designing the cover, I'd get Robert Crumb to draw Barry, Chau, Chip, Doyle, and Phil sitting at a poker table with Andy, Flynt, and Buss.

(Someone ought to be beating down Crumb's door getting him to do a Legends of Poker deck, but that's another topic.)

[Jordan Olsommer]

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If I were designing the cover, I'd get Robert Crumb to draw Barry, Chau, Chip, Doyle, and Phil sitting at a poker table with Andy, Flynt, and Buss.

(Someone ought to be beating down Crumb's door getting him to do a Legends of Poker deck, but that's another topic.)

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if he agrees to draw Chau doing his "I love poker" nipple-rubbing, I'd chip in for Crumb's commission.

[RandomFluke]

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Amazon told me they will have the book searchable by normal means later in the week.

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No offence sir, but you look like you are one with the Dark Side of the force from the cover pic... ACK... I'm choking... stop Barry!