bad books for xmas

[housenuts]

so here's the scoop - your family knows you have a new found love for poker. they think a really nice gift would be a poker book. so they go out and get you Poker for Dummies, Winning Methods of Bluffing & Betting in Poker by Lynne Taetzsch, and Winning Poker For The Serious Player by Edwin Silberstang. how do you react to such thoughtful gifts?

[benfranklin]

Thank them very nicely, tell them you already have a copy (try not to gag at this point), and ask where they bought it and if they kept the receipt so you can exchange it for something you don't have.

[Stew]

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Thank them very nicely, tell them you already have a copy (try not to gag at this point), and ask where they bought it and if they kept the receipt so you can exchange it for something you don't have.

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Or ask them if they want to read it and join you in your next home game.

[morgan180]

A thank you + a hug/handshake and a quick question as to where they got it. Then a discreet return for a gift card or 2+2 pub...and it's not even close.

[gusly]

Hmmm... Poker for Dummies might work as a decoy if you take it to a B&M game and consult it on every other hand. Your skill and cunning could be seen as dumb luck when you rake in those pots. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[stonecold]

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Hmmm... Poker for Dummies might work as a decoy if you take it to a B&M game and consult it on every other hand. Your skill and cunning could be seen as dumb luck when you rake in those pots. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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I totally agree [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Rudbaeck]

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Hmmm... Poker for Dummies might work as a decoy if you take it to a B&M game and consult it on every other hand. Your skill and cunning could be seen as dumb luck when you rake in those pots. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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I was planning on using Helmuth's book for that!

[deacsoft]

Just tell them that you've read reviews for the books and was informed that there are better books out there, ask for the receipt, and return/exchange them. Nothing wrong with being honest here.

[sicvic]

Barnes and Noble and Borders will give you store credit without a receipt...just say you got the books there.

[MattC]

It's +EV just to be straight out with it, so it doesnt happen again on your birthday or something. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]