Books

Preserved reference

Do you want the best information about becoming a winning video poker player? Would you like to earn complimentary food and lodging while playing at a modest advantage? Here's the best place to start.

• Jacks-or-Better
• Deuces Wild
• Bonus Deuces
• Joker Wild (Kings-or-Better)

There's no need to memorize long tables for these games; just follow a few simple rules, and you will be playing better than many "experts." Quizzes for three of the games help you to hone your skills.

The book also covers:

• Double Bonus Poker strategy
• A variety of progressives and unusual games
• The value of comps and slot clubs
• Bankroll requirements
• Risk of ruin using the famous jazbo/Sorokin formula
• The meaning of "expected value"
• How to select games that offer high payback potential
• Security in a casino
• ... and much, much more.

No player should be without this book. Makes a great gift for anyone who likes video poker or for moving a slot addict to these higher payback games (we will drop-ship at the same price).

The cover price is $19.95 plus $5.00 shipping and handling, but you save $$4.95 by ordering it here for only $20.00 with free S&H (US only).

Also available at your favorite bookstore. Ask for ISBN 1-886070-20-2.

All The Best of Video Poker Times

This new second edition 120-page 8.5x11 book contains all of the best articles from issues 1.1 through 13.3 of Video Poker Times, the only hard copy newsletter devoted to winning at video poker that lasted more than a year or so, plus a few of Dan's articles that were originally published elsewhere. It would cost over $200.00 to get all of this information in the individual back issues.

Playing strategies are included for:

• Royal Court
• Joker Wild, Two Pair (up to 102%)
• All American Poker (refined strategy)
• Bally Double Pay Deuces Wild
• Must Hold Three
• Loose Deuces (up to 101.6%)
• Loose Deuces with 5-way progressive (101.4%)
• Double Bonus Poker (100.15%)
• Strategy adjustments for 5-way progressives
• Double Bonus Bingo Poker
• Flush Attack (individual, up to 101.85%)
• Double Double Jackpot (up to 101.4%)
• Deuces Deluxe (100.2%)
• 9/7 Jacks-or-Better (100.78%+)
• Las Vegas Double Joker Wild (100.6%)
• Atlantic City Double Joker Wild (99.9%)
• Double Pay Deuces Wild (100.9%)
• Double Double Bonus (98.8%)
• Money Fever (100.4%)
• Pick Five Poker at 102%+
• Five-Deck Frenzy, Five-Deck Poker

Some of these games may no longer exist, but they may show up under different names. When they do, you will be prepared.

In addition, there are surveys for Mississippi, Atlantic City and Pahrump. Although these surveys are obviously outdated, they give an idea of what to expect in those areas. There is a series of articles on tournaments, risk of ruin computer simulations for Double Bonus Poker and Jacks or Better, and the jazbo/Sorokin risk of ruin formula. Also the definitions and an easy method to calculate the Variance and Attractiveness Index, a review of video poker computer software, a risk of ruin computer simulation for Deuces Wild, a discussion of 1-coin vs. 5-coin play, the cost of errors, serial vs. parallel dealing, and much more.

The cover price is $29.95 plus $5.00 shipping and handling, but order direct from me and I will include all of the later issues of the newsletter (13.4 through 14.6) and send it all for only $25.00 postpaid (US only), saving you $57.45 over the total single copy prices.

Video Poker Anomalies and Anecdotes

Do you like to read about weird plays, strange types of players, anomalies reportedly seen in the games, and other unusual things related to video poker? Then you'll love this little 40-page booklet.

This book is not about winning play. Instead, it is a collection of the best stories I have heard about video poker. Read about various purported anomalies, broken machines, frustrations, happy errors, the strange attitude of some "experts" and much more.

The cover price is $5.95 plus $2.00 shipping and handling, but you save $2.95 by ordering it here for only $5.00 postpaid (US only).

American Casino Guide 2007
by Steve Bourie

This book is updated every year. The current 2007 edition is 496 pages. The first 140 pages are general gambling information, including basic strategies for some games. The next 220 pages give detailed surveys of casinos all over the U.S. Finally, there are over 180 coupons for discounts and free play at many of those casinos. Find out more about your local casinos. Especially valuable for someone who travels a lot and likes to visit casinos along the way.

It's a bargain at the cover price of $16.95 plus $6.00 S&H, but you can order it here for only $19.00 postpaid (priority mail) or $17.00 (third class mail). It will be drop-shipped by the publisher.

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BTW, Dan is also the principal author of The Professional Poker Dealer's Handbook, the only book available for someone who wants to become a casino dealer for live poker games. Order it from ConJelCo or Amazon.