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Summary: Most useful for pro video poker wannabes
Review: Well written in a chronological diary style, this book describes the tedious life of the professional video poker player. Yeah, Dancer gradually works his bankroll into six figures and stays at the MGM Mansion, but his "job" is to play 15000 hands of VP per week and calculate the payback of a casino's latest coupon deal to the hundredth of a percent. If you want to be a pro gambler, read this book! Dancer pretends to be a wonderful, ethical guy, but he spends his days (nights) looking for VP machines programmed incorrectly to pay a high cashback rate. He's like the guy who checks pay-phone coin returns. Dancer is a smart guy, but he doesn't contribute as much to society as he wants you to believe. Still, this is a unique look at full-time casino action.
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Summary: Good Information; No Secrets
Review: While Mr. Dancer knows about all there is to know about video poker and gives bluntly candid and personal accounts of aspects of the professional gambler's life, the book has two problems,a small one and a big one.The small one has to do with evidence. Mr. Dancer claims he and his wife won roughly one million dollars during a six month period. We essentially must take him at his word (and I do), but it seems that a book making such claims would contain much verification, rather than little (there are only rudimentary photographs of the Dancers standing next to machines showing wins). The big problem has to do with math. Mr. Dancer demonstrates that he is an expert in studying odds and probability, but often doesn't explain the amounts of money in his gambling bankroll. Winning one million dollars is great, but if millions of dollars were spent to win it, the single million doesn't add up to much.
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Summary: Life in Las Vegas
Review: WOW..... What a "rags to riches" story. Filled with great info on video poker and surviving casino life. Once you start reading, you won't want to put it down.
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Summary: Life in Las Vegas
Review: WOW..... What a "rags to riches" story. Filled with great info on video poker and surviving casino life. Once you start reading, you won't want to put it down.
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