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Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.94 — 27,504 ratings — published 2002
The Gambler (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.91 — 136,930 ratings — published 1866
Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.89 — 3,109 ratings — published 2003
A Rogue by Any Other Name (The Rules of Scoundrels, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.92 — 47,256 ratings — published 2012
The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.87 — 2,251 ratings — published 2005
Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,681 ratings — published 2006
Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.82 — 3,872 ratings — published
Busting Vega$: A True Story of Monumental Excess, Sex, Love, Violence, and Beating the Odds
by (shelved 18 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.82 — 3,823 ratings — published 2005
The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.07 — 16,277 ratings — published 2020
Dreaming of You (The Gamblers of Craven's, #2)
by (shelved 16 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.15 — 48,739 ratings — published 1994
The Theory of Poker: A Professional Poker Player Teaches You How To Think Like One (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.02 — 2,864 ratings — published 1983
Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty-One (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.14 — 866 ratings — published 1966
The Logic Of Sports Betting (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.96 — 941 ratings — published
One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stuey, 'The Kid', Ungar, The World's Greatest Poker Player (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,684 ratings — published 2005
Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.73 — 101,318 ratings — published 1953
Tishomingo Blues (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.72 — 10,018 ratings — published 2002
A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.24 — 8,286 ratings — published 2016
The Biggest Game in Town (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.74 — 1,097 ratings — published 1983
Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.84 — 25,245 ratings — published 2014
The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.39 — 3,596 ratings — published 2014
Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,081 ratings — published 2010
Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.99 — 712,972 ratings — published 2011
The Man with the $100,000 Breasts: And Other Gambling Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.72 — 200 ratings — published 1999
Poker Nation: A High-Stakes, Low-Life Adventure into the Heart of a Gambling Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.59 — 589 ratings — published 2002
No Good Duke Goes Unpunished (The Rules of Scoundrels, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.86 — 24,324 ratings — published 2013
Trading Bases: A Story About Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball (Not Necessarily in That Order )
by (shelved 10 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,443 ratings — published 2013
Lay the Favorite: A Memoir of Gambling (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.46 — 797 ratings — published 2010
Doyle Brunson's Super System (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.96 — 2,510 ratings — published 1979
Hold'Em Poker for Advanced Players (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.86 — 883 ratings — published 1987
Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,204 ratings — published 2026
One Good Earl Deserves a Lover (The Rules of Scoundrels, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.02 — 35,052 ratings — published 2013
The Odds: A Love Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.35 — 3,592 ratings — published 2007
Devil in Winter (Wallflowers, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.19 — 103,168 ratings — published 2006
The Odds: One Season, Three Gamblers, and the Death of Their Las Vegas (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.78 — 563 ratings — published 2001
24/7: Living It Up and Doubling Down (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.88 — 181 ratings — published 1999
Every Hand Revealed (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,813 ratings — published 2008
On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.66 — 6,014 ratings — published 2024
Whale Hunt in the Desert: Secrets of a Vegas Superhost (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.76 — 408 ratings — published 2004
My Once and Future Duke (The Wagers of Sin, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.84 — 2,495 ratings — published 2018
Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,446 ratings — published 2012
The Music of Chance (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.94 — 13,866 ratings — published 1990
Straight Flush: The True Story of Six College Friends Who Dealt Their Way to a Billion-Dollar Online Poker Empire--and How It All Came Crashing Down . . . (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.67 — 2,227 ratings — published 2013
Small Stakes Hold 'em: Winning Big with Expert Play (Small Stakes Poker Games)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.08 — 757 ratings — published 2004
Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.65 — 454 ratings — published 2009
The Smart Money: How the World's Best Sports Bettors Beat the Bookies Out of Millions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.92 — 504 ratings — published 2005
Harrington on Hold 'em: Expert Strategy for No-Limit Tournaments, Volume I: Strategic Play (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,539 ratings — published 2004
Caro's Book of Poker Tells: The Psychology and Body Language of Poker (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.61 — 1,519 ratings — published 1984
The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told: A True Tale of Three Gamblers, The Kentucky Derby, and the Mexican Cartel (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as gambling)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,994 ratings — published 2020
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.81 — 25,461 ratings — published 2018
Then Came You (The Gamblers of Craven's, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as gambling)
avg rating 3.94 — 34,541 ratings — published 1993
“D'you know what gambling is? 'Tis fear, with the sweat on your brow, that's what it is. What's wrong with them is, they won't keep pace with life, but want to go faster--race on, tear on ahead, driving themselves into life itself like wedges. And then the flanks of them say: here, stop, there's something breaking, find a remedy; stop, say the flanks! And then life crushes them, politely but firmly crushes them. And then they set to complaining about life, raging against life! Each to his own taste; some may have ground to complain, others not, but there's none should rage against life. Not be stern and strict and just with life, but be merciful to it, and take its part; only think of the gambler's life has to bear with!”
― Growth of the Soil
― Growth of the Soil
“All serious poker players try to minimize their tells, obviously. There are a couple ways to go about this. One is the robotic approch: where your face becomes a mask and your voice a monotone, at least while the hand is being played. . . . The other is the manic method, where you affect a whole bunch of tics, twitches, and expressions, and mix them up with a river of insane babble. The idea is to overwhelm your opponents with clues, so they can't sort out what's going on. This approach can be effective, but for normal people it's hard to pull off. (If you've spent part of your life in an institution, this method may come naturally.)”
― Harrington on Hold 'em: Expert Strategy for No-Limit Tournaments, Volume I: Strategic Play
― Harrington on Hold 'em: Expert Strategy for No-Limit Tournaments, Volume I: Strategic Play
