Scarne on Card Games: How to Play and Win at Poker, Pinochle, Blackjack, Gin and Other Popular Card Games
by John Scarne
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Author: John ScarneEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-06-18
ISBN: 0486436039
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Dover Publications
Book Reviews of Scarne on Card Games: How to Play and Win at Poker, Pinochle, Blackjack, Gin and Other Popular Card Games
Book Review: Don't waste your money
Summary: 1 Stars
Scarne does it again! First I discovered Scarne invented poker. Now I learn that he invented every other popular card game out there. Don't waste your time or money reading this book. Scarne wastes most of the space, as he does in his other books, bragging about himself. The book is over 400 pages long and it only addresses NINE games: Gin Rummy, Black Jack, Poker, Pinochle, Cribbage, Pitch, Casino, Kalabrais, and Hearts (including, of course, "Hearts According to Scarne"). Now, if you really really wanna learn how to determine if someone's cheating you in Rummy or determine if the cards in your Pinochle game are marked, I guess you can read those chapters. Much of the stuff in this book appears to be little more than cut and pasted from Scarne's other books anyway.
Overall, very little useful information and Scarne is so arrogant throughout the book that you'll quickly grow weary and turn the TV on.
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