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How to Cheat Your Friends at Poker: The Wisdom of Dickie Richard
Poker-mania is sweeping the nation, from the World Championship of Poker to internet poker and power poker. But home poker games shouldn't just be about winning: they're about stripping your opponents bare without their ever suspecting a thing. Teaming up with Mickey Lynn, Penn Jillette gives a home poker player everything he needs to know in one tidy volume. Lousy wi...more
Paperback, 272 pages
Published
October 3rd 2006
by St. Martin's Griffin
(first published 2005)
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This book isn't about the mechanics of cheating. It's instead about the process, the outlook, the lifestyle. It's a step by step walk in the life of a man with no ethics, no scruples, and no shame. The passing reference to how the first few times the guilt will make you want to retch, but with practice you'll get over it, is a crystalline summary of the entire book.[return][return]I felt dirty afterwards, and wanted to wash out my brain.[return][return]I recommend it, but be warned.
This book is perfect for someone who has 8-16 hours a day practicing card control and slight of hand. While cheating at cards is dishonest at its heart, Dickie Richards seems like a worthless human being who is just looking to cheat people out of everything he can. Whether it’s a poker pot or someone’s wife, Richards comes across as having absolutely no redeeming qualities and his advice isn’t much more than what the average person could come up with if they wanted to be completely self center...more
Ick. First off, you're not going to learn how to cheat from this book. This didn't bug me, cause I'm not really looking to. If you want to, go get "The Expert at the Table". This is told as a semi-memoir by a guy named "Dickie Richards". There's some dispute in reviews, but I'm inclined to believe the people that say he didn't really exist, and this book is wholly fictional.
There are lots of cheating "tips", but they mostly come down to "steal mo...more
There are lots of cheating "tips", but they mostly come down to "steal mo...more
I've read a number of poker books the last 8 months and thought I'd try something a bit different.
About half way through I gave it up.
The author is a moronic half wit who can barely tell a story.
About half way through I gave it up.
The author is a moronic half wit who can barely tell a story.
This book isn't about the mechanics of cheating. It's instead about the process, the outlook, the lifestyle. It's a step by step walk in the life of a man with no ethics, no scruples, and no shame. The passing reference to how the first few times the guilt will make you want to retch, but with practice you'll get over it, is a crystalline summary of the entire book.[return][return]I felt dirty afterwards, and wanted to wash out my brain.[return][return]I recommend it, but be warned.
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This book tells you nothing that you don't already know. It is peppered with stories about how Dickie Richard goes about lightening peoples wallets. There is no instruction. Penn Jillette is nothing more than a carney talker...
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Penn Fraser Jillette is an American comedian, illusionist, juggler and writer known for his work with fellow illusionist Teller in the team Penn & Teller.
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