What No One Else Is Saying About Online Poker
 

Amazon just sent me this book offer.

Book Description:

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With the renewed interest in the WSOP and Texas Hold-Em poker, online poker rooms have become the easiest way for the average player to get in the game. Online poker generates billions of dollars a year. Millions are playing and millions are lost every day. When playing poker live, an experienced player coupled with a little luck is a winning hand. But when playing online, rampant cheating and endless numbers of bad players make the luck factor the deciding factor. This book will let you understand the two different games being played, comparing live play to online play. What No One Else Is Saying About Online Pokerhighlights how the internet has changed the game into a free for all that could bring even the most experienced professional poker player to his knees, begging for mercy. What No One Else Is Saying About Online Poker is the tell all book about online poker. Topics: . Research the ins and outs of the industry and how the internet has changed the game forever. . Understand why online poker rooms are spending millions to detect cheating. . Learn the different types of cheating taking place in today's online poker rooms and how to recognize it. . Uncover the truths and rumored myths of online poker. . Learn exactly where online poker rooms and the players stand concerning the new bill passed into law on October 13,2006:"The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006". . Arm yourself with the knowledge to compete and discover if you can even afford trying. Author Carl Varrone, a successful business owner and poker enthusiast began his research for What No One Else Is Saying About Online Pokerin 1998. His curriculum included reading numerous books and firsthand experiences in casino poker rooms learning to master the game. When poker rooms started popping up on the internet, Varrone found himself playing online every chance he could. Through his years of playing and research he was compelled to write this book. Every person playing online poker or considering it should learn from his experiences before getting in on the action.


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Sounds like this guy is finally putting in print what most of the online veterens prolly already know. It was only a matter of time, I guess, before a book like this got published.

Thoughts/opinions/kneejerk reactions?

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So this guy is saying that online poker is bad because sites rip us off and there are a lot of cheaters and pros are losing all their money because it so easy to click a button or something like this?

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Don't know, just read the description so far.

I imagine he discusses collusion quite a bit, however.

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I doubt you will read anything new about on-line cheating that you wouldn't already know from reading the various poker forums.

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This looks self published. Look at the cover illustration! There are excerpts on his website and he doesn't appear to be a real writer:

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I didn’t write this book with any intentions of teaching you how to play Texas Hold Em or to guarantee you a trick or a system that’s going to beat the odds or any sites software. This book is going to teach you what I learned from let’s say “on the job training” from actually playing online and offline along with the years of research staying current on all the different issues only found and directly related to the online poker environment that can and will alter the true and honest outcome of any hand being played at any time.

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The topics he claims to be discussing might be interesting ones, but this guy doesn't look the person to be doing it.

Don't know if it's the same guy, but there's some info online about a Carl Varrone being charged with some sort of crime, but my lack of attention span prevents me from reading further.

EDIT: Yeah, here's his "publisher". I really think this guy is about to blow the lid off this thing!

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Collusion and botting are two things that cannot be denied in online play, and you're a total idiot if you think online poker isnt a completely different game.

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"His curriculum included reading numerous books and firsthand experiences in casino poker rooms learning to master the game. When poker rooms started popping up on the internet, Varrone found himself playing online every chance he could. Through his years of playing and research he was compelled to write this book....."

Sounds like one long bad beat story. He was "compelled" to share with everyone.

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Collusion and botting are two things that cannot be denied in online play, and you're a total idiot if you think online poker isnt a completely different game.

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I know it's a completely different game. I kind of waiting for the legions of 2p2r's that are going to storm this thread to deny that. Hint....botters and colluders?

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Just some [censored] trying to start some hype and contoversy to sell a book that is probabley worthless.

I woulden't even bother to piss on it to put it out if I saw it on fire let alone pay anything for it.

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Collusion and botting are two things that cannot be denied in online play, and you're a total idiot if you think online poker isnt a completely different game.

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I know it's a completely different game. I kind of waiting for the legions of 2p2r's that are going to storm this thread to deny that. Hint....botters and colluders?

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And I agree, the book sounds like one long bad beat story from a guy who couldnt win.