Alan Schoonmaker's Opinion For My Next Book

[George Rice]

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I haven't read the thread but there is another book I've always wanted to do. It would be called, A Few Historical Events from an Expert Gambler's Perspective. It could start with the story of David and Goliath and explain that even thoug Goliath was the prohibited betting favorite, he didn't have a chance and the Jews knew this.

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DO IT !

The stories in one of your other books (GTOT?) on self-weighting and non-self-weighting stratigies was very interesting, especially the Civil War one(s).

[George Rice]

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If a known rapist, child molester, wrote the only book that could raise your child's algebra grade from a B to a C, and you didn't purchase it because of his crimes, you should have your child taken from you.


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And given to the rapist/child molester for tutoring?

And just because you don't want to lower his grade from B to C?

Some people are going to take you serious.

[Mason Malmuth]

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wrote the only book that could raise your child's algebra grade from a B to a C,

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Another book proposal just hit the trash can.

Best wishes,
Mason

[David Sklansky]

Huh?

[Turkish Mickey]

If you're trying to publish a book that will turn B's into C's, your personal history is the least of your worries.

[BluffTHIS!]

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wrote the only book that could raise your child's algebra grade from a B to a C,

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Another book proposal just hit the trash can.

Best wishes,
Mason

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Huh?

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David,

Obviously the book you need to write is a cure for dyslexia.

[BluffTHIS!]

David,

Regarding those four ideas for a book my thoughts are:

1) WHAT POKER TEACHES US

The way to increase the marketablility of this book would be 5 or 6 chapter headings/topics to which you apply poker reasoning, and preferably applying same to some current real life situations in war, business, education, relationships, etc. However in line with what Dr. Al said, its prospects might be limited anyway, and probably because a lot of even very smart people who don't gamble aren't willing to be open-minded as to the general premise that poker offers something uniquely applicable to such areas. Also FWIW, should you and he have any mutual inclination, this would be a fantastic topic on which to collaborate with Mike Caro.

2) ALGEBRA FOR TEN YEAR OLDS

This is the book that should be your priority. Screw the considerations Dr. Al gave about commercial success vis a vis educational institutions buying it. It is parents who will buy it precisely because the schools and teachers aren't doing a good job teaching their kids algebra for whatever reasons.

3) 50 POKER HANDS THAT REALLY TEACH YOU SOMETHING

There is a lot of potential in this for teaching the correct thought process in considering a hand, and especially how to prioritize the various factors that should be considered according to each specific situation. Barry Greenstein devoted a chapter of his book to such analysis but didn't come close to giving a full exposition on hand analysis.

4) A SIMPLE GUIDE TO "THE THEORY OF POKER"

To me this is the worst book idea, simply because I don't see how the TOP can be streamlined without losing too much. If anything, their is more room for an expansion or more thorough explanation of it, especially adding in more game theory applications that build on Chen & Ankemann's work.

[George Rice]

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Huh?

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ROTFL

Read what you wrote, David.

[jimmytrick]

Well, just a book of poker stories about people and times would be fine, but I don't think that side of David's brain is as fully wired as the other one.

[grando]

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If you're trying to publish a book that will turn B's into C's, your personal history is the least of your worries.

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wtf is this the B&M forum?