Gin rummy books?

[WhiteWolf]

Can anyone recommend some good books on gin rummy strategy? Or any other resources?

Thanks,

The Wolf

[Warren Whitmore]

No stratagy but "The gin game" was a fun movie to watch.

[benkahuna]

Yeah, my dad kills me in that game. I want some help.

Play gin like Stu Ungar would be pretty sweet. He was supposed to be the best gin player ever.

[WhiteWolf]

MagicNinja has some good info over on this thread, but he says he's also having trouble finding good info.

No one here has any good gin books recommendations?

[playersare]

"gin rummy: how to play and win" by Sam Fry got pretty good reviews, and it's only $4 new on amazon.

has to be halfway decent in order to stay in print since 1978.

[WhiteWolf]

Yeah, I saw that one... looks good, and the price is sure right!

Thanks,

The Wolf

[npc]

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"gin rummy: how to play and win" by Sam Fry got pretty good reviews, and it's only $4 new on amazon.

has to be halfway decent in order to stay in print since 1978.

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I have reviewed Fry's book as well. IMHO, it's fine for beginners, but offers little in the way of deep insight. Understanding this book will definitely make it less likely you'll embarass yourself, but it won't make you Stu Ungar.

The main reason for this post is to address the issue of the book's publication history. The fact that it's still in print and its low cost are part and parcel. The book is published by Dover. Their plan of attack is to take out of print books whose authors no longer will receive royalties (either because the work is in the public domain, or the author has waived royalties because keeping the book in print is more valuable than the money) and sell them cheap.

That doesn't mean that any Dover books aren't good books. Generally, I really respect their quality, especially in the sciences. However, keeping a Dover book in print isn't as impressive as, say, keeping a book continuously in print through a more mainstream publishing house such as Pearson or Simon and Schuster or someone like that.

[SamIAm]

I wanted to bump this old thread to ask if anybody's read the more recent Gin books out there. Amazon has plenty, but I don't know if any are any good.

I bought the Fry book ($4.25 incl. s/h [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]), so I'm probably looking for a more advanced text. I'm sure the "Talking Gin Rummy Handheld Game" would make for good company on lonely nights, but I'm looking for something a little more ... academic. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]


-Sam

[Lanzalot]

I recommend "Gin Rummy at its Best" by George Fraed. It is on the second page of SamIAm's Amazon link. Very good book, learned alot from it.

[Rob-L]

One just came out a few weeks ago. I don't know much about it. Go to this page and look at the week of JUNE 9-11 2006.

http://www.gamblersbook.com/pages/modify/newbooks.stm