How to Win at Gin Rummy: Playing for Fun and Profit (Paperback)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Lyle Stuart; 1st Carol Pub. Ed edition (May 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0818405864
• ISBN-13: 978-0818405860
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #942,171 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, April 7, 2004

By A Customer

I bought this book, largely based on reviews I had seen on the internet. I was very excited about the "computer studies."

I'm sorry to report that there are many elementary errors, and substandard probabilistic thinking, in this book. The author does present some useful information and some impressive looking charts. But when you delve into the actual material, it is flawed. Starting almost on the first page, there are serious mistakes.

And there are no computer simulations. No real data to back up (MHO) the author's somewhat dubious advice. I don't know what his (her?) Ph.D. is in, but I doubt it's in mathematics or game theory.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, February 7, 2006

By	D. Blanton "ginplayer" (kansas city) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book has a lot of statistical information in it. It is a lot better than most modern gin rummy books. Read this book plus Jacoby and Wander's books to get started on the right track in gin.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars basic to intermediate, June 25, 1998

By	[e-mail] (Florida) - See all my reviews

decent book for beginners and casual players, but not for the advanced playeer. Wish to author would play me for .25 cents a point... I'd retire to the Bahamas, rather than Florida