THE WORLD'S #1 POKER MANUAL - Card Games

Poker Book, Opponents
Lottery -50 1 week -$2,500
Numbers -40 1 day -15,000
Average poker
player
(Scotty Nichols)
Casino poker varies according to
casino rake +
- 1 6 minutes -90,000
varies according to
casino rake +
varies according to
casino rake +
Carp shooting - 1 1 minute -500,000
Horse racing -15 12 minutes -700,000
Poor poker player
(Sid Bennett)
Poor poker player
(Ted Fehr)
-10 6 minutes -900,000
-10 6 minutes -900,000
Roulette - 3 30 seconds -3,300,000
Slot machines -20 5 seconds -130,000,000
* Gambling-intensity values are the average-loss values calculated on an annual basis.
+ Poker can be a gambling situation even for the good player if the pots are regularly cut or raked by the house, as
they are in public casinos. A large arbitrary cut can reduce or eliminate the profitable edge odds of a good player.
And while the good player can retain a great advantage over the other players in a casino poker game, he cannot
stop that house cut. Also, he cannot take control of the public game and its players as he can in the private game.
Still, the good player can earn a guaranteed income from public poker (Nevada-type casino poker or Gardenatype
club poker) if he adjusts his game to a public-professional style of poker (see Part Six).
2. Financial (83)
For a losing player, financial involvement is a form of emotional involvement. When losses force him to
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