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Sklansky, David Bruce was born on December 22, 1947 in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States. Son of Irving and Mae.
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The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky discusses theories and concepts applicable to nearly every variation of the game, including five-card draw (high), seven-card stud, hold ’em, lowball draw, and razz (seven-card lowball stud). This book introduces you to the Fundamental Theorem of Poker, its implications, and how it should affect your play. Other chapters discuss the value of deception, bluffing, raising, the slow-play, the value of position, psychology, heads-up play, game theory, implied odds, the free card, and semibluffing. Many of today’s top poker players will tell you that this is the book that really made a difference in their play. That is, these are the ideas that separate the experts from the typical players. Those who read and study this book will literally leave behind those who don’t, and most serious players wear the covers off their copies. This is the best book ever written on poker.
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Blackjack is the one casino game where the player can easily get an edge over the house. This has been known for almost forty years and many good books have been written on the subject. In spite of this, there are still only a relative handful of people who are taking advantage of this knowledge. Why is that? David Sklansky believes the reason is that most people think expert blackjack play is too hard to learn. They browse through a book and are struck by the complex charts and tables. Sklanksy realized that these charts were not really needed to show someone how to play an almost perfect game. As a renowned teacher, as well as a professional gambler, Sklansky (already the author of eight books on gambling) has devised a technique that literally "talks" you through everything you need to know to truly "beat" this popular game.
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Sklansky, David Bruce was born on December 22, 1947 in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States. Son of Irving and Mae.
He attended the University of Pennsylvania, but left before graduation.
He returned to Teaneck and passed multiple Society of Actuaries exams by the time he was 20, and worked for an actuarial firm. Sklansky is generally considered a top authority on gambling. He has written many books on poker, blackjack, and general gambling.
Sklansky attended the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania for a year before leaving to become a professional gambler.
He briefly took on a job as an actuary before embarking into poker. While on the job he discovered a faster way to do some of the calculations and took that discovery to his boss.
The boss told him he could go ahead and do it that way if he wanted but wouldn’t pass on the information to the other workers. "In other words, I knew something no one else knew, but I got no recognition for it," Sklansky is quoted as saying in First Rate (at Lloyd's) Alvarez"s The Biggest Game in Town.
"In poker, if you"re better than anyone else, you make immediate money.
If there"s something I know about the game that the other person doesn"t, and if he"s not willing to learn or can"t understand, then I take his money." As of 2015, his live tournament winnings exceed $1,350,000. Sklansky lives in Reno, Nevada. World Series of Poker Bracelets.
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Quotations: "In other words, I knew something no one else knew, but I got no recognition for it,".
Son of; 1 child, Mathew.