Mike Exinger: 5 books

This is a collection of short stories and articles that I have written over the years about poker, gambling, and the like. Gambling is such a fascinating subject - it encompasses all that life has to offer - opportunity, risk, fate, luck, pathos, and alcohol. Some of these stories have never been...

Walk into any casino, and there is one section where the action is fast and furious. Players are whooping it up, and it sounds like one big party. You approach the area, and, squeezing through the crowd, you discover a long green felted table with a myriad of complex, confusing symbols. You hear voices,...

If you’ve seen Poker tournaments on TV, you’ve seen amateurs and poker-unknowns battle it out with top professionals for millions of dollars. If you’ve played poker online, chances are you’ve played for much, much less than that.This is YOUR strategy book.All the top strategy...

Back in the day – say, the 1930s – if you wanted to gamble, the only legal action was the local horse track. Sure, Nevada had casinos, but nowhere else. There were no lotteries, no riverboats, no Internet. Horse racing was not just the only legal gambling option, but it was also one of America’s...

Blackjack, or Twenty-One if you prefer, is one of the most popular table games in any casino. And it has the lowest “casino edge” of any game, too. So why aren’t more people playing?They don’t know how to play. They feel intimidated. They think slots give them a better deal. They don’t...