"The Big Player" deals with the experiences of Ken Uston as a member of the Blackjack card-counting team led by professional gambler Al Francesco. That is only the beginning of the story. The Al Francisco team broke up and later Ken Uston started forming his own teams, first using counters from the original Al Francesco team and then recruiting and adding new players. The original book has been updated with technical information by team member Roy Hoppe explaining how the team and card counting system worked and also ...
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"The Big Player" deals with the experiences of Ken Uston as a member of the Blackjack card-counting team led by professional gambler Al Francesco. That is only the beginning of the story. The Al Francisco team broke up and later Ken Uston started forming his own teams, first using counters from the original Al Francesco team and then recruiting and adding new players. The original book has been updated with technical information by team member Roy Hoppe explaining how the team and card counting system worked and also explaining the problems the team faced and the difficulties that led the team eventually to break up.
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Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good-in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0030169216. No tears or markings but, front and back first few pages has a scorched look. Interior pages have yellowing.; Covered in Mylar.; 8.3 X 5.2 X 0.9 inches; 217 pages.
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Fine in Near Very Good jacket. Book (1st) Slightly smaller book, green cloth spine, darker green boards, silver lettering very bright on spine, 217 lightly browned pages. DJ front and spine dark green, color photo of man with cards at top front right, yellow and white lettering, b/w photo of man with card decks on ornate table on top back. DJ has microtear and very slight wear at top front tip, microtear at top front edge, tiny tear and micronick with microtear at bottom front edge, two nicks at spine top edge. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.
