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Cvarrone
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Hello,
My name is Carl Varrone, the author of the book “What No One Else Is Saying About Online Poker” While researching my books progress this forum showed up first and second on Google discussing the book with some interesting and valid posts. I would like to take a minute and respond to some of these assumptions.
I’m 54 years old and was fortunate to own a successful business for 27 years before retiring. I played in casinos all over the world and never would play poker. In 1997 I started to play poker and fell for it hook, line, and sinker. Within a few years the poker boom took off, and online poker became and still is the easiest way to get into a game. With the luck of my career I had nothing but time and money to invest playing online poker and live trying to perfect my game and of course show a profit. I read all kinds of books, many of which alengenius a poster on this site recommends. I researched and still do constantly to stay current on software support programs that are always improving. After years and endless hours of playing online and live and losing tons of money, I eventually improved my game and learned the online environment well enough to know what I consider to be the best way to overcome the endless obstacles while playing in the faceless anonymity of online poker. My profits to this day are still substantial and yes I do brag about them in the book.
If I knew of a sure way to beat online poker, I certainly wouldn’t write a book telling the world. With the amount of time and money I lost, and knowledge I gained playing online before becoming a winner, (still at this point) I felt compelled to write this book. Many players go broke before they even had a chance. I was fortunate to have the finances to grind it out and learn what worked for me. My views, opinions, and suggestions are all derived from my personal experiences. A person with limited funds would have a tough time to show a profit playing online. This book might give them a better chance. With over 400 online poker books out there and only reading several of them, not one seemed to explain the online environment as thoroughly as I attempt to.
I never wrote a book before and I’m certainly not a seasoned writer or even claim to be. After reading the post from Jack Daniels who dissected the book based on the editorial review, you can also draw the conclusion that I’m not much of a promoter either. Apparently that editorial idea from my publisher about controversy drawing interest may not have been the right way to go giving the wrong impression of the book. But I did approve it, which also appeared not to be too smart.
Jack Daniels posted these questions-
It mentions discussion about millions being lost everyday. How much discussion does it go into about those players that are actually winning money online? Does it talk about the effort they've put in to improving their games and being profitable? Does it tell the reader that to be a winning player you actually have to give a damn and make an effort? What about the player that wins one pot with 72offsuit after calling an all-in for all his cash and sucking out to win, then goes on to get his AA cracked, lose his entire stack, and start making posts at poker forums about how online poker is rigged? Does it tell that guy to get a clue and pick up a book?
Yes Mr. Daniels all of that is discussed.
As far as trying to make money writing a poker book being a complete unknown, I would have a better chance of trying to rob an armored truck. I would be happy if I got my investment back.
I would also like to ship the book including freight at no charge to the first 10 people from this forum that e-mail me with of course with an address at
Cvarrone@gmail.com
My name is Carl Varrone, the author of the book “What No One Else Is Saying About Online Poker” While researching my books progress this forum showed up first and second on Google discussing the book with some interesting and valid posts. I would like to take a minute and respond to some of these assumptions.
I’m 54 years old and was fortunate to own a successful business for 27 years before retiring. I played in casinos all over the world and never would play poker. In 1997 I started to play poker and fell for it hook, line, and sinker. Within a few years the poker boom took off, and online poker became and still is the easiest way to get into a game. With the luck of my career I had nothing but time and money to invest playing online poker and live trying to perfect my game and of course show a profit. I read all kinds of books, many of which alengenius a poster on this site recommends. I researched and still do constantly to stay current on software support programs that are always improving. After years and endless hours of playing online and live and losing tons of money, I eventually improved my game and learned the online environment well enough to know what I consider to be the best way to overcome the endless obstacles while playing in the faceless anonymity of online poker. My profits to this day are still substantial and yes I do brag about them in the book.
If I knew of a sure way to beat online poker, I certainly wouldn’t write a book telling the world. With the amount of time and money I lost, and knowledge I gained playing online before becoming a winner, (still at this point) I felt compelled to write this book. Many players go broke before they even had a chance. I was fortunate to have the finances to grind it out and learn what worked for me. My views, opinions, and suggestions are all derived from my personal experiences. A person with limited funds would have a tough time to show a profit playing online. This book might give them a better chance. With over 400 online poker books out there and only reading several of them, not one seemed to explain the online environment as thoroughly as I attempt to.
I never wrote a book before and I’m certainly not a seasoned writer or even claim to be. After reading the post from Jack Daniels who dissected the book based on the editorial review, you can also draw the conclusion that I’m not much of a promoter either. Apparently that editorial idea from my publisher about controversy drawing interest may not have been the right way to go giving the wrong impression of the book. But I did approve it, which also appeared not to be too smart.
Jack Daniels posted these questions-
It mentions discussion about millions being lost everyday. How much discussion does it go into about those players that are actually winning money online? Does it talk about the effort they've put in to improving their games and being profitable? Does it tell the reader that to be a winning player you actually have to give a damn and make an effort? What about the player that wins one pot with 72offsuit after calling an all-in for all his cash and sucking out to win, then goes on to get his AA cracked, lose his entire stack, and start making posts at poker forums about how online poker is rigged? Does it tell that guy to get a clue and pick up a book?
Yes Mr. Daniels all of that is discussed.
As far as trying to make money writing a poker book being a complete unknown, I would have a better chance of trying to rob an armored truck. I would be happy if I got my investment back.
I would also like to ship the book including freight at no charge to the first 10 people from this forum that e-mail me with of course with an address at
Cvarrone@gmail.com