Steven Crist's New Book

[whorstman]

Originally Posted by Dunbar

Disagree pretty strongly with both you and Scavs (who I hope is at least partly joking). Experience is very important, but it is not "everything in gambling". You are very unlikely to learn how to beat any game by experience alone.

I very seriously doubt there is a current successful blackjack player in the entire world who is self-taught. You have to either have read a good book or have the benefit of a good mentor, or both.

I'm confident that the vast majority of successful poker players have read good books.

There is no substitute for experience, but trying to be successful from the ground up with experience alone in any area of gambling is a foolish undertaking, IMO.

--Dunbar

I think the successful gambler should take from all angles. Research, watching others, and their own experience. I think you may get caught in a rut if you don't learn from your mistakes. I know I have studied quite a bit over the last several weeks and have been cashing a lot more often b/c of it.