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1. When someone first approaches and says you can make a lot of money, it’s about the money.

2. When you ask questions about the nutritional value or the processing, and they are vague and keep referring to the money or the many people who have benefited, it’s about the money.

3. When you ask for research on the product and they use company produced DVDs, CDs or written testimonies about ‘miracle cures’, and none of this information uses scientific research, just lots of enthusiasm and emotion, then it’s about the money.

4. When people tell you it is a ‘miracle cure’ for every known disease and condition from premenstrual syndrome to cancer to autism, to high cholesterol and diabetes, then it’s about the money.

5. When there is no focus on living a healthy lifestyle, then it’s about the money. Health comes from healthy living and that only. If you could buy your health, then all the wealthy people in the world would be healthy.

6. When only this product or company has the ‘secret recipe’ or process and will not divulge it, then it’s about the money. Health should be accessible to all, no matter what your income. Health products and foods should be for convenience. If you wanted to make it yourself, it should be pretty basic, even if it takes time. With extra income, you can afford to pay for the convenience, but poor people should have easy access to these products or foods. Also you can read about “before and after aging lips” here

7. When there are lawsuits against the company ‘because pharmaceutical, food companies or the government is trying to shut them down’, then it’s about the money.

8. When the ingredients come from an exotic country and only grows in one area, or they go into great detail about how expensive the ingredients are, then it’s about the money.

9. When the cost of the product is far more than paying for convenience, then it is about the money. For example, if you make fresh carrot juice, it can cost …

I’m a bit of a sucker for gambling books. A few weeks ago, I saw one I didn’t own, the very one I’m reviewing here, I saw that it was marked down to $9.95 from $16.95, and figured, “What the heck, I’ll give it a shot.” Often I find a diamond in the rough. Sometimes I don’t.

This book is essentially a collection of columns written by Bill “Bulldog” Sykes for Card Player back when it just started out, in the fall of 1988. Sykes was one of the original columnists, and he has reprinted in book form “the best of” his columns from those early years. There are 60 essays here covering topics ranging from compulsive gambling to misbehavior by poker professionals. The essays are witty, short and to the point. Interspersed between them, Sykes prints quotes from gambling legends such as Benny Binion and “Amarillo Slim” Preston.

Unfortunately, I didn’t enjoy this work. Honestly, I didn’t even enjoy it a little. Oh, okay, I guess I did enjoy some of the quotes, Benny Binion was a fascinating man, but that’s about it. The essays are ostensibly about poker, although I didn’t learn anything about the game. They’re obviously meant to entertain, although the jokes are well worn, and the topics range from the banal to the mildly offensive. They’re not even controversial, coming out against bad manners and for well lit cardrooms just doesn’t seem worth the time and ink it takes to record.

The first third of the essays seem overloaded with Sykes complaining about being told “bad beat” stories. While it’s true that these Slot Gacor stories get tiresome, I’ve come to the conclusion that I’d much rather hear bad beat stories than anyone whine about hearing too many of them. There are a couple of essays in the middle that aren’t too bad, although Caro, Malmuth, and Sklansky have all done a better job of covering this ground. The last few essays drop in quality again.

Early in the book, Sykes promises all his essays will be about poker. If they all are, though, I …