Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Ted M » October 3rd, 2014, 7:02 pm

How goes the proofreading?

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Richard Kaufman » October 3rd, 2014, 10:01 pm

Proofreading is done, I believe.
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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Ted M » October 3rd, 2014, 11:42 pm

I am fondling my credit card.

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Bob Farmer » October 4th, 2014, 10:04 am

Here's an update:

1. The book is finished.

2. It is 397 pages, not counting the contents pages.

3. There are 263 entries, not counting the references.

4. The are 296 references.

5. The book will sell for $75 U.S. plus postage and handling. Because postage to the U.K and Europe is so ridiculously high, I'm looking into fulfilling those orders from Scotland from a cache of books that will be stored there.

6. I'm proud to announce that David Ben and Julie Eng will be the publishers through Magicana:

http://www.magicana.com/portfolio/publications/

7. I hope to have a pre-publication discount offer up shortly--as soon as I do, I'll post the details here.

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Still learning » October 4th, 2014, 3:05 pm

Outstanding!

Waiting for the details!

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Pete McCabe » October 6th, 2014, 11:12 am

I hear the book will have four different colored covers, and for each ten books printed there are three each of red, green, and blue, and only one of yellow.

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Patrick Schlagel » October 7th, 2014, 5:03 pm

Then I must have the yellow one!

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Bob Farmer » October 7th, 2014, 7:00 pm

Pete, I think you're confusing the book with those pills you've been taking.

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Dustin Stinett » October 7th, 2014, 7:22 pm

Bob Farmer wrote:I'm proud to announce that David Ben and Julie Eng will be the publishers through Magicana

Can I get Julie to sign my copy?

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Bob Farmer » October 7th, 2014, 8:13 pm

Julie will be available to sign copies in the lobby of the theater after the show.

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Pete McCabe » October 8th, 2014, 11:22 am

I don't think so. I clearly chose the blue pill.

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Still learning » October 23rd, 2014, 3:43 pm

Are the printing presses running on this?

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Bob Farmer » October 23rd, 2014, 4:20 pm

Almost.

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Bob Farmer » November 1st, 2014, 9:38 am

Keep an eye on the Magicana site for updates:

http://www.magicana.com/bammo-rumours-are-true

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Robert Stacher » November 1st, 2014, 11:05 am

Bob, do you think it will be out in time to be a christmas present? I would like to surprise myself... :-)

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Bob Farmer » November 1st, 2014, 1:55 pm

It's possible. I'm just dealing with some technical issues that are holding things up.

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Still learning » November 24th, 2014, 4:28 pm

Bob Farmer wrote:To answer all the emails, phone calls, telegrams and telepathic thought implants:, yes, the book is absolutely, positively coming out this year.


Still on track for this year?

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Bob Farmer » November 25th, 2014, 9:08 am

Count Dracula: I am Dracula.

Renfield: Oh, it's really good to see you. I don't know what happened to the driver and my luggage and... Well, and with all this, I thought I was in the wrong place.

Count Dracula: I bid you welcome.

[Dracula goes up the stairs. Renfield starts to follow him. Suddenly, Dracula hears wolves howling]

Count Dracula: Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.

[Dracula goes up the steps and waits for Renfield, who, without difficulty, cuts open a hole in a huge spider's web using his walking stick]

Count Dracula: The spider spinning his web for the unwary fly. The blood is the life, Mr. Renfield.

Renfield: Why, er... yes.

Announcement soon, children of the night. The web has been spun, it only remains to be printed.

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Still learning » November 25th, 2014, 12:20 pm

Bob Farmer wrote:Count Dracula: I am Dracula.


Announcement soon, children of the night. The web has been spun, it only remains to be printed.


In other words, next year.

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Robert Stacher » November 25th, 2014, 12:31 pm

I'm glad Bob didn't recite from "Star Wars"! "...in a galaxy far far away"... ;-)
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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Bill Mullins » November 25th, 2014, 12:48 pm

Robert Stacher wrote:I'm glad Bob didn't recite from "Star Wars"! "...in a galaxy far far away"... ;-)


Or . . .

Darth Vader: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby mrgoat » November 25th, 2014, 2:46 pm

This is pre-release hype worthy of latest and greatest at the green [censored].

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby mrgoat » November 25th, 2014, 2:47 pm

mrgoat wrote:This is pre-release hype worthy of latest and greatest at the green place. I think Bob is Justin Miller.

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Bob Farmer » November 26th, 2014, 7:51 am

No, I'm Dynamo.

I've made an announcement here, a sort of guilty with an explanation:

http://www.magicana.com/a-bammo-update/

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Dustin Stinett » November 26th, 2014, 9:49 am

Bob (for what it's worth), from my point of view, you have led a charmed life.

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Bob Farmer » November 26th, 2014, 6:14 pm

Dustin:

You're confusing me with Mr. Goat.

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby erdnasephile » November 26th, 2014, 10:32 pm

Bill Mullins wrote:
Robert Stacher wrote:I'm glad Bob didn't recite from "Star Wars"! "...in a galaxy far far away"... ;-)


Or . . .

Darth Vader: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.



I'm sorry, I couldn't resist:



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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Ted M » November 27th, 2014, 9:58 am

Thanks for the update. I'll be glad when the book comes out. I've waited more than a decade for this book; I can easily wait a few more months.

I think the couple folks speaking of a "deal" and a "deal getting worse" are off base. Unlike, say, Todd Karr, Bob Farmer has taken no one's money for this book. There is no deal to discuss. He owes no one anything.

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Bill Mullins » November 27th, 2014, 11:52 am

To the extent that I started the "deal" subthread, let me say it wasn't meant to cast aspersions on the good Mr. Farmer. I was only riffing on the Star Wars comment in the previous post.

sigh

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby erdnasephile » November 27th, 2014, 12:13 pm

Likewise--my post had nothing to do with my very high opinion of Mr. Farmer, and I certainly apologize for any inadvertent implication to the contrary.

I was just posting in response to Bill's message because I think the Adult Swim parody is funny and I know Mr. Farmer has a great sense of humor.

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Bob Farmer » November 27th, 2014, 4:13 pm

All is well, my friends. A bit of ribbing is good for the soul.

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Patrick Schlagel » December 20th, 2014, 9:33 pm

Soon, very soon...

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Bob Farmer » December 21st, 2014, 3:30 pm

Just reviewing the printer's sample...

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Robert Stacher » January 3rd, 2015, 3:57 am

Hi Bob,

can you already roughly estimate a release date?

Thanks and Happy New Year,
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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Bob Farmer » January 3rd, 2015, 8:15 pm

Robert:

I'll have a date very soon.

I'm also working on having the U.K. and European orders fulfilled from Scotland, to limit to some extent the outrageous postage charges. Keep an eye here:

http://www.magicana.com/bammo-rumours-are-true/

Thank you for your interest.

Bob

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Patrick Schlagel » January 16th, 2015, 4:27 pm

How are things progressing?

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Richard Kaufman » January 16th, 2015, 7:22 pm

Should be going off to the printer very shortly.
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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Richard Stokes » February 2nd, 2015, 5:23 pm

Looks like a wonderful collection!

But Poker Cheat by Gary Jones & Chris Congreave has one of the best endings.

Has anyone else thought of five aces?


By the way, Mr Farmer's name may well be a pseudonym.

If this link is valid, he might have to change his name to Mr Tax Collector...

http://blog.inkyfool.com/2015/01/farm-tax.html

"Him ought not be... cruel As is a farmer to do the harm he can." Chaucer

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Bob Farmer » February 2nd, 2015, 6:52 pm

What's the ending? Is it five aces, as you imply? If so, there are a couple of ideas in the book that use a wild card to produce a really good five card hand and there are several routines where the ending is a Royal Flush.

I didn't cover video versions in the book since that would have been an endless journey and it seemed like I was already on an endless journey.

Yes, I did know that "Farmer" meant a tax collector (in the sense that the farmer owned the land and the indentured slaves worked it and paid for the privilege). "Steinmeyer" translates as "tenant farmer" so if I was an Englishman in the 15th century, Jim Steinmeyer would be paying me rent.

Ironically, "Stokes" is based on the Russian word, "stolichnaya " which means "one who likes vodka."

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Re: Inventing The Ten Card Poker Deal

Postby Still learning » February 13th, 2015, 6:23 pm

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