Ducy? by David Sklansky
When Jim McManus, author of the New York Times best-seller, Positively Fifth Street, read our manuscript, he wrote, Whenever I read something by David, I never fail to learn new things about the world. The book is fantastically illuminating, well written, works as a kind of autobiography, and Al's input is effective as commentary.You will probably feel the same way by seeing how creatively combining math, logic, psychology, and probability theory can solve problems you might have previously regarded as unsolvable. Your ability to identify and even manipulate other people's thoughts and desires should improve, as well as your ability to understand and resist other experts who attempt to do the same thing. And this book will almost certainly put money in your pocket.
The title, DUCY?, was taken from our forums at www.twoplustwo.com's. To encourage people to think better, David would often ask, Do you see why? before fully explaining his conclusions or advice. Forum participants c
Dr. Alan Schoonmaker offers a unique combination of academic credentials, commercial experience, and knowledge of poker psychology. Following the completion of a Ph.D. He joined the faculty of UCLA and Carnegie-Mellon University after receiving his Ph.D. in industrial psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. He then moved to Belgium to work as a Research Fellow at the Catholic University of Leuven. Before founding Schoonmaker and Associates, an international consulting firm, he was Merrill Lynch's Manager of Management Development.
With companies such as GE, GM, IBM, Mobil, Xerox, Rank Xerox, Bankers Trust, Wells Fargo, Manufacturers Hanover, Chemical Bank, and Chase Manhattan, he personally taught or counseled in twenty-nine countries across all six continents. The annual sales of his personal clients reach one trillion dollars. He published three research monographs and four books on industrial psychology (Anxiety and the Executive, Executive Career Plan, Selling: The Psychological Approach, and Negotiate to Win), one book on coping with college (A Student's Survival Handbook), and four books on poker (The Psychology of Poker, Your Worst Poker Enemy, Your Best Poker Friend, and Poker Winne). He's a co-author of DUCY with David Sklansky?
He wrote over 150 pieces for publications like The California Management Review, Expansion, Poker Digest, and Card Player, among others. He was the host of his own radio show. In four video series, he wrote and/or starred in the lead role. He created Selling: The Psychological Approach, which was once the world's best-selling corporate computer training package.
At an administrative hearing and lawsuit, he testified as an expert witness on poker psychology. He was a member of Royal Vegas Poker's expert squad and played online. He teaches serious poker players, including pros, about poker psychology, particularly how to analyze and improve their own performance. At alan_schoonmaker@yahoo.com, he welcomes personal messages.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781880685488 |
| ISBN 10 | 1880685485 |
| Title | Ducy? |
| Author | David Sklansky |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Two Plus Two Pub. |
| Year published | 2010-02-10 |
| Number of pages | 312 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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