How safe is your poker game? From the weekly Saturday night get-together to million-dollar tournament play, poker is now the number one money sports game in America. And not everybody is playing by the rules.

Professional magician Allan Zola Kronzek knows all the tricks of the trade. “A few simple rules can eliminate 75 percent of all cheating,” says Kronzek, “but most games are highly vulnerable. The typical player has no idea what to look for.” Entertaining and informative, Kronzek explains the history of card cheating right up to the latest in high-tech deceptions. Methods include marked cards, hidden cameras, team play, peeking and flashing, and other devious devices.

You’ll learn:

• How cheats can rig a Texas Hold’em tournament.

• Why cutting the cards doesn’t guarantee an honest game.

• Why casinos aren’t 100 percent safe.

• The top 5 cheating techniques and how to defend against them.

“Kronzek arms you with the knowledge you’ll need to protect yourself, and delivers the goods with all the verve and snap of a crisply dealt card.”
—Karl Johnson, author of The Magician and the Cardsharp

CREDENTIALS: Allan Zola Kronzek is a writer and educator who studied card deception under gambling expert Frank Garcia. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Sorcerer’s Companion: A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter. He has been featured in USA Today and appeared on CNN. His most recent book is entitled 52 WAYS TO CHEAT AT POKER — HOW TO SPOT THEM, FOIL THEM, AND PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST THEM.

AVAILABILITY: NY; nationwide by request
CONTACT: Allan Kronzek; 631-725-3391 (NY);
akronzek@optonline.net; www.allankronzek.com