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Renowned magazine writer Michael Kaplan has penned dozens of stories on advantage players. Known by gambling cognoscenti as APs, they are people who employ various high-level techniques to legally and brilliantly beat casinos and racetracks at their own games.<\/p>\n

In the pages of Advantage Players<\/i>, you\u2019ll meet the undisputed greatest APs. They include the poker genius Phil Ivey, baccarat millionaire Kelly Sun, Don Johnson (not the actor, but the gambler who beat Atlantic City for $15 million), the founder of the famed MIT blackjack team (named John Chang, he inspired Kevin Spacey\u2019s character in the movie\u00a021<\/i>), and the world\u2019s greatest sports-betting furniture salesman who\u2019s known as Mattress Mack.<\/p>\n

But Advantage Players<\/i>\u00a0isn\u2019t limited to gambling. The book also examines the AP strategies used by winners in life\u2019s other games. They include an art dealer who turned the gallery scene upside\u00a0down, a stripper who earns $300,000 per year, the attorney who got Mike Tyson sprung, the extreme magician David Blaine, and movie directors the Safdie brothers. Going further, while taking the measure of its world,\u00a0Advantage Players\u00a0<\/i>doesn\u2019t shy away from masterminds who cross the line from advantage plays to outright illicit money grabs.<\/p>\n

In Advantage Players<\/i>, readers go on a deep dive into the world of superstars who ply their trade ingeniously, devise strategies far from the public eye, and walk away with the gold.<\/p>\n

About The Author<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Michael Kaplan<\/strong> is a journalist based in Brooklyn, NY. He has written for publications that include the New York Times Magazine, Wired, and GQ. He is a senior features writer with the New York Post, writes the gambling column for Cigar Aficionado, and has authored five books. Kaplan\u2019s article on Cheung Yin \u201cKelly\u201d Sun is being developed for a feature film with the actress Awkwafina attached to play Kelly.<\/p>\n

In the press:<\/p>\n

Las Vegas Advisor Show<\/a><\/p>\n

Karol Markowicz Show<\/a><\/p>\n

On the Corner of Main Street<\/a><\/p>\n

Low Rollers<\/a><\/p>\n

Gambling with an Edge<\/a><\/p>\n

Blackjack Apprenticeship<\/a><\/p>\n

New York Post<\/a><\/p>\n

American Casino Guide<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Advantage Players<\/em>\u00a0is a rare look at “advantage players,” professional gamblers who consistently beat the casino games at which everyone else loses, penned by the only feature writer in the world with access to this clandestine crew.<\/p>\n

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