The poker player armed with the “Advanced Concepts of Poker” knows how to play good poker—he also knows how to force others into playing poor poker. He knows when to bet, raise, and bluff—he also knows how to elicit bets, raises, and bluffs from those he has to beat. He knows how to read the hands and intentions of opponents—he also knows how to delude opponents into misreading his hands and intentions. …But most importantly, the poker player armed with the “Advanced Concepts of Poker” knows how to extract maximum money from his opponents—he knows how to bankrupt them.

…And most dangerously, the poker player armed with the “Advanced Concepts of Poker” knows how to control the game and its players—he knows how to control and manipulate the minds of players. He knows how to lure players into following their emotions, into losing control of themselves, into disorienting their psyches…even into destroying themselves.