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| Nickname(s) | The Mad Genius |
|---|---|
| Hometown | |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finishes | 1 |
| Highest ITM main event finish | None |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Final tables | 0(+1) |
| Money finishes | 1 |
Mike "Mad Genius" Caro (born May 16, 1944) is a professional poker player and author of poker books.
Author
Caro is a recognized authority on gambling statistics. In 1978 he contributed 50 statistical tables to Doyle Brunson's Super/System, regarded by some as the Bible of poker. He acts as a consultant to many casinos, providing odds, and he helped develop the Poker Probe, a PC program to analyze poker situations. He is the founder of the Mike Caro University of Poker, Gambling and Life Strategy.
Caro is the author of a number of books about poker, including:
- The Body Language of Poker - one of the most widely quoted books in the history of poker
- Bobby Baldwin's Winning Poker Secrets
- Caro on Gambling - a collection of his columns published in Gambling Times magazine
- Mike Caro's Book of Poker Tells - regarded as the best book on tells (physical signs that give clues as to the players poker hand) there is also a companion Video/DVD
- Caro's Fundamental Secrets of Winning Poker
- Gambling Times Official Rules of Poker
- Gambling Times Quiz Book
- Master Hold'em and Omaha Poker
- New Poker Games - Descriptions and rules of esoteric or newly invented poker variants
- Odds Quick and Simple
- Professional Hold'em Play by Play
- Poker at the Millennium
- Poker for Women: A Course in Destroying Male Opponents at Poker and Beyond
Additionally, he has a number of videos, some of which correspond to the books he has written. He was formerly editor in chief of Poker Player magazine and senior editor of Gambling Times magazine.
In 1984 at the World Series of Poker he demonstrated Orac (Caro backwards), a poker-playing computer program that he had written. Orac performed credibly in a series of challenges against leading players.
Casino executive and poker player
Caro was the chief strategist for the Bicycle Club Casino when it opened in 1984 and was named the general manager of the Huntington Park Casino in 1986. He was a driving force in bringing poker tournaments to the east coast. In 1992 he helped organize the "World Poker Finals" at Foxwoods Resort Casino, the first corporate sponsored tournament.
Aside from his writing and executive work with casinos, Caro is a world class poker player. He is regarded by many top poker players as one of the best draw poker players in the world. Caro developed much of his poker theory in conversations with John Fox and Art Sathmary.
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