Mike Caro is a professional poker player, but aside from this, he is also a recognized pioneer poker theorist who has published a number of books pertaining to poker. He is also the proud founder of the University of Poker, Gambling and Life Strategy, which can be said as the world’s first poker school. Today, Caro is considered as a world’s foremost authority when it comes to poker strategies as well as poker psychology.
Background History
Mike Caro, also called as “America’s Mad Genius,” was born on May 16, 1944. Aside from this nickname, he is also called as the “Gambling’s Mad Genius” as well as “The Mad Genius of Poker.” Caro works as a consultant to a number of casinos as well as lent a helping hand to developing a commercial PC program called the Poker Probe, which is a program that analyzes poker situations. His University of Poker, Gambling, and Life Strategy, of which he is a founder of, is a recognized poker school in the world.
The Poker Player
Although it can be said that a lot of the poker players right now have only became popular because of their skills in playing poker, the same cannot be said true for Caro. He did try to earn his living by becoming a professional poker player, but he found out that he is not maximizing his full potential as a poker player and that he needed to learn more from strategy books. Sadly, there were fewer books then that could help him improve his strategies. This became the turning point of his life as he focused more on the development of his own poker strategies and mathematics, and so he began writing books. By writing, the poker expert in him bloomed.
The Poker Writer
Caro is a good writer and writes them in such a way that they are easy to understand and employ, which is why his books fast became the bible of many poker players who want to turn professional.
His books have been one of the most quoted in many magazines and other poker books, and a collection of his most famous columns have even been published in a renowned magazine called the Gambling times. One of his most famous works is a video called Caro’s Poker Tells on Video which tackles poker tells and how to interpret the body language of your opponents.
All in all, Caro’s poker earnings from various live tournaments is only about $150,000, but his books and other works have made him far more richer than his poker winnings ever did.
