Mike Caro
Mike "Mad Genius" Caro is a professional poker player and author of poker books.
Prolific 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 developed the Poker Probe, a PC program to analyze poker situations.
Caro is the author of a number of books about poker, including:
- Bobby Baldwin's Winning Poker Secrets
- Caro on Gambling - a collection of his columns published in Gambling Times magazine
- Caro's Book of Poker Tells - regarded as one of the best books on tells (physical signs that give clues as to the players poker hand)
- 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
- Poker Without Cards
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.
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.
