Now in it's fourth edition, this classic work offers a step-by-step guide to beating the most popular casino card game. Not just mathematics, the book offers a practical learning method for the aspiring card counter, with exercises and tests to gauge progress. Along with fascinating anecdotes from his years of experience, Mr. Williams (The Grey Knight) gives invaluable advice concerning the practicalities of playing a winning game and not getting caught. The Grey Knight's Million Dollar Challenge to play one-on-one against any casino in the world has never been accepted. It has stood for over 30 years.

What does it take to be a great poker player? It's no secret that masters of poker think differently than ordinary people. In this truly groundbreaking book, Haseeb Qureshi, retired world-class high stakes poker pro and instructor, takes you on a journey of rediscovering the game of poker from the inside out. He explores the depths of strategy, psychology, and philosophy within poker, and teaches you his uniquely scientific perspective on approaching the game. Whether you've read all the books and want to take your game to the next level, or whether you're an amateur wanting to learn what it's all about, this game-changing book is a must-read. In the words of WPT World Champion David Williams, "Haseeb has written an amazing and ground-breaking book. There's truly nothing else like it. An absolute requirement for anyone serious about poker."

Duplicate bridge is a different game. It's true that you can get by if you play exactly the same way as you would in a home social game or a team match. Duplicate pairs is a highly competitive game, though, and few contestants are happy just to 'get by'. They want to win - not just once in a while but regularly! To be successful at duplicate pairs, you must adjust your bidding. You must know when to compete vigorously, taking a risk in doing so. You must also know when it is right to bid conservatively. You have to understand which contract to choose in various situations. In the play and defence you meet similar dilemmas. Should you risk the contract for a lucrative overtrick? Should you risk giving away an extra trick in defence, hoping that you can beat the contract? This is a book that every novice bridge player needs to read before that first pairs game at their local club.

Everything You Need To Know About Poker and Online Poker A Helpful Guide to the World of Poker. In this book you will find the history of poker... Between 1830 and 1845, Poker was played more by an increasing number of players. It was during this time when the draw was then introduced. However, the term draw was already known in poker's English counter-part, Brag. The addition of the draw and the flush combination boost the pleasure of the game, thus, a second betting interval was made. Poker and Online Poker. It was in 1864 when the combination of straight sequence or rotation was introduced while playing poker. With the addition of straight, an additional rule was introduced where a straight and a flush combination will undeniably outrank a full combination. Poker and Online Poker. The addition of straight in poker was an exhilarating development because, as experts say, without straights and straight flushes, the only highest possible hand would be four aces or four kings and an ace kicker. Poker and Online Poker. In the poker world, this type of combination at hand is not just unbeatable, but cannot be matched or tied. Poker and Online Poker. Everything You Need To Know About Poker and Online Poker In this book you will find the meaning and essence of poker... The Poker game is a game everybody loves. It is played in every card room across the world. With its growing popularity, it even invaded the Internet. Poker and Online Poker. Basically, a poker game is the most popular in a class of games known as the vying game where players who fully conceal or partially conceal their cards then make bets into a central pot. Poker games end when the player with the best combination of cards wins. Poker and Online Poker. Like any typical vying game, one or more players are asked to put a primary amount of money into the pot before the cards are dealt. And like most card games, the cards are shuffled, and then cut. The correct numbers of cards are dealt facing down to the players. Poker and Online Poker. In this book you will find strategy to poker... poker strategy is a decisive move basically because playing poker involves more psychological activities. Poker and Online Poker. A player should know how to read the cards of other players and must be well adept in reading the actions and reactions of his playmates. The best poker strategy is to know how to interpret body language, actions and talk of the players. Both of these things can divulge a lot of the strengths and weaknesses of the hands. Poker and Online Poker. A good poker strategy also requires a player to vary his poker approach. This means that there should be times that you know how to tactically bluff a game. Poker and Online Poker. This, in turn, will make other players have a hard time reading your cards or predict your next move. Poker and Online Poker. In this book you will find all you need to know, from the history of poker to online poker, and of course strip poker Everything You Need To Know About Poker and Online Poker

Are you a lucky player ? It is no co-incidence that the best players are lucky players. You can become a "better" player by improving your bidding system with your partner and by improving your play technique, however this will not make you a lucky player. How can you become a lucky player and a winner? In this book, illustrated with hands from actual play, the author demonstrates how to become a lucky player. Lucky players evaluate their trick winning potential, recognise and grab opportunities, maximizing their score over all the likely distributions of the cards.

Learn how to make it tough for your opponents to find their best fits when you hold long suits with weak hands.

Bridge students quickly discover that 'basic bidding' will only get them so far. To improve it is necessary to master a certain number of bidding conventions, and be prepared both to play them and to play against them. Each of the books in this series covers a number of useful conventions, explaining them carefully along with numerous examples and quizzes to help the reader understand what is being learned. Included in this book: Stayman, Jacoby Transfers, Texas Transfers, Smolen, Four-Suit Transfers, Three-level Responses to a 1NT Opening Bid, Three Spades over 2NT and Lebensohl. PATTY TUCKER (Dunwoody, Georgia) is an ABTA Master Bridge Teacher and co-founder of Whirlwind Bridge and Atlanta Junior Bridge. Her success at the bridge table culminated in her victory in the 2000 Baldwin Flight A North American Open Pairs with long-time bridge partner Kevin Collins. Patty and Kevin were married in 2006.

Most poker books and training videos on tournaments and Sit 'n Gos are by professional poker players who play at the highest stakes. Whereas you can learn a lot from studying them, they won't always be as useful to you when you're mainly playing at the low stakes. Playing low stakes games against beginning and recreational players requires a whole different strategy and approach than playing high stakes games against the best of the best. The Crushing Low Stakes Poker series is focused specifically on low stakes play and teaches you the proper strategy to consistently crush low stakes Sit 'n Gos.

Volume 2: Heads-Up

Volume 2 of the series deals with heads-up play and covers heads-up fundamentals, theory and strategy. We will take a close look at important topics such as hand reading, manipulating ranges and post-flop play on different board textures. We will also cover common playing tendencies of low stakes opponents and how to take advantage of them. Becoming familiar with your opponents' weaknesses and learning how to develop effective counter strategies, will give you the edge you need in low stakes games.

Improve Your Tournament Results

Heads-up skills are essential to achieve good tournament results. There is a significant pay jump in tournaments from second to first prize so mastering heads-up play will make a big difference to your win rate.

Heads-up is not the easiest form of poker. It requires you to play a lot of hands and you will often face difficult post-flop decisions. This book explains heads-up strategy in a practical and easy to follow manner, providing you with the tools you need to master those tough one-on-one poker battles. So whether you play heads-up Sit 'n Gos or multi-player SnGs/tournaments, Crushing Low Stakes Poker Volume 2 will be of value to you.

Includes Push-Fold Charts and Example Hands

Included in the book are push/fold charts for heads-up play. These charts let you make mathematically correct endgame decisions so you can maximize your winnings. Throughout the book you will also find multiple example hands with detailed analysis to illustrate important concepts and strategy.

This text offers instructors everything they need in a course for new students or experienced players who want to learn modern bridge. Bridge Students:

"Modern Bridge" carefully explains the rationale and principles behind each bidding and play guideline. Most books merely present these guidelines as facts. This understanding will make it easier to remember the guidelines. You will be better prepared to handle the enormous number of different situations that cannot be covered in any text.

After just seven chapters you'll be ready to start playing in most social bridge settings. The last half of the book introduces you to more sophisticated material which prepares you to play with more experienced players. Exercises appear after each new topic so you can ensure that you understand before going on to the next topic. Experienced Players:

This is your opportunity to learn the current American standard the right way - with real understanding of the various bidding and play guidelines. Each chapter contains more than the basic material. The last seven chapters cover more advanced topics such as cue bids, slam bidding, and related conventions. Bridge Instructors:

"Modern Bridge" contains all of the ingredients you need for your class: a great text for your students, sample hands to exercise the topics you just introduced, and lesson plans you can shape to your own style of teaching. Four complete hands with bidding and play commentary (or more appropriate exercises in a few cases) are included at the end of each chapter. Lesson plans for each chapter are available for download. You can use them as they are or modify them to suit your preference.

This book will take you through an extremely tight set of starting standards to be able to win the Poker Room Jackpot. The author Peter Sloan starts his readers off with a set of guidelines to play nothing less than trip's or better. Almost all of the straight draws are played with at least a top pair in your hand or a double draw, trying to make both a straight and flush at the same time. We go over briefly how to turn a flush or straight draw into the jackpot hand with a straight flush. After waiting in for our up and down straight draw our reader is surprised to find out that he has made a straight flush and not only that beat four of a kind and won the jackpot. The last section of the book we start almost all of our hands with a set and when our hand improves to four of a kind and we beat out a lower four of a kind our reader wins the Bad Beat Jackpot and goes home with ten's of thousands of dollars.

'Life's tough being an ace.' On everyone's list of all-time favorite bridge books is Right Through the Pack by Robert Darvas and Norman Hart. Published just after the end of World War II, the book presents 52 tales using exquisite deals, one for each of the cards in the deck. Now, decades later, Julian Pottage has collected 104 deals - two for each card in the pack. He presents each story through the eyes of the cards, paying homage to Darvas and Hart. Keeping the intermediate bridge player in mind, Pottage takes extra care to have the cards educate while entertaining the reader. "The deals are excellent and the setting pleasantly reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland." - David Bird

If you feel you have mastered poker theory, the math and probabilities, the odds & outs, starting and playable hands, position, player psychology and tells, then it's time to move on and master yourself. No one can teach you how to become a winner except you. All you need is a guide. If you want to learn how to enhance your intuition and take your game to the next level (what Doyle Brunson calls Poker ESP), then this book is for you. Fine-tune your subconscious by reading and repeating these poker and human potential words (mantras) of wisdom. Each mantra is designed to help you develop your own poker consciousness and enhance your decision-making skills at a gut level (known as feel). Soon you will begin making better decisions based on your own inner awareness at the poker table and in life. Let Poker Samadhi be your guide. "Poker Samadhi addresses the most significant of poker challenges to overcome, your ego The wisdom contained in this book will not only elevate your game, but will also increase your awareness at the table and in life... a must read." T.J. Cloutier, 6-Time World Series of Poker Bracelet Winner and Poker Hall Fame Member

Texas hold'em poker skills include the things that for success in this game a player should know, starting hands he should not play, actions he can take, methods or tactics he can use, things he can do, things he should not do, plays or strategies he can follow, points he should know and remember, situations he should avoid, points he should pay attention to, things he should not do, selections he can make, numbers he should remember, places he should not play at, calculations he should make, players he should not play with, reactions he should carefully watch, etc. In this book many of these skills are each individually explained and discussed under a separate number.

An amusing, lighthearted examination of the crazy world of rubber and duplicate bridge, and the men and women who populate that strange milieu - with a heavy but hilarious accen on the tricks and ploys employed by dedicated bridge fiends to win games, master points, and/or money.

This is the greatest bridge problem collection ever Any Questions? Julian Pottage has developed a well-earned reputation as a great problem constructor. His answers are sharp, to the point, and usually make you say, "of course." Problem collections usually contain 50-100 deals. This one has almost 200, each fresher than the last. Try one problem each night before you go to bed. No sleeping until you get it right.

Julian is an Associate Editor for Mr. Bridge, publisher of "Bridge" and contributes to many bridge magazines.

This book is all about learning to play and enjoy the game of bridge. The bridge book is an introduction to the most popular bridge system played in the United States today. The system is called Two-Over-One (2/1). The book is for serious beginners and includes many of the conventional bids used by players around the world. All phases of the world's greatest card game are included, You will learn to bid accurately, play like a pro, and defend like a champion. Learning to play bridge will provide years of enjoyment in a social atmosphere where fun, competition, and individual challenge are all in play.

A convention used to allow opener to open light in third and fourth chair with safety.

A convention designed to help your partnership reach those borderline games which succeed when you have well fitting hands.

1NT Forcing is the keystone to the 2/1 Game Force system of bidding. It is the one convention you should learn going forward.