Le mental est peut-etre encore plus important au poker que dans n'importe quelle autre forme de competition. C'est un des seuls jeux au monde ou vous pouvez jouer parfaitement et perdre - encore et encore. Des centaines de joueurs de poker se sont tournes vers le coach mental Jared Tendler et son approche revolutionnaire pour les aider a jouer leur meilleur poker, quelle que soit l'intensite de leur bad run. Dans ce livre vous trouverez des instructions simples, "etape par etape," ainsi que des techniques prouvees permettant de resoudre de facon permanente des problemes comme le tilt, faire face a la variance, le controle emotionnel, la confiance, la peur et la motivation. Les parties devenant de plus en plus difficiles, il est temps d'aborder ces problemes de front. Decouvrez le travail sur le tilt le plus abouti qui ait jamais ete fait. Lisez les temoignages de huit joueurs qui ont fait des progressions majeures en utilisant les techniques de Jared. Motivez-vous avec des methodes utilisees par des SuperNova Elites. "

Like the author's first book (A First Book of Bridge Problems, named Book of the Year for 2011 by the American Bridge Teachers Association), this sequel comprises 50 problems in declarer play and defence for the beginning or near-beginning player, presented in approximate order of difficulty. The problems are slightly more advanced than those in the first book. Experienced players recognize certain standard situations without having to work them out. This does not apply to novices who spend a lot of mental effort on them. The aim of the book is to get novices to develop their recognition of these situations. The idea is to present bridge hands as the reader would encounter them playing at the table. Unlike in a textbook, where topics are introduced systematically, there is no clue as to what type of play is required.

The Russian language edition of Reading Poker Tells, which has been described as the best book on the subject of poker tells. There are physical and verbal tells in every live poker game. Knowing how to recognize and understand these tells can give you a significant edge on the competition. This book will teach you how to analyze opponents' physical gestures, facial expressions, body posture, and verbal statements for clues about their hand strength. This book includes: The common poker tells shown by amateurs The more subtle tells that some experienced players may have Situations where tells are likely to be displayed Common verbal statements and their likely meanings A practical way to categorize and remember tells Methods of psychological manipulation and deception How to recognize and avoid angle-shooting Strategies for becoming unreadable

In the years since Anthony Holden wrote his classic memoir "Big Deal," the poker world has changed beyond recognition. In "Bigger Deal: A Year Inside the Poker Boom," Holden takes his game on the worldwide tournament circuit to chronicle how the rise of online gaming has completely transformed the world of poker.

Bridge is not difficult once you have jumped the first hurdle, but that can seem imposing to anyone who hasn't a clue about Bridge or card games in general. This book strips away the mystery and presents the basics in a wonderfully clear and concise way. It explains everything that is needed to understand the game. In less time than you would imagine you could be playing the wonderfully entertaining game of Bridge with your friends and family. Written in a way that is very easy to follow, this book provides the reader with a very hands on approach to learning the rules and flow of the game. It is a brilliantly simple read and it provides the information a player needs to get started playing.

Rate your bridge with this quiz book on declarer play and defence. The author presents a series of card play problems, and assigns the reader to a score based on how close to the optimum solution they get. Readers can expect their scores to improve as they work through the book, inevitably learning as they go.

The logical follow-up to the author's best-selling Competitive Bidding in the 21st Century, this book deals with the latest expert thinking on constructive auctions at bridge. As usual, Miles' ideas are cutting edge, and not everything he recommends will appeal to everyone. However, through discussion, Miles challenges his readers to think about and question what they are currently doing, ultimately reinforcing their own confidence in the style they choose to play.

All North American players are taught to play using a strong notrump, but that is not the way of the rest of the world. Even in North America, weak notrump systems, or even Kamikaze notrump systems, are becoming more common. This book discusses the advantages and disadvantages of playing a system with a weaker notrump opening, and shows how the 1NT range impacts the rest of the bidding system. Even those who have no interest in converting to a weak notrump range still need to know how to play against weak notrump systems, so for them the book includes advice on effective competitive methods.

This set of 60 cards is designed to inspire inner wisdom and creativity. Best-selling author Isabel Allende calls the Soul Cards "mysterious and revealing... [these] images help us understand our own souls".

This is the biggest, most complete, and most authoritative book ever written on poker-everything there is to know about the Great American Game from the rules of each variation to the most expert instruction on playing the odds. Albert Morehead, author of more than 70 books on the rules and procedures of card games, has taken most of the mystery and even more of the luck out of winning-"Poker is a game of skill. If you aren't beating the game, you're being outplayed." What does count in this game is attitude, judgment, skills, and these can all be acquired.

In bridge, a 'falsecard' is a card that is played in attempt to deceive one or more players at the table. Falsecards are not unethical. You can falsecard as much as you want, although prudence is invariably the golden rule for success. The only type of falsecarding that is banned is purposeful falsecarding that a partnership has agreed to use in certain situations. This is the definitive book on (legally) pulling the wool over your opponents' eyes. There are times at the bridge table when playing a misleading card is essential if you are to have any chance of an optimum result. This new edition of a classic bridge book from Mike Lawrence includes a number of ideas that are new since it was originally published. Skill Level: Intermediate / Advanced. Revised and updated for the first time in 20 years.

Kansas City, 1929: Myrtle and Jack Bennett sit down with another couple for an evening of bridge. As the game intensifies, Myrtle complains that Jack is a "bum bridge player." For such insubordination, he slaps her hard in front of their stunned guests and announces he is leaving. Moments later, sobbing, with a Colt .32 pistol
in hand, Myrtle fires four shots, killing her husband.
The Roaring 1920s inspired nationwide fads-flagpole sitting, marathon dancing, swimming-pool endurance floating. But of all the mad games that cheered Americans between the wars, the least likely was contract bridge. As the Barnum of the bridge craze, Ely Culbertson, a tuxedoed boulevardier with a Russian accent, used mystique, brilliance, and a certain madness to transform bridge from a social pastime into a cultural movement that made him rich and famous. In writings, in lectures, and on the radio, he used the Bennett killing to dramatize bridge as the battle of the sexes. Indeed, Myrtle Bennett's murder trial became a sensation because it brought a beautiful housewife-and hints of her husband's infidelity-from the bridge table into the national spotlight. James A. Reed, Myrtle's high-powered lawyer and onetime Democratic presidential candidate, delivered soaring, tear-filled courtroom orations. As Reed waxed on about the sanctity of womanhood, he was secretly conducting an extramarital romance with a feminist trailblazer who lived next door.
To the public, bridge symbolized tossing aside the ideals of the Puritans-who referred derisively to playing cards as "the Devil's tickets"-and embracing the modern age. Ina time when such fearless women as Amelia Earhart, Dorothy Parker, and Marlene Dietrich were exalted for their boldness, Culbertson positioned his game as a challenge to all housebound women. At the bridge table, he insisted, a woman could be her husband's equal, and more. In the gathering darkness of the Depression, Culbertson leveraged his own ballyhoo and naughty innuendo for all it was worth, maneuvering himself and his brilliant wife, Jo, his favorite bridge partner, into a media spectacle dubbed the Bridge Battle of the Century.
Through these larger-than-life characters and the timeless partnership game they played, "The Devil's Tickets" captures a uniquely colorful age and a tension in marriage that is eternal.

"From the Hardcover edition."

Omaha poker has long been a favourite game in Europe. Now comes the definitive guide to winning big at this exciting, and potentially highly lucrative game.