There are plenty of bridge books for serious players, and also numbers of books for raw beginners. However, very little has been published for the player who has completed the basic course and is now ready to add a few 'bells and whistles' to his or her game. This book conducts a thorough review of all the bidding ideas and concepts that are encountered in a beginner's course on bridge, and takes the reader beyond them, gently but firmly, to the second stage. The reader's ideas on bidding will be refined, and a number of useful conventions suitable for this level of player are described and recommended. The material has been written by two very experienced bridge teachers, and includes features such as end-of-chapter reviews and quizzes to help reinforce the concepts.

The exciting and challenging game of Texas Hold'Em Poker is gaining more followers daily-both young and old-who enjoy competing, bluffing, and most of all, winning. In this guidebook for both novice and experienced poker players, an avid poker player combines his knowledge of the game with his expertise regarding stats and probabilities to provide all possible outcomes of the cards, ultimately helping poker players around the world improve their chances of winning.

Sam Habash has been playing poker since he was a young boy, but in the last ten years, has focused mainly on improving his Texas Hold'Em game. He draws on his ability to gather and analyze statistics to provide poker players with probabilities and payback information. While offering little-known statistics like the likelihood of having an ace or king show up in a hand (62%) or the odds of receiving a pair (6%), Habash leads players through many different scenarios like the chances of receiving a second pair, flush draw, or complete straight.

The expert advice offered in this unique reference manual will help any poker player gain the extra advantage to come out ahead in their next game of Texas Hold'Em

First Base Blackjack: What It Takes To Beat Today's Game, juxtaposes Riley's testosterone fueled hit and run style with O'Dwyer's subtle mastery of the game to evoke a book full of dynamic moves for a new generation of players. Explaining reasons why "Card Counting and Basic Strategy Does Not Work," look for O'Dwyer and Riley to be a major influence in the Blackjack landscape for years to come.

Rules are made to be broken, and the world of bridge is no exception. This is the first of a planned four-book series on cardplay. It deals with situations where the player who is on lead - defender or declarer, at the start of the deal or in the middle - needs to do something that involves ostensibly 'breaking the rules'. Not, obviously, the rules of bridge itself, but the well-tried adages that every player needs to be taught - the rules of thumbA" that work in a lot of cases. Knowing when to break those rules is one of the marks of an expert player.

I have been dealing and supervising the game of craps in major casino's across this country for over 25 years now. I have noticed that the reason people do not play craps is because they are intimidated by the game's complexity. I have broken down the game bet by bet and explain how each bet will win and lose. Individually! And why! You will learn table etiquette and be able to attack the game at your speed and avoid any embarrassment that may be holding you back from playing. This is a game you will thoroughly enjoy playing. And its not as hard as you might think...

From the man who literally CREATED the poker ebook market and its poster child, "Let There Be Range" ("a two-thousand dollar poker manual for high-stakes poker professionals"), "The Poker Blueprint" provides the infrastructure for micro- and small-stakes players to build their game on. It also offer advanced strategies that are vital to crushing today's online short-handed games up to 100NL.
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How to win pots without premium holdings ... Secrets revealed on page 97
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Roy Cooke and John Bond's CardPlayer Magazine column is the longest running poker feature in the world. This, their sixth book, is a continuation of their Real Poker II: The Play of Hands and a companion volume to their last book, How to Think Like a Poker Pro (both titles are also available from Amazon.com). It contains all their CardPlayer Magazine Play of Hand columns from 2000- 2006, edited and updated. Each essay takes you through a professional's thought process in the play of a hand, how to really analyze each decision to make or save the most at the poker table. Roy Cooke is one of the only poker writers I find worth reading. Doyle Brunson Roy Cooke's writing is the best limit hold em adivce anywhere. In fact, I learned more from reading Roy's articles in CardPlayer on limit hold em than any other source. He does a masterful job of walking you through a hand and teaches you the right way to think about a poker hand. Daniel Negreanu, 2003 Player of the Year Roy Cooke has made

Patrick Jourdain's Problem Corner has been a popular regular feature of Bridge Magazine in the UK for many years.

This collection of challenging declarer-play problems has been selected from the best of the material that has appeared in the magazine, and will be welcomed by advanced players.

Poker players are very lucky - they can mix their hobby with travel. Yet there's never been a travel guide with the poker player's unique interests in mind, until now... The World Poker Travel Guide is the first of its kind: a comprehensive rundown of poker rooms around the world that will show you where, when, and what to expect when playing away from home. Our reviewers are poker players, not your average travel writer, who have personally visited and played in every poker room included here in order to deliver the information you need, including]: * Detailed descriptions of major poker rooms in the United States, Spain, England, France, Australia, and New Zealand * A chapter dedicated to the first-time visitor to a poker room * A comprehensive guide for the poker player's ultimate poker vacation - a trip to the WSOP * The best poker vacation spots in the world * A listing of the best and loosest games, by game type and limit * Tournament details and schedules as well as reward programs * The playing atmosphere at each venue * The best accommodations convenient to casinos and card rooms * The top three casino restaurants ...and much more So before you book that flight, pack that bag, or place that bet, make sure you're traveling as smart as you're playing. With The World Poker Travel Guide, your trip will be a guaranteed winner

THIS 146 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Auction Tactics, by Bryant McCampbell. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1417905360.

Poker is a game of skill and chance. Some say it is 50-50%, while others say it is 70-30%. You are told to ignore the "chance" element and focus purely on "skill" because it will pay out over the longer run. In time, however, even seasoned professionals find that they have reached the peak in terms of skill - and they resign themselves to just playing their best game. What if you could control the "chance" element in poker? Would that improve your game? This book defines that "chance" component as being composed of luck, intuition, and foresight. Human beings possess a subtle energy field that envelops the physical body. When activated, it is capable of manufacturing luck and producing remarkably accurate powers of intuition and foresight. Beneath the deceptive fabric of everyday reality, energy fields continually wage wars to determine who "gets lucky." Individuals who possess active energy fields will dominate those with passive energy fields. How can you activate your energy field and put it to use at the poker table? This book provides the answers. Author Sunil Padiyar offers an engaging study of both the scientific and spiritual aspects of luck, intuition and foresight. He takes the reader on a riveting journey from the modern theories of Quantum Physics to the metaphysical theories of the ancient Hindu Upanishads (written as far back as in the first millennium BC). Based on his intriguing findings, the author presents practical techniques to harness psychic powers and put them to use in winning at the poker table.

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"Cowboys Full" traces the story of poker from its roots in China, the Middle East, and Europe, through the back rooms of saloons and the parlors of U.S. presidents to its evolution as a global phenomenon. It describes how early Americans took a French parlor game and turned it into a national craze by the time of the Civil War. It explains how poker, once dominated by cardsharps, is now the most popular card game in Europe, East Asia, Australia, South America, and cyberspace, as well as on television. Along the way, James McManus examines the game's remarkable hold on American culture, seen in everything from Frederic Remington's paintings to countless poker novels, movies, and plays. "Cowboys Full "is raucous and fascinating, a lively, definitive history of the game that, more than any other, explains who we are and how we operate.

PLO8 poker plays much differently than the No-Limit Hold'em games that most players are familiar with. Because there are only a few specialists who understand how to play the game, most PLO8 players have no idea what they are doing. This book will reveal the secrets that enable these specialists to make so much money and give you the knowledge you need to absolutely crush PLO8 poker games. Even if you are already a winning player, you will learn new skills that will increase your win rate. This is the first book dedicated solely to PLO8 poker. The Expanded Edition has been updated and revised and includes over 50 pages of new content. New topics covered include: -Flop fits -Continuation Betting -Bluffing -Barreling -WSOP events -Rush Poker -And more...

Robert Tischman is just looking for a game of bridge, but when a mysterious woman persuades him to partner her in a two-session event at the Engima Club, he gets much more than that. This is a book that can be enjoyed on several levels: 1) as a fun read with lots of great bridge deals. 2) as a glimpse of what the game might be like if technology were applied to it with more imagination. 3) as an exposition of the author's ideas on encrypted bidding and encrypted signals - bids and plays where, in full compliance with the Laws of Bridge, partners can exchange information that cannot be deciphered by their opponents. Consumer warning: these methods, though fascinating and ingenious, are illegal in many bridge jurisdictions.

You thought bridge was going to be eternally glorious, didn't you? Suddenly, out of the blue, you're going crazy! Confusion reigns supreme. Every partner is an expert with a barrage of new conventions. You are beset on every side with questions you fear to ask. Secrets Your Bridge Friends Never Tell You explores the bumpy, and exciting, journey a bridge player takes on the road from beginner, to intermediate, to the unlimited glory that awaits somewhere down the line. Undoubtedly, you will recognize part of your own journey. You will discover you were never alone as you suffered the constant ups and downs that proliferate in pursuit of this great game. With a humorous slant that delights, Secrets offers insights into such questions as: How do you find a partner? How do you keep a partner? Should you play with your spouse? Should you hire a pro? What happens when you get bridge burn-out? Find the answers here. Critics' Viewpoint Cathy combines humor and insight as she shines light on a part of our bridge world that is seldom talked about. Secrets is informative and fun. -- Marty Bergen, ten-time National Champion, author of Points Schmoints!

Bridge players are taught numerous rules to help them make good bidding decisions, rules that involve things like point count, losing trick count, the Law of Total Tricks and a host of other evaluation methods. But eventually everyone discovers that there are more situations where these rules don't apply than where they do. This book fills a gap in bridge literature by discussing how to make decisions in the bidding, especially in competitive auctions. Think about your own game. Are you sure you know when it's right to be aggressive and when to pull back? When to bid on and when to double the opponents? When to push forward for a slam and when to be content with reaching game? This book goes through the factors you need to be aware of in your hand and in the bidding around you (partner's and the opponents') that will help you get these decisions right more often. Filled with real-life examples, practical advice and helpful quizzes, this book will help any reader become a better bidder.

You began by learning to count points, but that only got you so far. Then, someone introduced you to a new idea, Losing Trick Count. Better in theory, sure. But how do you use it? A response shows at least 6 high-card points, but how many losers? How many of these mysterious 'cover cards'? What's the range? Plus, something just seems wrong with the whole thing! How can A 3 2 be just as good as Q 3 2? That cannot be right! Counting Goren high-card points is much easier, and is a very reasonable gauge for bidding square hands. When things start to get distributional, however, you know that you need a better way to evaluate your hand. The concept of winners, losers, and cover cards really seems to be the right path, allowing you to escape from counting points into the world of counting TRICKS! In Winners, Losers and Cover Cards, Ken Eichenbaum reveals not only the secrets an expert would use to better evaluate the real power (or weakness) of your hand, but also how to use this knowledge to your advantage in a myriad number of ways. The author explains a fresh take on popular conventions and treatments, within the context of real auctions facing you at the table, and introduces novel methods, allowing you to maximize the benefit of your new understanding.

In this book, Ken Rexford introduces the strong club relay system with canap bidding that he played successfully for years. His approach is novel, but it is also one that is easy to learn and play. Most importantly, the entire system fits within the ACBL General Convention Chart. As with his first book, Cuebidding At Bridge, Ken Rexford spends much time explaining the theory and thinking behind canap sequences, so that the reader will understand the approach rather than simply memorizing a list of conventions. The author also includes a basic scheme for converting your system from Precision to Canap, or even from Standard all the way to Canap, all in easy steps. For those who are intrigued but intimidated by Canap, this extra material should help to ease the transition.

This short, quick reference, Texas Hold'em Poker Guide is a must own for all poker players in my opinion. Nowadays Texas Hold'em is a household name and the king of the local poker rooms. Playing cards these days isn't just about having fun at the table, but knowing your odds, probabilities, and tells. This book will hopefully advance your game and serve as a quick reference guide to you in the future. Even though Poker is considered a "game of skill," just remember there's still a lot of "gambling" involved as well. So just remain calm when that Donkey "sucks out" on you. It's not the end of the world, and it will not be the last time this happens to you, because "that's poker."

Larry Cohen is one of the most successful American bridge players of the last 20 years. In My Favorite 52, Cohen presents a collection of his favorite personal bridge moments, using an intimate 'over-the-shoulder' presentation, taking the reader through more than 60 deals (no, not just 52!). Each deal is important to him in some way, or technically interesting, or just plain fun.

The book's interactive style allows the reader to follow bidding and play, and even to make their own decisions at key points. Read this book for fun, or study it in depth and learn from it - whichever you choose to do, you will find it hard to put down.

This book was first published in 1959 and quickly became one of the classic textbooks for the playing of bridge. The original version has been out of print for some time and the book is now being republished in its first revision in 50 years. In its new modernised form, bridge players will find the ideas much more accessible, while handy end-of-chapter quizzes reinforce the concepts.