This book covers the basics of Two-Over-One Game Force, a popular variation of Standard American bidding. It shows how a small modification can make it easier for the partnership to get to the best game contract and explore the possibility of slam. Using a response of 1 NT as a forcing bid can improve the results. Bidding is color-coded in this well organized book. Summaries, exercises, and sample deals illustrate the ideas.

Stuck indoors? This book is your saviour. Turn to a bumper 501 simple and accessible games and activities to keep your whole family amused for hours, if not days. Inside, in the garden, in the car, for all family sizes and ages - this book covers all the best classics you might have forgotten how to play, like stuck in the mud and the alphabet game, and introduces brand new games too. No fancy equipment needed, just easy to follow instructions. This book has everything you need to keep everyone happy.

Audrey Grant does it again with an amazing new book, Popular Conventions, the third book in the series, covers everything from playing at a party table to a tournament table. Popular Conventions teaches you the core conventions that will strengthen your game for sure. It introduces you to the Stayman convetions, Jacoby transfer bids, the strong artificial two club opening, Blackwood and Gerber. This book gives you a chance to get ahead and win!

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A playing card deck by Linda Runyon, with photos and descriptions of 52 different edible plants. Ideal for hikers, campers, survival experts, and gourmet cooks. Includes plastic belt ring for easy portability.

Bridge is played around the world - and often regarded as the best of all card games. 'Many games provide fun, but Bridge grips you. It exercises your mind. Your mind can rust, you know, but Bridge prevents the rust from forming' Omar Sharif In this book David Bird builds on TEN WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR BRIDGE and presents ten further ways to increase success at the bridge table. In the area of bidding, the Jacoby 2NT convention is described - the most popular way nowadays of showing a strong major-suit raise and investigating slam possibilities. When bidding slams, it is critical to identify the presence or otherwise of the six key cards (the four aces and the king-queen of trumps) Roman Key-card Blackwood allows you to do this. Two important variations (Kickback Blackwood and Exclusion Blackwood) are explained. The Lebensohl convention is covered also, both when partner's INT has been overcalled and when you are responding to a double of a weak-two bid. On defence, the important topic of disrupting declarer's communications is explained. The book will also show how you can become an 'awkward defender', the sort of player that no declarer likes to face. Finally, five important areas of declarer play are addressed: holding up in a suit contract, using the entries provided by the trump suit, how to block the defenders' suit at no-trumps, the various ways to avoid an adverse ruff or overruff and how to overcome a 4-1 trump break.

Whether you play in person, or online, this is a must for bridge lovers around the world This is an important, and in some ways revolutionary, book. The point count method of hand evaluation was first proposed in 1914 and popularized in 1934 by Milton Work. The Banzai Method advanced by David Jackson and Ron Klinger improves on Milton Work by reassessing the relative values of the honour cards but also adds a further dimension to accurate hand evaluation by including the tens and is of crucial importance when assessing balanced hands. According to Eric Kokish, an internationally respected American authority, who has contributed the Foreword, the many example deals are an eye-opener. When you finish this book, it is unlikely that you are going to look at your hand the same way as you have in the past.

Many players feel trepidation when faced with playing a no-trumps contract. In this book Ron Klinger shows you how to approach such contracts without fear. The correct lines and logical thinking are explained clearly and you will not only make your contracts, but also score overtricks as well. This book is about the strategy of succeeding as declarer when you play no-trumps. The first section deals with the approach you should adopt before you even play a card from dummy. Then follow heaps of practical examples, problems for you to solve, deals that arose in major competitions where the very best players did not always find the right answer. Most importantly, the solutions include the logic behind the right play, the clues to locate the missing cards and ideas on how to induce opposition error when you have no legitimate chance for success. In this book, Australian expert Ron Klinger shows you how to come out on top more often. Where you might have felt reluctance when playing no-trumps, you will emerge with a new sense of confidence. No-trumps will no longer hold any fears for you.

Create the longest line, flip your opponent's plan or just enjoy the puzzle: it's up to you to choose a winning strategy. Each card in the game is unique, so it's not easy to form the longest line. Win or lose, you always create a compelling pattern with Linjaa. Linjaa is a multi-player edge-matching game. When adding a new card to the playing field, you gather points when finishing a line or a 'circle'. Cards can only be combined when the lines on your card match the lines on the cards already in the field. Concentrate on your own plan or sabotage the plans of your fellow players: it's up to you to choose which line to take. Whoever succeeds in finishing the most and the longest lines, wins the game.

Bridge hat den Ruf, ein Zeitvertreib fA1/4r Altere Damen zu sein. Ja, das ist es auch, aber Bridge ist noch viel mehr. Bridge ist ein Sport, Bridge ist eines der beliebtesten Kartenspiele der Welt, Bridge wird auch in Deutschland von A1/4ber 500 000 Menschen gespielt und es werden immer mehr. "Bridge fA1/4r Dummies" fA1/4hrt die Leser in die Welt dieses Denk- und Turniersports ein. Eddie Kantar, einer der weltweit bekanntesten Bridge-Autoren, erlAutert die grundlegenden Techniken und Strategien der Reiz- und der Spielphase. Er schildert hAufige Spielsituationen und gibt Tipps, wie man richtig mit ihnen umgeht. So liefert das Buch locker und amA1/4sant allerhand Informationen und Anregungen fA1/4r AnfAnger und fortgeschrittene Bridge-Spieler.

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Includes bonus chart of which starting hands win the most!
The Illustrated Guide to Texas Hold?em takes you from novice to skilled player fast. This low-limit Texas Hold?em book puts you in the game, giving you actual situations where a decision must be made, and you make the next move.
Author and former gambling pro Dennis Purdy shows you the right answer to each hand with a clear explanation about whether you chose correctly-or not.
Whether you?re an absolute beginner or an experienced player looking to hone your skills, The Illustrated Guide to Texas Hold?em will have you betting smarter-and winning more money-in no time!
Dennis Purdy moved to Las Vegas at the age of 25 to undertake a career as a professional gambler. Although he retired from full-time professional gambling in 1983, he still uses his skills to supplement his income. Dennis lives in Tacoma, Washington.

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.

A mathematical exploration of the popular card game SET Have you ever played the addictive card game SET? Have you ever wondered about the connections between games and mathematics? If the answer to either question is “yes,” then The Joy of SET is the book for you! The Joy of SET takes readers on a fascinating journey into this seemingly simple card game and reveals its surprisingly deep and diverse mathematical dimensions. Absolutely no mathematical background is necessary to enjoy this book—all you need is a sense of curiosity and adventure! The first book devoted to the mathematics of one of today’s most popular card games, The Joy of SET will entertain and enlighten the game enthusiast in all of us.

The ultimate card-player's companion, crammed with over 300 pages of games to provide hours of engrossing entertainment playing in groups or by yourself. A tricks section provides ways to astound your friends and family with your seemingly effortless skills. Both games and tricks cater for a range of abilities so that you can progress and expand your repertoire.
Bridge, Brag, Poker, Rummy and Cribbage - all the classics are here, along with all their variations, as well as lesser known games such as Red Dog, Beleaguered Castle and Quinto. With easy-to-follow explanations for each game including their origins, rules, ranking of cards and tactics, as well as clear illustrations of sample hands, scoring systems and a full glossary of terms, you can quickly make yourself familiar with games you've never tried. Tricks include sleights and shuffling tricks, tricks with prepared packs, magic tricks and mathematical tricks.
Challenge yourself and have fun no matter where you are - all you need is a pack of cards and "The Card Games Bible."

The Penguin Book of Card Games is the authoritative up-to-date compendium, describing an abundance of games to be played both for fun and by serious players. Auctions, trumpless hands, cross-ruffing and lurching: card players have a language all of their own. From games of high skill (Bridge) to games of high chance (Newmarket) to trick-taking (Whist) and banking (Pontoon), David Parlett, seasoned specialist in card games, takes us masterfully through the countless games to choose from. Not content to merely show us games with the conventional fifty-two card pack, Parlett covers many games played with other types of cards - are you brave enough to play with Tarot? With a 'working description' of each game, with the rules, variations and origins of each, as well as an appendix of games invented by the author himself, The Penguin Book of Card Games will delight, entertain and inform both the novice and the seasoned player.

In 2006, Chef Aliza Green published Starting with Ingredients, a 1000-page collection of hundreds of recipes, ingredient tips, and food history designed to be a master class for the home cook. Fifteen years later, Starting with Ingredients is reinvented in a convenient magnetic-closure format with 50 recipe cards and an 88-page booklet chock-full of ingredient history. Aliza's chef-tested and approved recipes are easily navigated with brightly colored illustrations, sorted by main ingredient, giving you a starting place when you have lots of lemons, or are craving a meal with beef. The deck is the perfect gift (or self-purchase) for anyone who finds pleasure in a homemade meal.

Most PLO books advocate a highly conservative game-plan-this style is outdated and will get you crushed in today's games. Mastering PLO is different. It is a unique and remarkable book and will teach you a whole new approach to the game. Mastering PLO: *Teaches you an aggressive style*Provides you with clear guidelines on how to develop your game-plan and adjust to your opponents*Teaches you how to analyse board textures - the key to success in PLO Herbert Okolowitz (Huck3be1n) and Wladimir Taschner (Insyder19) are professional poker players, PLO experts and sought-after coaches on Pokerstrategy.com. They will explain in detail: *Pre-flop hand selection and pre-flop hand dynamics - including analysis of wide 3- and 4-bet ranges and the theory behind optimal bet-sizing.*How to use equity shifts on turn and river to your advantage and how to bluff correctly. *How to understand the game better and develop a holistic view of the play: connecting preflop decisions to action on later streets. Plus much more...A clear game-plan and the right mind-set will improve your win-rate tremendously and give you the edge against your opponents. Mastering PLO will give you that edge!

This new edition shows beginning and intermediate players learn how to beat any single or multiple deck blackjack game in the world. More than fifteen chapters show the rules, variations, options, basic strategies, and master charts for correct play for al blackjack games, including the latest rules changes. Players learn smart money management, how to maximize profits, simplified counting methods, and how to get free rooms, meals and shows just for playing. This comprehensive book includes a tipping guide, eight rules of self-discipline, five practice quizzes, money management, and sage advice for being a winner.

An expert bridge coach's guide for beginners who are looking to move their game up to the next level. This book is for readers who have finished their beginner lessons, and are trying to move their game up to the next level. The tips cover all aspects of bridge -- bidding, play and defence. Advice and examples are drawn from material Barbara Seagram has developed for her students over the last twenty years -- it's like having your own personal bridge coach sitting beside you!

This original Bob Ross-themed card game will challenge your memory skills in matching painting to painting, quote to quote, squirrel to squirrel, and more. - Memory card game: Includes 50 full-color printed cards to match 25 sets of Bob Ross-themed pairs, including words of wisdom, artwork, woodland creatures, and more - Book included: An accompanying book offers play instruction and some of Bob's most inspirational messages, with full-color photos and art throughout - Great solo or in a group: This game works for solo play as well as groups of 2, 3, or more - Gift box: Card deck and book set packaged in a sturdy full-color printed box - Perfect gift: A unique gift for fans of Bob Ross - Officially Licensed: Authentic Bob Ross collectible