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Claw your way to the top of the animal kingdom! Fans of beloved
illustrator Richard McGuire will revel in this wild deck featuring
animals from a range of environments (ocean, forest, jungle,
savannah, and Arctic), ranked by their order in the food chain. The
highest cards take the lowest cards, but the "Wild Cards" take all!
An irresistible tin package, cards adorned with striking art, and
brilliant pops of Pantone colors serve up a card game experience
that can't be tamed!
Ten years after their award-winning Planning the Play of a Bridge
Hand (August 2009, ISBN 978 1897106 51 8), Seagram & Bird
tackle the hardest part of the game: defence. Using the same
step-by-step approach, they guide the reader through the minefield
of signalling, making a defensive plan and, above all, counting -
points, tricks and distribution.
A famous card expert demonstrates tricks that have left theater audiences amazed, and that card-playing professionals have used profitably. It is not a book for beginners. But these shifts, palms, glides, false shuffles, cuts, fans, steals and spectacular deceptions will help those with basic card expertise reach new levels of performance. Over 300 photos show Buckley's exact hand positions during each move.
This is the most important technical bridge book published since
Larry Cohen's To Bid or Not to Bid (60,000 copies in English
alone), and may well reach an even bigger audience. There are two
aspects to this book, both unique. First, Rodwell describes and
explains a host of innovative ideas in cardplay, strategems that
can be used as declarer or defender. Second, under the heading
'Common Mistakes', Rodwell talks about the mental side of the game:
areas that mark the key differences between an average player and a
successful one. The first draft of this book has been in existence
for more than fifteen years, but it is only now that Rodwell is
prepared to allow his 'secrets' to become public knowledge.
Find out how to win consistently and develop an adaptive, skilled
game with this guide to every aspect of Texas Hold 'Em. With clear
explanations of the rules, the hands, scoring, the odds and the
betting systems, it will give you all the information you need to
get started. It will also help you learn how to play online,
warning you of the pitfalls and helping you to better 'read' your
opponents and develop strategies for success. Featuring killer
insights from an author with decades of experience in every aspect
of the gaming world, this is an essential handbook for anyone who
dreams of being a poker king - or queen.
Poker is a centuries-old American game. Why has it become so
popular in the twenty-first century? What does current interest in
the game tell us about ourselves and some of our most pressing
social issues? In this timely and thought-provoking book, Andrew
Manno offers important insights into the intersection of gaming,
gender, and capitalism that illuminate how the shift to a casino
capitalist economy-combined with a culture of toxic
masculinity-impacts workers and how it has led to the rise of
populism in the United States that manifested in the 2016 election
of Donald Trump.
While we already know that the 90s was the coolest decade in
recorded human history, what was the pinnacle of culture in the era
of CD-ROMs and Pogs, The Fresh Prince and butterfly clips? Clash of
the 90s is here to decide. The flip phone or the Nintendo 64? The
Spice Girls or Britney Spears? Home Alone or the Tamagotchi? What
was the raddest, the most influential? Which changed the course of
human history? Battle these icons to pick a victor. To play, deal
all the cards equally, and no peeking! In turns, flip the card on
top of your deck and choose from one of six categories: Freshness,
Radness, 90s-ness, Game Changer, Influence or Legacy. Each have
numerical values. Read one out, and if your icon's score beats the
rest, take all the played cards from that round.
BRIDGE WORLD said of the first edition: 'is as good a quiz book as
has ever appeared...Instead of examples of well-known ideas, the
author presents truly practical situations...the questions
emphasise those aspects of bridge play that are truly important at
the table. Our quibbles with the analysis are minor, and we
recommend the book as outstanding of its kind.'
Will you survive the game of Mafia? Two teams compete in this
delightfully deadly party game. Based on the classic role-playing
strategy game, it's kill or be killed as innocent city folk pit
their wits against a mob of ruthless international gangsters.
Engage in a tangled web of intrigue, subterfuge, wild accusations,
protestations of innocence and bluffing. Includes 24 street
character cards, crime-scene notepad and definitive game guide with
rules, case files, tactical tips and ideas for advanced play.
Following on from their earlier book, Planning in Defense (January
2019; ISBN 978 177140 053 4), Seagram & Bird move on to more
sophisticated aspects of defensive cardplay for advancing players.
Using the same step-by-step approach, the authors guide the reader
through the issues involved in communications, deception, trump
promotions, discarding and avoiding the embarrassment of being
endplayed.
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Many bridge books feature magical and inspiring hands but hands
that are never seen in day-to-day play at the bridge table. Bridge:
Winning Ways to Play Your Cards concentrates on the type of hands
that will make a real difference to your scores and which will help
you improve your game. Discover how to assess your opponents'
strengths and weaknesses - in relation to your own - and win!
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Cardinal Sins
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The card-play exploits of the monks at St Titus have a special
place in bridge literature and their fame has now spread round the
world. This collection of highly entertaining and absorbing stories
from the monastery includes a further hilarious interlude with the
missionary monks and the celebrated bridge-playing parrot in the
Bozwambi jungle.
Positive Poker is an in-depth examination of the psychological
aspects of all elements of poker. It is essential reading for
anyone who wants to improve their play.
For everyone who plays - or is interested in the international
phenomenon that is the world of bridge In RIGHT THROUGH THE PACK
AGAIN, joint winner of the INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE PRESS
ASSOCIATIONS'S 2009 BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD, each card tells the
story of its importance in a particular deal and in so doing the
book pays homage to the original concept in the bridge classic
RIGHT THROUGH THE PACK. The Old Master is in a coma and the cards
attempt to bring him back to consciousness, to revive him with
their tales of derring-do. Not only are the deals themselves
entertaining, but they are instructive too. You can test yourself
on the problems and then go to the solution later in the book and
thus improve your own game.
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Unholy Tricks
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UNHOLY TRICKS by Terence Reese and David Bird is a further
collection of bridge tales involving the eccentric monks of St
Titus. In addition to their usual rubber bridge games - and they
play for surprisingly high stakes at the monastery - the monks
become involved in duplicate matches against nuns, visiting
Italians and even the local police.
Our Albert Racinet Ancient Egypt art is a nod to vintage art and
design that helped influence Art Deco of the early 20th century.
Albert-Charles-Auguste-Racinet (1825-1893) was a French costume
historian, painter, illustrator, and author. Racinet's publication
L'Ornement Polychrome is a monumental collection of more than 100
richly-coloured lithographic plates depicting decorative artwork
from ancient civilisations through the 18th century. Standard deck
of 54 playing cards including 2x joker cards Full-colour,
richly-printed artwork on embossed, blue-core card stock Giftable
flip-top box with magnetic closure Box measures: 95 x 68 x 25mm
Competition brings many benefits - or so all the politicians say.
Bridge players certainly subscribe to the theory. These days
somewhere between two-thirds and three-quarters of all auctions see
both sides entering the fray. Having a basic knowledge of how to
get into or stay in the bidding is therefore a key attribute for
success at the bridge table. You will often hear rules quoted such
as 'do not double them into the game' or 'leave the five level to
the enemy'. This book covers all the rules likely to help you and,
as usual in this series, you will find plenty of examples both for
and against each one.
Nine lesson plans based on five card major openings.
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