Having doubled the opponents, you now have to find the best way of enforcing your call. Are the odds so close that defeating the contract is the over-riding priority? But if the opponents' intention were to deprive you of a certain game you should be looking to inflict severe penalties. These are the sort of questions that will face you in this quiz book of bridge problems. The deals have been chosen from major national and international championships. In almost every case you have the chance to do better than the defenders did at the table. As long as you tackle the problems with zeal and determination, your own defence is bound to improve, even if you do not find the best answer every time.

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

A master class in Bridge for the player who wishes to improve.

With 50 hilarious and thought-provoking questions asking players to choose between two equally good, unpleasant, or absurd scenarios, this revealing party game leads to interesting conversations and good fun for all ages!

Leading professional Jonathan Little excels live No-Limit cash game play. In this book he teaches readers how to master the intricacies of this fascinating game. Jonathan's first book in this series, Jonathan Little on Live no-Limit Cash Games, Volume 1:The Theory outlined how the modern professional plays the game. Now Jonathan has produced a second volume, allowing players to test their understanding of the nuances of playing NL live. The question and answer format allows the reader to examine each individual hand, consider the relevant factors and formulate their thinking about the best line to take. In this way the reader can compare his or her thought processes with those of a top flight professional. No-Limit play is all about successfully adapting your strategy based on: *The pre-flop action*Whether you are the aggressor*Whether you are in position*The relative stack sizes at the table Testing yourself by going through the examples in this book will enable you to make these adaptations instinctive.

Bridge is a superb card game, perfect for keeping your memory sharp, played by millions around the world. This Fast Fact Finder is a guide and summary to the basics of bridge for the beginner and novice player, enabling players to check quickly important points in bidding and play. It is designed to be used in conjunction with Basic Bridge and Acol Bridge Made Easy, both by Ron Klinger. '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

CLEVER AND CONTEMPORARY ILLUSTRATIONS - 50 witty illustrations by Baltimore-based illustrator, designer and educator George Wylesol THE PERFECT GIFT - Design-led, high-spec illustrated product for maximum gifting potential LEARN ABOUT ART, YOUR WAY - These portable cards can be taken with you everywhere and encourage the development of a highly personal approach to art TEXT BY ART EDUCATOR - Accessible ideas for learning about art from practicing art educator DISCOVER THE SERIES - Collect the series with mindfulness-based Ways of Tuning Your Senses, and wanderlust-whetting Ways of Travelling, also by Laurence King Transform your relationship to art with 50 illustrated prompts. Rethink how you see - each card offers a different way of looking at anything from graffiti to sculpture, painting to tapestry. Have a fresh encounter with whatever artwork comes your way.

The essential companion for when you hit the road. With 50 beautifully illustrated cards, this deck features games to keep all ages entertained. From timeless originals like Categories to modern classics like Explain a film plot badly, these Road Trip Games will fill your journey with laughter, singing, and fun.

This illustrated deck of playing cards is perfect for dram after dram of whisky, or Whisky Poker - or any other card game. Featuring illustrations of 39 malt whiskies from around the world, plus 13 whisky-based cocktails, the deck is accompanied by a booklet giving detailed background to the world's favourite distilleries and recipes for all the cocktails. Perfect for a hand of cards or a handy refresher on how to mix an Old Fashioned.

This deck is a celebration of LGBTQ+ activists, artists, comedians, writers, musicians and pop cultural giants who have shaped our worlds, expanded our horizons, and radically increased queer visibility. This deck is a standard poker set, with the four classic suits and 52 of the world's greatest queer icons.

The Killing Table's unique original contents reach beyond the basic fundamentals of playing the game of bid whist. Coverage includes the history, bidding techniques, philosophy, organizing card hands, pre-bidding thought process and etiquette.

A beautiful set of playing cards featuring illustrations of Shakespeare's most famous characters.

Play your favourite card games with Romeo and Juliet as King and Queen of Hearts, Lady Macbeth as Ace Villain, and let Adam Simpson's artwork bring Shakespeare's plays to life.

Arranged in four suits - with hearts = lovers, clubs = fools, diamonds = heroes and heroines, and spades = villains, plus two jokers, of course - this artist-illustrated deck of playing cards features 54 of Shakespeare's most famous characters. It includes a booklet with text about each character and their place in literary history.

You've played other trump games, but none quite like this. Wizard is exciting, easy to learn and fun for the entire family. This award-winning game is great for parties or a night of family fun.

Wizard is Hearts and Whist with a twist: Wizards beat all the cards! It's the "ultimate trump game", and a great deal of fun for the whole family. Deck is comprised of 60 cards.

The Imperium series continues in this asymmetric card-based civilisation building game for 1–4 players, charting the rise and fall of fourteen of the greatest civilisations from history. Formidable adversaries are arrayed against you. Your people stand ready. History beckons. In your hands lies the destiny of one of the most storied peoples of history. Under constant threat of attack, you must conquer new lands, oversee dramatic scientific and cultural advances, and lead your people into the era of empire. Expand too rapidly and unrest will bring your civilisation to its knees; build up too slowly, however, and you might find yourself a mere footnote of history. As one of fourteen radically asymmetric civilisations, you will compete to become the most dominant empire the world has ever seen. Imperium: Horizons is a standalone game that contains an astonishing fourteen distinctive civilisations, each of which makes for a unique and challenging opponent, even in a solo game. Fully compatible with Imperium: Classics and Imperium: Legends for those wanting to expand their pool of civilisations even further, Imperium: Horizons also incorporates a new trade module that allows players to recreate all the intrigue, wealth generation, and dynamic politics of a thriving economy. Players: 1–4 Ages: 14+ Playing Time: 40 mins per player Contents: 550 cards, 150+ tokens

PUT YOUR MEMORY SKILLS TO THE TEST to match 20 character pairs from the world of The Amazing Maurice film. The perfect challenge for Terry Pratchett fans - or anyone who loves a good card game. GET TO KNOW BELOVED CHARACTERS from Terry Pratchett's first Discworld (R) novel for kids! Meet everyone from heroes like Keith, Malicia and Dangerous Beans, to villains like Boss Man and rat catchers Billy and Ron. INCLUDES A BOOKLET identifying all the characters and telling their tales. THE PERFECT GIFT for Terry Pratchett fans! SCREEN-FREE FUN from one of the world's leading publishers of books and gifts on the creative arts. STURDY & ATTRACTIVE BOX perfect for gifting and storage. Match the pairs and meet the cast of the film based on Terry Pratchett's first Discworld (R) novel for kids! Follow the scheming Maurice and his band of rat-scammers to the town of Bad Blintz to meet fairytale-mad Malicia and some truly bad eggs! Get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding this town and learn about all the characters in this exciting matching game with an accompanying booklet.

Play cards with Oliver Twist and the Artful Dodger, keep your eye on Scrooge and Uriah Heep as 'Ace' Villains, and have a game of 'Beggar My Neighbour' with Pip and Estella.

This playing card deck features 54 of Dickens' most memorable characters and includes an introduction to Victorian card games in the accompanying booklet.

Features:

• FUN, COLORFUL ILLUSTRATIONS by Barry Falls of the most memorable Charles Dickens characters on every single card including Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Tiny Tim, Miss Havisham... and many more.
• LEARN MORE ABOUT DICKENS in the accompanying booklet written by a Dickensian academic, which includes information on the characters from the deck as they appear in Dickens novels as well as rules for popular Victorian card games
• A FULL 54-CARD DECK with standard playing card suits, numbers and court cards: can be used in exactly the same way as regular playing cards. Suits are themed on character traits, with hearts for the Heroines & Heroes; diamonds as Friends & Entertainers; clubs are Fools & Frauds and spades for the Villains & Revengers
• EASY HANDLING: these high-quality cards are no show-through that will not crack or bend when shuffled or flexed and are presented in an attractive gift box
• THE PERFECT GIFT for any bookworm or fan of Charles Dickens and sits perfectly with The World of Charles Dickens 1000-piece Puzzle