Poker Passion

A first-hand look at casino poker in the San Francisco Bay area. A unique insider's experience of the culture, personalities and behavior of players, dealers and casino management. A fascinating view of the realities around 3/6 and 6/12 limit Texas Holdem.

Short-handed No Limit Hold’em is a dangerous game. There’s nowhere to hide – the slightest blip can cost you your entire stack, whilst a good play can bust your opponents. The weak players get crushed and the winners clean up. Buy this book and you will become a winner. Secrets of Short-handed No Limit Hold’em: features clear and insightful explanations of the thought processes of a successful high stakes playerteaches how to read hands – the key skill for successful short-handed playfeatures many actual hands from real high stakes shorthanded no limit hold’em cash games Many of the ideas articulated and explained in this book have never been seen in print before. This book. In each case, there is a very detailed, in-depth explanation for the thought processes and concepts involved in the hand. Emphasis is placed on the psychology involved which is of key importance for no limit play.

Playing Internet poker in real time against real opponents might just represent poker's brave new world. Whether for play-money or real money, it's an environment consisting of virtual tables, player icons representing you and your opponents, and specialized computer algorithms that randomly shuffle the cards. It's a world where you can find a game day or night. Though it may be the wee hours of the morning in California, it's prime time in Europe, and someone, somewhere, is looking to play a little poker. But it's poker with a difference. The game is the same, to be sure, but technology does kick in -- sometimes in strange and unexpected ways. A reference as well as a tutorial, this book includes a CD with free poker software, and a special bonus chapter with 125 interactive hands to help you prepare to play the Internet games for fun or for profit.

FREELANCE POKER WRITING: How to Make Money Writing for the Gaming Industry is the first book showing freelance writers how to make money writing for the casino/gaming industry. Author Brian Konradt, a professional freelance writer with over a decade of experience, introduces writers to the exciting and thrilling world of poker and gaming. He shows readers step-by-step how to cover poker tournaments, poker events, and poker-related topics, and then sell what they write to magazines, newspapers, websites, companies and other media outlets in the gaming industry. Readers will meet many professional freelance writers and poker players who share their insight, advice and experiences. Are you ready to take the plunge into the exciting world of freelance poker writing?

Whether it's a friendly kitchen-table game with friends, or the high-stakes world of multimillion dollar tournaments, The Total Poker Manual is packed with strategies, and techniques to help you walk away a winner. The Total Poker Player Manual covers everything, from the basics of each type of game and the hands needed to win, to the insider tips such as specific strategies for different versions and how to beat the odds. These skills and many more are all accompanied by some of the most fascinating poker stories in history, from the riverboat gamblers to today's international stars players.

The concept of passion is one we regularly use to describe our interests, and yet there is no broad theory that can explain the development and consequences of passion for activities across people's lives. In The Psychology of Passion, Robert J. Vallerand presents the first such theory, providing a complete presentation of the Dualistic Model of Passion and the empirical evidence that supports it. Vallerand conceives of two types of passion: harmonious passion, which remains under the person's control, and obsessive passion, which controls the person. While the first typically leads to adaptive behaviors, the obsessive form of passion leads to less adaptive and, at times, maladaptive behaviors. Vallerand highlights the effects of these two types of passion on a number of psychological phenomena, such as cognition, emotions, performance, relationships, aggression, and violence. He also discusses the development of passion and reviews a range of literature on passion for activities.

Destined to become “the new poker classic, a must-read” (Mike Sexton, top poker player and promoter), Ghosts at the Table is the game’s first definitive history. With verve and wit, internationally renowned poker personality Des Wilson traces poker’s Wild West origins in Deadwood, South Dakota-where “Wild” Bill Hickok was said to have been shot holding aces and eights-to the annual World Series of Poker and amazing high-stakes games of modern-day Las Vegas. It’s a story full of unforgettable characters-riverboat gamblers, Texas rounders, roadside hucksters, and living legends-who have helped make poker the world’s most popular game.