The Complete Idiot S Guide To Poker

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pokeraspires to be the most informative, entertaining, and valuable book that introduces the rapidly growing number of beginning and intermediate poker players to this extremely popular card game. Readers will learn strategy, etiquette, money management, odds, and classic opportunities and pitfalls of a game that already claims more than 50 million players in America alone. Poker player and pundit Andy Glazer teaches readers primarily through easy-to-follow examples and anecdotes that make the book fun to read and the lessons easy to remember. Readers not only learn the technical side of the game, but also the very important and richly entertaining human element. Readers will play along with the author during step-by-step analysis of sample hands, and, through exercises, be asked to note their own proposed play before the best and worst options are discussed.

You're no idiot, of course. You know that a full house beats a pair of kings and 21 is the magic number in blackjack. But when you enter a casino, you feel like a vacuum hose is going to suck money right out of your wallet. Don't cash in your chips just yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Gambling Like a Pro, Second Edition explains all the games and strategies, so you have a better chance at beating the odds.

A complete, revised guide to the Texas Hold'em game of poker takes readers step by step through the fundamental principles and strategies of the popular card game, covering the rules of the game, the art of betting, Hold'em lingo, and more. Original. 25,000 first printing.

Read your opponent . . . and rake in the chips. The world’s best poker players can read their opponents’ most subtle expressions and behaviors—no matter how hard their opponents try to hide them. A tapping foot, a change in vocal tone, and countless other clues “tell” an informed player what cards the opponent is holding and how they’re likely to be played. The Pocket Idiot’s Guide® to Poker Tells explains everything amateur poker players need to start interpreting tells and using them to develop poker intuition. In this Pocket Idiot’s Guide®, you get: • Foolproof tips to help you recognize all kinds of tells. • Game-saving advice on avoiding tells yourself—and recognizing fake ones. • Surefire strategies for dealing with the five different types of player personalities. • Idiot-proof techniques for sharpening your tell-spotting skills.

All bets are on! Most how-to-win poker books leave out two of the most important tools of the game: effective betting and bluffing. Now, a poker expert extraordinaire gives readers the quick and dirty inside information so readers can hone these skills. Readers will learn about the art of value betting, weighing value against risk, the power of chips and position, and much more. -Features effective bluffing techniques including how to figure out an opponent's bluff -Well-known expert author

Always a winner! Before you lay down a lot of money at the tables and machines in casinos, you should also consider all of the freebies you can get from simply being there. Casinos give away over one billion dollars a year in free stuff to valued customers. From the high-roller level of suites, meals, and credit to the small-time repeater gamblers with discounts on meals, transportation, and shows, there are hundreds of ways to make a visit to the casino profitable—without spending a dime. Dave Apostolico, poker and gambling expert, explains how gamblers can get paid to play, which casinos have the best comps, inside rules that work to your advantage, and the ideal games for comps, special promotions, discounts, and credit.

Learning bridge isn't like learning poker or blackjack - where the basic rules can be explained in a few minutes. Entire books have been written on the bidding aspects alone, and learning the language of bridge is like, well, learning a new language! But 60 million bridge players worldwide is evidence enough that people don't seem to be discouraged by the game's challenging rules and concepts. And why should they be when there's The Complete Idiot's Guide to Bridge, Second Edition, to teach them the game in a fun and easy-to-understand format? This new edition includes up-to-date bidding techniques and examples to make learning the game even easier. In addition, one of world's top bridge players, Michael Lawrence, has been brought in to contribute to both the instruction and marketing of this book.

Know when to hold'em. With unprecedented media coverage, the game of poker has exploded ;and Texas Hold'em is the poker game every new fan wants to learn. This book gives the legions of new players a head start in learning how to play ;and how to win. Introducing the fundamental concepts and strategies, The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Texas Hold'emgives you the rules for playing and betting, quizzes, odds tables, Hold'em lingo, and tips to avoid beginner's mistakes. " Texas Hold'em has become hugely popular with the World Poker Tour(Travel Channel), World Series of Poker(ESPN), and Celebrity Poker Showdown(Bravo and NBC) " Pocket-size edition gives players the information they want without overwhelming them