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1) Poker Math
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In the game of poker, the two most fundamental mathematical ideas are known as probability and odds. Players who have a solid grasp of these ideas will be more equipped to make intelligent choices while competing. The possibility that an event will take place is referred to as its probability, and odds are defined as the proportion of the probability that an event will take place relative to the probability that it will not take place.
When playing...
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There are many books and articles about how to improve your play, but there are few bridge books like this one. The intention of this book is to present a kind of Reader's Digest of essays and tips that can elevate your enjoyment and help you play with impeccable ethics. In Volume 1, Randy gives invaluable advice including:
- Useful habits to learn
- How to improve your bidding system
- Which conventions to play
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Created For Avid Contract Bridge Players And Bridge Teachers Around The World, This Book Makes A Great Gift To Any Bridge Player Who Has Already Learned The Game Of Bridge And Wants To Improve. Author, Ron Feldman, Represented The United States In Three World Championships Of Tournament Bridge. Foreword By Five (5) Time World Champion Bridge Player, Lynn Deas. World Champion Bridge Player, Ralph Katz, Adds: "Ron Feldman Is A Brilliant Bridge Bidding...
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Thousands have paid big bucks to learn winning poker strategies from Angel Largay - one of the world's most consistent winners in maximum buy-in no-limit games. Now, Largay offers a wider audience his poker teaching expertise in No-Limit Texas Hold'em.
Although millions play, only a few have the skill to cash in on the explosion fueled by maximum buy-in no-limit games. Whether you're a novice or a veteran, an online player, casino regular, or home...
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Playful and provocative, this collection of 100 sex questions provides a surefire way for lovers to turn up the heat. With a range of thought provoking conversation starters that fall into one of three categories - X, XX, or XXX - these cards allow partners to choose just how intimate they want to get.
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El mago realiza un truco increíble y, en el público, todos los cerebros se maravillan. ¿Cómo ocurren estas ilusiones frente a nuestros ojos? ¿Qué técnicas utilizan los magos para desviar nuestra atención? Pero sobre todo, ¿qué tiene para decir la ciencia sobre los trucos de magia? He aquí una nueva disciplina: la neuromagia, resultado del cruce entre los últimos y más impactantes avances en el conocimiento de nuestro cerebro y los trucos...
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This text contains a concise guide to twelve different card games, including their rules, tips on playing, and descriptions of their many variants. An easy-to-digest and beginner-friendly guide, this book will be of much value to the novice card player and will also be of interest to seasoned enthusiasts looking to expand their card gaming repertoire. The chapters of this book include: Everybody's Game — Whist, Solo Whist, German Whist, Hearts,...
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Playing cards have been a part of many of our lives since childhood. You might have played with your parents or with school friends. Card games for many of us are familiar, even nostalgic. Those that are not raised on such games can be surprised later in life when a pack of cards is introduced to the table and everyone else just seems to know how to shuffle without dropping the cards and the rules to a dozen or more games. Whether you're looking for...
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Classic and comprehensive, this guide to over 350 games is sure to appeal to all ages. From Bridge to Poker and Solitaireto Hearts, card games are a beloved source of entertainment and competition (and they are recession proof!). This authoritative book is ideal for every household, college dorm, family cabin, or neighborhood bar that has a pack of cards. Designed in the style of the popular Ultimate Bar Book, this essential resource provides the...
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Romping through crooked games, dodgy players, exotic venues and incredible hands, 'Poker's Strangest Hands' celebrates the strange history of Poker's most celebrated tournament, its World Championship event and the characters who have graced it with their presence, compiles some of the strangest things said about the game and fully records the details of the strangest Poker Year yet, 2006. The Poker world is divided between those who believe the game...
11) How to Shake the Online Poker Money Tree: Unstoppable Online Poker Strategy for the 21st Century
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This is the very same, classic popular online poker strategy e-book that has been selling online for $39 a copy since 2004. Now in proper Kindle device format (as of January 2012). It has been revised and expanded in this 3rd edition to reflect recent changes in the online poker landscape, including the effects of political events which occurred in both 2006 and 2011. It includes new chapters with specific strategies for popular new game types and...
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“The Professional Guide to Dealing and Playing Blackjack” is the most detailed instruction book on the market.
This volume includes dozens of close-up color photographs to illustrate exactly how to move your hands correctly.
Also included are charts for simple card-counting and several versions of strategy charts to learn how to play.
I've added many tips, tricks, and information not taught in most blackjack schools.
Blackjack is a little...
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This revised and expanded edition examines bridge auctions where the opponents bid something and you have the opportunity to either let them have it or to balance. The cost of not balancing can be huge, but you must weigh the cost of passing against the cost of bidding and getting a bad result. Lawrence's discussion of hand evaluation and planning a balancing auction goes beyond generic rules. Hundreds of examples help you develop judgment
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Bridge is a wonderful game. It is interesting, challenging and frustrating all at the same time. It keeps your brain active and alert and it gives you an opportunity to create new and lasting friendships with like-minded people.
"It is rare to find a bridge book that combines simplicity with comprehensive cover of all the basic rules of bridge, and yet this book does exactly that. George builds a solid foundation for the beginner by going through...
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Did you ever notice how the bridge experts always seem to know where every card is? How their finesses always seem to succeed? How their guesses are nearly always perfect? This book won't teach you to play quite that well, but it will introduce you to some very simple techniques that the experts use on play and defense. As declarer or defender, counting the hand is the one thing that will help you the most. But, how do you keep track of all those...
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Are you captivated by the World Series of Poker on television?
Have you always wanted to sit at the poker table in your favorite casino, but you do not know how to play?
Do you need go gain confidence and learn how to put on a poker face?
Are you interested in mastering the game? This is the book for you.
The popularity of Texas Hold 'Em poker has skyrocketed over the last few years as people discover the true amount of talent that goes into the...
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Since its publication in 1992, To Bid or Not to Bid has sold over 50,000 copies in English alone and has been published in several other languages. Undoubtedly, the best-selling bridge book of the 1990s, its lucid exposition of the empirical Law of Total Tricks (a simple guide to making the right decisions in competitive bridge auctions) has made it a book that literally every serious bridge player just has to read.
18) Jugar al póquer
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Este libro constituye la herramienta imprescindible para entender y dominar las técnicas de las principales variantes de póquer, incluyendo las que más éxito tienen en la actualidad: el Texas hold'em y el Stud 7.
Partiendo de las indicaciones básicas, facilita todas las instrucciones, consejos y ejemplos de partidas para dominar a la perfección este apasionante juego.
Una obra imprescindible para salir siempre victorioso en las partidas con...
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Bridge is the ultimate card game. It is truly a mind sport, as taxing on the brain as a decathlon is to the body. Bridge for Beginners is the ultimate introduction. Learn how to play bridge with this simple step-by-step guide. While good bridge classes are, of course, of great value, this book is itself the complete tutorial. It will help you to learn properly without other help and give you a solid foundation on which to start playing this absorbing...
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What are the odds of winning at poker if you don't know the odds in poker?
Practical Poker Math provides a complete and easy-to-understand explanation of the basic odds, probabilities and expectations in Hold'Em and Omaha. All the formulations are completely open and are demonstrated via easy-to-follow, color-coded calculations.
Pat Dittmar has aimed this book at beginning through semi-pro players who want to improve their results and who know that...
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