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	Poker The secret is out. Poker has become the hottest game in town. No longer viewed as the pastime of husbands seeking refuge from their wives, it is regularly played by an estimated 80 million people. Many play at home or online, but taking the game out of the kitchen and into the casino can be intimidating. That' s where POKER: THE REAL DEAL comes in. World-class poker player and co-host of the hit show CELEBRITY POKER SHOWDOWN Phil Gordon has paired with writer Jonathan Grotenstein to write this comprehensive guide to the game. In addition to introducing the most popular forms of poker and explaining the intricacies of this game of skill, they describe the ins and outs of poker psychology and groom the reader, from home player to seasoned professional, in a single volume. They examine the different breeds of players from the Rock to the Manic, detail what to wear, drink and tip, and profile the legends of the game with tips from some of the biggest names in poker today. This definitive guide to poker provides a rare inside look at the game in language accessible to players of every level. Author: Phil Gordon & Jonathan Grotenstein Publisher: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 9780689875908 Format: Hardback Book Online Price: $39.95
	The Official Rock, Paper, Scissors Handbook THE OFFICIAL ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS HANDBOOK is the first book devoted to the history, strategy and culture of a childhood game that has become a global sport. Rock, Paper, Scissors isn't just for playgrounds anymore, it's become part of the club scene as well. From the January 20, 2004 Trendcentral Newsletter: According to one of our LA trendsetters, the latest party activities are rock, paper, scissors tournaments held on makeshift stages with lighting and effects. The Walker Brothers show how the influence of Rock, Paper, Scissors on the daily decisions of the world cannot be underestimated and how the strategies illustrated in this book have been used to make decisions from who gets the last slice of pizza, through episodes of The Simpsons, CSI and Sex and the City, all the way to the annual Rock Paper Scissors World Championships. The Walker Brothers discuss the appeal of Rock Paper Scissors as a decision-making tool and offer a brief comparison with other decision making mechanisms and illustrate gambit plays and some of the skills that a good Rock Paper Scissors player must attain to compete at the highest levels of the sport.The daily applications of this fun, quick and life-directing game are also discussed. A right-priced and fun gift book for everyone. Author: Douglas Walker & Graham Walker Publisher: Random House Publishers ISBN: 9781740513449 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $24.95
	Bridge for Dummies Bridge, as any player will tell you, is simply the best card game ever. It's challenging each hand presents a different set of conditions you must figure out and solve. It's very social you play with a partner and two opponents. And best of all it's fun. "Bridge For Dummies, 2E" gives you a step by step explanation of the fundamentals of the game in terms you can understand. It walks you through the different aspects of bridge, featuring real life examples, so that you can feel comfortable with the basics before you ever start to play. And if you're already experienced at the game, you'll discover a wealth of tips and hints that can make you a better player. You'll learn all about: the basics of nontrump play; how to play the hand in a trump contract; bidding for fun and profit; taking advantage of advanced bidding techniques; playing a strong defense and keeping score; playing bridge on your computer; playing in bridge clubs and tournaments; and, where to find other great bridge resources. This newly revised edition features an expanded section on playing bridge online, with updated web addresses and other resources, along with new information on the latest bidding techniques. For anyone from novice to pro wanting to learn bridge or learn techniques to improve their game, "Bridge For Dummies, 2E" makes an ideal partner! Author: Eddie Kantar Publisher: John Wiley and Son ISBN: 9780471924265 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $22.95
	Poker for Dummies Poker is America's national card game, and its popularity continues to grow. Nationwide, you can find a game in progress everywhere. If you want to play, you can find poker games on replicas of 19th century riverboats or on Native American tribal lands. You can play poker at home with the family or online with opponents from around the world. Like bowling and billiards before it, poker has moved out from under the seedier side of its roots and is flowering in the sunshine. Maybe you've never played poker before and you don't even know what a full house is. Poker For Dummies covers the basics. Or perhaps you've played for years, but you just don't know how to win. This handy guide will help you walk away from the poker table with winnings, not lint, in your pockets. If you're a poker expert, you still can benefit - some of the suggestions may surprise you, and you can certainly learn from the anecdotes from professional players like T.J. Cloutier and Stu Unger. Know what it takes to start winning hand after hand by exploring strategy getting to know antes and betting structure knowing your opponents, and understanding the odds. Poker For Dummies also covers the following topics and more: * Poker games such as Seven-Card Stud, Omaha, and Texas Hold'em * Setting up a game at home * Playing in a casino: Do's and don'ts * Improving your play with Internet and video poker * Deciphering poker sayings and slang * Ten ways to read your opponent's body language * Playing in poker tournaments * Money management and recordkeeping * Knowing when and how to bluff Poker looks like such a simple game. Anyone, it seems, can play it well - but that's far from the truth. Learning the rules can be quick work, but becoming a winning player takes considerably longer. Still, anyone willing to make the effort can become a good player. You can succeed in poker the way you succeed in life: by facing it squarely, getting up earlier than the next person, and working harder and smarter than t... Author: Richard Harroch & Lou Krieger Publisher: John Wiley and Son ISBN: 9780764552328 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $22.95
	The Royal Road to Card Magic To be a great conjurer, you only need to know a few tricks - but you should perform them with skill and style. So to travel the royal road to card magic, you must begin with the fundamental principles. This classic book outlines those principles and shows how to master them. It then takes the performer through a progressive plan of study, teaching practical sleights and subtleties that lead to technical perfection. But that's not enough. Performing tricks is also about being amusing and entertaining. So this book also shows how to develop a unique style of professional patter in keeping with your own personality. Author: Jean Hugard & Frederick Braue, Michael Bailey Publisher: FOULSHAM ISBN: 9780572029180 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $31.95
	World Poker Tour On the road, behind the scenes, and in your home, the hosts and stars of the smash hit World Poker Tour get you in the game with this exclusive poker strategy guide. The World Poker Tour has revolutionized the game of poker, raising awareness and enthusiasm to an international level. The WPT weekly television series is the highest-rated series in the history of the Travel Channel. The show covers 14 prestigious high- stakes poker tournaments filmed on location at casinos around the world. Along with expert commentary and a live audience, the WPT uses technology that allows viewers to see hole cards, providing an interactive edge along with the excitement of a professional sporting event. World Poker Tour: Shuffle Up and Deal is aimed at the millions of passionate fans of the WPT, whether they're ambitious up-and-comers on the poker circuit, or casual players hoping to take the pot at their next home game. Shuffle Up and Deal will be a solid poker primer, covering set-up, play, and basic poker strategy, along with many of the interactive elements of the show, profiles of WPT star players, insights into the world of professional poker, and an inside look at the show. Author: Mike Sexton Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 9780060762513 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $39.00
	Self-working Number Magic Clear instructions for 101 tricks and problems, many based on important math principles. Calculations have been concealed; tricks are carefully streamlined for quick understanding and flawless performance. Master such number phenomena as Lightning Calculations, Giant Memory, Magic Squares, nearly 1 Author: Karl Fulves Publisher: Dover Publications ISBN: 9780486243917 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $12.95
	Baby Showers The bride or mother-to-be remembers her shower for many years to come. The shower is also an important part of the celebration and ritual of these major turning points in life. From picking the theme, creating a menu, and deciding on favours, every detail should be carefully attended to and executed with love. Get the delightfully straightforward secrets for planning a shower, dozens of creative ideas for decorating, a plethora of recipes, and endlessly helpful advice to throw memorable and personalized showers with two new books that guide even the first-time hostess through the intricate shower-throwing process. Author: Jennifer Adams Publisher: Gibbs M. Smith Inc ISBN: 9781586857745 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $15.95
	Beat Texas Hold'em Learn how to play the hottest game in town! With this book, you'll learn how to win at no-limit, limit, online and tournament hold'em using winning strategies and professional insights. Soon you will be playing like the champions you see on television - and who knows, with good skills and a little luck, you could be on TV yourself! In each of the four sections - no-limit, limit, online and tournament hold'em - the authors cover the basics of play, the top ten winning tips, and ten essential practice hands, followed by review questions. Author: Shane Smith & Tom McEvoy Publisher: Cardoza Publishing,U.S. ISBN: 9781580421508 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $13.95
	Puzzle Addict's Book of Codes The Puzzle Addict's Book of Codes is part of a new series of fun books aimed at puzzle fans of all ages who need a fresh challenge after Su Doku and the rest. If you ever fancied being an expert code-breaker or indeed code-maker, this is the book for you. The puzzles start off fairly straightforward and work up to the fiendishly difficult as you become more familiar with how they work. Try this one for starters: The manager of a Spanish football team sends the following encoded message to one of his scouts in England indicating that he is interested in signing a British player. Who is the player? (Answer below). Norwich City 3, Nottingham Forest 2, Aston Villa 4, Manchester United 3, Everton 1, and Yeovil Town 1. (Answer: Rooney. Take the numbered letter of each team in turn as indicated by their score).If you think that's tough, wait until you get to the really hard ones! Along the way, you'll discover how to unravel codes, ciphers, deception puzzles, standard and keyed cryptograms, pangrams and many more. You'll also learn a bit more about the greatest codes and cryptic messages of all time. Answers to all questions are included if you get really stuck. So, get a pen and paper and get cracking! Author: Philip Carter Publisher: John Wiley and Son ISBN: 9781841127279 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $12.95
	Killer Roulette So, you thought that roulette could not be beaten? Well, you are not on your own because millions of people around the world share this view. However, roulette can be beaten and Killer Roulette will show you how. This book relates the tales of daring and imaginative roulette players who have taken the casino industry for vast sums of money down the years. Of course, if you are playing on a perfect roulette table and the dealers are conducting the game faultlessly then you cannot win. However, in the real world this is rarely the case. The game has numerous weaknesses and these have been mercilessly exposed and then exploited - not only by people on the inside but by everyday punters.In Warriors of the Wheel, you will read about the man who took the casinos for an estimated $50 million and many others just like him. The systems used by people to beat roulette are techniques that the gaming industry would rather you didn't know about. Much of the material in Killer Roulette has been kept under wraps over the years but there is also material here which will come as a shock even to hardened casino operatives. Author: Carl Sampson Publisher: D&B Publishing ISBN: 9781904468387 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $34.99
	Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess Most chess books cover some aspects of the game, be it the opening, the middle game, the end game, or strategy. A few have tried to offer comprehensive approaches to the entire game, but today, these efforts are mostly obsolete and hastily compiled. Bruce Pandolfini has provided a new, unified approach to the game, one good for beginners and experts alike. Pandolfini provides: a short introductory history of the game, the moves, rules, and notation, the basic principles of the game, pattern recognition and memory aids, traps and pitfalls to be avoided, a method for playing in any situation, defence and counterattack, famous positions and players, a resource guide to the best websites for playing chess online and loads more. Author: Bruce Pandolfini Publisher: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 9780743226172 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $25.95
	Play the Nimzo-Indian The Nimzo-Indian is one of Black's most universally popular and respectable answers to 1 d4. It could be said that no other opening allows Black to play for a win from such a sound positional basis, while its flexibility gives rise to a multitude of different positions rich in tactical and positional play. The list of Nimzo-Indian admirers runs like a who's who of the chess world: Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Vishy Anand, Anatoly Karpov and Michael Adams are just a handful of top Grandmasters who have utilised it with great effect. With the Nimzo-Indian being such a fashionable opening, some Black players are put off by the possibility of having to learn a labyrinth of different variations. However, in Play the Nimzo-Indian Edward Dearing solves this problem by constructing a concise and workable repertoire for Black, offering a solution against each of White's tries, whether it's a critical main line or a tricky side variation. After reading this book, you will have the necessary knowledge and confidence to begin playing the Nimzo-Indian in your games. It explains an opening favoured by the world's elite, and is written by a renowned openings expert. It covers all of White's main tries. Author: Edward Dearing Publisher: EVERYMAN CHESS ISBN: 9781857444032 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $39.95
	The Mah Jong Player's Companion This companion contains a cross-file reference to over 120 hands. The hands are illustrated in colour and identified by following flip-top headings on each page. Each hand also contains a full synopsis. Author: Patricia A. Thompson, Betty Maloney Publisher: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 9780864178916 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $14.95
	Silman's Complete Endgame Course For over 100 years, the world's leading chess players and teachers have told their students to study the endgame. Now, for the first time, a revolutionary, richly instructive endgame book has been designed for players of all levels. This is the one and only endgame book you'll need as you move up the ladder from beginner to tournament player and master. Designed to 'speak' to a player in a very personal way, Silman's book teaches the student everything he or she needs to know at his or her current rating level, and builds on that knowledge for each subsequent phase of the player's development. Starting at the beginner's level, all basic mates are clearly and painstakingly explained. After that, the critical building blocks that form the endgame foundation for all tournament hopefuls and experienced tournament competitors are explored in detail. Finally, advanced endgame secrets, based on concepts rather than memorization, are presented in a way that makes them easy to master.The basic keys to a well-rounded endgame education - Opposition, the Lucena and Philidor Positions, Cat and Mouse, Trebuchet, Fox in the Chicken Coup, Triangulation, Building a Box, Square of a Pawn, Outflanking, the Principle of Two Weaknesses - are vital. But equally important is creating a love of the endgame, which is addressed at the end of the book with a look at chess tactics, minor piece domination, and a discussion of the five greatest endgame players of all time - all things that every fan of chess at every level can enjoy. If you have found the endgame to be a mystery, if you have found that your confidence plummets once you reach an endgame, if you have searched for an instructive endgame book that will turn your weakest link - your endgame - into your personal field of power, your search is over. The book is the key to a world of essential ideas, startling beauty, and stunning creativity. Author: Jeremy Silman Publisher: Siles Press,U.S. ISBN: 9781890085100 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $39.95
	200 Word Puzzles The human brain is quite remarkable. Its intricate workings have been subjected to intense study by some of the greatest intellects of our times and despite this, we still know relatively little about how it actually works. However, there is one fact on which all experts in the field are in agreement: the brain benefits from regular exercise in much the same way as muscles do. In fact, the brain not only benefits from this training - it thrives on it. What kind of exercise does the brain enjoy? Here the experts are again in agreement. Creative thinking, deductive reasoning and puzzle solving are all excellent areas for building up your mental muscle. The Boost your Brainpower series gives your brain the opportunity for serious regular exercise. Philip Carter and Ken Russell are UK Mensa Puzzle editors and are thus perfectly qualified to provide the equipment for a daily workout for your most important muscle. IQ puzzles are especially good training for the brain and are now increasingly being encountered in applications for employment in government, education, industry and commerce. Author: Philip Carter & Ken Russell Publisher: D&B Publishing ISBN: 9781904468035 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $16.99
	The 11th Hand Are you tired of coming out of a casino empty handed? If you had a better way to increase your odds at winning at blackjack, would you buy it? Casinos around the world are taking every step to maintain their bottom line. No longer is it possible for the card counter to implement the various mathematical and statistical strategies in todayas casino environment. The casinos have countered by using a combination of multi-deck shoes and computer generated shuffling machines. Well, now you can combat with your own measures! The 11th Hand: A 21 Step Guide to Winning BlackJack! will enable you to employ what I call aBehavioral and Conditioning Strategiesa from the time you decide to visit the casino, to the moment that you actually place a bet, and on to the time that you make that crucial decision to leave the casino a winner. These simple strategies are not mathematical or statistically based and will allow you to discover and capitalize on the many patterns that emerge during blackjack play. No longer will you need a PhD in mathematics or statistics to play blackjack! Carl Spicer has been playing blackjack for over ten years and has discovered that blackjack is not conducive to long-term mathematically generated data. In the short-term, the game of blackjack has its own dynamics, recognizable patterns that even most novice and intermediate players can recognize. Also, you will become enlightened on how to become more focused as a player. Ultimately, you will begin a financially rewarding career playing the game of blackjack! Author: Carl Spicer Publisher: PublishAmerica ISBN: 9781424138289 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $32.95
	The Art of Chess Chess has fascinated people for centuries. There is evidence that a very similar game was played in the 6th and 7th centuries. It probably originated in India, spread to Persia, and thence to the Levant. By the 13th century that game was played all over the continent. The modern game dates from the 1400s. The story of this wonderful game is told by Colleen Schafroth, director of the Maryhill Museum of Art in Goldendale, Washington, which owns a famous collection of chess pieces and sets. She tells her story in an easy and colorful style, illustrating it with pictures of historic and beautiful chess men from an international array of sources. There are pieces that were made in India and Russia, Bali and ancient Persia, Italy and Egypt, England and France. Both Napoleon and Nelson's ivory sets are illustrated. Besides the chess pieces themselves, there are exquisite objects and illuminated manuscripts and paintings depicting chess games in progress. This is a wonderful combination of text and pictures that will appeal to any chess player and to all dealers and collectors of chess pieces and related art. Author: Colleen Schafroth Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. ISBN: 9780810910010 Format: Hardback Book Online Price: $70.00
	Beat the Craps Table This easy-to-read book quickly shows players how to understand and then beat the game of craps. Written for beginners mystified by this very popular game, and for experienced players who want to win big money, craps is described in understandable terms for the average person. This book gets players ready for the table: the best and worst bets at craps are thoroughly explained, along with clear explanations of the odds and the house advantage so that readers can play the game like old pros. Winning strategies include the ins and outs of pass line bets, how to take advantage of multiple odds up to 100x, and other professional secrets! Additional topics include excellent advice on bankrolling, money management, credit, comps, and tipping. This is a comprehensive and easy-to-understand book for both beginning players new to the game and experienced players looking for the maximum edge possible. A quick and easy guide shows players how to quickly get up to speed and beat the casino at craps game right away! Author: Marten Jensen Publisher: Cardoza Publishing,U.S. ISBN: 9781580420938 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $16.95
	Blackjack This is a complete guide to the world's most popular casino table game. Legendary blackjack player, John Bukofsky offers invaluable advice on how to beat the house, including his winning techniques for professional card-counting. Blackjack is the most popular table game in the casino - and it's also one of the hardest to consistently win. The odds on a blackjack table are so far stacked in favour of the house that it can sometimes seem as though the only time people win is when the dealer is told to drop some notes in front of his players to rope unsuspecting punters into believing that they may have a chance at walking away with a profit. Now, veteran blackjack player and expert card counter, John Bukofsky offers players a complete guide to bucking those odds and doing exactly that - walking out with more money than they came in with. Offering advice on all aspects of blackjack play, including card-counting at the professional level, Bukofsky spells out the simple techniques that pros use to increase their chances at the game. Bukofsky explains in easy-to-understand lessons the basics of game play, strategy and the process of gaining a genuine advantage over the house. His step-by-step instructions and detailed illustrations provide helpful information for both beginners and professionals on other important aspects of the game, including betting and bankroll techniques, casino countermeasures against card-counting and camouflage techniques for counting cards. It includes instructional drawing, charts and tables throughout. Author: John Bukofsky Publisher: Carol Publishing Group,U.S. ISBN: 9780818406560 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $23.95