A guide for beginner and intermediate players to practical wisdom at the poker table

In this thrilling new chapter of the Bimini Twist Adventure series, Max Carson and his teenage sons, P.J. and Gaffer, find themselves off the coast of Mexico on the vibrant island of Isla Mujeres. What begins as a sportfishing trip quickly turns into a high-stakes mission when the Carsons intervene in the attempted kidnapping of a young woman—none other than the daughter of influential rancher Miguel Castillo.Their daring rescue earns them deep gratitude and trust from Cas...

Four Dudes is the sixth book in the Bimini Twist Aventure series. In this story the Carsons, Max and his two sons, PJ. and Gaffer discover a sunken 42 foot Freeman that has only been under water for a coule of weeks. They acquire title to the boat and go about restoring it to like new condition. There are great fishing scenes throughut the story, and a fun romp through the ins and outs of boat building and marine supply. Great detail is given to the makeup of the Freeman plus the later add...

Financial literacy is about much more than balancing a checkbook or understanding a credit card statement. It is the ability to make informed financial decisions throughout one's life. It includes budgeting, saving, investing, understanding debt, recognizing financial risk, protecting against fraud, planning for retirement, and appreciating the power of compound interest. These are life skills every graduate will need regardless of career choice.

Nick "Coach" Wallace never wanted to be an ambassador. He's a retired high school football coach and former Marine who came to the Bahamas with his sons, Ray and Darren, on their sport fishing boat Tiburon. When a survivor from a sunken refugee boat showed up on the dock, that changed everything. Sol de la Torre's testimony exposed a U.S. military operation that blew up a dozen boats and killed at least sixty innocent people. As Nick helped bring that tragedy to justice, he gained favor wi...

This book may have created a word record for me. I got up one morning and said to myself I want to write a book, edit it, and format it all in one day. But that would be impossible without the help of AI. So I decided on a book of poetry where I would give a subject to ChatGPT and tell it to write a poem. I spent more time deciding on subjects for the machine to write about than the machine took to write the poems. From the introduction to the end, and every page in between was created by ...

In all of sportfishing, Isla Mujeres on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico stands out, not only for its abundance of pelagic and reef species, but also as a location with an interesting history dating back thousands of years.Today Mexico is a rare jewel in the western hemisphere. It has an educated population, much industry, a skilled work force, and natural resources in unimaginable abundance. Among Mexico's most precious resources is the pristine water surrounding it on its east and...

How angry do parents become when their children are at risk from dangerous behavior their kids get into on account of bad associations? It is beyond description. Parents will do anything to kep their children safe. In The Fathers Club, four fathers with the help of a sympathetiic badass sheriff take the law into their own hands when the system lets them down. Just because a crooked judge doesn't want to act, does not mean these angry fathers are without remedies. At times they have to give...

Kona Kai- When Max Carson agreed to have his boat, Bimini Twist, ferried over to the Hawaiian Islands on board the luxury yacht Felicity, he was expecting to enjoy the summer with his boys P.J. and Gaffer, fishing in the quiet waters off Kona, the blue marlin and yellowfin capital of the world. And in fact the fishing action was everything they expected. Mahimahi, yellowfin tuna and several varieties of marlin were their constant hook-ups in this sport fisherman's paradise. And the new fri...

Wahoo, one of the fastest, fiercest fighting fish in the ocean are an elusive prize. When Max and Gaffer Carson are called away from the Bimini Wahoo Champiohship to rescue the survivors of a sinking luxury yacht, the adventure begins. In trying to show their appreciation for having saved their lives, the wealthy, but down to earth, Jeremy and Jessica Diamond make an effort to strengthen a friendship with this father son team. In so doing they inadvertently involve them in a kidnap caper t...

Will Tanner spent a couple of million dollars to buy Wave Dancer, a luxury sport fishing boat, but he doesn't know the first thing about fishing or yachts. And he hired Reginald Cordelle, the most incompetent, unscrupulous captain in all of the Bahamas Islands to run it. What else Will does not know is that Cordelle has been approached by international arms smugglers to use Wave Dancer to smuggle very dangerous weapons from Lucaya in Grand Bahamas Island, to an offshore pick-up. But Will c...

The study of Mortgage Banking takes in a wide variety of subjects, not only how to apply for a residential mortgage loan, but also all the behind the scenes activities that make the mortgage industry function. From the beginning of the loan process through the closing, and all the departments that help along the way. What is the role of the appraiser, or the secondary market, the title agent, or the hazard insurance agent? What is the role or the commercial banks in real estate finance? Wh...