Play like a pro with this guide full of strategies, tactics, and techniques from the experts!Eileen Sutton has been writing about—and winning at!—poker for over a decade. Now she joins with the experts at Card Player magazine to demystify the game and detail everything you need to know, whether you're sitting down to a friendly kitchen-table game or hoping to compete in the high-stakes world of multimillion dollar tournaments. The Total Poker Manual

The #1 national bestseller and basis for the hit film 21, this true story of an MIT blackjack team reveals how brilliant math students used card counting to beat Las Vegas casinos for millions—and lived to tell the tale.Robin Hood meets the Rat Pack when the best and the brightest of M.I.T.’s math students and engineers take up blackjack under the guidance of an eccentric mastermind. Their small blackjack club develops from an experiment in counting cards ...

From a semi-professional poker player, a guide to playing and winning the biggest game in town.If you’ve never tried Pot-Limit Omaha, you’re missing out on the most exciting, most lucrative cash game around. Omaha has long been the most popular form of poker in Europe, and now it’s spreading like wildfire throughout North America. The reason is simple: Omaha offers more action and bigger pots than Texas Hold ‘em. Isn’t it time you got in on it?...

**What If You Were Able To Get Right Inside The Mind Of World-Famous Poker Pro Gus Hansen-- And Learn His Winning Secrets?Now You Can.**One of professional poker's most intriguing and fascinating players, Gus Hansen has often been called "The Madman" for his crazy, fearless, aggressive style. But you can't dispute the fact that this poker superstar knows how to win--and win big. The holder of the inaugural Poker Superstars Invitational title as well as the only player to wi...

The Players: the best poker professionals in the world The Challenger: a wealthy banker from Dallas The Game: the richest poker stakes of all time... In 2001, a rich stranger from Texas descended upon the high-stakes poker room in the opulent Bellagio casino in Las Vegas. A self-made billionaire by the name of Andy Beal, the stranger challenged some of the world's greatest poker players-including Doyle Brunson, Chip Reese, Howard Lederer, and Jennifer Harman-to heads-up matches in the rich...

A revised and updated edition of the blackjack player’s bible with complete information on the odds, betting strategies, and much more“A significant contribution to the literature of blackjack . . . I recommend the book to beginners as well as experts.”—Edward O. Thorpe, author of Beat the DealerThis is the most comprehensive guide ever published on blackjack, the only casino game in which a knowledgeable player can gain an advanta...

Who were the Ship It Holla Ballas?Arguably the most successful poker crew of all time, they took advantage of the online poker boom to win tens of millions of dollars before most of them were old enough to set foot inside a casino. Then they did what any red-blooded teenagers with mountains of cash and no responsibilities would do: They partied like rock stars, transforming themselves from Internet nerds with zero life skills into legends, at least in their own minds.In S...

Paul Auster's unsettling tale of chance and gambling from the author of contemporary classic The New York Trilogy: 'a literary voice for the ages' ( Guardian)Paul Auster fuses Samuel Beckett, Franz Kafka and The Brothers Grimm in this brilliant and unsettling parable. Following the death of his father, Jim Nashe takes to the open road in pursuit of a 'life of freedom'. But as the money runs out he finds that his sense of disillus...

Beat the casinos at their own game!Casino gambling expert Bill Burton will teach you:The truth about the most popular casino betsHow to find the best slot machines to playWhat games you should avoid at all costsThe ten smartest bets in the casinoThe ten worst bets in the casinoHow to get the most bang for your buck—in the pit and all over the casinoThe basics of card counting, dice setting ...

You can bet this poker primer delivers the inside straight on how to survive poker night with your wallet intact! Odds are you'll pick up serious tips from these pages packed with information on history, rules, strategy, lingo, and the inexact science of bluffing. Ninety games are explained step by step.

Winning at Poker is a handbook for all card players, from the budding card shark eager to learn the game from scratch to the practised poker bandit keen to unlock the secrets of poker-playing legends. Written by a bonafide poker champion, this detailed guide provides essential tips and information on:reading your opponent - what you can tell from the way a player handles their cardswhat to do and what not - the rules and etiquette of the poker tablehow to spot a man...

Poker is currently the hottest card game in America--from novice players involved in poker night to professionals earning millions in nationally televised poker tournaments. 1000 Best Poker Strategies and Secrets is the book readers need to give them the competitive edge over other their competition and help them walk away winners.Packed full of poker secrets, strategies and step-by-step instruction from professional poker champion Susie Isaacs on how to play and win.Includ...