Gambling in Papua New Guinea, despite being completely absent prior to the Colonial era, has come to supersede storytelling as the region s main nighttime activity.
The definitive guide to the best strategies at the gambling table-now in a fully revised and updated fourth edition Long recognized as the gambler's bible, The Winner's Guide to Casino Gambling has been completely revised and expanded to include new rules and strategies for every major game in the casino, including several popular new ones.
For nearly five years, he was known as the 'Darling Of Las Vegas'; the biggest high roller to hit Sin City in decades, a hotshot, twenty one year-old kid with a seemingly unlimited bankroll and an even more unlimited lust for big money action.
The most complete guide ever to taking up poker and winningComprehensive and easy to follow, The Mammoth Book of Poker enables even those new to the game to begin and win at home, in casinos, in tournaments and online.
Discover The Gambling Secrets That Every Pro KnowsThe 21st-century casino is a high-tech, fast-paced world complete with its own peculiar language and rules.
The fascinating story of an important lottery that flourished in France from 1757 to 1836 and its role in transforming our understanding of the nature of risk.
The fascinating story of an important lottery that flourished in France from 1757 to 1836 and its role in transforming our understanding of the nature of risk.
Après avoir fréquenté des casinos partout sur la planète, DENISE BOMBARDIER pose un regard critique – mais aussi enthousiaste – sur ces temples modernes du dieu Argent et ceux qui les fréquentent.
A reprint of one of the classic volumes on racetrack efficiency, this book is the only one in its field that deals with the racetrack betting market in-depth, containing all the important historical papers on racetrack efficiency.
Straight Flush is the true story of a group of University of Montana frat brothers who turned a weekly poker game in the basement of a local bar into one of the largest online poker companies in the world.
Using a rich variety of historical sources, Suzanne Morton traces the history of gambling regulation in five Canadian provinces - Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and B.
A history and analysis of gambling in the United States from bingo to state lotteries to Indian gaming and the rise of Las Vegas, this book reveals how we have become a nation of gamblers and what the future holds for the gambling industry.
In The Winning Horseplayer, Andrew Beyer builds on the strategy of speed handicapping that he detailed brilliantly in Picking Winners by introducing the concept of trip handicapping.
From Casablanca to The Hustler, from Moby Dick to How I Made $1,000,000 Playing Poker, these widely varied musings address the entire range of human emotionthe highs of excitement of the juice down to the depths of despair of losing.
Extrait : "Bien qu'il eut dépassé soixante-quinze ans, le comte était aussi solide, aussi vert qu'à soixante ; l'âge semblait avoir glissé sur lui sans l'atteindre, la vieillesse lui ayant été plutôt favorable que contraire, en atténuant les défauts de la jeunesse : ainsi sa taille voûtée qui, à trente ans, lui donnait un aspect ridicule, ne choquait plus maintenant ; de même ses manières, lourdes, sa démarche hésitante, ses gestes gauches, étaient maintenant tout naturels.
Extrait : "Au moment où Harly posait les dernières bandes de diachylon qui devaient maintenir le vésicatoire bien en place et l'empêchez de descendre ou de remonter, Mautravers entra dans la chambre.
Poker Nation is a travelogue to the quirky world of competitive poker, an exploration of poker obsession and addiction (not necessarily the same thing) and a primer on mathematics, poker lingo and technique.
Game of Shadows meets Among the Thugs in this revelatory true-to-life crime thriller and expose involving greed, corruption, an Asian crime syndicate, and the fixing of international soccer matches at the highest levels of the game, including the UEFA Champions League and the World Cup.
La concepcin de este libro fue inspirada por el enorme crecimiento que ha experimentado durante los ltimos aos el mbito del Pker y pretende servir como gua confiable de consulta: estructural, tctica y tcnica del juego, para todas aquellas personas que han considerado incursionar en la prctica frecuente y competitiva del Pker de cartas comunitarias.
In Betting on Blackjack, expert Fritz Dunki-Jacobs reveals his strategies for consistent winning at blackjack--from how to pick the right place to play to knowing when to stop.