This text contains the official rules of a huge number of different card games and their variants, ranging from Whist to Poker and including everything in between.
In this delightful Asian cookbook, you'll learn the secrets of vegetarian and vegan Asian cookinghow to blend flavors, textures, aromas and colorsto create full-flavored vegetarian dishes that are missing none of the umami normally associated only with meat and dairy.
This volume contains full instructions for playing a vast array of different card games ranging from Poker to Irish Loo, as well as chapters on card tricks, the history of playing cards, 'cartomancy', and more.
This antique book contains a detailed guide to learning and playing Canasta, and constitutes a quick way to learn this popular game with instructions for skillful play.
Professional blackjack player Kevin Blackwood shares his million-dollar winning strategies for mastering the odds and consistently beating the house at their own game.
In 2004 the number of entrants -- and the winning pool -- at the World Series of Poker tripled, thanks in large part to Chris Moneymaker, an amateur player who came out of nowhere to win the 2003 Series, and prove to newcomers and poker pros alike that anything is possible with a chip and a chair.
Try a hand at bridge and outsmart your opponents Bridge is the most popular card game in the world and, as any player will tell you, is simply the best card game ever.
There are many books and articles about how to improve your play, but there are few that focus on being a better partner, having fun and playing bridge the right way.
Play like a pro with expert knowledge from a champion of the gameIf you don't know the ins and outs of play, bridge can seem like an intimidating game--but it doesn't have to be!
How a New York Times bestselling author and New Yorker contributor parlayed a strong grasp of the science of human decision-making and a woeful ignorance of cards into a life-changing run as a professional poker player, under the wing of a legend of the gameMaria Konnikova had never actually played poker before and didn't even know the rules when she approached Erik Seidel - Poker Hall of Fame inductee, winner of tens of millions of dollars in earnings - and asked him to be her mentor.
The Penguin Book of Card Games is the authoritative up-to-date compendium, describing an abundance of games to be played both for fun and by serious players.
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.
Now in paperback comes the first and authorized biography of Stuey Ungar, the greatest card player of all time, who was backed by the Mob in New York before moving to Las Vegas where he won the World Series of Poker three times, then died mysteriously in a seedy motel on the Vegas strip at the age of 45.
This classic instructional book explains how to recognise and execute 'end plays' in the game of bridge, and is aimed at the average contract bridge player.
This antiquarian volume contains an easy-to-digest and novice-friendly guide to learning card tricks, with descriptions and instructions designed to teach the reader a number of shuffling techniques and related tricks.
The "e;over-my-shoulder"e; genre in bridge literature became prominent in the writing of Terence Reese -- he was unsurpassed at it -- and continued in the work of writers such as Mike Lawrence, Larry Cohen and myself.
The "e;over-my-shoulder"e; genre in bridge literature became prominent in the writing of Terence Reese -- he was unsurpassed at it -- and continued in the work of writers such as Mike Lawrence, Larry Cohen and myself.
This book written by a card detective who tells stories, in a narrative context the moves of card cheating and tricking in real life gambling scenarios.
This easy guide to defense, both fun and memorable, will take a newer player quickly up to an intermediate level and an intermediate player to an advanced intermediate level, if not beyond, with all of the tools needed to progress even further.
