The Poker Player's Bible

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Póker is the most popular card game in the world. it melds knowledge of strategic principies with luck, probability, an ability to discern what kind of hand your opponent has and how he may choose to act on it, and the courage and conviction required to put your money where your mouth is,
Find out about the five most popular póker games played around the world and master the skills and techniques that will give you the confidence to sit down at any póker game and win. Learn how to identify the best games to play in, which starting hands to hold and which to fold, how to figure the odds, when to play drawing hands and when to avoid them, and how to read and deceive your opponents with or without a póker face.
A ready-reference as well as a progressive tutorial, this is a book you can refer to without reading from cover to cover - if you already know all the rules but want to find out more about advanced strategies, or if you want to determine the best starting hands for each... Tovább

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Póker is the most popular card game in the world. it melds knowledge of strategic principies with luck, probability, an ability to discern what kind of hand your opponent has and how he may choose to act on it, and the courage and conviction required to put your money where your mouth is,
Find out about the five most popular póker games played around the world and master the skills and techniques that will give you the confidence to sit down at any póker game and win. Learn how to identify the best games to play in, which starting hands to hold and which to fold, how to figure the odds, when to play drawing hands and when to avoid them, and how to read and deceive your opponents with or without a póker face.
A ready-reference as well as a progressive tutorial, this is a book you can refer to without reading from cover to cover - if you already know all the rules but want to find out more about advanced strategies, or if you want to determine the best starting hands for each common póker variant, jump to the relevant section. But if you want to learn the basics and save the advanced stuff for later, start at the beginning of this book, learn from a master and wait until you feel ready before you tackle the more advanced concepts.
has published several acclaimed póker books and has written over 250 columns on póker strategy. He was recently named one of the most influential gaming writers of the past 100 years by Casino Journal Magaziné. He has served as the Dean of Póker School Online, an Internet-based site for learning póker, and currently hosts the Internet site, www.RoyalVegasPoker.com. His writings can be found online and on his web site, www.loukrieger.com. When not writing about póker, Lou can be found playing it in the card rooms of Southern California. Vissza