ALVAREZ, AL

Poker: Bets, Bluffs and Bad Beats

Bloomsbury. 2001. (ISBN: 9780747553779). Hardcover. Hardback with D/J in like new condition. Amazon In Poker Bets, Bluffs, and Bad Beats, journalist, poet and novelist Al Alvarez looks back on a lifetime's immersion in the business of playing cards for money, and quantifies the emotional and intellectual pot into which he and millions of other players past and present have been tossing their chips for nearly 200 years. For the past 40 years or more I have played poker regularly, once or twice a week, except when I am in Las Vegas, when I play all day every day for a couple of weeks on end. Poker changed my life, and sometimes I think it may even have saved it. From the card-sharps on the Mississippi steamboats, to the thrill-seeking octogenarians playing for $5 jackpots in corporate Las Vegas, Alvarez explores the history and mythology of the game, the legends and the also-rans, arguing that the legacy of poker is far greater than sum of its losers and winners. Alvarez gauges how far the language and underlying attitudes of the game have become interwoven with American-led culture; how the bluffing and dollar-bullying that are key to winning are writ large across the history of power brokering in the USA, from the days of the "wild frontier" to the ongoing struggles for supremacy in the White House; how the professional players' maxim, "never give a sucker an even break", is the guiding principle of a me-first consumption-fixated society. Or as Walter Matthau put it: "The game exemplifies all the worst aspects of capitalism that have made our country so great." A witty, intelligent study, lavishly and eclectically illustrated with images of the ephemera and iconography of the game, this is a gorgeous book - product of one pipe-smoking poet's turbulent, enduring love affair with poker, with risk and reward, and the men and women, both real and imagined, who have marshalled the qualities of high thinking and low cunning that mark out the true card player. Alex Hankin. Used: Acceptable.

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N° du livre: 23850

Catalogue: Poker

Mots-clés: 9780747553779

BRUNSON, DOYLE

Online Poker

Cardoza Publishing, U.S. 2005. (ISBN: 9781580421324). Paperback, 22.6 x 15 x 1.5 cm. Paperback in good condition, complete with CD. The world's greatest poker player, two-time world champion Doyle Brunson, shows you a fast and powerful way to win big-time money online - or play for free. Two recent champions earned their gold bracelets playing online poker; this book may help you to be the next one! Everything you need to be successful playing online poker is included. From the basics of getting started - the rules of the games, best sites to play, and online safety features - to the winning strategies of poker, including hold'em and 7-card stud) and online-specific strategies, Doyle shows you the real truth about bluffing, and how to extract more money against online players - they're weaker! - to earn more profits. You also receive a bonus CD featuring an exclusive online heads-up match between Doyle and Mike Caro with hand-by-hand strategy advice and winning tips. ISBN 1-58042-132-6 1580421326. Used: Acceptable.

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N° du livre: 3535

Catalogue: Poker

Mots-clés: 9781580421324

YARDLEY, HERBERT O

The Education of a Poker Player

Fontana. 1980. (ISBN: 9780006359340). Paperback. Paperback - 1980 - good condition - - used books, secondhand books, out of print books, hard to find books, second-hand books, nonfiction, non-fiction books delivered world wide. Used: Acceptable.

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N° du livre: 17908

Catalogue: Poker

Mots-clés: 9780006359340