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Bid Better Play Better: How to Think at the Bridge Table

by Dorothy Hayden Truscott

Revised and updated. Winning advice on bidding and play for the intermediate, based on five card major openings.

Fading Hearts on the River: A Life in High-Stakes Poker

by Brooks Haxton

Centered around multi-million dollar stakes and a series of nationally televised poker tournaments, Fading Hearts on the River offers a story of odds—the odds of a newborn surviving severe jaundice, the odds...

Win at Poker

by Jeff Rubens

Lucid coverage of poker fundamentals, subtleties: draw, stud, variants; card-counting; betting strategy; more. Includes quizzes, sample hands; appendix on poker laws; more.

The Slang of Poker

by Tom Dalzell & Peter Donahue

This entertaining gift book provides a compendium of traditional poker slang as well as the new vocabulary of online poker and jargon from high-stakes tournaments. The game's impact on American history and language...

Bridge for Bright Beginners

by Terence Reese

Common terms, fundamentals of offensive and defensive bidding and play made clear. 130 bidding hands, 18 sample games. Summary of bidding.

Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations

by R. C. Bell

This encyclopedic volume provides the rules and methods of play for more than 180 different games: Ma-jong, Hazard, Wei-ch'i (Go), Backgammon, Pachisi, and many others. Over 300 photographs and line drawings....

Win at Checkers

by Millard Hopper

Former Unrestricted World Checker Champion introduces you to the game and lets you in on championship secrets. Shots and traps, opening "blitzkrieg" moves, end game, more.

How to Remember Every Card in the Deck

by Bob Hampton

This book teaches card players to remember every card in the deck and in what order they were played. The author is a successful memory teacher who applied his memory techniques to his own card play with amazing...

The Backwash Squeeze and Other Improbable Feats

by Edward McPherson

There is one card game that towers above all others as the most intelligent, intricate, and psychologically absorbing ever to be invented. It has a rich history. It's played and loved by some of the world's...

Moneymaker

by Chris Moneymaker

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...

Poker Nation

by Andy Bellin

Journalist and poker fanatic Andy Bellin takes readers on a raucous journey into the shut-up-and-deal world of professional poker. From basement games to the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, you'll look over...

The Complete Book on Balancing in Contract Bridge

by Mike Lawrence

This revised and expanded edition examines bridge auctions where the opponents bid something and you have the opportunity to either let them have it or to balance. The cost of not balancing can be huge, but...

Amarillo Slim's Play Poker to Win

by Amarillo Slim Preston

In this new and completely revised edition, the first reigning World Series of Poker Champion gets down and dirty about how to win big. It's not just about cards. It's about the people who hold them, so you'll...

Right Through The Pack

by Robert Darvas & Norman De V Hart

This brilliant fantasy features each card in the deck telling its own fascinating story.

Poker Satellite Strategy

by Dara O'Kearney & Barry Carter

The best way for small stakes players to win life-changing amounts of money is to win a satellite into a bigger tournament. Yet there is surprisingly little written about how to win satellite tournaments, until...

Online Poker - Winning Strategies Revealed

by Alex Master

More and more people are talking about their bad beats, their great hands, and their prowess for play.  Popular on college campuses, fraternal clubs, and even retirement homes, poker has become our new game...

How to Play Spades

by Tim Ander

Did you know that Spades is a trick-taking card game devised in the United States in the 30’s? It’s a fun, friendly and versatile game that can be played as either a partnership or solo / “cutthroat”...

How To Play Omaha Poker

by Tim Ander

Want To Learn How To Play Omaha Poker Like A Pro? Here’s Your Ultimate Omaha Guide!

Every watched an Omaha card game and wondered what’s going on? Do you want to play Omaha with your friends but are not sure...

How To Play Hearts

by Tim Ander

Are you an “all or nothing” type of person? Then, perhaps Hearts is a game that was designed just for you!

In fact, Hearts is a trick-taking game but it’s nothing like other trick-taking games. That’s...

Card Games

by Tim Ander

Here’s How You Can Spend Your Rainy Afternoons & Midsummer Nights Playing Card Games With Your Friends!

Looking for a fun and engaging way to spend quality time with your kids or friends? Want to learn how...