Total Poker

Winning at poker is not just analysis, clever tactics, nor even inspired bluff—although Total Poker examines all these in depth. Ultimately, luck works out the same for everyone—there really is no such thing as “good cards” or “bad cards.” As the author maintains, winning is a “psychological decision” made by each player. Packed with stories about the application of poker to life in general, Total Poker looks at the game’s history, culture, techniques, strategies, rules, and probabilities. David Spanier is a former journalist for The Times and author of Easy Money, Little Book of Poker, The Hand I Played, and Welcome to the Pleasuredome.
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Total Poker

Winning at poker is not just analysis, clever tactics, nor even inspired bluff—although Total Poker examines all these in depth. Ultimately, luck works out the same for everyone—there really is no such thing as “good cards” or “bad cards.” As the author maintains, winning is a “psychological decision” made by each player. Packed with stories about the application of poker to life in general, Total Poker looks at the game’s history, culture, techniques, strategies, rules, and probabilities. David Spanier is a former journalist for The Times and author of Easy Money, Little Book of Poker, The Hand I Played, and Welcome to the Pleasuredome.
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Total Poker

Total Poker

Total Poker

Total Poker

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Winning at poker is not just analysis, clever tactics, nor even inspired bluff—although Total Poker examines all these in depth. Ultimately, luck works out the same for everyone—there really is no such thing as “good cards” or “bad cards.” As the author maintains, winning is a “psychological decision” made by each player. Packed with stories about the application of poker to life in general, Total Poker looks at the game’s history, culture, techniques, strategies, rules, and probabilities. David Spanier is a former journalist for The Times and author of Easy Money, Little Book of Poker, The Hand I Played, and Welcome to the Pleasuredome.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781843440062
Publisher: High Stakes
Publication date: 03/01/2003
Series: High Stakes: Poker
Edition description: Revised ed.
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Preface to First Editionix
Just For Openersxi
1Bluff: The Classical Approach13
A Ringside seat29
An Academic View35
Hi-lo46
2Origins55
3Presidential Poker71
4Puggy: World Champion93
5Breakfast in Vegas123
6Loving and Losing135
Club Girls142
Ladies' Night147
First Lady150
7Movies157
8The Old, Old Story173
9Funny Deal191
10Morals201
11Ends and Odds213
Table IProbabilities of Getting a Pat Hand216
Table IIOdds Against Improving in the Draw219
Table IIIProbabilities of Getting a Pat Hand with Deuces (Or Any Four of a Kind) Wild221
Probabilities of Getting a Pat Hand with the Bug221
Table IVFive Card Stud Odds in a Seven-handed Game223
Table VSeven Card Stud Odds229
Table VILowball Odds
Draw237
Seven Card Low237
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