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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 795.412
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Label: Broadway
Manufacturer: Broadway
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 208
Printing Date: September 06, 2005
Publishing house: Broadway
Release Date: September 06, 2005
Sale Popularity Level: 963421
Studio: Broadway
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Television’s popular Celebrity Poker Showdown, World Poker Tour, and World Series of Poker; the dozens of thriving online poker sites; and magazines like Card Player, whose circulation has doubled recently to 150,000, demonstrate that poker has taken the country by storm. Seventy million Americans now play the game. But the only books available for players and fans are dense, serious strategy guides. Until now.
The Poker Aficionado is a Book of Lists for poker enthusiasts. It includes information as basic as a list of the rank of hands, and as amusing as the most bizarre things used as collateral during a game. Filled with lessons learned from some of poker’s biggest names, it features:
• Phil Gordon's ten poker commandments
• Five ways to cheat—and to spot a cheater
• The eight best poker movies
• Mike Caro’s nine most common tells
• Amarillo Slim's most famous sayings
• The best snacks to have at a home game, including recipes
• Clonie Gowen on the advantages of being the only woman at the table
• Twelve famous players' good luck charms
• Six secrets to winning at online poker
A richly detailed and whimsically illustrated potpourri of poker insight, The Poker Aficionado will delight poker fans and give players, old and new, plenty to talk about around the table.
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The size and feel of this book make for a nice gift. An inexpensive gift for someone you know who has a love for poker. As far as the book itself-I doubt I will ever spend more than five or ten minutes browsing it. It is very much a poker "trivia" book. Cute as a gift and for very light reading. Not much substance for diehard poker fans and actually a letdown after his "Winning Secrets of Poker" which I think very highly of.
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Finally, we have a book for all poker lovers, not just the hardcore folks who are betting the ranch every hand. Since poker has always been a tad shady, much of the culture of the game has been hidden from view. Here, Fornatale--a supremely talented and highly underrated writer, reporter, researcher, and editor--brings to light some highly fascinating material from the fringes and the depths. A succinct, good-time read that fits in your pocket and stays with you long after you're done reading it.
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This book is just a little bit bigger than a pack of playing cards, and cracking it open is just as satisfying as shuffling a new deck. Great design, facts and tips presented in a friendly way, and some hilariously far-out trivia (Grateful Dead lyrics about poker) make this a complete (and cheap!) gift for poker-playing friends. The small size means you can carry it to all your games.
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Following in the footsteps of ADD-type books such as "Schott's Original Miscellany" and the "Bathroom Reader" comes this fun poker compendium. Coming in at about 6" tall with 200 pages, The Poker Aficiando contains an assortment of informative nuggets covering pretty much everything poker: strategy, rules, odds, percentages, history, lingo, tips, anecdotes, and trivia. Most of the strategy-related material is provided by Phil Gordon, John Vorhaus, and Robert Williamson.
As the author states, a lot of the material comes from outside sources, so you may already be familiar with some of what this book has to offer. But having such a wide array of info in one pocket-sized collection makes this perfect for the novice and intermediate player, and it's a great time-killer. However, it's likely that you'll cover the bulk of it rather quickly, so here's hoping it won't be long until they come out with a second volume in the near future.
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