Synopses & Reviews
"You can do things in a poker game that you'd never get away with in polite society."
Thus proclaims poker strategist, columnist, and author John Vorhaus in this smart, funny, and practical guide to mastering the fine art of the home poker game (in other words, entertaining your friends while deftly picking them clean).
Covering everything from the absolute basics to advanced points of strategy and smarts, Poker Night is an essential and entertaining manual for everyone who wants to excel at the most popular poker game in the world-- the home game, where the pots aren't cut and the winning gets personal. Topics include:
*Setting up and running rules that create a great game
*Understanding your opponents, including their "tells"
*Avoiding common and not-so-common mistakes
*Understanding faive-card draw, seven-card stud, split-pot games, Texas hold'em, as well as homegrown variations and entertaining twists
*Advice for no-limit hold'em tournaments, the latest trend in home play
*A glossary of poker terms to have you slingin' the slang like a champ
Filled with hilarious observations and hard-nosed strategies for beating the rules, this smart, sassy, and readable handbook holds the key to your poker success-- whether you're just learning or you already know the difference between a fishhook and a dead man's hand. Share it with friends at your own risk.
Review
"One of the greatest poker writers . . . [and] an important poker analyst."
- Mike Caro, author of Caro's Book of Poker Tells
"Vorhaus has been one of poker's best teachers . . . When it comes to getting inside . . . the psychology side of the game, no one does it better."
- Card Player magazine
"You can feel John's love of poker in every word he writes."
- Annie Duke, world-class poker pro
"Everything I've ever read by John Vorhaus has been A-number-one."
- T.J. Cloutier, winner of four World Series of Poker bracelets
Synopsis
A smart, accessible guide to the basic rules, strategy, and insider secrets to winning to poker.
Synopsis
This smart, accessible guide to basic rules, strategy, and insider secrets shows how to win at poker, at home as well as in the casino and online.
About the Author
John Vorhaus is a renowned poker strategist and commentator. A popular columnist and the author of three previous books on poker, he has written for every major poker publication. He lives (and beats his poker buddies) in Monrovia, California.