Poker Books - Tips and Strategy

Illustrated Guide to Texas Hold'em

This new book is the "bible" for Texas Hold'em players. 

In just three years, Texas Hold’em Poker has become the fastest growing game in America. 

The game’s most high profile event, The World Series of Poker, has become the richest sporting event in the world. 

According to experts, the game’s popularity was boosted by the World Series of Poker’s most startling fact:  For the past three years the main event was won by relative newcomersto the game.

Now Dennis Purdy, promoter and professional card-player, has revealed the winning strategies they used in his new book, The Illustrated Guide to Texas Hold’em.  Using his expertise at teaching the game to beginners, Purdy has both an expert’s perspective on the history of the game, and a forward-looking view at the game’s future.

An expert interview with Purdy includes discussions on:

• The appeal of the game to non-players, and why the game became the “in-thing” across the nation and around the world.
• Why teenagers and college students are the ones who are getting hooked the most.
• The vital role of the internet in the game’s popularity, and how the internet will ensure its success.
• Why girls are picking up the game.
• The role of movies in building the games popularity (Rounders, Ocean’s Eleven).

 Unlike all other books about the game, Purdy uses 150 real-game situations, fully illustrated, to teach professional strategies to Beginners.  By laying out the fundamentals of the game in a decision-making format, the Illustrated Guide to Texas Hold’em helps both the novice and the experienced player to bet smarter and to win more money.  And, the book’s innovations will help the game reach a wider audience than it has reached before.

About the Author

 Dennis Purdy moved to Las Vegas at the age of 25, and became a professional gambler; devoting 50 to 70 hours a week on mastering Texas Hold’em.  He retired from full-time gambling in 1983, and is also a former police officer.  Today Purdy works as a Trade Show Promoter and Publisher of The Vintage & Classic Baseball Collector Magazine.  He lives in Tacoma, Washington.

Tips and information on: reading your opponent - what you can tell from the way a player handles their cards; what to do and what not - the rules and etiquette of the poker table; how to spot a maniac and avoid tap city with a glossary of poker parlance; and where to play - all the best casinos in the U.K., Europe and the U.S. are listed.

READER REVIEW: "This is the best book you can read for learning poker, it is very concise and serves as a good reference tool when playing with friends and are unsure of the rules. it gives an introduction to the science of tells and reading people and cards. it also advises you how to play certain hands however is not enough when starting to develop your game. it should really be called 'how to play poker' because it doesn't go into enough detail on poker strategies."

Our Price: £6.39

Inside Poker For Dummies, you can find:

* Strategies that turn ordinary players into winners
* Tips on bluffing, reading players & remembering cards
* Betting strategies: how to bet wisely and responsibly

Author Richard Harroch competes regularly in the World Series of Poker, and Lou Krieger relays his strategies in Card Player magazine. Both authors reveal their winning hands in Poker For Dummies."

READER REVIEW: "Poker for Dummies? You would be a dummy NOT to purchase this book. Texas Hold em, Seven Card Stud, Tournament poker to Internet poker, this book covers it all and then some. It is no exaggeration that reading, meditating and occasionally sleeping with this book will take you from Novice to Apostle of Poker."

Our Price: £8.99

A guide to blackjack, for the beginner and expert, outlines a basic strategy that players can use to gain a percentage of the house with no card counting necessary.

READER REVIEW: "I am winning with his betting strategy, based on extensive research evidently by the author. I recommend it highly, need at least a 300 dollar bankroll, and be prepared to stay at the casino for as long as the system takes."

Our Price: £5.28

Explained in simple terms and using simple, easy to follow illustrations. Recommended for anyone serious about the odds.

Our Price: £15.89