Poker for Dummies

Poker for Dummies

Poker is America’s national card game, and its popularity continues to grow. Nationwide, you can find a game in progress everywhere. If you want to play, you can find poker games on replicas of 19th century riverboats or on Native American tribal lands. You can play poker at home with the family or online with opponents from around the world. Like bowling and billiards before it, poker has moved out from under the seedier side of its roots and is flowering in the sunshine.

Maybe you’ve never played poker before and you don’t even know what a full house is. Poker For Dummies covers the basics. Or perhaps you've played for years, but you just don’t know how to win. This handy guide will help you walk away from the poker table with winnings, not lint, in your pockets. If you’re a poker expert, you still can benefit – some of the suggestions may surprise you, and you can certainly learn from the anecdotes from professional players like T.J. Cloutier and Stu Unger.

Know what it takes to start winning hand after hand by exploring strategy; getting to know antes and betting structure; knowing your opponents, and understanding the odds. Poker For Dummies also covers the following topics and more:
- Poker games such as Seven-Card Stud, Omaha, and Texas Hold'em
- Setting up a game at home
- Playing in a casino: Do's and don'ts
- Improving your play with Internet and video poker
- Deciphering poker sayings and slang
- Ten ways to read your opponent's body language
- Playing in poker tournaments
- Money management and record-keeping
- Knowing when and how to bluff

Poker looks like such a simple game. Anyone, it seems, can play it well – but that's far from the truth. Learning the rules can be quick work, but becoming a winning player takes considerably longer. Still, anyone willing to make the effort can become a good player. You can succeed in poker the way you succeed in life: by facing it squarely, getting up earlier than the next person, and working harder and smarter than the competition.

Foreword by Chris Moneymaker, 2003 World Series of Poker Champion.

Get those chips in with this practical guide
Whether you are looking for a challenge during a poker game among friends or you want to win the local tournament, Poker for Dummies show you step by step how to bet, bluff and how you can reach the top. From Seven-Card Stud and high-low splits to Omaha and Texas Hold'em, fathomed the secrets of poker. And win! About the authors: Richard Harroch is an attorney and avid poker player. Lou Krieger is the author of two guides to Texas Hold 'em, the most popular tournament poker game. About this edition: The original title of this Dutch book is Poker For Dummies and mid-May 2011 translated from the English edition and published by BBNC publishers bv in Amersfoort the Netherlands.

Contents of Poker for Dummies
- About the authors
- Acknowledgments

Introduction Part I: How to play the games
- Chapter 1: Poker basics
- Chapter 2: Essential strategic considerations
- Chapter 3: Seven-Card Stud
- Chapter 4: Texas Hold’em
- Chapter 5: Seven-Card Stud Eight-or-Better, High-Low Split (Seven-Stud/8)
- Chapter 6: Omaha
- Chapter 7: Home poker games

Part II: Advanced strategy
- Chapter 8: Bluffing
- Chapter 9: Money management and record keeping

Part III: Computers, casino’s, video and Internet
- Chapter 10: Poker tournaments
- Chapter 11: Video poker
- Chapter 12: World Series of Poker
- Chapter 13: The computer: your shortcut to poker mastery
- Chapter 14: Internet poker

Part IV: More poker fun
- Chapter 15: What's behind the sayings, terms, and myths
- Chapter 16: Learning more about poker

Part V: The part of tens
- Chapter 17: Ten ways to read your opponent
- Chapter 18: More then ten poker legends
- Chapter 19: Ten Dutch top players
- Chapter 20: Ten keys to success
- Chapter 21: (Almost) Ten things to consider before going pro
- Chapter 22: Ten real-life poker lessons
- Chapter 23: Ten poker lessons taken from real life