Card Games books

When you open this little book, the state secrets of the game of bridge lie in your hands. They cover everything you need to know to go from being a bridge beginner to an international mastermind!

Concise, authoritative guide to help the beginner and novice to start playing and enjoying bridge.

Discusses theories and concepts applicable to nearly every variation of the game, including five-card draw (high), seven-card stud, hold 'em, lowball draw, and razz (seven-card lowball stud). This book introduces you to the Fundamental Theorem of Poker, its implications, and how it should affect your play. Other chapters discuss the value of deception, bluffing, raising, the slow-play, the value...

A one-stop practical guide on how to play and master the fascinating and rewarding game of bridge with expert advice throughout from Andrew Robson, the Times bridge correspondent and the world's most famous and successful player and teacher of bridge. Previously published as Collins Need to Know? Bridge. Now with additional practice deals.

Poker Math Is Easy to LearnPoker math is a vitally important aspect to No Limit Holdem poker, but it is often overlooked or simply not used because many poker players fear it is too difficult to learn. I'm here to tell you it is not. In fact, fundamental poker math is very easy to learn. More importantly, it can yield you a lot more profits at the poker table. Without using simple math at the...

Guess the Artist is a fun, illustrated artist guessing game that also teaches you new and unusual facts about 60 of your favourite artists

In Poker Brat, paints a picture of his early life and discusses his highs and lows. Phil shares his own powerful tips and techniques, the ones that he used to set his goals, and then he shows how he achieved those goals as he climbed to the summit of the poker world.

The 101 card games described in this book have been selected because they are easy to learn. Sections introduce all the major groups of games, including solitaire, rummy and whist.

One part game, one part conversation starter, you don't need to be a pun master to master Punderdome: the goal is to make bad jokes and have fun in the process....

Can you save the missing elf before he is eaten by the big, bad wolf? Is the witch offering you a poisoned apple, or will she help you - by magically shrinking the giant pink rabbit that is terrorizing your castle? This book enables your family to create your own fairy tales.

This sequel to the same authors' ABTA award-winning Book of The Year in 2010 teaches bridge players about more advanced declarer play, safety and trump control and improved endplays.

Go Mental!...

First published in 1955, this is a revised re-issue of what has been one of the most-searched-for out-of-print bridge books and is widely regarded as the best intermediate-level book on card play ever written.

The author's '25 Steps to Learning 2/1' was an instant bestseller, winning the 2003 American Bridge Teachers' Association Book of the Year award. This sequel is for those who want to add modern sophistication to their 2/1 bidding.

Whether played on the exotic felt tabletop in a palatial casino, or on the rough-hewn bar in a tavern's smoky din, the game of Gwent is never a dull one! With cards that feature fantastic art that only adds to the strategic thrill of crushing one's opponent, Gwent: The Witcher Card Game offers a singular gaming experience. Now, Dark Horse is proud to present each cards' gorgeous artwork in a...

Presents a memory game which features seals to seahorses, camels to pandas, all kinds of happy animal families, and helps players to reunite animal mothers and fathers with their babies. This title contains 62 beautifully illustrated cards and a colourful poster that show all the animals posing happily together.

Chris Moorman, the world's greatest online poker player, analyses 80 tournament hand histories played by co-author Byron Jacobsa solid winning player at the low- to mid-stakes.

5 stars

Provides poker strategies for every phase of tournament play, covering the early phase where the stakes are small to later tactics such as bluffing, flops, scare cards, playing shorthanded, loose games, and endgame play.

Expert Heads Up No Limit Hold'Em Volume 2 picks up where Volume 1 left off, this time concentrating on early street play. It develops tools for planning strategies to be executed over multiple streets and provides careful analysis of situations that arise when smart players' strategies interact.

Definitive work on card technique: everything from basic manipulations to advanced flourishes; also a wide variety of tricks. 318 illustrations.

1 stars