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Poker: The Real Deal
Like a secret society, poker has its own language and customs -- its own governing logic and rules of etiquette that the uninitiated may find intimidating. It's a game of skill, and playing well depends on more than just a good hand or the ability to hide emotion. The first step toward developing a style of play worthy of the greats is learning to think like a poker p...more
Hardcover, 304 pages
Published
September 21st 2004
by Simon Spotlight Entertainment
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I'm going to go ahead and count this one as read. There's only one useful section- a fancy chart of combinations that poker experts have determined to be a great guide to playing your hands. The rest of it is a lot of fluffy history about the game, and there's several pages detailing poker movies everyone should see, things no one needs to read. Not really a good book. I'm pretty sure we got it as a Christmas present and it came with poker chips and a deck of cards, which is why it was even layi...more
It was one of the first, and thereby, one of the most simple poker books out there in the new generation. It was a good book, but could have been so much better. The forward by Jon Favreau. . . . you just wanted THAT to be longer!
You know when poker became very hyped....yeah i did :)
It was okay. a good starter book into the subject. Very easy to read
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