Beyond Bluffs Master The Mysteries Of Poker

Author : James A. McKenna
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN 13 : 0818407336
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Bluffs: Master The Mysteries Of Poker written by James A. McKenna and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Play your opponents, not just your cards! The most important game being played in a poker room has nothing to do with cards--it's the psychological battle being waged between players. In Beyond Bluffs, poker columnist and psychotherapist James A. McKenna shows you how to elevate your game to a new level by playing your opponents as expertly as you play your hand. With these advanced people skills, you'll be able to determine how and when a player is bluffing, and know which bluffs to use in response. You'll even be able to predict how different types of players will think and react in any game situation. Go beyond spotting bluffs to reading your opponents! In his acclaimed Beyond Tells, McKenna introduced a unique way of integrating personality types with reading tells. Beyond Bluffs delves further into those six key personality types--The Boss, Party Hardy, High Roller, System Player, Loner, and Hunch Player--revealing the psychological patterns that govern the way they live and the way they play. McKenna shows you how to spot the subtle clues that reveal when a person is bluffing or telling the truth. You'll learn when, how, and against whom to bluff with "garbage" hands, how to avoid bluffing when you don't have to, and the difference between planned and unplanned bluffs. Discover the clues to look for and unravel the mysteries of poker! Plenty of poker books outline strategies that can help you become a good tactical player. Beyond Bluffs goes further, unraveling the real mysteries of the game and providing the psychological advantage that will help you play smarter every time. James A. McKenna, Ph.D., has been a practicing individual and group therapist for over 35 years, as well as a management consultant to Fortune 500 corporations. His column, "Power Poker Psychology," appears regularly in Poker Player and Gambling Times magazines. He lives in Dardenne Prairie, Missouri.

Author : James A. McKenna
Publisher : Lyle Stuart
ISBN 13 : 9780818407109
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Traps written by James A. McKenna and published by Lyle Stuart. This book was released on 2007 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poker columnist, psychotherapist and author James A. McKenna goes deep into the psychology of poker, revealing how to use the psychological patterns that govern opponents to trap them into making mistakes. McKenna explains how consistent winners use different bait for different prey and how they trap and avoid traps by noticing the difference between players at the table. McKenna demonstrates the different approaches needed for different personalities, outlining the traps for each, and shows readers how to take their game to a higher level.

Author : Deborah K. Phillips
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9781433105227
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gambling and Gender written by Deborah K. Phillips and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2009 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are two distinct strands in the literature on gambling: one that focuses on how to play and win the various games of chance and one that focuses on gambling compulsion and addiction. Gambling and Gender forges a new direction, studying gambling as more communication than compulsion, more recreation than deviance, more sociology than psychology. Within that framework it seeks to explore several aspects of gender: How do the gambling behaviors of men and women differ? How have women adapted to and/or changed the historically male dominance of the gambling arena? What gambling activities have women claimed as their own and used to develop uniquely female relationships? How have recent trends in technology and mass media changed the ways in which men and women claim - or reject - their gender identities? The authors use a variety of research strategies, including content analysis, survey research, interviews, and participative observation, to shed new light on this fascinating subject and to suggest ways to explore it further.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Lyle Stuart
ISBN 13 : 9780818407192
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Education of a Poker Pigeon written by Anonymous and published by Lyle Stuart. This book was released on 2008 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expert guidance that will take players from pure novices to poker pros by providing priceless lessons from a high-profile poker professional. Combining solid poker strategies and entertaining anecdotes about the game, this is truly a must-have handbook for anyone serious about the game of poker.

Author : Alan N. Schoonmaker
Publisher : Lyle Stuart
ISBN 13 : 9780818407215
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Your Best Poker Friend: Increase Your Mental Edge and Maximize Your Profits written by Alan N. Schoonmaker and published by Lyle Stuart. This book was released on 2007 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Your Worst Poker Enemy, Schoonmaker educates us on the game that goes beyond the table; the psychological game. In Your Best Poker Friend Schoonmaker takes the program to the next level. Beyond tricks, beyond strategy, this book delves deeper into the the mind of the player and helps them to understand that their best poker friend is actually themselves! Written in an informatve and accessible way so every player will be on their way to a royal flush.

Author : Maryann Morrison
Publisher : Lyle Stuart
ISBN 13 : 9780818407079
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women's Poker Night written by Maryann Morrison and published by Lyle Stuart. This book was released on 2007 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of unique and entertaining stories by women players from all levels of the game - from enthusiastic amateur to top-flight pro. Covering such diverse topics as the history of women in poker, tips on playing, making money, playing in home games, finding love at the table and the pros and cons of women's tournaments versus mixed championships, it's as much about the players as the game itself. Wisdom, humour, insight and advice for women of all levels!

Author : Mr. Matt Lessinger
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0446507156
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Bluffs written by Mr. Matt Lessinger and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2007-07-31 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expert poker player and columnist for Card Player magazine shows how players at every level of the game can master the art of the bluff. Twenty years ago, Mike Caro wrote the book on what to look for in a player’s movements, gestures, and facial expressions—their “tells”—to determine if they were bluffing, and it remains one of the bestselling poker books of all time. But what Caro didn’t do was teach players how to bluff. Enter Matt Lessinger, a professional poker player and columnist, who in THE BOOK OF BLUFFS shows players how to get their opponents to fold—no matter how strong a hand they’ve been dealt. Lessinger reveals how, with the correct timing and artistry, bluffing will allow a player to win while holding an inferior hand—the very essence of poker.

Author : Matt Lessinger
Publisher : Warner Books (NY)
ISBN 13 : 9780446591843
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Bluffs written by Matt Lessinger and published by Warner Books (NY). This book was released on 2014-07-02 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A professional poker player demonstrates how players of any experience level can master the art of the bluff, revealing how to develop timing and expression skills to entice an opponent to fold regardless of card strength.

Author : James McManus
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 9780374706203
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Positively Fifth Street written by James McManus and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rough sex, black magic, murder, and the science-and eros-of gambling meet in the ultimate book about Las Vegas James McManus was sent to Las Vegas by Harper's to cover the World Series of Poker in 2000, especially the mushrooming progress of women in the $23 million event, and the murder of Ted Binion, the tournament's prodigal host, purportedly done in by a stripper and her boyfriend with a technique so outré it took a Manhattan pathologist to identify it. Whether a jury would convict the attractive young couple was another story altogether. McManus risks his entire Harper's advance in a long-shot attempt to play in the tournament himself. Only with actual table experience, he tells his skeptical wife, can he capture the hair-raising brand of poker that determines the world champion. The heart of the book is his deliciously suspenseful account of the tournament itself-the players, the hand-to-hand combat, and his own unlikely progress in it. Written in the tradition of The Gambler and The Biggest Game in Town, Positively Fifth Street is a high-stakes adventure, a penetrating study of America's card game, and a terrifying but often hilarious account of one man's effort to understand what Edward O. Wilson has called "Pleistocene exigencies"-the eros and logistics of our primary competitive instincts.

Author : Annie Duke
Publisher : Huntington Press Inc
ISBN 13 : 1935396323
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Decide to Play Great Poker written by Annie Duke and published by Huntington Press Inc. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poker is a game of table position, flop texture, players in a hand, personalities, and so much more. This book teaches you how to identify and analyze those variables, become a great strategist, and have confidence in any poker situation. Decide to Play Great Poker is written by Annie Duke, the world's most renowned woman poker player, with John Vorhaus, himself a winning poker player and prolific author.