This lively and practical guide to poker was written by women for women who have felt excluded by this male-dominated event and who want to claim their seats at the table-and win! Every aspect of this complex game is covered, from the origins and basics of poker to the many variations and strategies and ways women can participate in and prepare for tournaments. The fundamentals of five- and seven-card stud, blackjack, draw games, and Texas hold 'em are presented, as are more unusual variants such as Chicago, Indian Poker, baseball, lowball, hi-lo, and Anaconda. Betting and bluffing strategies are explored, and tips for managing a losing streak-or a winning streak-are included.
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Laura A. Van Vleet and G. L. Norris are a writing partnership as well as friendly competitors at their Sunday-night poker game. They have written episodes for Star Trek: Voyager and have contributed to Cinefantastique, Metro Boston, and ESPN: The Magazine. Van Vleet lives in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Norris lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Sadly, worst poker book ever,
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This review is from: Playing With the Big Boys: A Women's Guide to Poker (Hardcover)
If, as a stunt, someone set out to write the worst book of poker, they would not do as fine a job of it as have the authors of this truly awful book. Their annoyingly cutesy style is benign compared with the enormous number of serious errors about poker. Among their many factual errors, here are two: According to the authors, Aces are always high in poker (not true -- Aces are high or low. You can only draw three cards, or four with an Ace in 5-card draw (not true -- you can draw all five). The writing is so poor in general that it renders unintelligible even the information they get right. The book is also a major rip off -- really a couple of pages of original writing with the remainder just filler -- like an incomplete list of casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City (with no indication of where they spread poker)and a badly explained list of off beat home poker games. The one redeeming feature in this horrid text is the interview with Wendeen Eolis -- a truly interesting, thoughtful, engaging and highly skilled and experienced poker player. Too bad few if any readers will make it that far -- having thrown the book out after reading the first few pages.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Sadly, the worst poker book ever,
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This review is from: Playing with the Big Boys: A Woman's Guide to Poker (Paperback)
If, as a stunt, someone set out to write the worst book of poker, they would not do as fine a job of it as have the authors of this truly awful book. Their annoyingly cutesy style is benign compared with the enormous number of serious errors about poker. Among their many factual errors, here are two: According to the authors, Aces are always high in poker (not true -- Aces are high or low. You can only draw three cards, or four with an Ace in 5-card draw (not true -- you can draw all five). The writing is so poor in general that it renders unintelligible even the information they get right. The book is also a major rip off -- really a couple of pages of original writing with the remainder just filler -- like an incomplete list of casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City (with no indication of where they spread poker)and a badly explained list of off beat home poker games. The one redeeming feature in this horrid text is the interview with Wendeen Eolis -- a truly interesting, thoughtful, engaging and highly skilled and experienced poker player. Too bad few if any readers will make it that far -- having thrown the book out after reading the first few pages.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Can I make this a negative star?,
This review is from: Playing with the Big Boys: A Woman's Guide to Poker (Paperback)
This book is horrifyingly cute and offensively patronizing. The assumption is that the women reading it are stupid to the point of immobility. A paraphrase as an example: In defining and naming the four suits, clubs are "sometimes known as puppy paw-prints."
We had a huge laugh over this book at our monthly ladies' poker night, but it wasn't a good laugh. It was derisive laughter. We looked and looked for some indication that the book was meant to be funny, but couldn't find it. The (female!) authors should be ashamed. Unless you're itching to get smacked, do not buy this book for the woman in your life who wants to learn poker.
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