Poker Night: Dealer's Choice A to Z [Paperback]

Marc Wortman (Author), Joel Krass (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 30, 2004

BradyGames' Poker Night: Dealer's Choice A-Z includes the following:

General information on how to start a weekly or monthly home poker night with your friends, what you need (including chips, coins, cards, table top, etc.) and where to buy.

Hundreds of poker variations including Draw Poker Games, Stud Poker Games, Guts Poker Games, Community/Progressive Poker Games, Non-Poker Games like Indian Poker, In-Between and more!

An entire section devoted to Hold 'Em Poker Games, including the ever popular Texas Hold-Em, and winning percentages.

Poker basics and strategy.

Tips for when to hold/fold, slow play, position betting, how to read a bluff, and more!

Ambiance including the best cigars, drinks, and food for the occasion.

This product is available for sale worldwide.

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About the Author

Marc Wortman and Joel Krass are co-authoring this book, and founded the HomePoker.com website in 1998. The site was originally founded as a hobby for Marc, and over time, it evolved to include other content of interest to the home poker playing community, including home poker strategy, home poker and the law, low-limit casino poker, and protecting oneself against poker cheats. The website also offers tutorial to new players. This book will be promoted on HomePoker.com and included in email blasts to their subscriber base.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Brady Games (November 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0744005086
• ISBN-13: 978-0744005080
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,513,455 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great coverage of the huge variety of poker games available, February 14, 2005

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A. Branscombe (Toronto, ON, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Poker Night: Dealer's Choice A to Z (Paperback)

I got this book hoping to add a little spice into our home game. Many of the people I play with (and me) stick to Texas Hold 'em for the most part, but fondly remember the days when "Chase the Queen" and "Iron Cross" built huge pots and made a home game really different from what you get in the Casino. I was really impressed with the coverage this book provides. Pretty much every aspect of the home game is there, and there are more varieties of poker outlined here than we'll ever get to in our game - there's just not enough time!

The first sections of "Poker Night" discuss many of the things that need to be considered before hosting a game. What kind of atmosphere are you going for? What sort of house rules should you establish? How do you handle the player who wins a huge hand and then wants to leave right away? "Poker Night" helps you prepare a sound set of house rules to make sure the game runs smoothly.

The real meat of the book covers every variation of poker I've ever heard of and many more. The publisher's outline above will give you an idea of what's there, and each is covered very well. Essentially the rules of each type of poker are covered in brief, and then they give a thorough breakdown of how each variety of them work. So, in the Stud section they cover the classic "Chase the Queen", and in the Community section they cover my favorite, "Iron Cross", but if you've wanted to know how to play "Baseball", "H-Bomb", or too many others to mention, chances are they're in here.

The section on Hold'em provides a good overview of the game, and provides some good information about the value of the various starting hands, and the strategy included would be very helpful for people just getting into the game or who are interested in taking control of their current home game. The final section includes some interesting notes about how casino poker games like Let It Ride and Caribbean Stud can be adjusted for home game play.

Overall, a really good overview of the wide variety of poker games played in living rooms around the world. "Poker Night" will definitely add something to anyone's game that's gotten a little too predictable.