Getting Lucky

Getting Lucky
Author: Richard Sparks
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-02-25
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781888690316

The follow-up to Diary of a Mad Poker Player. Richard Sparks went on a wild roller coaster ride to the World Series of Poker, and when the dust cleared, he saw one thing was true: his game needed help. World Champion of Poker Tom McEvoy signs on as his pe

Limit Hold'em Hand by Hand

Limit Hold'em Hand by Hand
Author: Neil Myers
Publisher: Citadel Press
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2007
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780818407116

Accompanied by an instructional DVD and drawn from the same principles introduced in Quick and Easy Texas Hold'em, this step-by-step guide features to-the-point lessons and an abundance of examples specific to Hold'em hands that will help players improve their game dramatically. Original.

Bigger Deal

Bigger Deal
Author: Anthony Holden
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2008-04
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0743294831

The author of Big Deal tests his card skills against the changed world of poker in the twenty-first century at a worldwide tournament that pits promising first-timers who have never played except on the Internet with long-standing professionals who are finding themselves outmatched. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.

Ghosts at the Table

Ghosts at the Table
Author: Des Wilson
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2009-03-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 0786732059

Destined to become “the new poker classic, a must-read” (Mike Sexton, top poker player and promoter), Ghosts at the Table is the game's first definitive history. With verve and wit, internationally renowned poker personality Des Wilson traces poker's Wild West origins in Deadwood, South Dakota-where “Wild” Bill Hickok was said to have been shot holding aces and eights-to the annual World Series of Poker and amazing high-stakes games of modern-day Las Vegas. It's a story full of unforgettable characters-riverboat gamblers, Texas rounders, roadside hucksters, and living legends-who have helped make poker the world's most popular game.

The Diary of a Mad Chef

The Diary of a Mad Chef
Author: Daniel Dellavecchia
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 612
Release: 2012-07
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1466943017

This family cookbook morphed into much more for me during the writing process. It began by contacting friends and family to collect recipes for what I thought would be a simple process. During those conversations and with my own memories, a flood of personal history evolved in my mind. What began as a repository of food recipes became much more to me, and I decided to collect the process in the form of this book, The Diary of a Mad Chef, to also include photos of those people and selected short stories. Food has always been the center of our family's common narrative thread, and I attempted to place the face and the stories of my friends and family with the recipes as I remember them. Along with the feedback and photos from my friends and family, it became a two-year-long effort to compile, edit, and publish this book. The journey has been a magnificent experience for me, and I am grateful to have had the time and opportunity to write this book.

The Original Poker Diary

The Original Poker Diary
Author: Jonas Barrish
Publisher:
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2005
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781585973095

This is not like other poker books. It is not a how-to book. This book provides a unique system for improving one's poker game through more focused awareness of play, strategy and opponents. "The Original Poker Diary" comprises hundreds of journal pages for players to write on in order to keep track of "Memorable Hands," "Player Notes," "Bad Beats," "Tells," and more. Instructions for use, along with a sample diary entry, are described in the first few pages, followed by over 300 journal entry pages divided into two sections; tournament play and online/live casino play. This one-of-a-kind book concludes with a comprehensive glossary of poker terminology and slang. "The Original Poker Diary," if used consistently, will become an indespensable handbook to help you devise your own strategy for learning from the game...and winning.

Card Sharks

Card Sharks
Author: Liz Maverick
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2005-12-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101210516

Where are all the good men? Marianne and her best friend, Bijoux, are dying to know. Turns out they've been holed up around card tables, playing Texas Hold 'em. So Marianne and Bijoux decide it's time to up the ante and get in on the action. But they never imagined that Marianne would have a seriously talented poker player lurking inside her. And everyone knows what they say about lucky in cards...

Swimming With The Devilfish

Swimming With The Devilfish
Author: Des Wilson
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2015-11-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1509824928

Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott has taken the poker world by storm since beginning to play at the age of 16. A world-class player, he is one of the most feared players on the ever-burgeoning global poker circuit. The Devilfish is a working-class man from Hull who was a petty criminal at 16, a safe-breaker who spent his 21st birthday in prison, and then a pawnbroker in Hull who’s turned his gambling hobby into a hugely lucrative career. Dave Ulliott was the first British player to win a $500,000 poker event in the US, won the first Late Night Poker series on Channel 4, and is the face of Ultimatebet.com, one of the biggest online poker sites. This powerful and revealing book uncovers the amazing world of professional poker in Britain, and for the first time tells the extraordinary stories of the country’s top poker professionals. It is a must-read for anyone who is part of, or fascinated by, the growth of professional poker from yesterday’s illegal back-street card games to the cyberspace and television phenomenon of today.

Diary of a Mad Fat Girl

Diary of a Mad Fat Girl
Author: Stephanie McAfee
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 447
Release: 2012-02-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101575050

Graciela "Ace" Jones is mad-mad at her best friend Lilly who cancels their annual trip to Panama City for mysterious reasons; at her boss Catherine for "riding her ass like a fat lady on a Rascal scooter;" at her friend Chloe's abusive husband; and especially at Mason McKenzie, the love of her life, who has shown up with a marriage proposal one year too late. Ace is never mad, though, at her near-constant companion, an adorable chiweenie dog named Buster Loo. Ace's anger begins to dissipate as she takes matters into her own hands to take down Chloe's philandering husband-and to get to the bottom of a multitude of other scandals plaguing Bugtussle, Mississippi. Then, she starts to realize that maybe Mason deserves a second chance after all. With a sharp and distinctive voice, Stephanie McAfee delivers a hilarious and fast-paced tale about Ace Jones and her two best friends-thick as thieves and tough as nails-navigating Southern small-town politics and prejudices, finding love, and standing up for each other all the way.