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RULES OF POKER: ESSENTIALS FOR EVERY GAME
by Lou Krieger and Sheree Bykofsky
Price ... $13.95

This book provides comprehensive rules for all the major poker games, making it an ultimate poker argument settler. Many rules are annotated with examples and interpretation notes so that nothing is lost in translation. The book is fully indexed so it is any easy reference is the casino, or where ever you may be playing. 276 pages, hardbound, December 2006.

MATHEMATICS OF POKER 
by William Chen
Price ... $29.95

Poker has often been played as a game, by those who have learned it as a game and who have relied on their ability to play well, to play good hands, and to read other players tells in order to improve their chances of winning. However, there is now a new set of players who do not rely on these things, but have turned the game of poker into a game that can be won by applying the tools of computer science, and mathematics to their hands. This new approach relies on quantitative analysis and mathematics. This book strives to take this seemingly difficult task and make it easy and understandable for players with less mathematic knowledge or skill. paperbound, November 2006.

52 GREATEST MOMENTS: WORLD SERIES OF POKER 
by Mark Rogers
Price ... $39.95

This is a colorful, coffee-table sized tribute to the game, the World Series of Poker tournament and most of all to the players who played many of the hands that made and lost millions. Highlights, low lights, marvelous moves, quotes, philosophies about the game (how much skill vs. luck for example), are all captured and accompanied by many color and black and white photos. Stu Ungar, Johnny Moss, Doyle Brunson, Nick the Greek, Jack Binion, Puggy Pearson, the new generation of young guns, young ladies, the movie crowd, the characters and the foreign invaders get a call. This is a nice book to read and enjoy over and over or to give to any poker fan you know. 157 pages, hardbound, 2006

ONLY POKER BOOK YOU'LL EVER NEED 
by John "Johnny Quads" Wenzel
Price ... $11.95

Poker fans know this author as Johnny Quads, a longtime card shark and poker pro. Here he presents some of the best instruction for beginning and intermediate poker player of the year. The 12 chapters in this work start with Poker 101 and proceed to getting the odds on your side, using psychology, getting your home game together, hitting the casino, making bets, understanding position and isolation, when and who to bluff and how, reading the dead giveaway tells and the less obvious ones, important factors about playing hold'em, playing online and in tournaments and what to do as your game evolves.184 pages, indexed, paperbound, 2006.

CATCHING POKER CHEATS
by A.D. Livingston
Price ... $11.95

This is a reprint of Dealing With Cheats, originally published in 1973 and now reprinted with a new title, and a new chapter keyed to online poker. In the early 1970s, hold'em as we know it today did not exist, so you'll find only a mention of this game and others (such as Omaha) in that recently-added online chapter. The book, however, is not without merit. It can be helpful in identifying players and dealers who have a touch of larceny in blackjack, bridge and gin rummy. In 16 chapters show Livingston covers many old-time cheating techniques. For instance there's some excellent work on peeking, spying and signaling; followed by marked cards luminous readers and belly strippers. Those interested in how people steal or "cop" chips will be a bit smarter after reading this How to avoid being an easy target for someone with a gun is in a small, but colorful chapter that outlines past experiences of professionals and world class players who, in the "good old days" were often robbed by some "good ole boys" who knew just where the games were or where the participants traveled after the action was over. But perhaps the most valuable material, balanced by excellent descriptions and details of what you're seeing, are the photos (although black and white) of cheaters in operation, showing how the cards can be marked, bent, warped, hidden, added to a hand or removed. After reading Catching Poker Cheats, you'll understand better than ever, why professional dealers are so valuable. The online cheating section brings up many questions. It may make the novice nervous, yet it explains why a certain segment of the population is still reluctant to make the move from live game to Internet action. 219 page, paperbound, February 2006.

101 TOURNAMENT HANDS HOLD'EM
by D. R. Sherer
Price ... $22.95

Expanded second edition this version includes 101 hand examples with situation, logic and reasoning supplied. 48 hands limit. 53 hands no-limit. 136 pages, paperbound, January 2006.

HOW TO TURN YOUR POKER PLAYING INTO A BUSINESS
by Ann Margaret Johnston
Price ... $19.95

Here's a book devoted to dealing with U.S. taxes and poker, written by a tax-expert and poker player. Ann-Margaret Johnston (CPA) shows you step-by-step ways to turn poker into a business and how to handle the expenses and deductions that go with your business. She answers thorny questions such as: Is your online gambling deductible: Can you write off your casino trips? How do you turn your hobby into a business? What kind of records must you keep? 122 pages, paperbound, January 2006.

POKER 24/7
by Stewart Reuben
Price ... $24.95

The author of "How Good Is Your Pot-Limit Hold'em" and "How Good is Your Pot-Limit Omaha," has produced an interesting, and what might become a controversial work. He hints at things people have done -- sometimes on the dark side but he doesn't quite get to actual "documentation" of any event he hints at. The book is does contains excellent, isolated situations where he analyzes poker hands -- what went right and what went sadly wrong in his long poker career. There are hundreds of players, gamblers and betting buddies (and not so buddy-types) in Reuben's book: Bobby Baldwin, Benny Binion, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Bob Ciaffone, T.J. Cloutier, Eric Drache, Chris Ferguson, Dan Harrington, Phil Hellmuth, Howard Lederer, Mansour Matloubi, Chris Moneymaker, Johnny Moss, Puggy Pearson, Chip Reese, Mike Sexton, David Sklansky, Jack Straus and Stu Ungar, for example. Reuben is British; many of his friends and acquaintances are too, so the book is bound to appeal to players from England, Ireland and the U.S. In a way, the book fills an informational gap. Americans who have never played in the United Kingdom will get a better picture or "feel" for how the game is played there and get an idea of what led Reuben -- as well as other Brits who are ever-increasing on the tournament circuit -- to the lure of the green felt tables. 256 pages, hardbound, January 2006.