Posts Tagged ‘World’

April 2nd, 2010  Posted at   Other

The World Poker Travel Guide

Poker players are very lucky – they can mix their hobby with travel. Yet there’s never been a travel guide with the poker player’s unique interests in mind, until now… The World Poker Travel Guide is the first of its kind: a comprehensive rundown of poker rooms around the world that will show you where, when, and what to expect when playing away from home. Our reviewers are poker players, not your average travel writer, who have personally visited and played in every poker room included here in order to deliver the information you need, including]: * Detailed descriptions of major poker rooms in the United States, Spain, England, France, Australia, and New Zealand * A chapter dedicated to the first-time visitor to a poker room * A comprehensive guide for the poker player’s ultimate poker vacation – a trip to the WSOP * The best poker vacation spots in the world * A listing of the best and loosest games, by game type and limit * Tournament d (more…)

February 28th, 2010  Posted at   Other

Shuffle Up and Deal: The Ultimate No Limit Texas Hold 'em Guide (World Poker Tour)

From Publishers Weekly

Created for the millions of World Poker Tour (WPT) fans itching to get in on the action, this book offers no-nonsense tips for playing like a pro. Sexton, a former poker champion and spokesman for the WPT TV Show, outlines the rules and winning strategies of No Limit Texas Hold’em, a game that guarantees thrills by allowing players to bet all of their chips at one time. Responding to the rise in popularity of poker in the past few years, from TV shows to online gambling, the book contends that anyone can become a master, and it details all the tricks of the trade, from learning how to read other players to knowing how much to raise the pot. Although the tips are sometimes too abstract to be helpful-like the section on following your instincts, which vaguely insists, “you must have enough heart to take risks based on your feel for the situation”-there is enough concrete advice to truly improve one’s game. One especially insightful chapter, dedicate (more…)