Card Games For Dummies
For Dummies (Verlag)
978-0-7645-9910-1 (ISBN)
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Card games offer loads of fun and one of the best socializing experiences out there. But picking up winning card strategies is a bit of a challenge, and though your buddies may think that picking up the rules of the game is easy, winning is a totally different story. With Card Games For Dummies, Second Edition, you’ll not only be able to play the hottest card games around, you can also apply game-winning strategies and tips to have fun and beat your opponents. Now updated, this hands-on guide shows you everything you need to know—the basics, the tricks, and the techniques—to become a master card player, with expanded coverage on poker as well as online gaming and tournaments. Soon you will have the card-playing power to:
Pin down your opponents in Texas Hold’em
Show off your power in Stud Poker
Hit wisely in Blackjack
Break hearts ruthlessly in Hearts
Mix up the night with Gin and Rummy
Build yourself a victory in Bridge
Send them fishing in Go Fish
This straightforward, no-nonsense guide features great ways to improve your game and have more fun, as well as a list of places to find out more about your favorite game. It also profiles different variations of each game, making you a player for all seasons!
Barry Rigal was born with a deck of cards in his hand. Having started with the children’s games, Whist, Rummy, and Solitaire, he moved on to Bridge at the age of 12. After graduating from Oxford University (where he captained the Bridge team), he worked in accountancy. Highlights of his work career were learning how to play Piquet and Clobyosh in the Tax Department of Thomson McLintock. After four years with Price Waterhouse, supervising the partnership’s Bridge team, he went into the world of business, working seven years in the Oil Taxation department of Conoco. During that time he began a career as a journalist and commentator on card games. Over the course of the last two decades he has written newspaper and magazine articles and six books on Bridge.
Foreword xvii
Introduction 1
Part I: Discovering Card Games 7
Chapter 1: Card Game Basics 9
Chapter 2: Solitaire 21
Chapter 3: Children’s Games 45
Part II: Getting Rid of Cards 61
Chapter 4: Rummy 63
Chapter 5: Canasta 85
Chapter 6: Eights 103
Chapter 7: Fan Tan 111
Part III: Taking Tricks 119
Chapter 8: Whist 121
Chapter 9: Oh Hell! and Other Exact Bidding Games 135
Chapter 10: Euchre 151
Chapter 11: Spades 161
Chapter 12: Contract Bridge and Mini-Bridge 177
Part IV: Scoring or Avoiding Points 187
Chapter 13: Hearts 189
Chapter 14: Pinochle 201
Chapter 15: Setback 225
Part V: Adding and Climbing 237
Chapter 16: Cribbage 239
Chapter 17: President 253
Chapter 18: Blackjack 263
Part VI: Playing Poker 279
Chapter 19: Shuffling Through Poker Basics 281
Chapter 20: Draw Poker 293
Chapter 21: Stud Poker 301
Chapter 22: Texas Hold ’Em 311
Chapter 23: Omaha 329
Part VII: The Part of Tens 343
Chapter 24: Ten Ways to Improve Your Game and Have More Fun 345
Chapter 25: Ten Places to Find More Information on Your Game 349
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.10.2005 |
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| Vorwort | Omar Sharif |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 188 x 231 mm |
| Gewicht | 499 g |
| Einbandart | Paperback |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7645-9910-0 / 0764599100 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7645-9910-1 / 9780764599101 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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