The Rules of Poker: Essentials for Every Game - Hardcover

Krieger, Lou; Bykofsky, Sheree

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0818406607 ISBN 13: 9780818406607

Publisher: Lyle Stuart, 2006

Synopsis

In the exciting world of poker, arguments break out by the minute in card rooms across the country. There are scores of rules concerning fairness and etiquette, and they vary from place to place. There are some rules that are generally accepted, but sometimes card room managers and tournament directors just don't know them or fail to make their policies known. Typically, tempers flare and cards go flying. Finally, here's the solution.

THE RULES OF POKER comprehensively lays out all of the rules and provides, whenever possible, varying rules, with the authors' preferred rules first. Includes a thorough and easy-to-use index. Throughout the book are sidebars with anecdotes from dealers, players, and poker room staff around the world about fights that have broken out and how they were settled.

Other games and sports have official rules of etiquette, but until now, no such single book has been accepted in the world of poker. Through interviews, research and personal experience, with a dash of fun and a lot of authority, Lou Krieger and Sheree Bykofsky offer to the world of poker THE book that will settle poker arguments and allow players to concentrate on the business at hand--scooping up large sums of money.

About this title

About the Author

Sheree Bykofsky, the founder and owner of the Sheree Bykofsky Literary Agency, has written and represented hundreds of successful titles over her long publishing career. She regularly teaches university courses on publishing and speaks at writers’ conferences across the country.

From the Back Cover

The Ultimate Argument Settler

This book holds the answer to every poker argument, standstill or face-off imaginable. Experts Lou Krieger and Sheree Bykofsky provide answers to hundreds of tough, temper-tempting questions like:

* What is the minimum raise in a no limit game?
* Can you bet and raise with a single chip?
* Can you cut a deal at the final table?
* Do players have the right to see the winning hand?
* What beats what in Omaha?
* What can and can't you say in tournaments and cash games?

And much more:

* Comprehensive rules for all the major games.
* An easy-to-use index--to save valuable playing time (if not lives).
* Information packed sidebars.
* Anecdotes from dealers, players, and poker room staff around the world about real-life arguments and how they were settled.

The Rules of Poker is the poker bible that will let you concentrate on what's really important--winning.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lyle Stuart
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0818406607
• ISBN 13: 9780818406607
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224