POKER the Ultimate BOOK

olo.éditions 115 rue d’Aboukir 75002 paris - [email protected] ULTIMATE BOOKS THE ORIGINS OF CARDS “Closed poker” is the historiCal version he most distant ancestor of playing cards of poker. it was the most praCtiCed form seems to be ancient chips of wood used in of poker in the 1830s, when the game took The two players seated The players, having The players still in the China to write down dice toss results. on the name poker for good. it had many to the left of the dealer called the first bets, get game show their cards, As early as the thirteenth century in the variations, and bluffing and ChanCe played (called blinders) place a rid of the cards in their starting with the last T bet right off. Each player hand they deem useless raiser (bettor). The Middle East, players made their own cards from all kinds predominant roles. receives five cards, one (between zero and player to lay down the of materials. Drawing on traditional methods, they would at a time, and looks at four cards). The dealer best hand wins the cut out thick pieces of paper, fabric, leather, or papyrus his hand. Then comes replaces them with pot. If only one player the first betting round. an equivalent number remains, he wins the pot POKER and paint figures on them directly or with a stencil. Each player, when it is of cards. The second without even showing his turn, makes a bet. betting round begins. his cards. But it was Johannes Gutenberg and his development of movable printing “Special” cardS around 1450 that account for cards be- At first, the cardboard used for cards was poor in quality. coming available and affordable for all. Furthermore, cards were only printed on one side; they were not “tarotized,” that is, they did not bear the same motif on the back. Anyone who wanted to cheat could make a faint mark on any card and “read” his opponent’s hand like an open book. Revolutionary cards, THE ULTIMATE book France, 1789–1799. With over 25 million online players daily, exponential winnings and the ever-growing number of TV shows dedicated to tournaments, Poker has THE COMMO NEST become far more than a simple hand of cards. As the first illustrated MISTAKE IN HISTORY IS luffing with a huge hand is another Bstrategy. In this case, it’s better to call it a trap. It involves betting moderately reference book on the topic, POKER, THE ULTIMATE BOOK invites you as bait, but without raising suspicions. UNDERESTIM ATING YOUR While it might incite your opponent to bluff himself, you could rake in his chips. The slow-play strategy is risky, how- ever, if it isn’t perfectly mastered. Luring in opponents at a low price to delve into the annals of poker offering a narrative of its history and OPPONENT. HAPPENS means they have a chance of improving their hand, and even beating you. legendary players, a detailed analysis of the basic rules, along with the AT THE POK ER TABLE most astute tips, which only an expert such as the author can provide. ALL THE TI ME. “Try To decide how good your hand is aT a given momenT. noThing else maTTers. noThing!” A symbol of competitive poker’s eArly doyle brunson yeArs, the Author of super system—the Son physique most successful book on poker—And A l’avantageait. Avec multi-trophy winner who hAs stolen sa tête de gamin, son mètre soixante cinq et titles from opponents young enough to ses cinquante kilos, il a trompé beaucoup be his grAndkids, doyle brunson is A living d’adversaires qui, ne monument of poker. le connaissant pas, e chose the fast track at an early age. It was a Hbumpy road, living the life of a rounder, making his way through Texas in search of the “juiciest” games. bad beat is the poker player’s worst pet peeve. He was quickly nicknamed “Texas Dolly,” and learned It’s when you lose even though your hand the ropes on the seedy side of Fort Worth, where he A “should” have won. But it didn’t happen. A bad card worked his way through illegal and dangerous clubs. comes out of nowhere; against all the odds, a hand When he started traveling, he comes from outer space. met two other professionals, Sailor Today, when A player has got to know how to “win” a bad Roberts and Amarillo Slim. They doyle Brunson, beat and avoid getting “on tilt,” if he wants to come formed a partnership to hold off many age sevenTy- back. And never forget: of the profession’s difficulties: being En 1861, pris four, leaves arrested (since professional playing is dans une The room afTer illegal), being cheated, being robbed or losing, he geTs racketeered, etc. fusillade en “Bad Beats only a sTanding Brunson has had great success pleine guerre happen to good players.” ovaTion. in competition, including two world de Sécession, Joe crow championship titles at the WSOP, in il reçoit onze 1976 and 1977, and ten WSOP bracelets (a record). He balles, dont « won the last one in 2005. chacune aurait pu tuer un homme » ... mais il survit. When Winston Churchill visited Washington in 1946, PrESIdEnTS Truman invited the British prime minister AT PLAy to a game. The more they played, the more Harry Truman (President of the Churchill lost. After a disastrous hour, united States, 1945–1953) the English head of Truman was a judge of the County Court of Jackson County, state excused himself Missouri, when he began playing poker. One of his first op- from the room for a moment. The other ponents, Harry Vaughan, recounts that Truman loved to bluff. players, all of whom And when he would finally find himself alone in the hand after were American, ousting his opponents, he would take naughty pleasure in lay- gloated. But Truman asked them to be ing down his hand, which clearly was not that strong. SPECIFICATIONS courteous, if not diplomatic, and let the cigar smoker richard milhous nixon (President of win a few hands. The the united States, 1969–1974) Americans were able Sent to the South Pacific during World War II, Lieutenant to reduce Churchill’s losses to a modest Nixon spent his time building landing strips and playing poker. 150X210 MM - 280 PP two hundred fifty “Nick” was always ready for a big game. Maturity dollars. This way, One day, he turned down an invitation to dinner from he couldn’t return to his country claiming Charles Lindbergh, the famous aviator, because he was in the to have beat the middle of a poker game. He later Yankees at their own “I learned that the explained, “Our poker game was flexibound cover + box national sport. people who have the more than an idle pastime, and the cards are usually etiquette surrounding it taken very the ones who talk seriously.” the least and softest; those who In his memoirs, Nixon are bluffIng tend to APPROX. 30,000 WORDS seemed to minimize his winnings, talk loudly and gIve which nevertheless helped finance themselves away.” his first congressional campaign, in 1948. He was thirty-five years old at ALL RIGHTS AVAIlaBLE the time. Richard Nixon and the Whittier College footbal team, ALSO AVAILABLE ON IPAD circa 1934–1942. Cards on Birth the table AdolescenceMaturity BIRTH ADOLESCENCE MATURITY CARDS ON TABLE The Origins of Cards Stud Poker Texas Hold’em Seven Essential The Ancestors of Poker Las Vegas Professional Tournaments Rules of Poker Draw Poker King-Kong Slow-Play Choose Your Starting Hand Poker Face World War II The Internet Invents Cyber Attack As a Means In the Name of the King The Cincinnati Kid Rounders of Protection New Orleans Presidents at Play Bad Beat Vary Your Way of Playing Beware of Appearances The Pros Return The Satellite Craze Take Advantage of The Art of Cheating Motown American Dream Your Opponent’s Bluff Benny Binion Celebrities Join In Weaknesses All for Gold The Tells New Accessories Bluff Carefully The Elephant Corral The Gentleman of Poker 7 Card Stud Accept That You Will A Job Like Any Other «Mr. Moss, I Have to Let You Go » Omaha Be Bluffed The Nuts The WSOP Is Born Heads-Up Manage Your Tournament The Civil War Stu Ungar, the Kid All-In Prize List WSOP and WPT Dead Man’s Hand Tilt T. J. Cloutier Statistics.

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