Card Games For Dummies
With Card Games For Dummies, Second Edition, you’ll not only be able to play the hottest card games around,
ou 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.
Card Games for Dummies bills itself as "the fun and easy way to play and win your favorite card games."
The book is broken down into different sections that broadly encompass the types of card games available:
card-swapping games (gin and rummy), trick-taking games (whist and euchre), games where you try to score
as many points as possible (pinochle), and games where you don't want to score any points at all (hearts).
Each chapter starts with the fundamentals--the definition of a "trick," for example--and builds from there,
progressing from the simplest games in each category to the more complex.
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
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