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Four years ago, five kids started a game. Not all of them survived. Now, at the end of their senior year of high school, the survivors--Owen, Madeline, Emerson, and Dax--have reunited for one strange and terrible reason: they've been summoned by the ghost of Ian, the friend they left for dead. Together they return to the place where their friendship ended with one goal: find Ian and bring him home. So they restart the deadly game they never finished--an...
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There are many books and articles about how to improve your play, but there are few bridge books like this one. The intention of this book is to present a kind of Reader's Digest of essays and tips that can elevate your enjoyment and help you play with impeccable ethics. In Volume 1, Randy gives invaluable advice including:
- Useful habits to learn
- How to improve your bidding system
- Which conventions to play
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Created For Avid Contract Bridge Players And Bridge Teachers Around The World, This Book Makes A Great Gift To Any Bridge Player Who Has Already Learned The Game Of Bridge And Wants To Improve. Author, Ron Feldman, Represented The United States In Three World Championships Of Tournament Bridge. Foreword By Five (5) Time World Champion Bridge Player, Lynn Deas. World Champion Bridge Player, Ralph Katz, Adds: "Ron Feldman Is A Brilliant Bridge Bidding...
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Thousands have paid big bucks to learn winning poker strategies from Angel Largay - one of the world's most consistent winners in maximum buy-in no-limit games. Now, Largay offers a wider audience his poker teaching expertise in No-Limit Texas Hold'em.
Although millions play, only a few have the skill to cash in on the explosion fueled by maximum buy-in no-limit games. Whether you're a novice or a veteran, an online player, casino regular, or home...
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Natural step-by-step method allows you to see the inner logic of game from start. Simple common-sensical chapters on bidding, play and defense, scoring, elementary bridge strategies and how they work. 130 bidding hands and 18 full sample games help you at each step.
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This text contains a concise guide to twelve different card games, including their rules, tips on playing, and descriptions of their many variants. An easy-to-digest and beginner-friendly guide, this book will be of much value to the novice card player and will also be of interest to seasoned enthusiasts looking to expand their card gaming repertoire. The chapters of this book include: Everybody's Game — Whist, Solo Whist, German Whist, Hearts,...
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When it comes to gambling, there's no better game to beat the odds-and win big-than blackjack. But there's more to it than just doubling down. You will learn about the mysterious-and surprisingly legal-skill of card counting, casino etiquette, single vs. team play, tournament play, variation games, online games, and more.
In this concise but complete manual, blackjack expert Tom Hagen and author Sonia Weiss deal out information on:
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I have been playing solitaire with traditional card decks for many years. Now that I work with tarot decks, I learned how to play several solitaire games with them.This book explains step-by-step how to play five games using either all 78 cards or just the Minor Arcana. Enjoy!
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*UNOFFICIAL GUIDE* Are you looking to download and install the game? Do you often find it difficult to beat certain parts? Would you like to play like a PRO? Would you like to get tons of resources? With our unofficial game guide we can teach you how to master the game! Do you want to install and play the game on any Phone, PC, or Tablet? This guide will also help you install on the Kindle, Kindle HD, Kindle HDX, Any Android Phone/Tablet, PC, Windows...
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Playing cards have been a part of many of our lives since childhood. You might have played with your parents or with school friends. Card games for many of us are familiar, even nostalgic. Those that are not raised on such games can be surprised later in life when a pack of cards is introduced to the table and everyone else just seems to know how to shuffle without dropping the cards and the rules to a dozen or more games. Whether you're looking for...
15) Win at Poker
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Stimulating, challenging book - written for beginners and moderately experienced players - offers mathematical and psychological strategies specifically designed to improve your betting odds. Includes basic poker principles and rules, smart ways to use wild cards, and proven betting techniques.
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My name is Jeff Friend I have 33 years' experience in playing the game of blackjack. I think of this game as a sport, and being a good team player. Having good manners and respect for others is so important. I believe people will enjoy reading this book because it teaches, most miss played hands and good common sense plays, and why we do them. At the end of the day hopefully, you have made some money and gained some friends at the table. In 2010,...
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Choir Practice is not a how-to-play manual for poker. Rather, author Ray P. McCord explores the origins of the game and how it quickly became the modern American phenomenon it is today. He considers the complex cultural conditions that helped make the game one of the most popular recreational and professional games in our culture. Is poker really gambling or is it something else? Choir Practice is a distillation of McCord's fond remembrances from...
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Originally published in London in the 1920s as a revised and enlarged edition based on Hoyle's early works of the 1700s. The book is an illustrated compendium of over eighty games and their varieties including card, billiard and board games. These are fully explained with rules and advice on play. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books...
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Perhaps the most authoritative work on the subject, this encyclopedic volume is a basic reference to board and table games from around the world. It provides the rules and methods of play for more than 180 different games: Ma-jong, Hazard, Wei-ch'i (go), Backgammon, Pachisi, and many others. Over 300 photographs and line drawings.
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Playful and provocative, this collection of 100 sex questions provides a surefire way for lovers to turn up the heat. With a range of thought provoking conversation starters that fall into one of three categories - X, XX, or XXX - these cards allow partners to choose just how intimate they want to get.
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