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Making of a Poker Player : How an Ivy League Math Geek Learned to Play Championship Poker by Matt Matros (2005, Trade Paperback)

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The Making Of A Poker Player: How An Ivy League Math Geek Learned To Play Championship Poker

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Product Identifiers

PublisherKensington Publishing Corporation

ISBN-100818406429

ISBN-139780818406423

eBay Product ID (ePID)44471564

Product Key Features

Book TitleMaking of a Poker Player : How an Ivy League Math Geek Learned to Play Championship Poker

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCard Games / Poker

Publication Year2005

IllustratorYes

GenreGames & Activities

AuthorMatt Matros

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight10.3 Oz

Item Length8.1 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal795.412

Table Of ContentAcknowledgementsOrigins Research and social work - an uneasy alliance over time The advent of evidence-based practice? Paradigm wars Child care research Mental health Older people and disability Working out the value of research Research into practice - barriers and opportunities Coming to conclusionsNotes References Index

SynopsisMatros teaches readers his tricks to winning poker through his experiences on the felt. Readers meet eccentric and generous poker players in addition to the cardsharps, angle-shooters and outright cheats that make up this fascinating subculture. This is the first book to teach poker through narrative which means that concepts like pot odds and expected value will seem completely natural because they are used in the context of Matros' stories. The tension and surrealism of Casino poker is vividly recounted and he teaches the knowledge necessary to win excellently., Matros teaches readers his tricks to winning poker,through his experiences on the felt. Readers,meet eccentric and generous poker players in,addition to the cardsharps, angle-shooters and,outright cheats that make up this fascinating,subculture. This is the first book to teach poker,through narrative which means that concepts like,pot odds and expected value will seem completely,natural because they are used in the context of,Matros' stories. the tension and surrealism of,Casino poker is vividly recounted and he teaches,the knowledge necessary to win excellently.

LC Classification NumberGV1251