Poker is the Name of the Game

by Walter B. Gibson

Learn to play by the rules. This all inclusive guide to Poker will have you playing like a pro! After you learn the basics, you will be able to in depth with detailed advance strategy and technique. This is the perfect item for anyone wanting to learn or re-learn the art and skill of Poker.

144 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1974

About the author

Walter Brown Gibson (September 12, 1897-December 6, 1985) was an American author and professional magician best known for his work on the pulp fiction character The Shadow. Gibson, under the pen-name Maxwell Grant, wrote "more than 300 novel-length" Shadow stories, writing up to "10,000 words a day" to satisfy public demand during the character's golden age in the 1930s and 1940s.

Reviews

[Warren Gossett · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book helped me to grasp why I am no good at poker. I see that I fail at both components. I thought I was only bad at reading faces that are bluffing or not bluffing. In addition to the fact that my own face must be an open book about my cards to those with skills of body observation. Yes, that it generally true. But my major failing is simply that I am far too impatient to learn the strength of hands and the appropriate strategies in various play situations. I can barely sit through one game without imaginary ants in my pants. I want to get up and look out the window, go outside or read an interesting book. Anything but fiddle around with a handful of not very artistic small rectangular pieces of cardboard. All the more fortunate I never bet more than a few small coins. Lifetime total financial loss: less than one dollar.