In the exciting world of poker, arguments break out by the minute in card rooms across the country. There are scores of rules concerning fairness and etiquette, and they vary from place to place. There are some rules that are generally accepted, but sometimes card room managers and tournament directors just don't know them or fail to make their policies known. Typically, tempers flare and cards go flying. Finally, here's the solution.
THE RULES OF POKER comprehensively lays out all of the rules and provides, whenever possible, varying rules, with the authors' preferred rules first. Includes a thorough and easy-to-use index. Throughout the book are sidebars with anecdotes from dealers, players, and poker room staff around the world about fights that have broken out and how they were settled.
Other games and sports have official rules of etiquette, but until now, no such single book has been accepted in the world of poker. Through interviews, research and personal experience, with a dash of fun and a lot of authority, Lou Krieger and Sheree Bykofsky offer to the world of poker THE book that will settle poker arguments and allow players to concentrate on the business at hand--scooping up large sums of money.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Perfect:
This book is comprehensive and informative, while still being entertaining. You probably won't want to read it from cover to cover. The index is very useful and every rule of poker is covered. Hopefully, this will become the standard for poker tournaments and cash games the world over.
Not clear enough, not basic enough:
Krieger and Bykofsy's book discusses tournament and poker room rules of poker, but they are not stated in a clear cut fashion. There are a lot of examples of applications of the rules, so if you are looking for a book to give you a fair understanding of how the rules should be applied, this is good, but because the rules are not presented clearly or in an order that is easy to follow, it has not been very usable during a poker game. Also, while the rules are more for advanced players. There are no... more info
Yes, yes, yes:
We play often on Saturday night and this has stopped all the fuss and muss over the rules. I am not much of a rule person in my personal life but when you are playing poker 'you gotta' love those rules - especially when they help me win!!! This book is so easy to follow it is great for beginner and long time players alike. Thanks for making the rules of the game so simple!!
A need when running a home tournament:
Book is great for settling disputes for home games.
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