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Author:   Barry Rigal ,  Omar Sharif
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
Edition:   2nd Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780764599101

ISBN 10:   0764599100
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   01 September 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781119880424
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword xvii Introduction 1 Part I: Discovering Card Games 7 Chapter 1: Card Game Basics 9 Chapter 2: Solitaire 21 Chapter 3: Children’s Games 45 Part II: Getting Rid of Cards 61 Chapter 4: Rummy 63 Chapter 5: Canasta 85 Chapter 6: Eights 103 Chapter 7: Fan Tan 111 Part III: Taking Tricks 119 Chapter 8: Whist 121 Chapter 9: Oh Hell! and Other Exact Bidding Games 135 Chapter 10: Euchre 151 Chapter 11: Spades 161 Chapter 12: Contract Bridge and Mini-Bridge 177 Part IV: Scoring or Avoiding Points 187 Chapter 13: Hearts 189 Chapter 14: Pinochle 201 Chapter 15: Setback 225 Part V: Adding and Climbing 237 Chapter 16: Cribbage 239 Chapter 17: President 253 Chapter 18: Blackjack 263 Part VI: Playing Poker 279 Chapter 19: Shuffling Through Poker Basics 281 Chapter 20: Draw Poker 293 Chapter 21: Stud Poker 301 Chapter 22: Texas Hold ’Em 311 Chapter 23: Omaha 329 Part VII: The Part of Tens 343 Chapter 24: Ten Ways to Improve Your Game and Have More Fun 345 Chapter 25: Ten Places to Find More Information on Your Game 349

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Barry Rigal was born with a deck of cards in his hand. Having started with the children’s games, Whist, Rummy, and Solitaire, he moved on to Bridge at the age of 12. After graduating from Oxford University (where he captained the Bridge team), he worked in accountancy. Highlights of his work career were learning how to play Piquet and Clobyosh in the Tax Department of Thomson McLintock. After four years with Price Waterhouse, supervising the partnership’s Bridge team, he went into the world of business, working seven years in the Oil Taxation department of Conoco. During that time he began a career as a journalist and commentator on card games. Over the course of the last two decades he has written newspaper and magazine articles and six books on Bridge.

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