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Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
By: Michael Lewis
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In fiction there was Bonfire of the Vanities; in reality, there is Liar's Poker--the fascinating insider's account of what really happens on Wall Street. This irreverent and hilarious birds-eye view of Wall Street's heyday will appeal to anyone intrigued by the allure of million dollar deals. Now in trade paper. First serial to Manhattan Inc.

The Theory of Poker
By: David Sklansky
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The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky discusses theories and concepts applicable to nearly every variation of the game, including five-card draw (high), seven-card stud, hold ?em, lowball draw, and razz (seven-card lowball stud). This book introduces you to the Fundamental Theorem of Poker, its implications, and how it should affect your play. Other chapters discuss the value of deception, bluffing, raising, the slow-play, the value of position, psychology, heads-up play, game theory, implied odds, the free card, and semibluffing.

Many of today?s top poker players will tell you that this is the book that really made a difference in their play. That is, these are the ideas that separate the experts from the typical players. Those who read and study this book will literally leave behind those who don?t, and most serious players wear the covers off their copies. This is the best book ever written on poker.

Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time Volume I
By: Eric 'Rizen' Lynch
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Want to win poker tournaments?
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The Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide: Tournament Edition
By: Andy Bloch
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The professionals of Full Tilt Poker include the best and most famous poker players in the world. Their accomplishments are unparalleled, with countless World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour championships to their names and well in excess of $100 million in winnings in private games. Now, this group of poker legends has banded together to create THE FULL TILT POKER STRATEGY GUIDE, which will stand as an instant classic of the genre and is sure to become the industry standard.

Caro's Book of Poker Tells
By: Mike Caro
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Mike Caro's classic book is now revised and back in print! This long-awaited brand new edition by the Mad Genius of Poker takes a detailed look at the art and science of tells, the physical giveaways by players on their hands. Featuring photos of poker players in action along with Caro's explanations about when players are bluffing and when they're not, these powerful eye-opening ideas can give you the decisive edge at the table! This invaluable book should be in every player's library! The powerful and groundbreaking book on the art and science of tells, the body language of poker, shows how players can use their opponents' gestures, words, and body language to win all their money!

• Tournament Series II Final Table November 20th 2008
36 poker bloggers suited up for tonight's historic Bodog blogger tournament to take a shot at collecting the T$109 bounty on the notorious Sir Waffles. Whoever says playing poker online isn't fun, definitely hasn't played this series! Blogger MiamiDon wins the main pot of $27, 234 finishing in 1st place 1. MiamiDon - $144.00 + T$109 + $25 casino credit 2. PokahDave - $86.40 + T$75 3. Newinnov - $57.60 + T$50 4. pokerpeaker - $43.20 5. AskDrL - $28.80 6. FishEater2000 - T$11 (bubble) 7. • World Poker Association Searches For Board Of Directors
In a heartfelt e-mail sent to the members of the World Poker Association, founder and professional poker player Jesse Jones made an passionate plea for members to step up and assist him in the running of the three year old organization. The e-mail detailed the tumultuous history of the WPA, which Jones started with $100,000 of his own money back in 2005. ?The mission was to represent tournament poker players worldwide, establish uniform tournament rules, procedures, structures and payouts and • High Stakes Poker Season V to Film at Golden Nugget
Poker News Daily has learned that the fifth season of the popular cash game television series ?High Stakes Poker? will be filmed at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas from December 19th to 21st. The minimum buy-in will be $200,000 and the show will once again air on cable station GSN, which also owns the rights to air the sixth season of the World Poker Tour. The $200,000 price tag is the ?largest buy-in for an entire run of a television series,? according to a press release distributed by GSN on T • A-ROD JAMS OUT WITH HIS A-POD
A-ROD JAMS OUT WITH HIS A-POD Submitted by Mary Beth on Fri, 2008-11-21 14:33. What ya listening to there, A-Rod? Maybe some MADONNA?! We spotted Yankees star Alex Rodriguez strolling down the street and listening to some tunes before jumping into a cab. He might think he has a poker face, but I know that he is just fighting back a giant grin. Now that Madge and Guy Ritchie's divorce is final, it's only a matter of time before she lets him hang out with her public; A-Rod's probably a • 150 iPod and iPhone Touch Applications And Games
Details for 150+ iPod Touch/iPhone Applications How to install: 1. You need to be on jailbroken 2.0 with Cydia installed. (If on a Mac use PwnageTool and if on Windows use WinPwn) 2. Now install OpenSSH. Click on Cydia and then click Install(Sections)>Networking>OpenSSH then click Install>Confirm (if you get a running out of disk space error click ?ok?) Then click close window. Now click on the home button. 3. Now log into WinSCP. The first time you try to login you may ge

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