The Tao Of Poker: 285 Rules to Transform Your Game and Your Life

by Larry W Phillips

Overview

Poker is more than just a card game - it can also help you become a winner away from the gaming tables! By blending the life lessons of a time-honored spiritual practice with the strategy of this popular card game, you can create a powerful approach to successful play - and successful living. In The Tao of Poker, prize-winning poker player Larry Phillips offers more than 280 rules to bring you to new levels of personal achievement, just when and where you need them most.
Here are some of The Tao of Poker’s rules for success:

• Take the long view
• Once you commit to a hand, play it strong
• Don’t throw in good money after bad
• If you think you’re beat, get out

Try out these rules and watch your game, and your life, improve. Now you can be a winner at home, at work, and at the casino - wherever the stakes for success are high!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440519307
Publisher:	Adams Media
Publication date:	03/01/2003
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	809 KB

About the Author

Larry W. Phillips is the author of five books, including the bestseller Zen and the Art of Poker. His articles have appeared in such magazines as Poker Digest, and he is a frequent competitor on the poker tournament circuit. He lives in Monroe, Wisconsin.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1 - "Starting Out - A Few Key Rules"
Chapter 2 - "Staying On Your Game - Join In The Rhythm"
Chapter 3 - "Make Correct Decisions"
Chapter 4 - "Premium Hands and Other Conundrums"
Chapter 5 - "Betting and Control"
Chapter 6 - "Bluffing"
Chapter 7 - "Know Thyself"
Chapter 8 - "The Magnetic Appeal of Loose, Sloppy Play"
Chapter 9 - "Weaving the Web"
Chapter 10 - "Body Language and the Poker Face"
Chapter 11 - "25 Common Traps"
Chapter 12 - "General Poker (And Gambling) Hints"
Chapter 13 - "On Steaming, Calm and Composure"
Chapter 14 - "Tips For Low-Limit Games"
Chapter 15 - "A Few Words About Luck"
Chapter 16 - "On Losing, Slumps, Bad Beats and Bad Luck"
Chapter 17 - "Other Players"
Chapter 18 - "The Jagged Upward Zig-Zag Graph-line To Success"
Chapter 19 - " 'Schooling' (A Group is Hard to Beat)"
Chapter 20 - "Practice and Improvement"
Chapter 21 - "The Strange Geography of Poker"
Chapter 22 - "Tiredness"
Chapter 23 - "The Tides of Luck, and When to Leave"
Chapter 24 - "Four Brief Concepts and a Short History"
Chapter 25 - "Philosophy and Poker: Miscellaneous Ramblings about Poker Players and the Poker World"
Chapter 26 - "All Star Ideas"
Chapter 27 - "Notes on Online (Internet) Poker"
Bibliography