The Poker Code: mathematical and psychological strategies

by Davies Guttmann

Overview

Poker is serious - and big - business these days. Just take a look at the number of gaming and gambling sites offering variants on the game and the amount of media coverage and airtime it gets. It seems to be a game where you can get rich quick - but you can easily lose a considerable amount of money in a short time also; especially if you are not experienced and don't really understand what you are doing. This compilation takes a look at the history of poker and the different variations of the game that can be played for money or pleasure. It also features more serious analysis of strategies in playing and betting on poker including the mathematical and psychological aspects of a game that is highly susceptible to both of these approaches. If you are considering taking up poker as a hobby or as gambling - this is as good a starting point as any to get you up to speed on the sorts of information and knowledge you will need to participate with even a modicum of success.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783735738394
Publisher:	Books on Demand
Publication date:	06/18/2014
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Davies Guttmann was born in 1966 in Vienna, were he lives with his wife and their four children.
He started his business life 1988 as editor of the leading Austrian stock market letter. Many other financial publications followed. Guttmann also worked for various newspapers as a financial journalist. In the 90ies he was co-publisher of werk-zeug, a technology and art magazine, as well as Streetfashion, a magazine featuring fashionable people on the streets of the world. After this Guttmann worked as a Alternative Investment and Private Equity specialist.
Davies Guttmann is an experct in strategic card games. He is 2 times National Bridge Champion and reached the finals of a Bridge-World Championship once.