Wednesday 20th August 2008

The Little Book Of Poker

David Spanier

A collection of Spanier's entertaining articles from the Independent. With all sorts of tips on the game of poker, from how to bet and when to bluff, to when to drop and when to quit, this book contains a collection of mini columns which cover tournaments, faces, places, buffers and more. An excellent browsing book full of anecdotes and general poker wisdom.

David was a journalist on The Times where he had a long and distinguished career, from 1957 to 1982, where he was Diplomatic Correspondent, later changing careers to become a broadcaster with LBC. But it was his love for Chess and Poker which were the major influences on his professional life during the past two decades.

David's craving for poker exceeded even his great love for chess. His serious gambling days started while he was a student at Cambridge where he came close to losing his termly allowance in a poker game, despite which his love of the gaming world became one of his great, enduring passions.

One of his earliest books, published in 1977, was Total Poker, which was described by one reviewer as "The complete addict's guide to poker", but it is much more than that. It pays homage to the game and to the whole poker experience which meant so much to David and many of his friends.

His other books include Total Poker, The Gambler's Pocket Book , Easy Money: Inside the Gambler's Mind , All Right, Okay, You Win: Inside Las Vegas and at the time of his death he had recently completed a new poker book, his memoirs, The Hand I Played.
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