Total Poker: A Brilliant Blend of the Best Ways to Bluff, Play and Win at Poker by Spanier, David - 1977

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977. -----Black cloth with gilt on spine, headband, 255 pages, with illustrations by H. T. Webster, b & w photos, ink name on ffep, dust jacket is in Very Good Plus condition with minor shelf wear. "Total Poker is a magnificent blend of topflight teaching, marvelous anecdotes, and analyses of the relationship of the great American pastime to such diverse subjects as Presidential decisions (Kenndey, a non-poker player, used poker tactics during the Cuban missile crisis), Presidential poker talents (Truman, Elsenhower, Nixon), movies (The Sting, The Cincinnati Kid), sports (Muhammad Ali's antics), morality, and sex." Contents include: Preface / Bluff: The Classical Approach / A Ringside Seat / An Academic View / Hi-Lo / Origins / Presidential Poker / Pugg Pearson: World Champion / Breakfast in Vegas / Loving and Losing / Club Girls / Ladies' Night / First Lady / Movies / The Old, Old Story / Funny Deal / Morals / Ends and Odds / Probabilities of Getting a Pat Hand Odds against Improving in the Draw / Porbabilities of Getting a Pat Hand with Deuces (Or Any Four of a Kind) Wild / Probabilities of Getting a Pat Hand with the Bug / Five Card Stud Odds in a Seven-handed Game / Seven Card Stud Odds / Lowball Odds / Draw / Seven card Low / index. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. Illus. by H. T. Webster . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".