Zen and the art of poker: timeless secrets to transform your game

by Larry W. Phillips
Paperback: 175 pages;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.51 x 8.03 x 5.32
Publisher: Plume Books;
(November 1, 1999)
ISBN: 0452281261

Inside the intriguing world of poker lies a fascinating exercise in strategy and extreme concentration--many of the same principles that underpin the one-thousand-year-old philosophy of Zen spirituality. Zen and the Art of Poker is the first book to apply Zen theories to America's most popular card game, presenting tips that readers can use to enhance their game. Among the more than one hundred rules that comprise this book, readers will learn to:

• Make peace with folding
• Use inaction as a weapon
• Make patience a central pillar of their strategy
• Pick their times of confrontation