| Talkin' About Poker: Straight Talk for Parents and their Players |  | Author: Loren Ackerman; Chris Ackerman
Publisher: High Powered Publishing
Buy New: $14.95
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 2,861,713
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 112
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 0977168549
Dewey Decimal Number: 795.4120835
EAN: 9780977168545
ASIN: 0977168549
Publication Date: January 20, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Product Description
Kids are playing poker. Talkin' About Poker is the first book written to help parents educate themselves about poker,communicate with their young poker players, and determine if they are playing in a healthy way. It describes addiction and compulsive gambling behaviors and provides valuable suggestions on ways to help college and high school kids avoid the pitfalls of online gambling. Each chapter includes straight talk and tips from Chris Ackerman, a young professional poker player. Talkin' About Poker also offers answers to these questions: 1. What is Texas Hold'em? 2. How do you play and bet? 3. Is it legal for my child to play poker? 4. Can my child become addicted to poker playing? 5. What kind of professional help is available for young gamblers? 6. Can poker really be played as a recreational sport?
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| Customer Reviews:
An instructional assistant for parents and their children for the safe and proper assessment of youthful poker players April 10, 2006
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
Talkin' About Poker: Straight Talk For Parents And Their Players, tactfully co-authored by Loren and Christopher Ackerman is an instructional assistant for parents and their children for the safe and proper assessment of youthful poker players -- with a special focus on No Limit Texas Hold'em poker. A seminal reference for many questions or concerns which parents may have such as what exactly Texas Hold'em is, how to play and bet in it, legality issues with children, possible addictions for young players, how to tell if it has become a problem for the child, what professional help is available for young gamblers, and how poker might really be played as only a recreational sport, Straight Talk For Parents And Their Players informs the reader of every necessary step a parent might take in guiding their poker-playing child. Straight Talk For Parents And Their Players is very strongly recommended to all parents with concerns about their gambling involved child, hoping to properly guide their child to an idealistic stratagem of youth poker playing grown increasingly popular with the advent of professional and tournament poker gaming on television and in casinos nationwide.
Talkin' about Poker: Straight Talk for Parents and their Players February 21, 2006
Margaret G. Berutich (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is about so much more than talking about Poker. Communication with your child comes through loud and clear. The message makes you stop and think how to handle a situation without resorting to panic and over reacting. Respect measures high in this book. Hope there is another book coming soon.
For parents around the world February 1, 2006
P. Naylor (UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
With online poker growing in popularity around the world, this is a must read for anyone with a young person in their care who is spending time and money on poker. Loren writes from the heart with ideas on how to manage the player's interest in a safe and constructive way. Using examples from her relationship with her son, poker-player, Chris they demonstrate on the page how it is possible for parents and their players to communicate effectively and to understand what is happening from the other's point of view.
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