Winning Poker is a lushly designed guide to everyone's favorite Monday night game. It outlines the major games--Texas Hold 'Em, Omaha, Seven-Card Stud and Five-Card Stud, Five-Card Draw--as well as more outlandish versions like Baseball (and Night Baseball), High-Low, Roll Your Own, Guts, and High/Low Chicago. It also features tons of insider's tips to keep players on their toes, including how to read an opponent's bluff and spot a bluffer, how to analyze a game, decipher poker slang, and much more.

Angie Diamond grew up in the marshlands outside of Atlantic City and now resides in St. Louis near the banks of the Mississippi, right next to the mighty riverboat casinos.

Dean Matthewson is an avid Texas Hold ?Em player who lives in Chicago, Illinois.