The current boom in the popularity of poker has many manifestations. Certainly online and card room poker have seen their popularity soar in recent years, but home poker is also experiencing renewed popularity. In many ways, though, building and maintaining a successful home poker game is more difficult than excelling at card room or online poker. Certainly it is quite a different beast. In his latest book, Poker Night, John Vorhaus explores the ins and outs of hosting and playing home poker games.

While Poker Night is intended to be appealing to folks who are more than familiar with the game of poker, its primary audience is people who are not experts at the game, including those who are complete novices. To accommodate neophytes, Vorhaus begins his book with some very introductory remarks followed by a chapter that explains the basics of poker.