This is a wonderful book for poker players full of great tips on how to play to win it also is a wonderful book on anecdotes regarding yardleys education as a player in saloons around the world yardley was a facinating chacter one of the greatest code breakers and head of the fmous or infamous blackhole of american code breakers. The education of a poker player herbert osborne yardley was born in the small frontier town of worthington indiana in 1889 following the death of his mother in 1905 he inherited 200 and by his own admission thereafter i did pretty much as i pleased he began frequenting a poker saloon in washington even though he was still in high school. The education of a poker player paperback jan 1 1998 by herbert o yardley author visit amazons herbert o yardley page find all the books read about the author and more search results for this author herbert o yardley author 43 out of 5 stars 29 ratings. The education of a poker player book read 17 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers