Playing Cards - Australian Wildlife Trivia

Our double deck of Australian Wildlife Playing Cards features over 100 pictures of Australian wildlife with 54 Australian Mammals and 54 Other Fauna. Learn while you play. Detailed information about each mammal appears with where each lives, their habitat, the food they eat, social habits, size, features, reproductive patterns and their present status.

For instance...

The Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Location: Eastern Australia and northeast Tasmania.
Habitat: Relatively wet forested areas to inland plains.
Food: Grasses and herbs.
Size: Males grow up to 3.5m long with tail and weigh up to 70kg.
Females are half the weight.
Features: Nocturnal grazer (from late afternoon). Has hair between the upper
lip and the nostrils (other kangaroos do not).
Reproduction: One joey at a time, leaving the pouch after 10-11 months.
Status: Abundant.

Eastern, Common or Mainland Tiger Snake
Location: Southeast Australia, from South Australia to southeast Queensland.
Southwest Western Australia.
Habitat: Edges of fresh water swamps and rivers in broad range of habitats, from rainforest to sclerophyll forests.
Food: Frogs, mice, lizards, birds and fish.
Social: Solitary.
Size: Generally up to 1.5m in length.
Features: Active during the day. Generally hunts and lives on ground.
Extremely venomous. Aggressive when provoked but prefers
to flee rather than attack. Head flattens when angry, but strike
is not swift.
Reproduction: Up to 40 live young, average being 20.
Status: All Australian snakes are protected.

Our Australian Wildlife Playing Cards are a unique and interesting way to learn about all the wonderful and strange mammals that you can find Down Under.

Poker - a game of chance or a game of skill? Chance, because of the random dealing of playing cards; skill as players have to make informed decisions based on the risk-reward nature of the game and the general probabilities presented with each hand.

Among the more interesting tips and trivia contained in our Poker Tips & Trivia Playing Cards are the following:

When players are placing their bets watch which chips they use. Using small denomination chips for the same size bet usually denotes weakness or a bluff while using larger denomination chips often subconsciously indicates confidence and strength. If you are betting using a black chip to bet $100 it looks like a smaller wager than a bet of $90 using three green chips and three red chips even though it's $10 more. If your opponent is inexperienced you can put more chips in the pot when you would like him to fold and the greater number of chips in the pot is more intimidating than only one and conversely if you are looking for action, bet with fewer chips.

Alice Ivers, better known as "Poker Alice", moved to Colorado from England in 1860 and eventually married a mine who played cards. She often accompanied him and after he died started playing for a living. She earned the nickname "Poker Alice" having been able to make as much as $6,000 gambling on a good night. Alice claims to have won more than $250,000 gambling over the years and to have never once cheated as she new how to count cards and figure the odds and was skilled at "reading" other players while remaining stone-faced herself.

An intriguing combination of Poker Trivia and Poker Tips, while there's no guarantee you're going to win you will however learn more about the game and the interesting personalities who play for a living and for pleasure when you explore the world of poker with our Poker Tips & Trivia Playing Cards.

Poker - a game of chance or a game of skill? Chance, because of the random dealing of playing cards; skill as players have to make informed decisions based on the risk-reward nature of the game and the general probabilities presented with each hand.

Among the more interesting tips and trivia contained in our Poker Tips & Trivia Playing Cards are the following:

When players are placing their bets watch which chips they use. Using small denomination chips for the same size bet usually denotes weakness or a bluff while using larger denomination chips often subconsciously indicates confidence and strength. If you are betting using a black chip to bet $100 it looks like a smaller wager than a bet of $90 using three green chips and three red chips even though it's $10 more. If your opponent is inexperienced you can put more chips in the pot when you would like him to fold and the greater number of chips in the pot is more intimidating than only one and conversely if you are looking for action, bet with fewer chips.

Alice Ivers, better known as "Poker Alice", moved to Colorado from England in 1860 and eventually married a mine who played cards. She often accompanied him and after he died started playing for a living. She earned the nickname "Poker Alice" having been able to make as much as $6,000 gambling on a good night. Alice claims to have won more than $250,000 gambling over the years and to have never once cheated as she new how to count cards and figure the odds and was skilled at "reading" other players while remaining stone-faced herself.

An intriguing combination of Poker Trivia and Poker Tips, while there's no guarantee you're going to win you will however learn more about the game and the interesting personalities who play for a living and for pleasure when you explore the world of poker with our Poker Tips & Trivia Playing Cards.

Comes in two individual packages of 54 cards.