March 2nd, 2010  Posted at   Mike Caro

Winning Strategies: Texas Hold 'em Poker

Go from beginner to winner! “I am going to show you more than just how to break even at poker. I am going to show you how to win big time!” Are you ready to unlock the secrets to winning big at Texas Hold’em Poker, the ultimate test of skill, strategy and composure? Millions of Americans have discovered it’s the most exciting way to turn a tiny investment into a multimillion dollar fortune. Mike Caro, the legendary Mad Genius of Poker, will show you how to improve your game and take it to the next level. As the world’s foremost authority on poker, his battle-tested strategies will give you the edge to play smart and win big! Whether you play in a casino or online, limit or no limit, Mike’s “own the table system” will transform your game.

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March 1st, 2010  Posted at   Other

The Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide: Tournament Edition

The professionals of Full Tilt Poker include the best and most famous poker players in the world. Their accomplishments are unparalleled, with countless World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour championships to their names and well in excess of $100 million in winnings in private games. Now, this group of poker legends has banded together to create THE FULL TILT POKER STRATEGY GUIDE, which will stand as an instant classic of the genre and is sure to become the industry standard.

About the Author

MICHAEL CRAIG lives in Scottsdale,Arizona.

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February 28th, 2010  Posted at   Other

Shuffle Up and Deal: The Ultimate No Limit Texas Hold 'em Guide (World Poker Tour)

From Publishers Weekly

Created for the millions of World Poker Tour (WPT) fans itching to get in on the action, this book offers no-nonsense tips for playing like a pro. Sexton, a former poker champion and spokesman for the WPT TV Show, outlines the rules and winning strategies of No Limit Texas Hold’em, a game that guarantees thrills by allowing players to bet all of their chips at one time. Responding to the rise in popularity of poker in the past few years, from TV shows to online gambling, the book contends that anyone can become a master, and it details all the tricks of the trade, from learning how to read other players to knowing how much to raise the pot. Although the tips are sometimes too abstract to be helpful-like the section on following your instincts, which vaguely insists, “you must have enough heart to take risks based on your feel for the situation”-there is enough concrete advice to truly improve one’s game. One especially insightful chapter, dedicate (more…)

February 27th, 2010  Posted at   David Sklansky

Inside the Poker Mind: Essays on Hold 'em and General Poker Concepts

Poker is a game of many skills and to become an expert poker player you need to master them all. This includes concepts such as hand selection, position, proper image projection, and reading hands. However, there are many players who have mastered most of these skills yet they still do poorly in the games ? at best they are only small winners. And when they step up in limit and challenge the better players, they almost always fail. You see, knowing the concept is one thing, putting it all together is another. As the text will show, winning poker is a process that requires a lot of thinking as well as a thorough and systematic approach to the game, and that is what this book is about. Topics include “Playing Too Many Hands,” “Self-Weighting Cold Calls,” “Short-Handed Play: Don?t Miss Out,” “The Strategic Moment in Hold ?em,” “Countering a Good Reader,” “A Poker Player in Therapy,” and “Thoughts on the Effects of the Poker Literature.” Those of you who are serious (more…)

February 26th, 2010  Posted at   Dan Harrington

Cash Games (How to Win at No-Limit Hold'em Money Games) Vol. 1

The first years of the poker boom were fueled by the interest in no-limit hold em tournaments. Recently, however, players have been gravitating to another, even more complex form of hold em no-limit cash games. In Harrington on Cash Games: Volume I, Dan Harrington teaches you the key concepts that drive deep-stack cash game play. You ll learn how to tailor your selection of starting hands to your stack size, how to recognize the increasing deception value of supposedly weaker hands as the stack sizes increase, and how to use the concept of pot commitment to your advantage as the size of the pot grows. After laying out the general concepts behind deep-stack cash game play, Harrington shows you a complete strategy for post-flop play, and then teaches you the difference between post-flop play against a single opponent and post-flop play against multiple opponents. If you play no-limit hold em cash games, you need to read this book. Dan Harrington won the gold bracelet a (more…)

February 25th, 2010  Posted at   Other

Swayne's Advanced Degree in Hold'em

Featuring new mathematical strategies and an in-depth analysis of the psychological aspects of Texas Hold’em, this poker textbook focuses on advanced skills for experienced and professional-level players. The result of years of study, this new method of step-by-step poker techniques and strategies helps players consistently beat the odds and play winning games. Every aspect of the game is analyzed and reported on in never-before-published approaches that are designed for all forms of Hold’em—online, electronic, and conventional table games.

About the Author

Charley Swayne is a professional poker instructor and the author of Life, Etc.: Advice for the Real World. He lives in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

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February 24th, 2010  Posted at   David Sklansky

Getting the Best of It

Getting The Best of It is divided into six sections: Mathematics of Gambling, General Gambling Concepts, Sports and Horse Betting, Poker, Blackjack, and Other Casino Games. This book covers some of the most sophisticated gambling concepts ever put into print. It also includes a comprehensive discussion of the basic mathematics of gambling written in such a way that even the most non-mathematical of readers can understand it. Moreover, many of the ideas discussed are those that Sklansky himself has successfully used during his career. This revised and expanded edition of Getting The Best of It includes fourteen additional chapters and covers such topics as expectation, combinations, Bayes? Theorem, the eight mistakes in poker, checking in the dark, playing tight, the Key Card Concept, casinos and their mistakes, Crapless craps, betting sports, hedging and middling, knowing what?s important, the Law of Averages and other fallacies, and much more.

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February 23rd, 2010  Posted at   David Sklansky

Poker, Gaming, & Life: Expanded Edition

This volume is a collection of recent articles written by David Sklansky that have appeared in various publications including Card Player, Poker World and the Two Plus Two Poker Strategy Magazine. A few have never before appeared in print. Most of the articles are about poker or gambling. However, David has recently branched out into other areas that lend themselves to his unique style of analysis and some of these essays are contained in this book. From the original book, Poker and gaming topics include Being a Favorite, Are Great Players Born? Talent Versus Discipline, The Importance of Position, Never Go Broke, When Time is Not of the Essence, and Is Your Wallet Fat Enough? Life topics include What It Is that Makes an Issue Controversial, Coincidences, Some Thoughts on Dying, Legitimate Grievances, and Crime and Punishment. This expanded addition also contains 32 additional essays, many of which address no-limit hold em. Essays for the Expanded Edition include Pros (more…)

February 22nd, 2010  Posted at   David Sklansky

No Limit Hold 'em: Theory and Practice

No limit hold em is exploding in popularity. Before 2000, it could be difficult to find a game. In 2006, it is played everywhere in casino cardrooms, in bar backrooms and homes, and on the Internet. Now anyone can find a game, but few know how to play well. Most players learn by watching television or by listening to dubious advice from their friends. While they may have picked up a valuable tidbit here or there, most players come to the table without a winning plan. These players have two options: wise up or go broke. The world s foremost poker theorist, David Sklansky, and noted poker authority, Ed Miller, will wise you up quickly. No Limit Hold em: Theory and Practice is the definitive work on this complex game. It provides you a window into the heads of experts, teaching you in straightforward and enjoyable terms the how s and why s of winning play. It covers critical concepts like manipulating the pot size, adjusting correctly to stack sizes, winning the battle (more…)

February 21st, 2010  Posted at   David Sklansky

The Theory of Poker:  A Professional Poker Player Teaches You How To Think Like One

The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky discusses theories and concepts applicable to nearly every variation of the game, including five-card draw (high), seven-card stud, hold ?em, lowball draw, and razz (seven-card lowball stud). This book introduces you to the Fundamental Theorem of Poker, its implications, and how it should affect your play. Other chapters discuss the value of deception, bluffing, raising, the slow-play, the value of position, psychology, heads-up play, game theory, implied odds, the free card, and semibluffing. Many of today?s top poker players will tell you that this is the book that really made a difference in their play. That is, these are the ideas that separate the experts from the typical players. Those who read and study this book will literally leave behind those who don?t, and most serious players wear the covers off their copies. This is the best book ever written on poker.

About the Author

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