Posts Tagged ‘Hold’

February 11th, 2010  Posted at   Dan Harrington

Harrington on Hold 'em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments, Vol. 1: Strategic Play

Poker has taken America by storm. But it s not just any form of poker that has people across the country so excited it s No-Limit Hold Em the main event game. And now thanks to televised tournaments tens of thousands of new players are eager to claim their share of poker glory. Harrington on Hold Em takes you to the part of the game the cameras ignore the tactics required to get through the hundreds and sometimes thousands of hands you must win to make it to the final table. Harrington s sophisticated and time-tested winning strategies, focusing on what it takes to survive the early and middle stages of a No-Limit Hold Em tournament, are appearing here for the first time in print. These are techniques that top players use again and again to get to make it to final tables around the globe. Now, learn from one of the world s most successful No-Limit Hold Em players how to vary your style, optimize your betting patterns, analyze hands, respond to a re-raise, play to wi (more…)

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February 9th, 2010  Posted at   Kindle

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 9th, 2010  Posted at   Dan Harrington

Harrington on Cash Games, Volume II: How to Play No-Limit Hold 'em Cash Games

About the Author

Dan Harrington began playing poker professionally in 1982. On the circuit he is known as Action Dan, an ironic reference to his solid but effective style. He has won several major no-limit hold em tournaments including the European Poker Championships (1995), the $2,500 No-Limit Hold em event at the 1995 World Series of Poker, and the Four Queens No-Limit Hold em Championship (1996). Dan began his serious games-playing with chess, where he quickly became a master and one of the strongest players in the New England area. In 1972 he won the Massachusetts Chess Championship, ahead of most of the top players in the area. In 1976 he started playing backgammon, a game which he also quickly mastered. He was soon one of the top money players in the Boston area, and in 1981 he won the World Cup of backgammon in Washington D.C., ahead of a field that included most of the world s top players. He first played in the $10,000 No-Limit Hold em Championship Event of th (more…)

February 2nd, 2010  Posted at   Instructional DVDs

Annie Duke's Advanced Texas Hold 'Em Secrets - How to Beat the Big Boys (Masters of Poker)

World Renowned WSOP Tournament of Champions winner Annie Duke shares her inside secrets on how to master Texas Hold ?Em. For the first time ever, Annie reveals the advanced poker strategies that have earned her millions of dollars. Learn how to “Beat The Big Boys” and compete like a true professional poker player. Go beyond the other poker videos available and get inside the mind of a World Champion! Learn Annie’s trademarked FBI Profiling Techniques to be able to easily read your opponents. Learn advanced techniques from bluffing and tells, determining pot odds instantly to playing position and MUCH MORE! ALL IN magazine has named this the “BEST ADVANCED INSTRUCTIONAL POKER DVD EVER RELEASED!”

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February 1st, 2010  Posted at   Phil Hellmuth

Phil Hellmuth's Texas Hold 'Em (Collins Gem)

Review

“Phil Hellmuth gave me the best poker lesson I’ve ever received.” (Matt Damon, actor and co-star in the movie Rounders )”Phil Hellmuth is the best poker tournament player that I have ever played against.” (Johnny Chan, Seven-time World Champion of Poker )”Play Poker Like the Pros is the best poker strategy book ever written. (“Amarillo Slim” Preston, Hall of Fame inductee and poker’s greatest ambassador. )”From the moment I first played poker with Phil I knew that I was witnessing something special.” (Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson, Poker legend and eight-time World Champion of poker )

In Play Poker Like the Pros, poker master Phil Hellmuth, Jr., demonstrates exactly how to play and win — even if you have never picked up a deck of cards — the modern games of poker, including: Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Seven-Card Stud, and Razz. Phil Hellmuth, Jr., a seven-time World Champion of Poker, presents his tournament-tested strategies to beat any type of play (more…)

January 26th, 2010  Posted at   Phil Hellmuth

Phil

In 1989, Phil Hellmuth Jr became the youngest World Series of Poker championship in history. He is tied with legends Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan for the WSOP bracelets ever won. He’s also famous – even infamous – for being boastful, egotistical, short tempered, and a sore loser.

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