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Thumbs Up – “insightful…a neat documentary” –Ebert & Roeper

This is true story with amazing poker insights from all the top players. Is high-stakes poker a metaphor for the American Dream? A bi-coastal couple, Susan and Tim, carry their independent film company and four-year-old son on an eight month ride through the world of tournament poker. Their goal is to win $125,000 to develop a feature film. Business and formerly romantic partners, Susan and Tim often disagree. Susan is a self-directed, high energy gambler who has won poker tournaments before. Tim is her sensible but anxious mate and often her unwanted conscience. Along the way, we get to meet the peculiar players from around the globe who populate the poker world and hear their thoughts on poker’s connection to the American Dream. None are boring, and many have become superstars in their sport. While exploring themes of The American Dream, individualism, talent and free (more…)

Do you play short-handed? Do you know it is the fastest growing form of poker? Do you know it can be extremely profitable? Short-handed games are extremely profitable and fun to play. Terry Borer and Lawrence Mak – two short-handed experts, and Barry Tanenbaum – one of America’s top poker coaches, will teach you how to dominate the short-handed tables, both live and on-line. You will learn: * How to optimize your strategies for 6-handed, 3-handed, and even heads-up play. * How to play every street at an expert level. * How to select your site, limit and seat for maximum profit. * How to master the mental game and cope with the swings of short-handed play. * How to exploit bonuses and get the most rakeback for your time. * How to use poker software and statistics to maximize your profits. By carefully studying the 245 quiz questions and examples in this book you will improve your game and be able to dominate and control your table.

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How do you win at poker? Study and practice! Become a consistent, winning poker player. The tips and advice in this book will give you the edge you need to dominate low and medium-stakes no limit hold ‘em tournaments and cash games. Inside you’ll find:Dozens of real life hand examples with step-by-step explanations and analysis;Simple, practical poker tips and advice that will immediately show you results at the table;Both conservative and aggressive poker play, and when to change gears;Early, mid and late-stage no limit tournament strategy;How to bluff effectively for maximum profit;How to read your opponents like a book;And much, much more…This book is for anyone that wants to achieve a competitive edge playing no limit Texas hold em, both live and online Internet play. Read this book and become a force to be reckoned with at your next hold’em poker game.

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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…)

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…)

SS2 features winning strategies and professional secrets from the world’s best players including new advice from Doyle and the addition of no-limit legend Phil Helmuth, holder of the most world series championships ever. Other superstar contributors includr Daniel Negreanu, 4-time bracelet winner, 2004 Player of the Year, and author of three books including Hold’em Wisdsom for all Players; Lyle Berman, 3-time WSOP bracelet winner and founder of the World Poker Tour; Bobby Baldwin, 1978 World Champion; Johnny Chan, 2-timeWorld Champion and 10-time WSOP bracelet winner; the great Mike Caro, ” Mad Genius of Poker”; Jennifer Harman, the world’s top female player; Todd Brunson, winnerof more than 20 tournaments; and Crandell Addington, no-limit legend

About the Author

Livivng Legend Doyle ‘Texas Dolly’ Brunson, the “Godfather of Poker” is a two-time World Series of Pokerchampion and the greatst poker player of all time. He is the author of the best-selling (more…)

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. In the first volume of this series, Harrington on Hold ‘em: Volume I: Strategic Play, Dan Harrington explained how to play in the early phases of tournaments, when most players at the table had plenty of chips, and the blinds and antes were small. This book, Harrington on Hold ‘em: Volume II: The Endgame shows you how to play in the later phases of a tournament, when the field has been cut down, the blinds and antes are growing, and the big prize money is within sight. Harrington shows you how to make moves, handle tricky inflection point plays, and maneuver when the tournament is down to its last few players and the end is in sight. HeÂ?s also included a whole chapter on heads-up play, who (more…)

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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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…)

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“Wow — I really wish Phil would stop educating the fish. This is the nuts!”– Clonie Gowen
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“With the depth of information Phil provides in this book, you’ll have everything you need to successfully compete at the WSOP.” — Greg Raymer, 2005 WSOP Champion”This is a must-have addition to all poker players’ libraries.”– Antonio Esfandiari, WPT Champion”This is the Little Green Book in action, and both books keep me in the money.”– Paul Wolfe”Wow — I really wish Phil would stop educating the fish. This is the nuts!”– Clonie Gowen

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