Books on No Limit Texas Hold'em

In “Play Poker Like the Pros”, Phil Hellmuth Jr., a poker expert and seven-time World Champion, provides a comprehensive guide on how to play and win at modern poker games such as Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Seven-Card Stud, and Razz. Even if you’re a novice who’s never handled a deck of cards, Hellmuth’s book will guide you through the rules and setup of each game, followed by basic and advanced strategies. He instructs on when to play certain hands, bluff, raise, or fold, and offers techniques for reading opponents and maintaining composure under stress. The book also includes special sections on winning online poker games and a behind-the-scenes look at tournament play. Hellmuth’s strategies are designed to help you outsmart any player type, from the unpredictable Jackal and the overplaying Elephant, to the conservative Mouse and the skilled Lion.

Play Poker Like the Pros is a comprehensive guide on how to play and win at modern poker games such as Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Seven-Card Stud, and Razz. Even if you’re a novice who has never handled a deck of cards, Hellmuth’s book will guide you through the rules and setup of each game, followed by basic and advanced strategies. He instructs on when to play certain hands, bluff, raise, or fold, and offers techniques for reading opponents and maintaining composure under stress. The book also includes special sections on conquering online poker games and a behind-the-scenes look at tournament play. Hellmuth’s strategies are designed to help you triumph over any type of player, from the unpredictable Jackal and the overzealous Elephant, to the conservative Mouse and the skilled Lion.

The book aims to teach readers how to outplay the regular players populating today’s small stakes poker games. Through extensive HUD analysis, Modern Small Stakes breaks down each player at these limits in great detail, identifying their weaknesses and providing strategies to exploit them. However, the book also emphasizes the importance of becoming unexploitable oneself. While a robotic, unbalanced approach may work against clueless opponents at lower stakes, it is ineffective against skilled players. Therefore, throughout the book, efforts are made to demonstrate how to balance one’s range against thinking opponents, ensuring success in small stakes game

A poker player’s career is marked by the challenging realization that mastering a specific hand is insufficient without a comprehensive understanding of every other hand in their range. This would be an insurmountable task if a player had to contemplate every other hand, but with a grasp of theoretically sound poker, they can swiftly construct balanced ranges using appropriate bet-sizing. The book, Applications of No-Limit Hold ’em, imparts this theoretical knowledge, enabling the creation of bet-sizings and ranges to outplay superior opponents. The theory is not meant to be intricate or theoretical, but rather immediately applicable for improved results. Key strategic concepts like overbetting, balancing multiple bet-sizing ranges, donk betting, and check-raising as the preflop raiser are essential, even though few players discuss or use them. After reading this book, players should not only understand these concepts but also know how to integrate them into their game to effectively compete against formidable opponents.

Phil Gordon, a highly respected poker player, has competed in tournaments and cash games worldwide, learning from every hand he’s played. As the expert and co-host of Celebrity Poker Showdown, he’s become a highly sought-after No Limit Texas Hold’em instructor. The game is challenging, but with courage, patience, aggression, observation, and dedication, anyone can become a winner. Gordon has spent 15 years compiling his knowledge into a comprehensive guide on No Limit Texas Hold’em. Drawing inspiration from Harvey Penick’s popular golf wisdom book, Gordon acts as both teacher and student, providing insightful tips on poker strategy and style. His book, filled with philosophy, psychology, strategy, math, and anecdotes from playing with top players and celebrities, aims to motivate and improve your game. Phil Gordon’s Little Green Book is a must-read for any serious poker student, comparable to Doyle Brunson’s Super System and David Sklansky’s The Theory of Poker.

This book, featuring contributions from other World Poker Tour stars, provides advanced poker strategies and insights for modern players. The World Poker Tour’s popularity has led to a surge in amateur players entering No-Limit Hold’em Tournaments, making old conservative slow play strategies ineffective. Only aggressive players like Lindgren make it to the final tables, and in this book, he reveals what it takes to be the last one standing. This book is ideal for World Poker Tour fans and those inspired by Australian poker champion Joe Hachem’s recent $10 million win. Lindgren himself has won nearly $2 million on the World Poker Tour, including two first-place finishes. The World Poker Tour television series has transformed televised poker with expert analysis, varied camera angles, and close-ups of the players’ hole cards, creating a new form of high-stakes entertainment.

Beat the Donks explores the world of low-stakes No-Limit Hold’em games in Las Vegas, focusing on players known as “Donks” who frequently make predictable errors. These players, characterized by their repeated mistakes and refusal to adjust their strategies, become easy targets for those who know how to exploit these flaws. The book outlines common errors made by Donks, such as excessive limping, playing too many hands, and poor bet sizing, among others. It also highlights telltale signs that can give them away. Rather than a basic guide to No Limit Hold’em, this publication assumes readers have a grasp of the game and its terminology, aiming instead to enhance their skills by identifying opportunities to take advantage of Donks’ repetitive mistakes.

The book offers a potential shortcut for experienced Texas Hold’em players with over 2,000 hours of combined poker experience at cash tables, tournaments, or online, to become professionals without spending years on costly trial and error learning. The book focuses on becoming a consistent cash winner by employing a unique method that emphasizes losing fewer hands and maximizing wins with specific styles. Pre-publication readers of the book expressed excitement and eagerness to apply the book’s suggestions at casinos.

Prepare for the accelerated pace and intensity of online poker. Abandon your live-game strategy to develop a killer internet game. Learn to pick up online tells and decrease the margins for error. Avoid common pitfalls and bankroll cripplers. Understand online cheater tactics to stop them.

Poker Tips that Pay: Expert Strategy Guide for Winning No Limit Texas Hold em by Jonathan Gelling is a book that provides expert strategies, tips, and advice for players looking to improve their skills in No Limit Texas Hold’em poker. The book covers various aspects of the game, including starting hand selection, betting strategies, bluffing, reading opponents, and managing your bankroll. It aims to help players develop a solid foundation in poker strategy and improve their decision-making at the table, ultimately increasing their chances of winning and making money from playing No Limit Texas Hold’em.

Pot-Limit Omaha is quickly gaining traction in the poker world, thanks to the ongoing poker boom. Despite its growing popularity, players have found it challenging to find comprehensive advice on mastering this intricate game. “Secrets of Pot-Limit Omaha” emerges as a pioneering guide, diving into the strategies of medium and high-stakes PLO with unprecedented clarity. This book unveils critical strategies previously unpublished. It covers a wide array of topics essential for PLO success, including a novel short-stack strategy, adjustments for playing with a larger stack, optimal bet sizing, strategic seating, the use of blockers, executing the bare ace bluff, and leveraging opponents’ weaknesses. Additionally, it provides valuable theoretical and practical insights through practice hands and hand match-up analyses. This book is indispensable for anyone aiming to excel in Pot-Limit Omaha.

The field of poker theory is evolving into a more complex and mathematical domain, making it increasingly difficult for the average person to grasp. Philip Newall’s book, The Intelligent Poker Player, seeks to make sophisticated poker strategies more understandable to the general public by using clear language. It offers a comprehensive method that can be applied to various poker games, with a focus on limit and no-limit hold ’em. Notably, it’s the first to explore the burgeoning area of poker-playing robots, analyzing the advanced play of top-tier computers in heads-up limit hold ’em. Moreover, recognizing the uncertainties of a professional poker career, Newall includes guidance on minimizing risks through strategic financial and psychological management. This includes chapters on diverse topics from game strategy to financial planning, aiming to equip players with the knowledge to navigate the complexities of professional poker.

In this unique poker book, two-time World Poker Tour champion Jonathan Little presents 50 hand examples from small stake, fast-structured No Limit Hold’Em tournaments – the most common game played by his students. Many poker players start their journey in low buy-in events at local casinos or online poker rooms, often losing significant amounts of money due to a lack of optimal strategy. Little, who has over $5,000,000 in live tournament winnings, aims to help players transform their game and quickly move up to high-stakes games, even with a limited bankroll. By studying the 700+ individual situations presented across Volumes 1-14, readers will learn how to make optimal decisions effortlessly during the heat of battle at the poker table. This book is an invaluable resource for players looking to improve their skills and increase their profits in small stake tournaments.

This new expanded edition provides a comprehensive insight into the thought processes and decision-making strategies of professional poker players. It offers valuable information and guidance on a wide range of complex topics. Krieger emphasizes the significance of making the right decisions, the necessity of patience and position, the flop, and the different stages of the game. He also discusses common errors, strategies for playing in aggressive games, tells, and much more.

Being a successful live cash player requires more than just playing the hand correctly. It demands a range of other skills, which are taught by top-ranking professional poker player, Jonathan Little. Known as one of the game’s best instructors, Jonathan has a unique knack for simplifying complex poker concepts. His teachings include strategies such as when to adopt a loose/aggressive or tight/aggressive approach, when a passive strategy can yield the most profit, and how to identify subtle tells to accurately gauge player types. He also covers essential topics like bankroll management, game selection, and emotional control.

Ever pondered the thought process of a poker champion when a massive bet threatens his tournament survival? Jonathan Little, a two-time World Poker Tour Champion with over $6,000,000 in career winnings, shares his strategic insights. He not only reveals how he won $22,678 in the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event but also explains the rationale behind each critical move in 54 specific hands. This book, structured as a quiz, challenges you to reassess your standard poker strategy and modify it significantly based on your opponents’ habits. By scrutinizing your choices, you can enhance your poker skills and boost your table earnings. The book also provides details on how to access Jonathan’s Tournament Cheat Sheet.

18 of the world’s top no-limit experts, including big names like Phil Hellmuth, Chris Moneymaker, Mike Sexton, and Jared Tendler explore every facet of the game in depth. Part 1 focuses on strategies such as mastering the basics, satellite play, lower-buy in events, reading tells, and advancing in stakes. Part 2 provides a comprehensive technical dissection of the game, covering range analysis, optimal game theory play, short stack strategies, value betting, and final table play. Part 3 addresses the psychological aspects of the game, including mental toughness and understanding tilt, which are as crucial as the technical skills. Excelling at No-Limit Hold’em is a comprehensive guide for anyone serious about improving their poker game.

Unlock the secrets behind Paul Ratchford’s incredible winrate as he shares his unique ideology and, more importantly, demonstrates how to apply these strategies to enhance your own performance. This book is packed with real-world examples and practical applications, but its primary goal is to deepen your understanding of No-Limit Hold’em (NLHE). By the end, you’ll be equipped to continue growing and adapting as a player long after you’ve turned the final page.

Professional poker player, coach, and theorist, Andrew “BalugaWhale” Seidman from Portland, Oregon, has won hundreds of thousands of dollars online. He is also an established author, known for his articles and e-book, Easy Game.

Quantum Poker is the premier poker strategy guide that accurately defines optimal in-game decisions using innovative methods. This book integrates basic and advanced concepts into The Unified Theory of Poker replacing the standard poker term Expected Value, with a more precise term,  Average Enumerated Value. Although most examples are in NLHE, Quantum Poker is uniquely crafted to enhance your overall game. It covers everything from hand range and combinatorial analysis to equity distribution by street, equipping you with the essential tools to maximize your poker potential.

The world’s top poker players share their expert advice on mastering various poker styles such as tournaments, cash games, no-limit, limit and pot-limit hold’em, Omaha (high-low and PLO), 7-card stud (razz, high-low), and triple draw in the book Superstars of Poker. The book features strategies and secrets from poker legends like Doyle Brunson, known as the greatest poker player and the Godfather of Poker, and Phil Helmuth, who holds the record for the most WSOP championships. Other contributors include Daniel Negreanu, a 6-time bracelet winner and author, Lyle Berman, founder of the World Poker Tour, Bobby Baldwin, Johnny Chan, Mike Caro, Jennifer Harman, Todd Brunson, and Crandell Addington.

Michael Acevedo, a leading poker theorist and game theory expert, is recognized for his innovative content for top players worldwide. His work, Modern Poker Theory, is the result of countless hours of research using the most sophisticated poker software tools. This guide provides a comprehensive and rigorous look at the crucial elements of No-Limit Hold’em. It focuses on the concept of game theory optimal play (GTO) and its practical application at the poker table. Understanding GTO is key to making precise poker decisions and exploiting players who lack this knowledge. Modern Poker Theory employs contemporary poker tools to systematically analyze GTO, presenting ideas and concepts in an intuitive, application-focused way. At your next poker game, some players will have studied this theory, and they will undoubtedly have a superior theoretical and practical grasp of No-Limit Hold’em, making them the favorites. Ensure you’re among them.

This book reveals that the fear of poker math being too difficult to learn is unfounded. In reality, mastering the fundamental math of No Limit Holdem poker is not only straightforward but also crucial for those looking to increase their profits at the poker table. By not applying basic math, players essentially reduce the game to mere guesswork. This book will teach you how to use simple arithmetic to significantly enhance your skill advantage over your opponents, helping you to win more and lose less. Poker players who ignore math are just guessing, but after reading this book, you’ll be equipped to make the correct mathematical decisions during the game. These simple mathematical concepts are vital for anyone looking to improve their poker game.

This book is ideal for novice and intermediate players eager to participate in cash games, local and million-dollar televised tournaments. It covers both limit and no-limit hold’em games, providing essential strategies for profitable play. The author, Cardoza, shares hands he’s played in championships and includes unique betting and playing charts.

The popularity of poker remains high, fueled by the World Poker Tour, ESPN’s coverage of the World Series of Poker, the Celebrity Poker Tour, and more upcoming coverage. Warren’s book includes a special section on tournaments and Internet play, providing a comprehensive approach for readers. Warren focuses on strategies and plays needed to win money in current games. He addresses the most relevant questions from his readers, teaching them how to maximize their earnings, use their position to their advantage, adjust to opponents’ playing styles, and make smart percentage plays. The book includes numerous charts, real hand examples, and illustrations.

Kill Phil revolutionized tournament poker, the world’s richest sport, popularized by TV, the Internet, and the World Series of Poker. It introduced a strategy enabling novices to compete against top professionals in no-limit hold ’em, a game previously dominated by a few skilled players. The strategy remains effective against the world’s best players, but tournament play is evolving. Kill Phil remains the best method for entering the profitable poker-tournament arena. Read Kill Phil to master a simple yet powerful system, learn advanced strategies, and adjust your play for online tournaments, Sit-n-Gos, and single-table satellites.

Heads-up confrontations can happen in any game, even when all seats are filled. However, many hold em players struggle to transition to this form, particularly those from full ring no-limit games. The increased aggression required in heads-up battles can be challenging. Mastering this form of poker can be beneficial for those wanting to add a winning loose-aggressive component to their game. With the rise in heads-up matches, proficiency in them can be profitable. This text by expert Collin Moshman is the first to focus solely on no-limit heads-up play. It provides strategies to master expected value, exploit playing styles, manipulate pot size, bluff effectively, distinguish between cash and tournament strategies, exploit opponents’ tendencies, and maximize profits. It’s a must-read for aspiring heads-up professionals or those wanting to improve their one-on-one game.

Mastering hand reading is the most crucial skill in no-limit hold’em. By accurately predicting your opponents’ hands, you can make consistently smart decisions, spot bluffs and value bets that others overlook, and avoid potential pitfalls. While some argue that hand reading is a skill acquired through experience, it’s not entirely true. Experience is essential, but it’s not the only way to learn. The learning curve is steep, but the book ‘How To Read Hands At No-Limit Hold’em’ can fast-track your learning process. It will not only improve your hand reading skills but also guide you on how to enhance your skill in future games. The book covers various topics like identifying different opponents, finding bluffs and value bets, reacting to raises, spotting common mistakes, identifying non-continuation betting flops, using software for hand reading, and much more.

Small stakes no-limit hold ’em games present a lucrative opportunity due to the prevalence of less skilled players. However, many players, including those accustomed to higher stakes, often fail to maximize their winnings by not adjusting their strategies effectively. While a solid, aggressive approach can yield profits, truly dominating these games requires a willingness to deviate from conventional poker wisdom and take calculated risks at crucial moments. In “Mastering Small Stakes No-Limit Hold ’em,” Jonathan Little offers a roadmap to crushing these games. He outlines a foundational strategy and emphasizes the essential adjustments needed to counter more skilled opponents. This book is an indispensable resource for anyone who frequently plays small stakes no-limit hold ’em, occasionally drops down from larger stakes, or participates in tournaments with a significant proportion of recreational players.

In this workbook, you’ll find a series of problems designed by Dan Harrington to evaluate your understanding of the principles outlined in the first two volumes. A significant portion of these problems zeroes in on a crucial aspect that often challenges aspiring players: strategies for post-flop play.

In Crushing Low Stakes Poker Volume 3, you’ll discover top strategies, tips, and tools to consistently win at low stakes hyper turbos. It covers the winning formula for hyper turbos, the five key mistakes to avoid and exploit, how to make opponents fold with two levels of aggression, and a single technique that can outplay your competition. The book primarily focuses on 6-max, a popular hyper turbo format, but also includes general hyper turbo strategy, making it useful for heads-up and 9-man players.

Contrary to some beliefs, hyper turbos are not just about luck. Sharkscope’s leaderboards reveal many players earning consistent profits from hyper turbos. Some poker pros even play hyper turbos exclusively. The games are quick, allowing more games per hour. Rakeback and volume are two main reasons why hyper turbos are profitable. Particularly at low stakes, the competition is weak, making hypers one of the best games for earning money in poker.

This book offers concise, actionable information that you can immediately apply at the poker tables. It’s easy to read and includes helpful example hands that demonstrate various strategy concepts. An exclusive video course detailing how to play each stage of a low stakes hyper turbo is also included. Ready to discover the profitability of hyper turbos? Purchase the book and start winning today!

In today’s competitive environment, having a comprehensive collection of the newest theories, strategies, and tactics is essential for victory. The ultimate guide to achieving success is outlined in this handbook, where three of the world’s leading experts—poker authority Ed Miller, top professional Sunny Mehta, and practical theorist Matt Flynn—combine their knowledge for your benefit. Through actual play hand examples, Small Stakes No-Limit Hold’em demonstrates key concepts, translating advanced poker theory into a format that’s easy to understand and will provide you with the competitive advantage needed to triumph in current games. By learning solid tactics for winning money and developing winning strategies similar to those used by the best cash-game professionals, you’ll gain the edge required for success.

Initially, due to their unfamiliarity with the game, participants could be easily defeated by moderately knowledgeable players. However, this is no longer true today. Many mathematical concepts and ideas now significantly contribute to a successful no-limit hold ’em strategy, despite the game not being solved from a Game Theory perspective. It’s crucial for a skilled player to know when to deviate from optimal play and adopt exploitative strategies for maximum profit. Janda’s text extensively discusses these advanced strategies to be used against formidable opponents.

The Game Plan distills the most crucial strategic concepts of poker into an accessible guide that any player can follow. Designed for home game enthusiasts and amateurs, it promises significant improvements in tournament play within weeks or even days. Alongside essential rules, the book features 14 hands from Matt’s World Series of Poker Main Event history, demonstrating how The Game Plan would have approached each scenario. This book provides readers with the fastest path to mastering poker.

The book is divided into two main parts. Initially, you’ll encounter a series of poker hand examples, designed to highlight the thought process difference between an average no-limit hold’em player and a professional. Each example offers a minor enhancement to your gameplay. The second part transforms the lessons from the first part into tasks. Regularly performing these tasks and applying your should enhance your poker skills.

The Poker Tournament Formula explores the intricacies of poker strategy with a focus, on no limit Texas Hold’em tournaments. Snyder, a seasoned poker pro and expert in gambling shares insights and tactics to excel in the world of tournament play. The book covers a range of aspects such as hand selection at the beginning strategic positioning during gameplay understanding pot odds and implied odds as well as reading opponents effectively. What sets this book apart is its approach to strategy – highlighting the significance of assertiveness and chip accumulation. With its guidance The Poker Tournament Formula equips players with the tools they need to enhance their skills and maximize their chances of success, in both events and international competitions.

This book enhances the reader’s understanding of no-limit hold’em by focusing on a few key themes, rather than providing a simplistic and familiar approach to the basics. It covers the importance of planning ahead in no-limit hold’em, when and why to switch between an optimal and exploitive strategy, understanding the differences between deep-stacked and short-stacked play, and offers the most comprehensive examination of no-limit bet sizing to ever appear in print.

Once primarily played in casinos, No-Limit hold ’em has evolved into an online phenomenon. In his book, Harrington on Online Cash Games, Dan Harrington provides key insights and strategies to conquer the online poker world, which significantly differs from traditional casino games. He guides you on managing different stack sizes, playing at 6-max tables, dealing with increased aggression, and utilizing poker databases and heads-up displays for insights on opponent’s tendencies. Harrington also offers detailed strategies for preflop and post-flop play in both micro-stakes and challenging small-stakes games.

Angel Largay, a consistent winner in maximum buy-in no-limit games, has taught thousands of people his winning poker strategies. Now, he’s sharing his expertise in No-Limit Texas Hold’em with a broader audience. Despite millions playing, only a few can profit from these games. Largay’s teaching method guides you through the game’s complexities, highlighting what works, common errors, and how to overcome them. Many of his students are now professional players. If you aspire to play like a pro, No-Limit Texas Hold’em can help you achieve this.

A comprehensive guide that takes you from poker basics to mastering various game types, including cardroom, casino, home, and online play. “The Big Book of Poker” covers everything from competing in local tournaments to multi-million dollar televised events like the World Series of Poker, with a focus on hold’em in all its forms, including no-limit games. Warren imparts valuable strategies on betting, raising, check-raising, bluffing, semi-bluffing, and leveraging position and pot odds. The book also serves as a comprehensive glossary of poker terminology, both common and obscure. Suitable for players of all skill levels, from novices to professionals, this resource is packed with charts, diagrams, examples, and colorful insights into the game, providing readers with the knowledge and skills needed to hold their own against tough competition and ultimately succeed at the poker table.

The book provides an in-depth exploration of no-limit hold’em strategy and aims to teach players how expert players think about the game. Mastering the key concepts can provide a significant edge over typical opponents.

This book on poker compiles articles that cover essential skills for excelling at the game. It caters to players at intermediate and advanced levels, discussing several forms of poker such as limit hold’em, no-limit hold’em, and pot-limit Omaha. The content is by various experts, focusing on the diverse abilities required to play poker well.

Tucker introduces the innovative Power Hand and Patient Poker strategies, designed to overcome the aggressive play style commonly found in today’s internet poker games, enabling readers to outplay challenging opponents and quickly secure wins in no-limit hold’em. His comprehensive system emphasizes the importance of waiting for strong hands to trap adversaries while steering clear of risky and marginal hands that often result in losses, ensuring players remain focused on their primary objective—earning profits. The book is filled with numerous hand examples, detailed table graphics, and straightforward explanations, all aimed at teaching readers how to navigate the complexities of cash games successfully.

Mastering the mathematics of poker is now simpler than ever with Owen’s techniques and shortcuts. This book covers the mathematical aspects of decision-making in no-limit hold’em cash games. It includes over 100 quiz questions and answers to help you assess your understanding and hone your skills. The book is designed for those who may not have a strong affinity for math or game theory but are keen to enhance their poker abilities. Starting with basic concepts, the material gradually progresses to more complex aspects of the game. By the end of the book, you’ll be able to analyze even the most intricate decisions in no-limit hold’em. As a friend once said, winning is just way more fun.

David Sklansky’s The Theory of Poker is a seminal book in the poker world, originally written with limit games in mind. However, no-limit hold ’em has since become the most popular form of poker. As a result, Sklansky felt the need to write a new book, The Theory of Poker Applied to No-Limit, which revisits and expands on the original chapters, adapting them for no-limit and pot-limit games. The book also includes new bonus chapters and thoughts specifically for big bet games. It emphasizes no-limit hold ’em, but the concepts can be applied to other games like pot-limit Omaha and no-limit single draw deuce-to-seven lowball. The book doesn’t provide specific play instructions, but guides readers on decision-making based on opponent knowledge, poker math, and logic. While some sections may be complex, most of the book is accessible to intermediate players, with key points summarizing each chapter.

A comprehensive 540-page theoretical textbook on Online No Limit Hold’em Cash Games, designed to teach players of all levels, from near-beginner to seasoned player. The book is structured as a complete poker syllabus. It contains 80 colorfully illustrated instructive figures and 152 carefully chosen example hands analyzed in great detail, covering essential skills necessary to succeed in the modern game, from pre-flop opening ranges to game theory-based post-flop balanced strategies. The manual ensures that students understand the reasoning behind every recommendation, firmly backing up each with poker math, theory, logic, or a combination thereof. The Grinder’s Manual is an accessible and detailed poker text that could serve as essential reading for a university course on poker, if such a subject existed.

In the past, poker and poker tournaments have seen a surge in popularity, leading to a renewed focus on tournament poker theory. This has resulted in a reevaluation of traditional concepts and the emergence of new ones. While the basics of no-limit hold ’em remain the same, the game has proven to be more complex than previously thought. Consequently, no-limit hold ’em tournament play has evolved into a more challenging and faster-paced game. In his book, Harrington on Modern Tournament Poker, Dan Harrington provides an updated perspective on no-limit hold ’em tournaments, offering strategies for success in the current game. Topics covered include preflop hand play, 3-bet and 4-bet strategies, flop, turn, and river analysis, bet sizing, and adapting to changing stack sizes and aggressive players. Harrington, a World Series of Poker champion, is renowned for his back-to-back final table appearances in 2003 and 2004.

This concise and accessible primer focuses on America’s hottest poker game, providing players with the fundamentals of playing and winning in both cash games and high-stakes no-limit tournaments held nationwide. The book is filled with tips, winning strategies, and expert advice for aspiring players looking to join the action and, with a bit of luck, potentially find themselves on TV clutching a million-dollar cash prize.

Great poker players always say, “It depends.” This can be frustrating, but it’s true. The secret to poker mastery lies in understanding what it depends on. Now, there’s a book that provides this insight. Poker involves numerous factors: table position, flop texture, player count, opponent personalities, etc. ‘Decide to Play Great Poker’ helps you identify and analyse these factors, apply them to game situations, and gain confidence in any poker scenario. Instead of providing occasional rules, this book guides you to become a strategic poker thinker. Contrary to popular belief, poker’s goal isn’t to make money, but to make good decisions. Money is just a measure of how well you’re achieving this. Ready to make world-class decisions and reap their rewards? Choose to Play Great Poker now and never be puzzled by “it depends” again.