Books on Poker Tournaments

This book offers over 15 comprehensive practice hands, focusing particularly on tournament play and updated tournament formats. It features over 25 new card illustrations and provides clear strategies and expert advice on the optimal starting hands, maneuvering through the flop, turn, and river, identifying risky draws, and strategies for both low-limit and high-stakes games. It also covers how to adjust strategies against different types of opponents and the nuances of rebuy versus freeze-out tournaments. Additionally, readers will understand the risks of slowplaying strong hands, the pitfalls of playing danglers, and the unique scenarios in Pot-limit Omaha where folding the nuts on the flop is the right move. This edition also introduces advanced strategies for exploiting Omaha high-low in multi-game tournaments, drawing from Cloutier’s experience at the World Series of Poker’s $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament.

Professional poker players often author poker books and training videos, focusing on high-stakes tournaments and Sit ‘n Gos. However, these resources may not be as beneficial for those primarily playing at low stakes. A different strategy and approach are required when playing low stakes games against beginners and recreational players. The Crushing Low Stakes Poker series is specifically designed to teach the correct strategy for consistently winning low stakes Sit ‘n Gos.

Volume 1 of the series covers essential knowledge for becoming a successful low stakes Sit ‘n Go player. It includes critical poker concepts like bankroll management, table selection, expressed and implied odds, and ICM. It also covers important elements of pre-flop and post-flop play, such as playing tight-cautious, playing speculative hands, value betting, and fast-playing.

The book also provides an overview of the best poker tools and sites for improving your game and gaining an advantage over your opponents. It includes push-fold charts for 3 to 6-handed play and Heads-Up play, and extensive hand examples to illustrate practical application of concepts.

The e-book version, available on Amazon, includes access to a series of poker training videos that complement the book. These videos explain low stakes strategy through slide presentations and detailed analyses of example hands.

Crushing Low Stakes Poker Volume 1 is a comprehensive tool for mastering low stakes Sit ‘n Gos. Whether you’re struggling with your game or looking to improve, this book provides the tools for success.

The book teaches players how to win their way into high-stakes tournaments offering millions in prize money by participating in small-entry fee tournaments known as satellites. The authors draw inspiration from the success stories of Chris Moneymaker, who turned a $39 satellite win into a world championship title and $2.5 million, and Greg Raymer, who transformed $150 into $5 million in 2004. Having made millions through these mini-tournaments themselves, the authors now share their secrets with readers. The book provides step-by-step guidance on proven insider strategies for beating limit and no-limit hold’em satellites, as well as one-table, multi-table, online, and supersatellites. With eleven comprehensive sections, numerous examples, and wise advice, this book serves as an indispensable resource for aspiring champions looking to make their mark in the world of tournament poker.

Gordon guides readers through hands he has encountered in various settings, including cash games, different stages of tournaments, Sit & Gos, satellites, supersatellites, and the World Series of Poker final table, revealing not only his plays but also the reasoning behind them. He shares insights into a pro’s thought process in every situation, whether it’s a timely bluff or a questionable call, and helps players calculate their own best moves in high-pressure situations. Through analyzing specific hands, Gordon also imparts valuable lessons in key poker skills such as calculating odds, shorthanded play, and discovering tells, while discussing memorable plays—both good and bad—and explaining how certain hands should have been played differently.

Championship Tournament Practice Hands offers readers two types of instruction to help them become winning tournament players. First, the authors take you inside their heads as they strategize through 57 no-limit and limit hold’em practice hands, demonstrating how world-class players use skill and intuition to maximize profit in tournament scenarios. Second, they analyze 45 key hands from the World Series of Poker, sharing insights into how top players navigated these critical moments. By understanding the authors’ analysis and opinions on these key hands, readers can gain valuable insights into high-level tournament poker. With record amounts of money at stake in both online and on-land tournaments, this timely book aims to help you claim your share of poker’s newest bonanza. Note that this description may be from another edition of the product.

This book is a must-read for all beginner and intermediate poker players. It is filled with advice, tactics, and the most successful secrets for winning at hold ’em, 7 stud, draw, lowball, and tournament poker.

The Powerful Profits series expands with Royer’s guide, offering insider tips on earning big from tournament poker. Royer, a seasoned tournament player with unmatched expertise in game analysis and theory, instructs both average and novice players on mastering the most played tournament poker games. Unlike other manuals that concentrate solely on game theory, Royer’s dual perspective as a theorist and experienced player provides this book with advantages that other guides lack.

This book covers all forms of the game, including limit, no-limit, and tournament situations. It does more than just show you how to calculate the odds – more importantly, the focus is on how to apply odds to make better decisions. Hilger’s approach shows that you do not need to be a math wiz to be successful in poker. Simple concepts and strategies that anyone can learn will have you matching wits with the top players in no time. Some of the topics include: raising draws for value, backdoor draws, facing all-in decisions before the flop, protecting your hand, the impact of stack sizes, and much more. In addition, the most comprehensive collection of Texas Hold’em charts and statistics ever put in print is provided as reference.

The book, penned by two world champions, reveals strategies for entering high-stakes tournaments with millions in prize money through low-cost satellite tournaments. It highlights the success stories of Chris Moneymaker and Grey Raymer, who turned modest buy-ins into millions, illustrating that you can achieve similar success. These authors have earned millions from these mini-tournaments and are now sharing their strategies with you. If you’re aiming for a shot at substantial winnings with minimal investment, this essential guide is your roadmap. Spanning 320 pages, it covers the ins and outs of satellites, the most sought-after events in poker, where a small entry fee can lead to winning entry into main events with prizes ranging from USD5,000 to USD10,000.

Two world champions, Chris Moneymaker and Grey Raymer, share their secrets on how to win your way into big tournaments offering millions of dollars in prize money by playing in small-entry fee tournaments. Moneymaker parlayed a $39 satellite win into a world championship title and $2.5 million, while Raymer turned $150 into $5 million in 2004. These exciting mini-tournaments, called satellites, have made the authors millions of dollars, and now they reveal their proven insider strategies for beating limit and no-limit hold’em satellites, as well as one-table, multi-table, online, and super satellites. Step-by-step, you’ll learn how to replicate their success and potentially transform a modest investment into a life-changing prize.

A comprehensive guide that will elevate your poker game to a championship level. The book features 61 chapters covering every playable hand in both limit and no-limit hold’em games. With numerous examples, you’ll learn how to play each starting hand from every position, from pre-flop and flop to the turn and river. Additionally, you’ll gain valuable insights into high-level tournament poker strategy by following the thought processes of world champions through 45 real hands played at the World Series of Poker as they compete for millions of dollars. This is a unique opportunity to learn from tournament legends McEvoy and Cloutier as they share their secrets on how to win hold’em tournaments, ranging from weekly limit games with friends to the prestigious main event. Thorough, powerful, and filled with exclusive insights, this book is an essential resource for any tournament hold’em player looking to take their game to the next level.

This is the first instructional book dedicated entirely to teaching players how to win no-limit hold’em tournaments, which have gained immense popularity through national television coverage on ESPN and the Travel Channel, watched by millions each week. With the 2004 World Series of Poker awarding over $30 million in prize money, including a $5 million first-place prize for a $10,000 investment, this book provides readers with the essential concepts of tournament strategy. It covers topics such as winning big in small buy-in events, adjusting to medium and large buy-in tournaments, adapting to various field sizes and time periods, succeeding in online no-limit tournaments, managing a tournament bankroll, and mastering basic and advanced betting and positional strategies. The authors also offer tips on table demeanor for televised tournaments and analyze actual hands played by finalists at the WSOP and WPT championship tables, complete with card pictures and valuable lessons from the play.

The Crushing Low Stakes Poker series is specifically designed for low stakes play, providing strategies to consistently win low stakes Sit ‘n Gos. Volume 2 of the series focuses on heads-up play, covering fundamentals, theory, and strategy. It helps players identify opponents’ weaknesses and develop effective counter strategies. Mastering heads-up play can significantly improve tournament results due to the substantial pay jump from second to first prize. The book includes push/fold charts for heads-up play and multiple example hands with detailed analysis, providing practical tools to navigate challenging one-on-one poker battles.

Discover hard-hitting hold’em strategies for today’s limit cash games and tournaments, with killer advice on winning more money in rammin’-jammin’ games, kill-pot, jackpot, shorthanded, and other cash games. Learn tournament strategies for small buy-in, big buy-in, rebuy, incremental add-on, satellite, and big-field major tournaments. Players will master the thinking process for the pre-flop, flop, turn, and river, including play-by-play analyses. Get specific advice for dealing with rocks in tight games, weaklings in loose games, and experts in solid games. Understand how hand values change and when to fold, check, raise, reraise, check-raise, slowplay, and bluff.

Championship Satellite Strategy provides specific, proven strategies for a variety of satellite structures and situations. You will discover how to win at both limit hold’em and no-limit hold’em satellites, as well as how to secure victories in one-table satellites for major tournaments. The book also covers strategies for winning online one-table satellites and multi-table satellites. Additionally, you will learn the best approaches for playing in super satellites for the World Series of Poker and how to navigate the final table of a super satellite. Beyond these practical strategies, the book includes 10 ways to win a seat at the World Series of Poker and other significant tournaments, all by Championship Satellite Strategy.

This book is a must-have for the 95% of poker players sticking to low-limit games, offering them a chance to win big in the $1-$2, $2-$4, $4-$8, $6-$12 games commonly found in casinos, card rooms, and home poker games. Smith shares essential tips and strategies for winning at various poker games including hold’em (limit and no-limit), Omaha high-low, seven-card stud, as well as online and low-limit poker tournaments. The advice is straightforward, making it perfect for beginners and those new to the game. With poker’s increasing popularity, this book is the key to learning how to play and win.

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.

In book three experts in seven-card stud poker, boasting eight World Series of Poker bracelets, millions in earnings from major tournaments and cash games, along with numerous other accolades, guide readers through mastering all three variants of stud poker. These authors, competing against top-tier players globally, share their strategies for both cash games and tournament play. They offer insights on a range of tactics, including the most advantageous starting hands, how to interpret the board, and techniques for bluffing and semi-bluffing. Through engaging discussions, they present diverse perspectives on achieving success in seven-card stud, covering effective play strategies for each phase of the game and much more.

A must-have book for every poker player’s library, endorsed by more than five world champions and rated by professionals as the best book ever written on tournament play. The book is filled with winning strategies for all 11 games featured in the World Series of Poker, including extensive coverage of 7-card high, high-low, lowball, razz, limit, pot-limit, and no-limit hold’em, as well as Omaha high, high-low, and pot-limit. Additionally, it provides valuable insights on various tournament formats such as re-buys, half-half, satellites, supersatellites, and mixed games. The authors offer strategies for each stage of tournament play, profiles of notable players, and answers to frequently asked questions about handling challenging situations in tournaments. With its comprehensive approach and expert endorsements, this book is an essential resource for any player looking to excel in the competitive world of tournament poker.

This book is essential reading for novice and intermediate players. It teaches readers to adopt the mindset of a successful poker player, use effective strategies, assess games for profitability, and leverage psychology and body language for an added advantage. The book is filled with tips and strategies that uncover the most lucrative secrets of hold’em, 7 stud, and tournament poker. Caro instructs on how to level the playing field with stronger players, exploit weak players, out-bluff a bluffer, win large pots, and much more. Doyle Brunson, a two-time world champion, has praised Caro’s work, stating that his research and seminars have completely transformed the game of poker.

Poker Tournament Tips from the Pros serves as the ultimate guide for players seeking to enhance their competitive play. Written by Shane Smith, this essential reference compiles strategies and advice from leading professionals and theorists in poker, aimed at securing significant winnings in low-limit tournaments. It is considered by millions of players as an indispensable resource for tournament achievement. The book covers critical tips for the four stages of play, strategies to evade pitfalls, aggressive tactics, the principles of fortune, and crucial advice on time management, among other insights.

Pearljammer, Apestyles, and Rizen—players whose collective stats boast over 2,000 final tables, 300 major wins, and more than $10,000,000 in cashes, return to analyze 50 new hands from major online tournaments. This book offers a master class in tournament poker, allowing you to sweat the best as they walk you through key hands deep in actual tournaments. Through their analysis, you will learn the various factors a professional poker player considers, including how the changing dynamic of stack sizes impacts decisions, how tournament payout structures affect strategies during Final Table play, the importance of position and the number of players acting behind you, when game theory comes into play and when it doesn’t, and how different skill levels of opponents can alter your strategies. The authors, who are not only consistent winners but also powerful teachers, reveal their decision-making processes step-by-step, providing insights from their different perspectives and playing styles. Poker is a fun game, but it’s even more fun when you win.

The book focuses on the most popular form of online poker tournament played today: Sit ‘n’ Gos. These one-table tournaments, where the top three players split the prize money (50% for first, 30% for second, and 20% for third), are enjoyed by more than half of all Internet poker players and many land-based cardroom players as well. The book highlights the appeal of Sit ‘n’ Gos, which lies in their quick nature, averaging only one hour to play, and their lucrative potential for players who master the right strategies.

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.

This valuable guide offers players critical insights into winning strategies for low-limit re-buy tournaments, covering all four stages of play: opening, middle, late, and final. It highlights how to navigate through 26 common tournament pitfalls and shares the top 21 strategies for tournament success. Additionally, it provides key tips on re-buys, aggressive playing, managing the clock, and understanding the “Laws of Luck.” Insights from poker experts like Mike Caro, Tom McEvoy, T.J. Cloutier, and Doyle Brunson enrich the content. Card Player magazine, a leading authority for poker enthusiasts, praises the guide for its comprehensive information and astute advice.

An essential guide for card players of all levels, from beginners eager to learn the game from the ground up to experienced poker enthusiasts looking to unlock the secrets of legendary players. Written by a genuine poker champion, this comprehensive handbook offers crucial advice and information on reading opponents based on their card handling, understanding the rules and etiquette of the poker table, identifying and avoiding “maniacs” with a breakdown of poker terminology, and finding the best locations for aspiring poker players, including an introduction to online gambling. Presented in a clear and informative style, the book covers all the fundamental aspects of the main poker variations, helping readers learn everything they need to know to confidently join their first tournament or cash game, including betting strategies, card selection, poker etiquette, and the crucial role of position.

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.

This book achieves for hold’em what “Super System 2” by Doyle Brunson accomplished for poker. Daniel Negreanu compiles insights from the most outstanding young players, theorists, and world champions in hold’em, offering insider secrets and winning strategies for the most relevant poker game today – hold’em. The book spans ten comprehensive chapters, addressing every facet of the major hold’em formats – limit, no-limit, and pot-limit, across both cash games and tournaments, providing detailed exploration on all aspects of gameplay. This has become an instant classic, as poker players cannot afford to overlook the professional guidance provided by the game’s leading stars.

In this comprehensive guide, two-time world champion Doyle Brunson collaborates with five leading experts to provide invaluable advice on when to raise, call, bet, and fold in various poker games. The book covers limit and no-limit hold ’em, high and low 7-stud, draw poker, and lowball. Brunson’s collaborators include poker legends David “Chip” Reese, Mike Caro, David Sklansky, Joey Hawthorne, and former world champion Bobby Baldwin, each bringing their unique specialties and insights to the table. This book is the result of over 10,000 hours of combined effort by the world’s greatest players and theorists. It stands unrivaled in its scope and value, offering a wealth of knowledge and strategies for serious poker players looking to elevate their game. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or an aspiring player, this book is an essential addition to your poker library, providing the tools and understanding needed to make informed decisions and improve your performance at the poker table.

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Discover the secrets to dominating small stakes poker tournaments in this comprehensive guide by professional poker player Jonathan Little. Learn how to identify and exploit the three primary player types you will encounter, and adjust your strategy to crush passive and aggressive opponents playing too many or too few hands. By keenly observing your opponents and diligently taking notes on their tendencies and mistakes, you can develop specific exploitative tactics to maximize your edge. Increase your aggression in intelligent spots, make well-timed bluffs, and value bet relentlessly against calling stations. Avoid mindlessly adhering to a fixed hand range, and instead adapt to play the most profitable counter-strategy against each opponent. Master these approaches, as well as other key ideas like hand ranges, implied odds, and betting sizing, and you will quickly move up from the small stakes to higher levels where serious money awaits.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is the longest-standing poker tournament in the world and has become the undisputed preeminent event that every professional seeks for their success. When the best come to knock each other out, amazing stories result, and this book chronicles 52 of the game’s finer moments. The collection serves as a reminder of how the WSOP has evolved to its current state and the impact history has played in defining each moment. The stories vary from Main Event championships to preliminary event bracelet records to unique cultural moments that took place between poker’s most recognizable characters.

Are you ready to learn winning ways from today’s true tournament experts? Reading this book is like attending a master class in tournament poker. The authors are not only consistent winners but powerful teachers as well. Step-by-step, they reveal their decision-making processes using hands drawn from actual play, not examples contrived to fit a particular poker theory. You’ll see how cutting-edge pros use their wisdom and incredibly extensive experience to analyze almost every poker situation imaginable. Whether deep-stacked or short-stacked, against single or multiple opponents, you’ll learn the skills that will make you a winner, including when and how to play aggressively or tightly, when to make moves, when to make continuation bets and when to hold back, how to induce and pick off bluffs, and how to accumulate chips without constantly risking your tournament life. Poker is a fun game, but it’s even more fun when you win.

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.

Hansen breaks down the hands he played during tournaments, sharing his secrets to winning. Learn his radical yet logical methods, how to call large bets with unplayable hands, when to raise out of position with poor holdings, and how the prize structure should influence your play. Every Hand Revealed offers unparalleled access to one of poker’s most successful players, helping you improve your game, whether you’re a beginner or a pro. With Hansen’s guidance, you can supercharge your poker skills.

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.

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.

Every decision at the final poker table can significantly impact your earnings. This workbook is designed to enhance your tournament poker skills, enabling you to maximize your gains at each final table, regardless of your chip status. Unlike conventional poker books, this workbook is a practical tool that aims to enhance your range building, ICM, and line creation skills in tournaments. It includes 40 exercises that will help you assign better ranges on every street and for various hands. Please note, there’s no direct answer key as hand reading and range building are linear. However, each exercise will enhance your technical skills and help you identify weaknesses in your and your opponent’s strategies. This workbook provides a study plan for the coming months, keeping you focused on the right aspects, asking the right questions, and making better decisions.

The book is a follow-up to his previous works, the Little Green Book and Little Blue Book, and focuses on providing advanced strategies and lessons for mastering the game of poker. It covers various aspects of the game, including hand analysis, betting strategies, bluffing, and reading opponents. The book is designed for experienced poker players who want to take their game to the next level and gain an edge over their competition. It incorporates modern poker concepts and strategies, reflecting the evolution of the game in the era of online poker and televised tournaments.

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.

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.

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.

Snyder’s book adapts his innovative fast tournament strategies to high-stakes games, teaching players new concepts and secrets about tournament dynamics. It instructs on adjusting strategies for different tournament structures and opponents, the difference between tournament and cash games, and why observing winners isn’t enough to understand their tactics. The book also covers satellite strategy, sit’n’go strategy, and methods for estimating win rates and edges. It explains why skilled players often fail in tournaments, the benefits of unconventional play, and how to build and utilize a large stack.