Poker Books by Mike Caro

This innovative book elevates the game of practical hold’em, offering strategies for achieving winning success. It provides powerful, clearly written advice that tackles every facet of hold’em play for both professional and aspiring players. Topics covered include strategies for playing the blinds (both big and small), the button, early and middle positions, managing small and large stacks, and the nuances of betting with small pairs, big pairs, pocket rockets, overcards, as well as navigating straight and flush draws. It explains how the value of hands can shift, the importance of varying your playing speed, betting tactics, knowing when to fold, and executing the most effective percentage plays in every scenario. This book is packed with insights into the psychology of the game, tips for reading opponents, advanced techniques, and professional strategies, making it a comprehensive guide to winning money in hold’em cash games. With special sections dedicated to internet poker and no-limit tournaments, this work is positioned as the new essential guide for excelling at hold’em poker.

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.

A comprehensive guide that not only explains the rules of poker but also provides women with effective strategies for winning against male opponents. The book covers various poker games, including five-card draw, lowball draw, seven-card stud, and Texas hold ’em, offering tailored advice to help women excel both at the poker table and beyond.

This book is considered one of the top ten poker books ever written and is a must-have for any serious player’s collection. The author, Caro, shares the secrets of reading tells – physical reactions that give away a player’s hand – including shrugs, sighs, shaky hands, eye contact, and more. By understanding these tells, you can determine when opponents are bluffing or not, based solely on their behavior. The book features over 170 photos of players and play-by-play examples of these tells in action. These insights will provide you with a significant advantage.

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.

This influential book on winning money at hold’em and Omaha, the two most popular poker games today, is a collaboration between the leading authority on Omaha and the top poker theorist. It features over 100 sections that reveal professional secrets and winning strategies. The book is packed with examples, odds charts, key observations, and detailed play options, making it one of the most significant poker books ever published.

This is a groundbreaking poker guide that delves into the psychological aspect of the game, revealing the long-guarded secrets of reading opponents’ body language. With over 170 photographs, this book teaches players how to interpret the subtle cues and behaviors that can give away the strength of an opponent’s hand. By mastering these tells, players can gain a significant edge at the table, knowing when to raise, call, or fold based on their opponents’ actions. The book emphasizes that poker is not just a game of cards, but a game of psychology played with cards, and understanding the players is just as crucial as understanding the odds. Mike Caro’s Book of Tells is an essential resource for any serious poker player looking to take their game to the next level by unlocking the hidden secrets of their opponents’ behavior.

This book is considered one of the top ten on poker and is essential for every player’s collection. It’s a must-have if you aim to win, as it teaches that a significant portion of profit stems from the ability to read your opponents. By revealing the secrets of interpreting tells – the physical reactions that provide insights into a player’s hand, like shrugs, sighs, shaky hands, and eye contact, among others, Caro shows how to discern when opponents are bluffing or not, based on their behavior alone. With over 170 photos depicting players in the midst of action and examples of play-by-play scenarios, the book demonstrates real-life tells. These insights are powerful tools for gaining a decisive advantage, teaching you to understand the significance of opponents’ mannerisms, whether they’re bluffing or not, and the reasons behind their actions.

This book, now a true collector’s item due to its rarity and being out of print, sparked the modern gambling resurgence with its eloquent focus on groundbreaking concepts and analysis. Mike Caro presents his insights at their finest, making it a delight to read and straightforward to grasp. He guides you through which gambling forms are winnable and which are not. Out of its 23 thought-provoking chapters, poker is the subject of eight. This book stands as a testament to revolutionary thinking in gambling, by Mike Caro.