Poker Guides

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    Poker Wizards

    By: Warwick Dunnett
    Subtitle: Strategy From The World's Great Hold'em Poker Players

    The ultimate guide for mastering no-limit hold’em tournaments, crafted by a prestigious lineup of champions and superstars. Drawing inspiration from the iconic Super System, this exclusive collection unveils the strategies, insights, and tactics employed by the best in the game. With invaluable advice from players who have individually amassed millions in tournament earnings and collectively secured over 20 WSOP bracelets, two main event championships, 100 major titles, and $50 million in winnings, this book is a treasure trove for serious players. Featuring renowned names like Daniel Negreanu, Dan Harrington, Marcel Luske, Kathy Liebert, Mike Sexton, Mel Judah, Marc Salem, T.J. Cloutier, and Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, it’s an essential read for aspiring pros and future WSOP champions alike.


    Championship Hold’em Satellite Strategy

    By: Tom McEvoy, Brad Daugherty

    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.


    Mastering No-Limit Hold’em

    By: Russell Fox, Scott T. Harker

    The popularity of no-limit Hold’em among new poker players is largely attributed to its exposure on television. This trend has altered the dynamics of the game, with many attempting to mimic televised strategies, often resulting in playing weak hands, making unnecessary calls, and executing excessive bluffs. To navigate these shifts, today’s players must refine their strategies in this intricate game. This book offers comprehensive guidance on playing no-limit hold’em with a fixed buy-in, covering everything from reading opponents and understanding pot odds to strategic betting, managing one’s mental state, and bankroll management. It also introduces The Matrix Theory, a novel approach to selecting and playing hands based on a range of critical factors, providing insights into areas like beating the rake that are rarely discussed.


    Championship Hold’em Tournament Hands

    By: Tom McEvoy
    Subtitle: A Hand By Hand Strategy Guide to Winning Hold'em Tournaments

    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.


    Phil Gordon’s Little Blue Book

    By: Phil Gordon
    Subtitle: More Lessons and Hand Analysis in No Limit Texas Hold'em

    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.


    Winning Texas Hold ‘Em

    By: Matt Maroon
    Subtitle: Cash Game Poker Strategies for Players of All Skill Levels

    This comprehensive guide, written by a professional player, covers everything you need to know to succeed in today’s Texas hold’em games, from general concepts to advanced techniques. Learn about pot and implied odds, betting, bluffing, semi-bluffing, deception, and optimal play on the flop, turn, and river. Additionally, gain valuable insights on honing your ability to psych-out your competitors, as mastering this skill is just as crucial as the cards you hold. With this book, you’ll be well-equipped to beat cash games and win thousands of dollars.


    Poker – Cash Table Winner’s Guide

    By: Robert Andrews
    Subtitle: For Experienced Players - Texas Hold 'Em No Limit

    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.


    How to Win No-Limit Hold’em Tournaments

    By: Tom McEvoy, Don Vines

    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 Poker Blueprint

    By: Tri Nguyen
    Subtitle: Advanced Strategies for Crushing Micro & Small Stakes NL

    The book offers a comprehensive guide for micro- and small-stakes players, as well as advanced strategies for online short-handed games up to 100NL. This book covers over 50 proven tactics, from winning pots without premium hands to crushing opponents with simple adjustments, handling downswings, and calculating odds on the fly. It reveals secrets to becoming a self-made millionaire through poker, effective bluffing techniques, and methods to dominate tables from the moment you sit down. Applicable in various settings from Las Vegas casinos to home games, The Poker Blueprint demonstrates that crushing poker doesn’t require advanced math or a high IQ – just the right strategies.


    Win Your Way Into Big Money Hold’em Tournaments

    By: Tom McEvoy, Brad Daugherty
    Subtitle: How to Beat Casino and Online Satellite Poker Tournament

    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.


    Texas Hold’em Odds and Probabilities

    By: Matthew Hilger
    Subtitle: Limit, No-Limit, and Tournament Strategies

    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.


    Stepping Up

    By: Randy Burgess
    Subtitle: The Recreational Player's Guide to Beating Casino and Internet Poker

    This book is the ideal guide for anyone looking to improve their poker game, whether you’re a home game enthusiast ready to step up your play or an intermediate player facing challenges. It goes beyond the basics that beginner poker books often focus on, covering crucial topics that are usually only briefly touched upon in advanced texts. These include reading hands and opponents, calculating odds and outs, adjusting your strategy based on the type of game, and much more. It also provides insights into practicing and playing poker online. Suitable for players of hold’em or stud, this book by is designed to put you on the path to winning.


    Practical Poker Math

    By: Pat Dittmar
    Subtitle: Basic Odds & Probabilities for Hold'em & Omaha

    Pat Dittmar provides a comprehensive and easy-to-understand explanation of the basic odds, probabilities, and expectations in Hold’Em and Omaha, emphasizing that players have little chance of improving their results without a fundamental understanding of these concepts. The book is aimed at beginning through semi-pro players who want to enhance their performance, and features complete formulations demonstrated through easy-to-follow, color-coded calculations. Dittmar, head of trading and development at TradePointTechnologies.com, believes that successful poker players possess the skills required to excel in the fast-paced, global financial markets, and his organization recruits traders exclusively from the poker world. “Practical Poker Math” addresses the crucial question: What are the odds of winning at poker if you don’t know the odds in poker?


    Real Poker Psychology

    By: Mason Malmuth

    In recent years, a wealth of new insights has emerged in the field of poker psychology. This aspect of poker, while less strategic, is crucial to overall success in the game, leading to the rise of mental coaching. Poker, a game rooted in probability, can mislead many players due to its counterintuitive nature and significant short-term luck factor. Therefore, psychological tools are believed to be necessary for effective play. However, a comprehensive understanding of poker, including strategic principles, counterintuitiveness, and the luck factor, can typically resolve all issues. In his book, Real Poker Psychology, Mason Malmuth, a professional player and author of numerous poker and gambling books, offers a unique perspective on the game’s psychological aspects. His approach differs from other works in the field, leading to unique conclusions. The book covers a wide range of topics, including Variance, Tilt, Craving Action, and more.


    Hold’em Odds Book

    By: Mike Petriv

    This is one of the most comprehensive resource available for understanding and calculating odds in Texas Hold’em poker. This book, also known as Hold’em’s Odds Book Gives You an Edge, dives deep into the mathematical foundations of the game, providing players with the tools they need to make informed decisions at the table.


    Poker is War

    By: Yann Le dréau, Alexis Beuve , Franck Garot

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    The authors present a comprehensive guide to the techniques and strategies of no-limit hold’em cash games and tournaments. The book covers exploitative, intermediate, and unexploitable strategies, preflop aggression, post-flop betting patterns, pot control, tournament roadmaps, block theory in practice, and information and misinformation. Reflecting contemporary play, the book caters to the most demanding expectations and ambitious players. Readers follow Soren, the hero, through more than twenty prestigious or unusual locations, from Barcelona to Las Vegas, Venice to Istanbul, and London to Taormina. The book also features a mysterious plot involving a guru and a young, tumultuous professional player on a vendetta. Le Dréau collaborated with several professional players, while writer Franck Garot and illustrator Ivan Seisen helped shape the work.


    Telling Lies and Getting Paid

    By: Michael Konik
    Subtitle: More Gambling Stories

    Meet the Chicago nun who consistently out-handicaps the bookies with her football picks, and cruise around with the Line Mover, whose massive sports bets force bookies nationwide to alter the odds. Glimpse the wild scene at the casinos in Macao and visit the poshest casinos in the world. Discover the High Roller, who gets whatever he wants—yes, whatever he wants—just by showing up in Las Vegas. Get tips on how to set up a home poker game and how not to get ripped off by offshore sports books.


    Exploiting Poker Tells

    By: Zachary Elwood

    “Exploiting Poker Tells” marks the final installment in Zachary Elwood’s highly praised trilogy, Reading Poker Tells. This book sheds light on the practical aspects of poker, tackling questions such as the factors behind successful poker reads, which behaviors are crucial during decision-making, and which can be disregarded and the reasons for it. It not only reinforces concepts from his earlier works but also introduces new ideas, offering insights into common opponent behaviors. J. Hase mentions in an Amazon review, “The only books that I absolutely will not share with my poker buddies.” Similarly, Dan Podheiser highlights the book’s effectiveness in providing strategies for understanding opponent tendencies.


    Crushing Low Stakes Poker Volume 2

    By: Mike Turner
    Subtitle: The Essential Guide to Dominating Low Stakes Sit ’n Gos

    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.


    Reading Poker Tells

    By: Zachary Elwood

    Reading Poker Tells will teach you how professional poker players analyze the facial expressions, body posture, physical gestures, and verbal statements of opponents in a live poker game. More importantly, it provides a mental framework for thinking about and remembering poker tells by emphasizing how common situations can be similar or different, such as the significant difference between a Post-Bet situation and a Waiting-For-Action situation. The book also offers tips on general poker psychology, including methods for deceiving and manipulating opponents, and ways to stay “unreadable.” Many readers have found that the greatest value they got from this book was in being able to eliminate some common tells they were unknowingly displaying.


    Phil Gordon’s Little Black Book

    By: Phil Gordon, Jonathon Grotenstein
    Subtitle: Beginning Poker Lessons and the No Limit Lifestyle

    The book not only cover the essentials of the game but also share insider tips on everything a player needs to know. They discuss the necessary tools that every great player utilizes, offer instructional insights, and share illustrative anecdotes. Each chapter concludes with a “defining moment” that challenges readers to test their newly acquired skills. With the right mix of courage, patience, aggression, observation, and most importantly, a commitment to improvement, anyone can become a winning player.

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    Professional Hold’em Play By Play

    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.


    Poker Notes

    By: Tyler Nals

    The author shares their secret to eight consecutive years of profitable poker playing. Rejecting conventional wisdom, the author has focused solely on strategies that maximize the probability of long-term profits. This book offers a shortcut to success, allowing you to bypass years of trial and error and learn the key information needed to transform your game from frustrating losses to consistent wins. If you love poker and know you have the potential to make serious money, this book provides the essential insights to help you achieve your goals and become a profitable player.


    The Grinder’s Manual

    By: Peter Clarke
    Subtitle: A Complete Course in Online No Limit Holdem 6-Max Cash Games

    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.


    Decide To Play Drunk Poker

    By: John Vorhaus

    The author humorously advocates for the use of alcohol as a means to overcome fear and inhibitions at the poker table. He argues that drinking liberally can lead to fearless and uninhibited play, enabling players to execute sophisticated moves like betting out of turn, splashing the pot, and making blind raises. While not guaranteeing success, he suggests that the “drunk poker method” is a quick and effective shortcut to playing without fear, though he presents his advice with a heavy dose of satirical wit.


    The Education of a Poker Player

    By: Herbert O. Yardley
    Subtitle: High Stakes Poker

    The Education of a Poker Player (High Stakes Poker) by Herbert O. Yardley is a book about poker strategy, tactics, and the psychology of the game. It was first published in 1957 and has since become a classic in the world of poker literature. The book is divided into two parts: the first part focuses on Yardley’s own experiences and education in poker, while the second part provides detailed analysis and advice on various aspects of the game, such as reading opponents, bluffing, and calculating odds. Yardley, a former codebreaker and intelligence officer, applies his analytical skills to the game of poker, offering insights and tips that have proven valuable to both amateur and professional players.


    The Poker Hero

    By: Florian Roßner
    Subtitle: How to Survive, Fight, and Succeed in the modern Poker World

    The Poker Hero provides insights, strategies, and advice on how to succeed in the competitive world of poker. The author shares his experiences and knowledge gained from years of playing poker professionally, and offers tips on how to improve one’s game, make better decisions, and ultimately become a successful poker player. The book covers various aspects of poker, including understanding the game’s psychology, managing one’s bankroll, and developing a winning mindset. It also discusses the importance of discipline, patience, and continuous learning in order to thrive in the ever-evolving poker landscape.


    The Micro Stakes Playbook

    By: Nathan Williams
    Subtitle: Simple Poker Strategies for Massive Success

    The author emphasizes that the key difference between professional poker players and everyone else is their ability to consistently choose the most profitable option, or make the best decision possible – what the author refers to as “the great play.” This book serves as the ultimate guide to micro stakes poker, teaching readers the optimal strategy against each type of player in every situation at the lower stakes. By mastering the correct approach to dominate these games, the author suggests that profiting at the poker tables becomes as easy as sitting down and printing money.

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    Winning at Internet Poker for Dummies

    By: Mark Harlan

    Enjoy poker online in a fun and easy manner! Over the past five years, the number of people playing poker, either for fun or professionally, has doubled from 50 million to over 100 million. This includes a significant increase in young players. Online betting has seen a nearly four-fold increase in the past year, with total bets exceeding $30 billion. Winning at Internet Poker For Dummies is a comprehensive guide to this popular game. It highlights the top online platforms and games, and provides guidance on placing secure bets. The book also covers account setup, fund security, basic online poker navigation, internet lingo, online poker etiquette, popular games like Texas Hold ‘Em and Omaha, winning strategies, and tournament participation.


    Poker for Women

    By: Mike Caro
    Subtitle: A Course in Destroying Male Opponents at Poker-- And Beyond

    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.


    How to Make Money in Open Face Chinese Poker

    By: Pokrneo
    Subtitle: The Journey to Fantasy Land

    The first book to teach players how to consistently win at this popular poker variant. Catering to both beginners and regular players, it offers solid strategy advice, 100+ illustrations, live examples, play-by-plays, and interactive Q&As. The book is divided into four sections: Basics, Strategies, Sample Play by Play, and the Super System. Its features include the proven Pokrneo Super System, 10+ well-crafted strategies based on 2000+ rounds of OFCP experience, and carefully edited content and illustrations suitable for all skill levels.


    Secrets of Short-handed Pot-Limit Omaha

    By: Rolf Slotboom, Rob Hollink
    Subtitle: How to Beat PLO Games With Six or Fewer Players

    Rolf Slotboom and Rob Hollink have collaborated to create the ultimate guide on short-handed Pot-Limit Omaha, a game played at tables with six or fewer players. This guide is essential as Pot-Limit Omaha rapidly becomes one of the most popular poker variations, especially in high-stakes online games. Their expertise offers strategies on managing buy-ins, making decisions on whether to check-raise or bet, and techniques for representing or misrepresenting hands to maximize winnings. Rolf Slotboom, known for his seminal work “Secrets of Professional Pot Limit Omaha,” made a notable debut at the 2007 World Series of Poker, cashing in four events. Rob Hollink brings over two decades of experience, boasting achievements like a European tour title and a World Series bracelet in 2008. Together, they provide invaluable insights for dominating short-handed Pot-Limit Omaha games.


    Mike Caro’s Book of Tells

    By: Mike Caro
    Subtitle: The Body Language of Poker

    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.


    Championship Hold’em

    By: T.J. Cloutier, Tom McEvoy
    Subtitle: How to Win Hold'em Cash Games & Tournaments

    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.


    Playing No-Limit Hold’em as a Business

    By: Rob Tucker
    Subtitle: A Serious Player's Manual For Making Big Money at Cash Games

    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.


    Championship Satellite Strategy

    By: Tom McEvoy, Brad Daugherty

    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.


    Thursday Night Poker

    By: Peter O. Steiner
    Subtitle: How to Understand, Enjoy and Win

    This comprehensive gaming guide is a must-have for serious biweekly or monthly poker players looking to elevate their game. The book dedicates entire chapters to essential topics such as calculating probabilities, estimating odds, mastering the art of bluffing and detecting bluffs, and reading opponents’ down cards. With clear, concise writing and helpful illustrations throughout, this instructional book offers valuable insights and strategies that players of all skill levels can benefit from. Whether you’re a beginner looking to build a solid foundation or an experienced player seeking to refine your techniques, this guide provides the tools and knowledge needed to succeed at the poker table.


    How to Beat Low-Limit Poker

    By: Shane Smith
    Subtitle: How to win big money at little games

    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.


    Comp City

    By: Max Rubin
    Subtitle: A Guide to Free Casino Vacations

    Every year, U.S. casinos give away more than a billion dollars worth of amenities to customers in return for their gambling action. These giveaways, known as “comps” (short for complimentaries), range from parking and drinks to gourmet meals and airfare. From nickel slot players to $500 a hand blackjack high rollers, Comp City has shown tens of thousands of gamblers how to get free casino vacations.


    Phil Hellmuth’s Texas Hold’em

    By: Phil Hellmuth

    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.


    Online Ace

    By: Scott Fischman
    Subtitle: A World Series Poker Champion's Guide to Mastering Internet Poker

     Scott Fischman, the unofficial ambassador of online poker, shares his journey from teaching himself the game on the Internet to successfully transitioning to live tournament play. Fischman’s book offers invaluable advice that players of all skill levels can immediately put into practice, making it an essential resource for anyone looking to improve their online poker game and potentially follow in his footsteps as a successful professional player.


    Winning 7-Card Stud

    By: Michael Benson
    Subtitle: Transforming Home Game Chumps into Casino Killers

    7-Card Stud remains the top card game in America. This comprehensive guide equips players with the strategies they need to succeed, whether they’re playing at home or in any national casino. It teaches readers how to navigate potential pitfalls and manage their casino funds effectively. Additionally, it imparts essential skills such as bluffing, semi-bluffing, ante stealing, and making smart seat and table choices.

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    The Book of Bluffs

    By: Matt Lessinger
    Subtitle: How to Bluff and Win at Poker

    A professional poker player shows how to master the art of bluffing for players at any experience level. They reveal how to cultivate timing and expression skills that can persuade an opponent to fold, irrespective of the strength of their cards.


    Championship 7-Stud

    By: Tom McEvoy, Max Stern, Linda Johnson
    Subtitle: High, 8-or-Better, Razz

    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.


    Modern Poker Theory

    By: Michael Acevedo
    Subtitle: Building an Unbeatable Strategy Based on GTO Principles

    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.


    Winning Strategies for No-Limit Hold’em

    By: Nick Christenson

    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.


    Championship 107 Hold’em Tournament Hands

    By: Tom McEvoy, T.J. Cloutier
    Subtitle: A Hand-by-Hand Guide to Winning Hold'em Tournaments!

    Gain tremendous insights into how tournament poker is played at the highest level as two poker legends dissect 107 actual hold’em hands. Among them are forty-five key hands played by champions in turnaround situations, revealing the key concepts and thinking behind each hand. From basic strategy scenarios to challenging and tricky situations, players are guided through a comprehensive understanding of the game.


    Thinking Tournament Poker

    By: Nate Meyvis
    Subtitle: Volume One

     Nate Meyvis recounts dozens of hands from the first day of the world’s most prestigious poker tournament, providing strategic commentary from expert players, coaches, and authors. The book covers crucial topics such as blind-stealing, blind defense, continuation-betting, bluffing, bet sizing, and preflop battles, all in the context of playing for a sixty-million-dollar prize pool. The collaborative efforts of Meyvis and his team have been distilled into notes that players of all levels can use to improve their poker skills and gain insight into how professionals play with big money on the line.


    Secrets of Professional Pot-Limit Omaha

    By: Rolf Slotboom
    Subtitle: How to win big, both live and online

    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.


    Applications of No-Limit Hold ’em

    By: Matthew Janda
    Subtitle: A Guide to Understanding Theoretically Sound Poker

    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.


    Thinking Tournament Poker

    By: Nate Meyvis
    Subtitle: Volume Two

    Nate Meyvis continues his analysis of the most prestigious poker tournament in the world, focusing on sixty-nine hands he played on Day Two. Accompanied by strategic commentary from expert players, coaches, and authors, the book emphasizes blind-stealing, re-stealing, and bet sizing, while also delving into other crucial topics such as continuation-betting, bluffing, and preflop battles. The collaborative efforts of Meyvis and his team provide valuable insights for players of all levels, with particularly useful discussions for $10,000-buyin, large-field, live tournaments, as well as strategies applicable to various stakes, field sizes, and cash games. The book ultimately reveals how professionals play with big money on the line and helps readers improve their poker skills by teaching them how to think about the game.


    Championship Tournament Poker

    By: Tom McEvoy

    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.


    Analytical No-Limit Hold’em

    By: Thomas Bakker

    The book addresses the significant changes in poker over the past few years, particularly the shift towards online play, which has led to the development of new winning strategies. The book provides the necessary tools and theory for navigating challenging mid-stakes short-handed games, especially those played online. It explores the latest techniques and strategies employed by many of today’s top players and explains the strategic approaches required for success. The text covers a wide range of topics, including three-betting, exploiting weak players, beating short-stackers, board texture, optimal bluffing frequencies, and an in-depth analysis of ranges, including range structure, polarized ranges, and range balance. Additionally, the book examines the concept of hand-reading by assigning perceived ranges to players and demonstrates ways to manipulate one’s image to influence opponents’ strategies. Analytical No Limit Hold’em also discusses the use of tracking programs and heads-up displays, and includes a chapter dedicated to computer security in the context of online poker.


    How to Study Poker Volume 2

    By: Sky Matsuhashi
    Subtitle: A Proven Playbook For Increasing Your Poker Skills Through Dedicated Daily Study

    Simplify your approach to learning poker and embark on a path to becoming a master with the guidance of Sky Matsuhashi. As a poker coach, author, and podcaster, Sky introduces a focused method of study in his sequel to the bestseller, How to Study Poker: Volume 1. This book outlines a 28-day plan of intensive poker study, showcasing the exact materials he used, from hand reading exercises to poker equity calculations, and shares the invaluable insights gained. Sky reveals how to effectively utilize poker tracking software and equity calculators, and offers a step-by-step guide to structuring your studies around a weekly central theme. This approach not only streamlines your learning process but ensures each new skill builds upon the last, making your study time both efficient and productive. Say goodbye to the overwhelm of scattered poker information and start stacking your skills strategically. Ready to transform your game? Click the “Buy Now” button and set the foundation for your poker success.


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