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| The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Texas Hold'em, 2nd Edition |  | Authors: Randy Burgess, Carl Baldassarre
Publisher: Alpha
Category: eBooks
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 49,698
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: 2
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 795.412
ASIN: B001RWQVUI
Publication Date: September 5, 2006
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Product Description
The how-to-win guide for the blue chip of poker games.
Texas Hold-em, the game featured on the popular television programs and dealt at well-known tournaments, has quickly become the one to play-and the one to win. In the context of teaching readers the basics of Texas Hold-em, this revised edition covers -No Limit- strategies and tournaments, and the basics for winning bigger cash pots. Although the dynamics for this version of the game are similar to its low-limit cousin, -No Limit- strategy is quite different. This revised book covers no-limit in much greater detail, as it relates to cash games, online games, and tournaments.
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 The best beginner book I've seen January 31, 2005
Aces Up (California, USA)
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
I've watched some hold'em and played some with friends. But never had a clue what would be a good strategy -- so when I saw there was an Idiot's Guide, I thought it would be perfect. The chapter about odds gave me the math without making my eyes glaze over (a major plus, since I'm not a math guy). I'm gearing up to use some of the strategies here on my friends the next time we play.
Ken Warren, move over June 25, 2005
Ben Stokes (Atlantic City)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Super book - better in some ways than the Lee Jones classic, because it's so much more up to date. You'll get the latest concepts in play - stuff you find elsewhere in books by Sklansky, Malmuth, Ed Miller, etc. - but adapted to the level of a newbie. Plus very clearly written.
As for the nasty little review posted by the anonymous fellow who loves Ken Warren so much - two points. First, a friend of mine picked up the first edition a few months ago (he's the one who turned me on to the book, by the way), and yes, there were a few howling typos. However I picked up the second edition, and these have largely been corrected.
Second, the Ken Warren books belonged to an earlier era of hold'em education - and not a very good one. Beginners like the Warren books because they seem easy to understand, but what they don't realize is the tremendous amount of misinformation they're being given. Mason Malmuth, in his review of "Ken Warren Teaches Hold'em," puts it this way: "Even though this is a big book that covers many topics, much of it is quite confused once you get past the filler material.
In summary, for the new player, I'd recommend this book as number one, the Lee Jones book as number two. Once you get beyond beginner stage, try the Ed Miller book - absolute dynamite. An advantage to start with the "Pocket Idiot's Guide to Hold'em" is that many of the key concepts are the same as those further refined in the Miller book.
Going from the home game to the casino October 21, 2005
Col. John Stingo (Aqueduct Race Track)
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book showed me how to play serious hold'em -- I've still got a long way to go, but at least now I know what I don't know. Like most Idiot's guides, it's great at giving you the nuts and bolts basics on the topic. I'm sure more experienced players have the odds nailed and know what "outs" are, but I didn't before I read this book. It's also useful for learning where to play, whether on the Internet and even for types of players to look out for. I've already reread it twice, and I'm sure I'll refer back lots more times.
The best bar none August 18, 2005
JimmyX (Florida)
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
After watching hold'em on TV and holding my own in games with friends, I decided to give playing online a try. I found the games alot harder and was frustrated that I not only couldn't win, but I was actually losing. I picked up this book, thinking I wouldn't learn much and found out that I knew almost nothing about how to win -- and some of what I did know was wrong.
From starting hands to odds, counting pots to understanding other players this book got me to break even within a week of finishing it. Since then (in about 4 months), I've won over $750 playing .50 - $1 and have just moved up to playing $1-2 online.
Strongly recommended.
Won me much more than the price July 14, 2005
Bmac (New Jersey)
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
Before I read this I just tried to wait for good cards and hope for the best. The strategies in this book have finally made me a winning player -- and helped me understand exactly what it takes to make money in this game and move up from the low limits I currently play. As long as you aren't at my table, I recommend it!
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