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 Secrets of Non-standard Sit 'n' Gos
by Phil Shaw
The sit’n’go (single
table tournament) format is one of the most popular and exciting ways to play
poker. However, ten players sitting at one table and playing for three prizes
is not the only possible format. There are many other ways that these events
can be run and these can provide a lucrative opportunity for the skilled
player. In Secrets of non-standard Sit’n’gos, Phil Shaw navigates you
through these exciting variants and explains how you can make them profitable.
The alternative formats discussed include: * Heads-up
sit’n’gos (2-player) * 6-max sit’n’gos *
Sit’n’gos with two tables * 45-player and 180-player
sit’n’gos * Step systems (with prizes as entries to bigger money
sit’n’gos) * Hyper turbos * Super satellites ...and many
more
Secrets of non-standard Sit’n’gos also analyses the most
effective way to capitalise on rakeback and reward programs.
This is not
the most insightful of books but it will give you some new ways to analyse the
different types of Sit'n'Gos that you play in.
Paperback - 224
pages (1 Aug 2010) 
£11.19
 $16.47
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 Harrington on Cash Games: v. 1: How to Win at
No-limit Hold'em Money Games
by Dan Harrington
Dan Harrington's three 'Harrington on Holdem tournment
books have a generally excellent reputation, as does the author himself,
particularly in NL tourneys. Now, he has turned his attention to cash games,
again with co-author Bill Robertie.
One important thing to mention is
that essentially Volume 1 and 2 are two parts of the same book. Consequently,
the reader will need both volumes to improve all parts of the game. However,
Volume 1 includes an extremely useful introduction to basic ideas and key
principles of cash game holdem (c. 115 pages), about 50 pages of
Tight-Aggressive pre-flop play and approximately 100 pages each of
Tight-Aggressive Flop play Heads Up and the same for Multiple opponents. There
are also a number of problems, which should help illustrate key concepts, at
the end of the three sections on the play of hands.
On the down side,
some players of cash games suggest that his advice is a bit on the tight side
for today's very aggressive online games. Sadly, too, there are some typing
errors so be careful. Also, this book assumes the reader is familiar with many
basic concepts and may not be a suitable introduction on its own.
Any
cash game holdem player who is prepared to read this and think about the
concepts, the hands, and their game should find that this book pays for itelf
hundreds of times over. A must-read / must-have for anyone who wants to improve
their cash game play considerably.
Paperback - 418
pages (14 Mar 2008)
£14.51
$23.07
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 Swayne's Advanced Degree in Hold'em
by
Charley Swayne
Much of what has
been presented in this book has never been published before. More of a
university textbook than a traditional poker book, this is a handbook for the
serious poker player and for those who want to up their game to world class
level.
This book features new mathematical strategies and an in-depth
analysis of the psychological aspects of Texas Hold'em. The result of years of
study, this new method of step-by-step poker techniques and strategies helps
players consistently beat the odds and play winning games. Every aspect of the
game is analyzed and reported on in never-before-published approaches that are
designed for all forms of Hold'em—online, electronic, and conventional
table games.
This is more a college course than a quick "do this"
approach to Holdem Though I doubt that most will spend the time needed to fully
grasp this work; I am sure that for those that do, regardles of past
experience, your Holdem game will dramitically imporve. Forward by Daniel
Negreanu makes you think a bit more seriously about this product in an ever
increasingly cluttered market consisting mostly of
rubbish.
Paperback - 400 pages (4 Jun 2009)
£16.09
$19.77
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 Secrets of Short-handed Pot-limit Omaha: How to Beat PLO Games with
Six or Fewer Players
by Rolf Slotboom, Rob
Hollink
Do you know Pot-Limit Omaha
is one of the fastest growing forms of poker? Do you know that the biggest
games online (in money) are Short-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha? No, I
didn't.
This is not a beginners book. Slotboom puts a lot of emphasis on
the different size of your buy in.What is the optimal buy in, related to table
position,where you sit in relation to different types of opponents etc. His
"simple" approach, on how to avoid difficult decisions on the expensive streets
when out of position is very useful.
This book deals with a very
specific game, short-handed PLO online. Unless you are keen to spend a lot of
time and work on it, with or without this book, you are likely to fail. On the
other hand this book can best be used to explore different mental approaches
during a hand and a game. I can't recommend the strategies he adopts in this
text but knowing how he and other players think is really
useful.
Paperback - 336 pages (31 Jul 2009)
£11.99
$18.15
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 Holden on Hold'em
by Anthony Holden
With the beginnings of the name
Hold'em carefully unexplained in the first chapter this book bursts into life
like no other informative text on the subject. Holden spent many years learing
his trade writing about somebody called Shakespeare ( a character created by
Christopher Marlowe ) before finally reaching the summit with Big Deal and
Bigger Deal. This volume is the latest of his contributions to poker
literature.
After the first chapter on the origins of Hold'em we get
into how the game works in chapter two. This is probably the only wasted paper
in the book. If you don't already know how to play you should be burnt at the
stake along with the other infidels. The chapters on theory and practice are
the best available because they bring together huge amounts of useful
information and present easy access with silky prose.
The latter
chapters focus on real tournaments with contributions from some of the top
players currently out in the green baize jungle. There are even useful
suggestions on further reading with some of the best written manuals (I
personaly recommend avoiding Sklanksy). If you need one book to start with or
to replace many others, this is IT!
Go to the Anthony Holden
page
Paperback - 320 pages (6 Nov 2008)
£9.09
$19.27
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 The Poker Encyclopedia: The Definitive Poker
Book
by Elkan Allan and Hannah Mackay
The "Poker Encyclopedia" covers such topics as Add-Ons
(an opportunity to buy further chips at the end of the rebuy period), Antonio
Esfandiaries (reckoned by many to be the best young player around), Alligator
(players who can withstand pressure are said to have 'alligator blood') and
Anna Kournikova (not a reference to her Poker playing skills, but an Ace-King
in the pocket which doesn't go on to win. A pun on the initials of the tennis
player who looked good, but never won a major title.) All this, and that's just
under A! Lovingly complied and meticulously researched, this is the poker
reference book worth going all in for.
"The last work of the late, great
man-about-poker Elkan Allan, left unfinished at the time of his much-mourned
death in June 2006, this lavish, exhaustive Encyclopaedia has been completed by
his young friend Hannah Mackay, who used to deal to him at London’s
Gutshot Club. You’re bound to have read some of his poker writings. The
best tribute you can pay to such a fellow-poker enthusiast, and/or the best
present you can give to the poker fanatic you love (yourself, perhaps?) is to
invest in a copy of his Poker Encyclopaedia." - Anthony Holden
Go to the Anthony Holden
page
Paperback - 416 pages (18 Oct 2007)
£10.49
no US edition
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 Limit Hold'em: Winning Short-handed Strategies - Techniques for Limit
Hold'em Games with Six Players or Less
by Terry Borer, Lawrence Mak
, Barry Tanenbaum
Full ring limit
hold'em poker games (featuring 9 or 10 players) can be frustrating for the
skilled player. You don't get to play many hands, you can't always exploit weak
play and, facing many opponents, your good hands often don't stand up. What's
the solution? Easy - play short-handed! Short-handed poker features a maximum
of six players and often less.
These games are becoming increasingly
popular and are great to play because: you get to play a lot more hands; you
have more chances to exploit opponents' weaknesses; you get more opportunities
to use all of your poker skills; and, short-handed play is quite different from
full ring play and requires a different approach. This book analyses the
necessary skills: attacking and defending blinds; watching and reading the
opposition; being aware of your own image; and, playing with controlled
aggression. Much of on-line limit hold'em play is moving towards the
short-handed game. Make sure that you have the skills to compete in this form
of the game, as it can be very profitable!
Paperback - 368
pages (30 Sep 2007)
£10.49
$16.47
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 Bigger Deal: A Year on the New Poker Circuit
by Anthony
Holden
If you are looking for one
of the many technical manuals to improve your poker, this is not the book for
you. However, if you are a keen poker player, but want something entertaining
to read between games, this might be the one. You really need to have read 'Big
Deal' written nearly 17 years before, when Holden first tried his hand as a
poker professional. But even without that, this will still be an absorbing and
amusing read.
In this enjoyable sequel, he revisits the poker world,
playing in card rooms and tournaments in Europe and America, in home games in
his native London and online during 2005 and 2006. The result is a rich account
of how the game and its players have changed over the 17 years since he tried
(and failed) to become a professional poker player. He profiles a range of
people, from poker's living legend Doyle Brunson to the new breed of young
professionals, schooled on the Internet and ruthlessly aggressive, and explores
the reasons for poker's recent, unprecedented boom.
Go to the Anthony Holden
page
Paperback - 352 pages (3 May 2007)
£12.59
$19.76
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 Aces and Kings
by Michael Kaplan, Brad
Reagan
The book profiles the 15
most influential players - their origins, development and gambling style, and
most importantly their winning moves. It begins with the legendary players from
the West Texas school - Puggy Pearson, World Series of Poker winner Doyle
Brunson, and Amarillo Slim - and ends with the new crop of players like Daniel
Negreanu, who live in MTV-style 'cribs' and hold court with the likes of Leo
DiCaprio. Plus Chris Moneymaker, Howard 'The Professor' Lederer and Chris
'Jesus' Ferguson, and many more.
This is a well structured look at what
motivates a top poker pro, how they developed individual playing styles as well
as the dedication and work required to make it to the top level of the game.
Interwoven into the story of each player is a history lesson on how poker has
evolved from the early 19th Century to the present day. Always entertaining,
frank and honest. A classic in the making.
Paperback - 320
pages (23 Feb 2006)
£7.19
$10.17
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 Million Dollar Hold'em
by Johnny Chan and Mark Karowe
"Million Dollar Hold'em Limit Cash
Games" is destined to be a poker classic and is a must have book for the
serious player looking to gain knowledge of limit cash games. The book offers
practical lifestyle approaches; techniques and strategies to help make you a
profitable cash game player and, perhaps, a wealthy player as well. The book is
easy to read, written in a conversational tone, as if Chan is sitting next to
you at the poker table giving you one-on-one advice and wisdom.
The
book combines well-written narrative and lots of hand examples to help clarify
the points he is trying to get across. What Dan Harrington's books do for the
tournament player, Johnny Chan's book does for the limit cash game player. The
book does not have an index, and it is not a book you would buy to improve your
no-limit cash play as it is, as titled, a limit cash game
text.
Paperback - 350 pages (Dec 2006)
£13.16
$19.77
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