Poker

Here is what poker players around the world have been waiting for. A follow up to the hugely successful “Read ‘em and Reap.” Joe Navarro brings us an incredible two hundred (200) of the most often observed tells in poker. This is a must for the amateur as well as the pro. Navarro brings together his experience working with and analyzing poker players as only a world class observer could. This is an ideal and easy to read guide to poker tells. All meat, no fluff, written...

This is the perfect antidote if your time is scarce, your attention span is limited, and you want to be a winning Hold'em player. Take just a few minutes to review these money-making tips right before you play, and you could win five times as often and ten times as much! 128 Pgs. 2009Table of ContentsWalk-In Casino Protocol & TipsSmart Texas Hold'em TipsWinning No-Limit Hold'em TipsWinning Limit Hold'em TipsMoney-Making Cash-Game Hold'em TipsMoney-Making Tournament Hold'em TipsSmart Short Game...

A colorful coffee-table size book, this is a tribute to the World Series of Poker with photos of players who played key hands that made or lost millions. Features highlights, low lights, quotes, and opinions on skill versus luck. 157 pgs, hardcover, 2006

For the beginner or experienced player who needs to get back to basics, Percy’s classic contains experienced analysis and advice on what moves to make in a variety of situations. One of the best books ever written for the low-limit game. Discusses which opening hands to stay with and the odds against catching various hands. 80 Pgs. Spiral-bound 1979

Poker has witnessed a phenomenal rise in popularity. While there are numerous instructional poker books available for sale, there is still little in the way of well-written poker fiction. 'A Girl in the Game' is the first of its kind in a new genre of poker fiction. Written by poker-playing physician, Dr. Mark Burtman, it is the story of a physician turned tournament poker legend who encounters his estranged daughter in a poker game. They rebuild their relationship through the game of...

Learn what it takes to be a great poker player by climbing inside the mind of pokers most famous champion. Fascinating anecdotes and adventures from Doyles early career playing poker in roadhouses are interspersed with lessons from the champion who has made more money at poker than anyone else in history. Learn what makes a great player tick, how he approaches the game, and receive candid, powerful advice from the legend himself. Table of Contents:   PART I: POKER FOR THE WRONG REASONS...

Through fascinating and intimate profiles, the authors reveal the ground-breaking strategies and outrageous lifestyles of the games most influential players, including Puggy Pearson, Stu Ungar, Phil Hellmuth, and Chris Ferguson. The authors take you through the evolution of modern poker from shady back rooms to the world of high-tech mainstream entertainment, including tales about legends and street-smart hustlers who stormed the poker rooms of Las Vegas in the 1960s. 281 pgs, paperback, 2006

No-Limit Hold'em is an extremely complex game that is difficult to learn and even more difficult to teach. Many authors have produced works on this topic which are either too simplistic or far too complex to be of any practical use. Hunter Cichy has a unique ability to present advanced concepts in a manner that any committed student can understand and implement. In this cutting-edge work, Hunter outlines a straightforward, no-nonsense approach to poker analysis. His philosophy is built around...

Hold'em is a rather easy game to learn but a tough game to master, partly because the game doesn't always follow a set of rules. Tanenbaum, a professional player and writer, focuses on methods you can apply to dominate your table, including confusing opponents, identifying and dominating weak players, exploiting your position, playing for maximum effectiveness, winning without the best hand, attacking out of position and using card-independent strategies. 247 Pgs. 2007

Vol 1: Small Ball and Short-handed Play. Hwang uses over 200 hand examples and walk-throughs to reinforce the advanced skills, concepts and strategies in this huge book. Covers short-handed play, 3-betting before the flop without the nuts, value betting the river, small ball, picking off bluffs, deep stack leverage, stack-to-pot ratios, check-raising, bluff raising, positional disadvantage and advantage, playing six-handed or less and other concepts. 534 pgs, paperback, 2009

The final volume in Hwangs three-part series, The Short-Handed Workbook gives players a diagnostic test to gauge their comprehension of pot-limit Omaha skills. Includes how to find and plug holes in your game; map out your pre-flop play approach; and apply your skills with over 160 full practice hand quizzes dedicated to short-handed online play at stakes from .25/.50 to $2/$4 blinds with .75 antes. 656 pgs, paperback, 2010

Volume II: LAG Play picks up where Advanced Pot-Limit Omaha Vol. I left off. Key topics include: Variable Ratio Reinforcement; C-Bet Frequency; Opening Fire on the Blinds; Attacking the Limper; 3-Betting vs. Small Ball, and more. With nearly 300 hand walk-throughs dedicated to short-handed online play, this book takes Omaha strategy one step further, opening up your game more than ever. 448 pgs, paperback, 2009

Slim, a World Series of Poker champion, offers an entertaining blend of stories, hustles, con men and powerful players from Texas to Nevada and everywhichway. Dinkin spent hundreds of hours interviewing Slim and captures his persona in his drive to find that elusive edge at whatever he played. 270 Pgs. 2003

An enjoyable collection of 52 interviews with the best professional poker players in the worldincluding Doyle Brunson, Amarillo Slim, Phil Gordon, Howard Lederer, Scott Fischman, Chris Moneymaker and Annie Dukewho recount the greatest hands of their storied careers. Rosenbloom, the syndicated poker columnist for the Chicago Tribune and the ESPN Poker Club, provides colorful, moneymaking wisdom from the sharpest minds in the game. 186 pgs, paperback, 2005

Wiese provides the ultimate poker book that gives you an unparalleled edge at the poker table. After the huge success of "Eat Professional Poker Players Alive!', he decided to write this book that focuses strictly on No-Limit Cash Games. If you like to build up your chip stacks considerably, destroy the other players at the No-Limit Cash Games, then this is the book for you. 239 Pgs. 2011

A modern poker classic (out of print for a while) that tells the tale of a year in the life of biographer Holden, who took off to experience the life of a professional poker player. He recounts his days and nights in poker rooms in Las Vegas, Malta, Morocco, and at sea. Holden rubbed elbows with the greats of the game, sharpened his skills and aimed for the ultimate in pokerdom, the World Series of Poker championship. 384 pgs, paperback, 2002

From the moment he wins $10,000 in a tourney pitting journalists against three world champs, Holden hits a hot streak, spiriting readers to an instructional camp in Vienna and the World Cup of Poker in Spain before returning to Las Vegas to compete with 8,772 other hopefuls in a WSOP "crapshoot." With Congress restricting Americans' ability to play poker for money online, the semipro invasion might have peaked, but Holden still has a gift for finding the romance in holdem. 291 pgs, hardcover,...

From the moment he wins $10,000 in a tourney pitting journalists against three world champs, Holden hits a hot streak, spiriting readers to an instructional camp in Vienna and the World Cup of Poker in Spain before returning to Las Vegas to compete with 8,772 other hopefuls in a WSOP "crapshoot." With Congress restricting Americans' ability to play poker for money online, the semipro invasion might have peaked, but Holden still has a gift for finding the romance in holdem. 291 pgs, paperback,...

This 1983 classic is now back in print. An acclaimed author and poker player, A. Alvarez combined his two talents to pen this work, which gives a compelling inside look at the world of Las Vegas, professional poker, and the extremes that go along with each. Alvarez captures the psyches of the people who challenge each other in the world's biggest poker tournament, the annual World Series of Poker. 176 pgs, paperback, reprinted 2002

Subtitled "How to Intelligently Apply Aggression to Increase Your Profits from Poker". Have you ever wondered how the best poker players in the world successfully bluff on a regular basis? Many amateurs make the mistake of mindlessly attempting sporadic bluffs because they do not fully understand when and why to bluff. In this book, world class poker professional Jonathan Little (over $6,300,000 in live tournament cashes) will explain when and why to bluff in order to maximize your chances of...

Roe turns the chore of calculating the odds of any poker situation into an easy-to-understand format. He uses cards to illustrate that the task is not as difficult as many might think it is. 88 Pgs. 2007   Table of Contents Introduction Calculating Poker Odds: The Basics Calculating Poker Odds: Beginners Calculating Poker Odds: Intermediate Calculating Poker Odds: Advanced Calculating Poker Odds: Shortcuts Calculating Poker Odds: Proper Betting Calculating Poker Odds: Conclusion Winning...

Designed to help both beginner and experienced player, Caro designs missions to complete over at least 3 hours of play. Written for the $10/$20 limit player. Begins with knowing the value of your first 3 cards, then move to tells, when and how to enter a pot with the top or small card, and how to analyze open cards. 20 pgs, paperback, 1993

Packed with concepts and advice on how to evaluate the strength of your first three cards and how to anticipate what your opponent may be holding. 32 pgs, paperback, 1989

Designed to help serious players recognize other players' tells such as changes in voice, eye contact, the body leaning forward, the way an opponents smoke, or the way he tosses his chips or counts them before calling or raising. These tells are often indicators to whether a player has the nuts or is bluffing. This revised and updated version of Caro's much-sought-after seminal work contains over 50 pgs of new material, plus an expansion of material covered in the first edition. Includes new...

The Grand Old Man of Poker, Johnny Moss was among the most respected, feared and winning poker player anywhere. This biography concentrates primarily on his experiences as a gambler, his philosophies, plus some expert advice and strategy about play. 214 Pgs. 1981

Who won, who lost, and how it happened at the final table of the WSOP from its genesis in 1970 through 2008. The cards played heads-up in the final hand are pictured with what happened; all players at the championship table, how they placed and how much they won; photos of the champs; vintage photos, interviews, and interesting highlights of every tournament, including Hall of Fame inductees. A great research tool. 198 pgs, paperback, 2009

Have you ever sat against a monster bet wishing that you knew what was coming on the river? Wonder if this is even possible? Over the years, hustlers and card mechanics have developed hundreds of techniques to create a poker environment where even sharks become prey. Cheating does occur, and the serious player 's best protection against it is to understand how it works. Whether you are simply curious, an avid card player, or someone interested in dabbling on the darker side of poker, Cheating...

Mention the name Matusow to poker players who watch televised tournaments and youre likely going to get one of two reactions, neither of which is on the fence. He appears to be brash, selfish, arrogant, disruptive, snide, clever, deceptiveand he is all thatbut those characteristics make him one of the best tournament players on the circuit. Until this autobiography, however, few people understood what makes The Mouth what he is. Here he examines his life from trailer park to wealth, divulging...

Told from the viewpoint of a self-described competition junkie, this is a look at the psychology behind the competitive drive and the sociological ramifications of acting on competitive impulses, plus advice on how to channel those impulses for personal gain in business, sport, and in life. In his personal journey, Apostolico draws parallels between personal competition and competition in the business world, and gives advice on how to use your competitive drive to win at everything you do. 272...

A useful and timely resource, this book has 17 sections including a five-page index that is valuable as a time-saver when the inevitable incident or controversy occurs at the tables. Considers fixed limit, spread limit, pot-limit and no-limit games, and covers hold'em, 7-stud, 7-stud high-low split, razz, 5-card stud, Omaha high and high-low split, draw, and lowball. Helps solve problems quickly to expedite the game. 171 pgs, paperback, 2005

Learn How to Play Smart, Stay Safe, and Have Fun with Online Poker "Under the gun, I had a nut flush draw on the flop, so I go over the top back into the small blind, the guy on the button smooth calls, and I catch the boat on fifth street!" The above quote may not sound intelligible to you now, but it actually makes perfect sense to dedicated poker players. Deal Me In! will have you talking the talk and walking the walk in no time. Whether you're playing with "funny money" or real stakes,...