TABLE OF
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK
1
1 - GENERAL CONCEPTS
FOLLOW YOUR ABC'S
. 3
FOUR POKER MYTHS
.. 5
GETTING AN OVERLAY
.. 8
COUNTER-MEASURES
. 10
BEATING A LOOSE GAME
.. 13
TIGHT AND LOOSE PLAY
16
BETTING YOUR HAND
. 18
THE RERAISE
.. 20
FOLLOW THROUGH
. 23
BETTING ON THE END
. 27
INTEGRATE YOUR GAME
.. 33
SHORTHANDED PLAY
.. 36
TURNING PRO
. 39
2 - GAMBLING SKILLS
BE A GOOD GAMBLER
. 45
THE MENTAL SIDE
48
MONEY MANAGEMENT
.. 50
MOVING UP IN CLASS
.. 53
LIMITING YOUR LOSSES
58
3 - READING OPPONENTS
SIZING UP A STRANGER
. 61
THE TRUTH ABOUT TELLS
67
YOUR EYES
.. 71
TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont.)
4 - DECEPTION AND BLUFFING
DECEIVING OPPONENTS
. 76
STEALING BLINDS AND ANTES
80
ADVERTISING
. 83
USING LEVERAGE
. 86
YOUR TABLE IMAGE
89
SHOULD I BLUFF?
.. 94
PICKING OFF A BLUFF
. 97
20 PRINCIPLES OF BLUFFING
101
BLUFFING EXAMPLES
. 104
A BLUFFING QUIZ
.. 114
5 - HOLD'EM
SETTING HOLD'EM
STANDARDS
.. 118
SOME HOLD'EM HANDS
.. 121
A TYPICAL HAND
.. 124
HOW MANY ENEMY?
127
RAISING AND MISSING
132
PLAYING THE BLIND
POSITION
.. 135
A HOLD'EM QUIZ
.. 138
6 - OMAHA
OMAHA BASICS
.. 143
7 - STUD
RETURN TO STUD
. 149
STEALING AT STUD
.. 152
TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont.)
8 - HIGH-LOW SPLIT
HIGH-LOW SPLIT STRATEGY
156
OMAHA EIGHT-OR-BETTER
.. 159
9 - BIG-BET POKER
WHAT IS BIG-BET
POKER?
. 162
THE SKILL FACTOR
.. 165
HOW MUCH TO BET
.. 168
OVERBETTING THE POT
. 172
POSITION
. 174
WHERE'S HE FROM?
. 178
FLOPPING THE NUTS
181
BETTING WITHOUT ANY
OUTS
. 184
WALKIN' BACK TO
HOUSTON
.. 186
INSIDE MY HEAD
189
10 - TOURNAMENTS
TOURNAMENT PLAY
194
A SATELLITE TIP
.. 200
SATELLITE STRATEGY
202
WHAT IS YOUR PLAY?
. 206
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY
. 209
INDEX OF POKER
PERSONALITIES
. 219