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Hold'em Poker
Is must reading for anyone planning to play hold 'em. It was the first definitive work on hold'em poker and was originally published in 1976. Yet it is still one of the best-selling poker books available, and in 1997 it was expanded and updated to account for today's modern double blind structure. The text is designed for someone relatively new to the game, but it still co...more
Paperback, 110 pages
Published
December 1st 1996
by Two Plus Two Pub.
(first published 1976)
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I memorised the tables at the front which give rough advice on your 'hole' cards, and never looked back. I've played home games, online games and casino tournaments and this book proved invaluable.
However it is only really useful if you're a hardcore no-limit player as the probabilities are thrown to cock in limit games. But then why wouldn't you always play no-limit poker?
However it is only really useful if you're a hardcore no-limit player as the probabilities are thrown to cock in limit games. But then why wouldn't you always play no-limit poker?
This is a short poker 'how to' book written by one of the great poker-math minds ever. For those of us who are mathematically challenged but still love THE, Sklansky can be a struggle. But, he breaks down principles into simple sentences and after reading the more difficult concepts several times the lightbulb does come on!
I love this book and i've read it probably 5 times . . . and it's hopelessly out of date and probably not good advice for today's limit hold'em games in the casino. It's a classic. Sklansky sold the farm at exactly the right time because the game changed dramatically a mere 20 years after its initial publication. So the recommendations in the 3rd edition ("updated for today's double blind structure") released in 1996 usually aren't all that great for 21st century games. And don't let a...more
Finally decided to learn some of the actual strategy and theory behind the game I have been playing off and on for years (?wow!) now. Helpful, but I still need practice and more refined study of the math of the game before i "gamble."
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