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1. Cash Games (How to Win at No-Limit Hold'em Money Games) Vol. 1
2. Harrington on Cash Games, Volume II: How to Play No-Limit Hold 'em Cash Games
3. Online Ace: A World Series of Poker Champion's Guide to Mastering Internet Poker
4. Internet Texas Hold'em: Winning Strategies from an Internet Pro
5. 7-Card Stud: 42 Lessons How to Win at Medium & Lower Limits
6. Omaha High-Low: Play to Win With The Odds: Play to win with the odds
7. Inside the Poker Mind: Essays on Hold 'em and General Poker Concepts
8. Winning Casino Craps, 2nd Edition (Winning Casino Craps)
9. Blackbelt in Blackjack : Playing 21 as a Martial Art
10. Blackjack Counter Basic Strategy, 4-8 Decks

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View Book 'Cash Games (How to Win at No-Limit Hold'em Money Games) Vol. 1'



Cash Games (How to Win at No-Limit Hold'em Money Games) Vol. 1
Authors: Dan Harrington. Bill Robertie.
Paperback, 418 pages
Publisher: Two Plus Two Publishing LLC
Publication Date: 2008-03-14
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    The first years of the poker boom were fueled by the interest in no-limit hold em tournaments. Recently, however, players have been gravitating to another, even more complex form of hold em no-limit cash games.

In Harrington on Cash Games: Volume I, Dan Harrington teaches you the key concepts that drive deep-stack cash game play. You ll learn how to tailor your selection of starting hands to your stack size, how to recognize the increasing deception value of supposedly weaker hands as the stack sizes increase, and how to use the concept of pot commitment to your advantage as the size of the pot grows. After laying out the general concepts behind deep-stack cash game play, Harrington shows you a complete strategy for post-flop play, and then teaches you the difference between post-flop play against a single opponent and post-flop play against multiple opponents. If you play no-limit hold em cash games, you need to read this book.

Dan Harrington won the gold bracelet and the World Champion title at the $10,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold em Championship at the 1995 World Series of Poker. And he was the only player to make the final table in 2003 (field of 839) and 2004 (field of 2,576) considered by cognoscenti to be the greatest accomplishment in WSOP history. In Harrington on Cash Games, Harrington and two-time World Backgammon Champion Bill Robertie have written the definitive books on no-limit cash games. These books will teach you what you need to know to be a winner in the cash game world....



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View Book 'Harrington on Cash Games, Volume II: How to Play No-Limit Hold 'em Cash Games'



Harrington on Cash Games, Volume II: How to Play No-Limit Hold 'em Cash Games
Authors: Dan Harrington. Bill Robertie.
Paperback, 374 pages
Publisher: Two Plus Two Publishing LLC
Publication Date: 2008-03-14




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View Book 'Online Ace: A World Series of Poker Champion's Guide to Mastering Internet Poker'



Online Ace: A World Series of Poker Champion's Guide to Mastering Internet Poker
Authors: Scott Fischman.
Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: ESPN
Publication Date: 2006-06-13


Reviews :

    From one of the game’s most dynamic young champions, the definitive guide to online poker. Click here and start winning . . .

Nearly two million players go online each day to test their poker skills at virtual tables with real money. Few have made the transition from Internet poker to live tournament play as successfully as two-time World Series of Poker champion Scott Fischman, and in Online King he shares his expert insight, money-making wisdom, and priceless strategies for playing the game well. The first instructional book written by a renowned poker champion for Internet players (as well as those hoping to make the transition from computer games to live play) Online King gives readers invaluable instruction that can be put into practice immediately on his popular website, thefishtank.com. No matter what skill level you have now, Online King will raise your game....



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View Book 'Internet Texas Hold'em: Winning Strategies from an Internet Pro'



Internet Texas Hold'em: Winning Strategies from an Internet Pro
Authors: Matthew Hilger.
Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Dimat Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Date: 2003-07


Reviews :

    As Internet poker exploded, thousands of players turned to Internet Texas Hold'em to help them become winning players. Today, Internet Texas Hold'em is now the most successfull book ever on Internet poker. Internet Texas Hold'em is an excellent tool for beginning to intermediate players to be successful at limit Texas Hold'em with specific topics focused on Internet play. The book's reputation has superceded its title as many players now recommend it for live play also. A comprehensive overview of Texas Hold'em is presented including general poker concepts such as probability and odds, bluffing, raising and check-raising. Various deceptive tactics are also discussed such as free cards, slowplaying, and inducing bluffs and calls. You'll learn the correct strategies for starting hand play as well as playing on the flop, turn, and river. You'll learn the intricacies of playing on the Internet and the differences in strategies between Internet and live play. Finally, you'll be able to practice all of these strategies on over 200 actual Internet hands. Poker is a fun game, but it is even more fun when you win. This is a book for players who want to improve their game to win more money. If you only play a few hours a week or strive to take your game to an advanced level, this book should serve as a reference for many years to come....



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View Book '7-Card Stud: 42 Lessons How to Win at Medium & Lower Limits'



7-Card Stud: 42 Lessons How to Win at Medium & Lower Limits
Authors: Roy West.
Paperback, 176 pages
Publisher: Cardoza
Publication Date: 2004-08-03
Edition: 1st Cardoza Ed

Reviews :

    This book is a common sense, step-by-step guide for low to medium limit players to win consistently at both casino and home games. Players learn the latest strategies for winning at $1-$4 spread-limit up to $10-$20 fixed-limit games. Covers starting hands, 3rd-7th street strategy for playing most hands, overcards, selective aggressiveness, reading hands, secrets of the pros, psychology, and more. The 42 lesson informal format is both easy-to-read and powerful. Includes bonus chapter on 7-stud tournament strategy by World Champion Tom McEvoy who calls West's advice, "down home and clear¿ and right on the money."

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View Book 'Omaha High-Low: Play to Win With The Odds: Play to win with the odds'



Omaha High-Low: Play to Win With The Odds: Play to win with the odds
Authors: Bill Boston.
Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Cardoza
Publication Date: 2006-08-01


Reviews :

    This is the only book that shows you the chances that every one of the 5,278 Omaha high-low hands has of winning the high end of the pot, the low end of it, and how often it is expected to scoop all the chips.

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View Book 'Inside the Poker Mind: Essays on Hold 'em and General Poker Concepts'



Inside the Poker Mind: Essays on Hold 'em and General Poker Concepts
Authors: John Feeney. David Sklansky.
Paperback, 275 pages
Publisher: Two Plus Two Pub.
Publication Date: 2000-05
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    Poker is a game of many skills and to become an expert poker player you need to master them all. This includes concepts such as hand selection, position, proper image projection, and reading hands. However, there are many players who have mastered most of these skills yet they still do poorly in the games — at best they are only small winners. And when they step up in limit and challenge the better players, they almost always fail. You see, knowing the concept is one thing, putting it all together is another.

As the text will show, winning poker is a process that requires a lot of thinking as well as a thorough and systematic approach to the game, and that is what this book is about. Topics include "Playing Too Many Hands," "Self-Weighting Cold Calls," "Short-Handed Play: Don’t Miss Out," "The Strategic Moment in Hold ’em," "Countering a Good Reader," "A Poker Player in Therapy," and "Thoughts on the Effects of the Poker Literature." Those of you who are serious about your game should find much of this material to be extremely valuable....



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View Book 'Winning Casino Craps, 2nd Edition (Winning Casino Craps)'



Winning Casino Craps, 2nd Edition (Winning Casino Craps)
Authors: Edwin Silberstang.
Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games
Publication Date: 2007-10-09
Edition: 2 Rev Upd

Reviews :

    The second edition of Winning Casino Craps has been updated to cover changes in how the game is played and how casinos treat their players. This entertaining and informative guide includes:

• Instructions for playing craps, including illustrative examples from actual games
• Explanations for the basic betting combinations
• Dos and don'ts for making bets
• Aggressive winning strategies...



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View Book 'Blackbelt in Blackjack : Playing 21 as a Martial Art'



Blackbelt in Blackjack : Playing 21 as a Martial Art
Authors: Arnold Snyder.
Paperback, 328 pages
Publisher: Cardoza
Publication Date: 2005-02-01
Edition: Revised

Reviews :

    In the spirit of Doyle Brunson's Super System, Arnold Snyder's Blackbelt in Blackjack is an underground gambling classic written by one of the grand masters of blackjack and a legend. This newly revised and updated edition is now made available for the first time to a national audience. This is blackjack as a martial art, targeted for serious and professional players looking to win real money at the game. Snyder reveals tips and tricks used by the pros-shuffle tracking, team play, multiple deck camouflage techniques so that the casino can't detect that the player is using winning techniques, and much more. 21 powerful chapters include a complete course on beating blackjack: the devastating red 7 count, the hi-lo count, the zen count, the true count, and so much more.

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View Book 'Blackjack Counter Basic Strategy, 4-8 Decks'



Blackjack Counter Basic Strategy, 4-8 Decks
Authors: Hal Marcus.
Cards, pages
Publisher: Stickysoft Corp.
Publication Date: 2003-07-25


Reviews :

    This new Blackjack Counter (as in "Card Counter") Basic Strategy card for 4-8 Decks is a blackjack card counter's dream come true. The laminated, six-panel, tri-fold card with rounded corners devotes four panel sides to covering the possible rule combinations of allowing or not allowing doubling down after a split, and the dealer hitting or standing on soft 17. Thus the card contains four playing strategies to allow you to choose the correct playing strategy for the rules that are in effect where you play.

The strategies display color-coded decision cells in addition to showing the text of the decision so you can choose which way you learn best. Also, each strategy panel is section-coded to facilitate learning the most important decisions first. Surrender is included among the decisions, and footnotes provide alternatives when decisions are not allowed. The 3.5" x 5" panel size makes possible larger text than on other strategy cards and three-letter (not confusing one-letter) decision abbreviations, yet the card still fits in your pocket.

End panels, which contain slits, are designed to fold in both directions and to lay flat to make it easy for you to quickly refer to the strategy you wish to use. One panel contains a pithy, insightful discussion of the playing decisions to help new players learn how to play the game; another panel provides a table which shows the Player Edge for each of four rule combinations.

By using this Blackjack 6·7·8 Counter Basic Strategy Card, card counters will be able to get an even greater edge over the house.

If you count cards and vary your bet with the count, or plan on so doing, using the Counter (as in "Card Counter") Basic Strategy card results in winning about 20% more money than using regular Basic Strategy (the Counter Basic Strategy card shows a table with the Player Edge). There are no count indexes to memorize. Counter Basic Strategy is simply a variation of regular Basic Strategy except that Counter Basic Strategy utilizes a card counting method (such as the Hi-Lo or K-O) to determine when and by how much to vary your bet with the count. The playing strategies on the Counter Basic Strategy card are based on a bet range of 16 to 1, but the card can be used with virtually any bet range and any counting method.

Blackjack 6-7-8 strategy cards are also available for Basic (Playing) Strategy for 1 Deck, 2 Decks, and 4-8 Decks. The titles of the four different cards are color-coded (red, purple, blue, and green) so you can easily and quickly distinguish one card from another....



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