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1. Every Hand Revealed
2. Harrington on Hold 'em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments, Vol. 1: Strategic Play
3. Cash Games (How to Win at No-Limit Hold'em Money Games) Vol. 1
4. Greenspan's Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve
5. Harrington on Cash Games, Volume II: How to Play No-Limit Hold 'em Cash Games
6. Doyle Brunson's Super System: A Course in Power Poker, 3rd Edition
7. Harrington on Hold 'em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments, Vol. 2: Endgame
8. Power Hold'em Strategy
9. Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time Volume I
10. The Theory of Poker

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View Book 'Every Hand Revealed'



Every Hand Revealed
Authors: Gus Hansen.
Paperback, 370 pages
Publisher: Citadel
Publication Date: 2008-05-01


Reviews :

    What If You Were Able To Get Right Inside The Mind Of World-Famous Poker Pro Gus Hansen--And Learn His Winning Secrets?

Now You Can.

One of professional poker's most intriguing and fascinating players, Gus Hansen has often been called "The Madman" for his crazy, fearless, aggressive style. But you can't dispute the fact that this poker superstar knows how to win--and win big. The holder of the inaugural Poker Superstars Invitational title as well as the only player to win three World Poker Tour tournaments, Gus won his fifth major international title when he became the 2007 Aussie Millions Champion, outlasting 747 players and nabbing $1.2 million. Now, for the first time ever, Gus analyzes the hands that he played during the tournament and reveals his secrets for winning in Every Hand Revealed.

You'll learn:

  • An extensive, easy-to-follow analysis of the more than 300 hands he played during the Aussie Millions...

  • The radical, yet coolly logical, methods behind Gus's "madness" that have helped him to win consistently...

  • Each and every bluff, precise calculation, educated guess, and read of his opponents ...

  • How to call large bets with seemingly unplayable hands...

  • When to raise out of position with garbage holdings...

  • How the prize structure should influence your play...

  • And much more!

Offering unlimited access to one of the most successful, popular poker players out there, Every Hand Revealed will help you understand some of poker's most coveted secrets--and simply shows you the right way to play the game whether you're a beginner or a poker pro. Now with Gus Hansen by your side, you too can turbo-charge your game and watch it take off!

Superstar poker pro Gus Hansen has shaken up the poker world with his loose, aggressive style. Called "The Great Dane" as well as "The Madman," the five-time international title-holder transforms his hands with cool logic ...and flattens his opponents. Voted one of the world's sexiest men by People Magazine, Gus is an avid athlete, backgammon player, and poker commentator for both Danish and American T.V....



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View Book 'Harrington on Hold 'em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments, Vol. 1: Strategic Play'



Harrington on Hold 'em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments, Vol. 1: Strategic Play
Authors: Dan Harrington. Bill Robertie.
Paperback, 381 pages
Publisher: Two Plus Two Pub.
Publication Date: 2004-12-01


Reviews :

   

Poker has taken America by storm. But it s not just any form of poker that has people across the country so excited it s No-Limit Hold Em the main event game. And now thanks to televised tournaments tens of thousands of new players are eager to claim their share of poker glory.

Harrington on Hold Em takes you to the part of the game the cameras ignore the tactics required to get through the hundreds and sometimes thousands of hands you must win to make it to the final table. Harrington s sophisticated and time-tested winning strategies, focusing on what it takes to survive the early and middle stages of a No-Limit Hold Em tournament, are appearing here for the first time in print. These are techniques that top players use again and again to get to make it to final tables around the globe.

Now, learn from one of the world s most successful No-Limit Hold Em players how to vary your style, optimize your betting patterns, analyze hands, respond to a re-raise, play to win the most money possible, react when a bad card hits and much, much more.

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 it to the final table in 2003 (field of 839) and 2004 (field of 2576) considered by cognoscenti to be the greatest accomplishment in WSOP history. In Harrington on Hold Em, Harrington and 2-time World Backgammon Champion Bill Robertie have written the definitive book on No-Limit Hold Em for players who want to win ... and win big....



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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 'Greenspan's Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve'



Greenspan's Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve
Authors: William Fleckenstein. Fred Sheehan.
Hardcover, 208 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Publication Date: 2008-01-16
Edition: 1

Reviews :

   

No matter who you are-investor, trader, homeowner, 401(k) holder, or CEO-you are bound to feel the impact of Alan Greenspan's �Age of Ignorance� for years to come.

. .

According to MSN Money columnist William A. Fleckenstein, Greenspan's nearly 19-year career as Federal Reserve Chairman is even worse than anyone imagined. Labeled �Mr. Bubble� by the New York Times, Greenspan was nothing less than a serial bubble blower with a long history of bad decision-making. His famous �Greenspan Put� fueled the perception of a Goldilocks economy-but, as this explosive expos� reveals, the bear has finally caught up with Goldilocks.

. .

Using transcripts of Greenspan's FOMC meetings as well as testimony before Congress, this eye-opening book delivers a timeline of his most devastating mistakes and weaves together the connection between every economic calamity of the past 19 years:

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  • The stock market crash of 1987.
  • The Savings And Loan crisis.
  • The collapse of Long Term Capital Management.
  • The tech bubble of 2000.
  • The feared Y2K disaster.
  • The credit bubble and real estate crisis of 2007.
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Fleckenstein explains just how far-reaching Greenspan's mess has been flung, and presents damning evidence that contradicts the former Fed chief's public naivet� concerning shifts in the market and economy. He also points to a disturbing fact, that throughout his career, Greenspan not only made costly mistakes, but made the same ones-over and over again. And not only was he never able to recognize or admit to those mistakes, he constantly rewrote his own history to justify them.

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Greenspan's Bubbles offers a lock-stock-and-barrel portrait of a flawed but fascinating man whose words and actions have led a whole generation astray, and whose legacy will continue to challenge us in the years ahead.

. . ....



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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 'Doyle Brunson's Super System: A Course in Power Poker, 3rd Edition'



Doyle Brunson's Super System: A Course in Power Poker, 3rd Edition
Authors: Doyle Brunson.
Paperback, 605 pages
Publisher: Cardoza
Publication Date: 2002
Edition: 3rd

Reviews :

    Considered by pros the BEST POKER BOOK EVER WRITTEN. This is the classic book on every major no-limit game played today and is considered by the pros to be one of the best books ever written on poker! Jam-packed with advanced strategies, theories, tactics and money-making techniques - no serious poker player can afford to be without this essential book! For the first time ever in paperback edition, Super System is packed with 608 pages of hard-hitting information and including fifty pages of the most precise poker statistics ever published, this is truly a must-buy for aspiring pros. Super System features chapters written by game's superstars, the best theorists and the best poker players in the world, such as Dave Sklansky, Mike Caro, Chip Reese, Bobby Baldwin and Doyle Brunson. Three world champions and two master theorists cover the essential strategies and advanced play in their specialties and provide no-nonsense winning advice on making money at the tables. These poker superstars cover the important money games in depth: You'll learn 7-card stud, draw poker, lowball, 7-card low stud (razz), high-low split (cards speak), high-low declare, and the most popular game today, hold'em (limit and no-limit). The important winning concepts and strategies are clearly outlined and explained so that you'll become a big money winner. Serious poker players must have this book. This is mandatory reading for aspiring poker pros, tournament players or those ready to play no-limit and is ideal for players moving to higher stakes games. This is the best poker book every written - period - acknowledged by pros and knowledgeable players alike as the classic book on every major no-limit game played today. Absolutely indispensable reading for any player....



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View Book 'Harrington on Hold 'em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments, Vol. 2: Endgame'



Harrington on Hold 'em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments, Vol. 2: Endgame
Authors: Dan Harrington. Bill Robertie.
Paperback, 450 pages
Publisher: Two Plus Two Pub
Publication Date: 2005-06-07


Reviews :

    Poker has taken America by storm. But it's not just any form of poker that has people across the country so excited it's no-limit hold 'em the main event game. And now, thanks to televised tournaments, tens of thousands of new players are eager to claim their share of poker glory.

In the first volume of this series, Harrington on Hold 'em: Volume I: Strategic Play, Dan Harrington explained how to play in the early phases of tournaments, when most players at the table had plenty of chips, and the blinds and antes were small. This book, Harrington on Hold 'em: Volume II: The Endgame shows you how to play in the later phases of a tournament, when the field has been cut down, the blinds and antes are growing, and the big prize money is within sight. Harrington shows you how to make moves, handle tricky inflection point plays, and maneuver when the tournament is down to its last few players and the end is in sight. HeĀ’s also included a whole chapter on heads-up play, whose strategies up to now have been a closely-guarded secret of the game's top masters.

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 it to 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 Hold 'em, Harrington and two-time World Backgammon Champion Bill Robertie have written the definitive book on no-limit hold 'em for players who want to win and win big....



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View Book 'Power Hold'em Strategy'



Power Hold'em Strategy
Authors: Daniel Negreanu.
Paperback, 672 pages
Publisher: Cardoza
Publication Date: 2008-06-17


Reviews :

    Super Stars of Hold'em does for hold'em what Doyle Brunson's Super System 2 did for poker. Negreanu gathers together the greatest young players, theorists, and world champions of hold'em, to present insider professional secrets and winning strategies for the only poker game that counts nowadays-hold'em. Ten powerful chapters cover every aspect of the major hold'em games-limit, no-limit, and pot-limit for cash games and tournaments -- with in-depth coverage on all aspects of play. This weighty volume will be an instant classic-poker players cannot ignore the professional advice from the greatest stars of the game....



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View Book 'Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time Volume I'



Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time Volume I
Authors: Eric 'Rizen' Lynch. Jon 'Pearljammer' Turner. Jon 'Apestyles' Van Fleet.
Paperback, 423 pages
Publisher: Dimat Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Date: 2008-06-20


Reviews :

    Want to win poker tournaments?
Now you can learn exactly how consistent winners REALLY do it!
Meet PearlJammer, Rizen, and Apestyles. These top guns of tournament poker are frequent winners in today's highly competitive online scene, as well as in live tourneys. Their collective experience and track record is staggering: more than 35,000 tournaments played, more than 1,000 final tables made, over 200 major wins, and more than $6,000,000 in cashes. They regularly outplay fields consisting of other top professionals victories that are documented by detailed online hand histories.
Are you ready to learn winning ways from today's true tournament experts?
The authors are not only consistent winners, but powerful teachers as well. Step-by-step, they reveal their decision-making processes, using hands drawn from actual play not examples contrived to fit a particular poker theory.
Reading this book is like attending a master class in tournament poker.
You'll see the way cutting-edge pros use their wisdom and incredibly extensive experience to analyze almost every poker situation imaginable. Deep-stacked or short-stacked, against single or multiple opponents, you'll learn the skills that will make you a winner, including:
- When and how to play aggressively or tightly
- When to make moves
- When to make continuation bets and when to hold back
- How to induce and pick off bluffs
- How to accumulate chips without constantly risking your tournament life.
Poker is a fun game, but it's even more fun when you win.
If you want to become a great tournament player, shouldn't you be learning from the best? NOW You can!...



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View Book 'The Theory of Poker'



The Theory of Poker
Authors: David Sklansky.
Paperback, 276 pages
Publisher: Two Plus Two Pub.
Publication Date: 1994-12
Edition: 3

Reviews :

    The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky discusses theories and concepts applicable to nearly every variation of the game, including five-card draw (high), seven-card stud, hold ’em, lowball draw, and razz (seven-card lowball stud). This book introduces you to the Fundamental Theorem of Poker, its implications, and how it should affect your play. Other chapters discuss the value of deception, bluffing, raising, the slow-play, the value of position, psychology, heads-up play, game theory, implied odds, the free card, and semibluffing.

Many of today’s top poker players will tell you that this is the book that really made a difference in their play. That is, these are the ideas that separate the experts from the typical players. Those who read and study this book will literally leave behind those who don’t, and most serious players wear the covers off their copies. This is the best book ever written on poker....



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