52 Great Poker Tips
At Home, Tournament and Online
1st Edition
Published on 15. April 2014
96 pages
978-1-84994-187-7 (ISBN)
Description
Written by bestselling poker author Lou Krieger Tips for every kind of poker situation: at home, online and at tournament Covers Texas Hold 'Em, the world's most popular type of poker Part of successful bestselling 52 Great Tips series A leading poker guru gives you the essential tips to win at Texas Hold 'Em poker at any time, whether at home, at a tournament or playing online. Lou Krieger, author of the bestselling 'Poker Player's Bible', covers the basics, such as tips on when to fold, when to call, and when to raise, but also gives you insider tips to help you raise your game. The advice varies depending on whether you are playing in a tournament, in a fixed-limit game (as is common in the USA) or in a pot- or no-limit game (the kind commonly found in the UK and much of Europe). The tips cover the following categories of games: limit cash games no-limit or pot-limit cash games tips for tournaments tips that work for all games specific online poker-playing tips
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- If You've Never Played Texas Hold'em Before
- 1 Better Betting
- 2 Betting for Value
- 3 Hope
- 4 Why it's Important to Know and Understand the Odds
- 5 Figure the Odds in Tournaments
- 6 Figure the Implied Odds
- 7 Choosing the Right Online Game
- 8 Starting Standards
- 9 Making Adjustments to Starting Standards
- 10 Pay Attention to Your Side Card
- 11 Adjusting to the Number of Opponents
- 12 Calling from the Small Blind
- 13 Hands You Can Play in Any Position Before the Flop
- 14 Hands You Can Play in Middle Position Before the Flop
- 15 Hands You Can Play in Late Position Before the Flop
- 16 Calling a Raise from the Blind
- 17 Default Programming
- 18 A Bet Saved Equals a Bet Won
- 19 Folding Before the Flop
- 20 Folding After the Flop
- 21 Play Your Best Game
- 22 Resolutions to Keep You Playing Your Best
- 23 Where Does the Money Come From?
- 24 The Front-loaded Effect
- 25 Classify and Categorize Your Opponents
- 26 Playing the Odds
- 27 Follow the Money
- 28 Record Keeping
- 29 Playing with Maniacs
- 30 What's Important
- 31 Three Ways to Play Winning Hold'em
- 32 Counter-intuitive Strategy
- 33 Take Note of Note Taking
- 34 Playing Multiple Games Online
- 35 Fit or Fold
- 36 Playing a Draw
- 37 Raising with a Draw
- 38 Slowplaying
- 39 Don't Let Your Opponents Read You
- 40 Bet 'em If You Get 'em
- 41 The Gap Between Betting and Calling
- 42 Raising Gives You Two Ways to Win
- 43 Raising Can Define Your Hand
- 44 Another Reason to Raise
- 45 Check-raising
- 46 Betting Patterns, Part
- 47 Betting Patterns, Part
- 48 Don't Send Signals If They're Not Watching
- 49 When to Bet and When to Check
- 50 Differences Between Fixed-limit and No-limit Hold'em
- 51 Looking for Tells
- 52 Looking for Tells in Cyberspace
- Where Do You Go from Here?
- Glossary
- Index
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
