This poker primer delivers the inside straight on how to survive poker night with one's wallet intact! Packed with information on poker's history, rules, strategy, lingo, and the inexact science of bluffing, this book promises to deliver tips that can really come in handy. Ninety games are explained step by step.
Since reigning poker expert Phil Gordon’s Little Green Book illuminated the strategies and philosophies necessary to win at No Limit Texas Hold’em, poker has changed quickly and dramatically. Today, Pot Limit Omaha is the game of choice at nosebleed stakes. The players are aggressive, the games are volatile, the decisions are tough, and the pressure is relentless. This is Poker 2.0. In his Little Gold Book, Phil Gordon reexamines the game from the ground up. The key to competing with today’s top players is finding the post-flop edge, but to really understand this new playing style, you need to get comfortable with the underlying math. Don’t be intimidated. Gordon makes this challenging material as approachable and simple as possible. Beginning with the foundations of Poker 2.0, he unpacks the modern poker player’s tool kit, rigorously examines the new lines of play in No Limit Hold’em, dissects the fast and furious strategies of Pot Limit Omaha, and explores the winning poker mind-set that will take your game to an entirely different level. The golden age of poker is upon us. Phil Gordon’s Little Gold Book will shorten your learning curve, and if you’re willing to put in the time and the work, big bankrolls await.
In three books, Phil Gordon will teach you how to handle any hand that may come your way in No Limit Texas Hold'em. This boxed set includes two previously published titles and one new re-formatted title with 30% new material. Titles are * PHIL GORDON'S LITTLE BLACK BOOK: BEGINNING POKER LESSONS AND THE NO LIMIT LIFESTYLE, a version of Gordon's other book POKER: THE REAL DEAL (ISBN: 0689875908, 1214) * PHIL GORDON'S LITTLE GREEN BOOK: LESSONS AND TEACHINGS IN NO LIMIT HOLD'EM (ISBN: 1416903674, 1224) * PHIL GORDON'S LITTLE BLUE BOOK: MORE LESSONS AND HAND ANALYSIS IN NO LIMIT TEXAS HOLD'EM (ISBN: 1416927190)
Wall Street is where poker and modern finance?and the theory behind these "games"?clash head on. In both worlds, real risk means real money is made or lost in a heart beat, and neither camp is always rational with the risk it takes. As a result, business and financial professionals who want to use poker insights to improve their job performance will find this entertaining book a "must read." So will poker players searching for an edge in applying the insights of risk-takers on Wall Street.
Covering installation of both Red Hat and Caldera, this book is not just a general reference but provides detailed solutions to installation and configuration problems. The authors cover hot new technologies like Gnome and Samba and how they relate to Linux. A handy tear-out card contains key commands and shortcuts.
The arrival of the Poker Encyclopedia reflects the growing popularity of this sport. Poker is now more popular than ever an estimated 50 million people play regularly in North America alone with more and more people playing at home and online. 'The Poker Encyclopedia' covers such topics as Alexander the Great (traditionally associated with the King of Clubs) Amarillo Slim, aggression, alcohol and Anna Kournikova (not a reference to her Poker playing skills, but an Ace-King in the pocket which doesn't go on to win. A pun on the initials of the tennis player who looked good, but never won a major title.) All this, and that's just under A. Lovingly complied and meticulously researched, this is the reference book worth going all in for.
"[This book] ..teaches theoretical sound poker, and thus the ability to create the best-sizings and ranges that will beat the better players ... Many confusing concepts such as overbetting, balancing multiple bet-sizing ranges, donk betting, and check-raising as the preflop raiser are crucial to a player's strategy, despite few players implementing them or talking about them. ..reading this book, you should be able to not only conceptually understand these ideas, but also know how to begin to incorporate them into your game and thereby successfully complete against tough opponents"--Back cover.
One of the ten greatest books written on poker, this must-have book should be in every player's library. If you're serious about winning, you'll realize that most of the profit comes from being able to read your opponents. Caro reveals the the secrets of interpreting tells-physical reactions that reveal information about a player's cards-such as shrugs, sighs, shaky hands, eye contact, and many more. Learn when opponents are bluffing, when they aren't and why-based solely on their mannerisms. Over 170 photos of players in action and play-by-play examples show the actual tells. These powerful ideas will give you the decisive edge.
From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys • “Whitehead proves a brilliant sociologist of the poker world.” —The Boston Globe In 2011, Grantland magazine gave bestselling novelist Colson Whitehead $10,000 to play at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. It was the assignment of a lifetime, except for one hitch—he’d never played in a casino tournament before. With just six weeks to train, our humble narrator took the Greyhound to Atlantic City to learn the ways of high-stakes Texas Hold’em. Poker culture, he discovered, is marked by joy, heartbreak, and grizzled veterans playing against teenage hotshots weaned on Internet gambling. Not to mention the not-to-be overlooked issue of coordinating Port Authority bus schedules with your kid’s drop-off and pickup at school. Finally arriving in Vegas for the multimillion-dollar tournament, Whitehead brilliantly details his progress, both literal and existential, through the event’s antes and turns, through its gritty moments of calculation, hope, and spectacle. Entertaining, ironic, and strangely profound, this epic search for meaning at the World Series of Poker is a sure bet. Look for Colson Whitehead’s bestselling new novel, Harlem Shuffle!