Championship no-limit and pot-limit hold'em: On the road to the World Series of Poker [Paperback]

T. J. Cloutier (Author), Tom McEvoy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1997

Championship No-Limit & Pot-Limit Hold'em is the definitive guide to winning at the world's most exciting and most profitable poker games. This is the book that James McManus, author of Positively Fifth Street, credited with teaching him how to win more than a quarter-million dollars at the World Series of Poker in 1998. The authors emphasize how to win no-limit hold'em tournaments with specific advice on winning the World Series of Poker

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Cloutier is the world's best no-limit player, but he may be giving away too much in this book. -- Mansour Matloubi, 1990 World Champion of Poker

Follow T.J.'s advice and you may find yourself at the final table at the World Series of Poker. -- Jack McClelland, world-renowned poker tournament director

McEvoy and Cloutier have written the "bible" on no-limit and pot-limit hold'em. -- Phil Hellmuth, 1989 World Champion of Poker

About the Author

T.J. Cloutier has won more money at tournament poker than any other player in history. No-limit hold'em is his main game. He won the $10,000 buy-in Diamond Jim Brady no-limit hold'em championship event at the Bicycle Club three years in a row. Cloutier includes several "road" stories about his adventures as a Texas gambler in each of his books.

Tom McEvoy is the 1983 World Champion of Poker. He has won four World Series titles during the 25-years as a poker pro.

Product Details

• Paperback: 211 pages
• Publisher: Cardsmith Pub (1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1884466311
• ISBN-13: 978-1884466311
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #404,070 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Leave Home Without It!, December 10, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Championship no-limit and pot-limit hold'em: On the road to the World Series of Poker (Paperback)

Probably the best book on "big bet" Hold 'Em available. Written in an easy-to-read, "down to earth" style, making it very easy to understand, with reasons why to and NOT to make certain moves in different situations. Achieved my very first top finish in a "no limit" tournament after reading this book. Part luck, yes, as in all of Poker, but not a total coincedence, in my opinion. Also contains some very colorful and entertaining stories, told by T.J. Cloutier, about his days as a "road gambler".

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not the bible, January 20, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Championship no-limit and pot-limit hold'em: On the road to the World Series of Poker (Paperback)

I would not consider this to be the bible on no-limit. The book starts with an interview of T.J.Cloutier and ends with a few of his road stories. In between there are a couple of examples of how to play certain hands. But in general i found litlle basic big bet poker advice. The tournament section i felt was pretty good. Overall i wouldn't adivce this book to a beginning big bet player. I think they would be better off buying Pot-limit & No-limit poker by Ciaffone/Reuben. If on the other hand you're an somewhat advanced player, then you might find some usefull information in this book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential NLHE reading, July 25, 2005

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This review is from: Championship no-limit and pot-limit hold'em: On the road to the World Series of Poker (Paperback)

A truly great book for some of the reasons below:
Shows and illustrated how a great player like TJ Cloutier plays and thinks about the key hands. If you agree that preflop play is key then you will agee that which cards to play preflop and how to play them after the flop are the key issues.
Introduces key concepts of tourney play and splitting up how you approach the beginning , middle and late stages of a tournment.
The colourful road stories are all a bonus.
Several winners have mentioned this book as being piviotal to thier success including Mcmanus's 5th place at the WSOP main event.
With many newer books on NLH including the two books by Harrington taking a more detailed scientific approach to which hands to play this book is getting a bit dated.
However for ease of learning and its relatively small size which means you can implement your knowledge faster it makes a great primer to the more detailed newer texts.
Also you will learn and understand TJ's style of conservative tight/aggresive play.
Who is TJ Cloutier? The most winning NLHE tournament player. Placed 2nd twice at the WSOP main event (Came 2nd to Chris Ferguson) Holds 6 WSOP bracelets.
Who is his co author Tom Mcevoy?- Former wsop Main event Champion
This was one of the key books that I used to win the weekly Thursday NLHE tourney at the Shara Las Vegas. A $2000 return on my $20 book.