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Handbook Of Winning Poker

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After watching the recent movie "Rounders" I was inspired to take up and learn poker. This book gives full rules, how-to-play instructions, and good strategy for ten different games. It also includes general definitions and poker information, a glossary of terms, and insight into bluffing and psychological aspects of the game. After an hour of reading up on Texas Hold'em I ended up tripling my profit on my first home six hour session.

My background: I have been playing poker for about 20 years, but only seriously (for money) for the last 2 years or so.

The negative reviews of this book seem to be written by people that were expecting too much from this book. It is a flawed book but there is some excellent advice and strategy in this book that is superior than some of the other "major" poker books that are popular right now.

One example of this is his section on money management. He discusses a stop-loss approach similar to what Wall Street investors use when they make a big score. Since I read this book I have been employing a version of this advice in my games and have noticed a marked improvement in my self control. It is much easier to walk away ahead when you've decided ahead of time exactly how much you're willing to win.

The strategy sections on the various games are admittedly a little thin, but not bad at all for a beginner. My advice would be to read this book first and then graduate on to the current boooks that deal with more advanced strategy.

Overall: pick it up used or at the library if you can, it's worth reading once.

Dreadful advice coupled with lousy pop psychology and too much fluff. The author crams 10 games into one tiny book and gives them all short shrift. This book will wind up costing you far more than the cover price.

After reading this book I didn't get even one thing out of it. there are much better books out there try the others.