More Hold'em Excellence: A Winner for Life [Paperback]

Lou Krieger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1999

This is a new expanded edition which goes beyond the basics; it takes you into the mind and decision-making processes of professional poker players by providing solid information and advice on a broad spectrum of sophisticated topics. Krieger covers the importance of proper decision-making; why patience and position are vital; the flop; early, middle, and late position; common mistakes; how to play in loose, aggressive games; tells and much more. Includes the Lou Krieger full color "Start Chart", showing which hands are playable in which situations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 188 pages
• Publisher: Conjelco (July 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 188607013X
• ISBN-13: 978-1886070134
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #849,375 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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40 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Winner Big Time, April 1, 2000

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timothy stine - See all my reviews

This review is from: More Hold'em Excellence: A Winner for Life (Paperback)

Author Lou Kreiger has a big time hit with his book More Hold'Em Excellence. this volume takes you from being a occasional winner to being "A Winner For Life" just as the sub title suggests. In 184 fun to read yet highly informative pages Mr. Kreiger lays out a step by step map to making the most out of your poker outings. Set forth in 36 chapters card playing champion and all aroung good guy Lou Kreaiger takes the student from setting a rock solid foundation through the perils of pre-flop play past the maniac and the rock like players and into the line at the cashiers cage. All the while delivering to you his 10 keys to success. I found the chapters on playing your best always and, fighting your emotions highly rewarding and suprizingly insightful. a 63 question apptitude test is a poker like SAT for the aspiring pro level player. It is high time this well kept poker secret be brought into the lime light that it so richly deserves. Moreover, More Hold'em Excellence has been touted by well known players such as Mike " Americas Mad Genius" Caro and WSOP champion Razz player/publisher, Linda Johnson. I as well highly recommend it.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too drawn out and repetitive, January 13, 2002

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"hendrixjm2" (Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: More Hold'em Excellence: A Winner for Life (Paperback)

Krieger's first book "Hold'em Excellence" is a much better buy. This follow up seems to primarily rephrase previous thinkings from its former. The latter half of "More Hold'em Excellence" seems to just add length and does not offer too many more insightful tips. In fact, you could probably just read pages 32 to 72 in a book store and have absorbed 90% of the useful information. There is a 12 page section on statistics and probabilities - how to compute/apply them - that's fairly interesting and valuable. Overall, average players should just stick to "Hold'em Excellence" and not look to expand their knowledge too much with this book.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sage Advice from a Long-Time Player, October 12, 2003

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Stuart Venable Jr (La Mirada, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: More Hold'em Excellence: A Winner for Life (Paperback)

This book is not for the beginner. Any beginning hold'em book will do for beginning players.

This book contains nothing but good advice in the card room. I've only played in card rooms a few times, but I've won consistently. Kreiger's books contains essays on how to deal with maniacs, table image, table selection -- the sorts of things a non-beginner will find valuable.

If you already know the game and know how to play tight and aggressive, this book is for you. It contains lots of anecdotal advice on how to deal with the situations that inevitably come up in card rooms.