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No Limit Hold 'em: Theory and Practice [Paperback]

David Sklansky , Ed Miller
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (68 customer reviews)

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Book Description

May 30, 2006
No limit hold em is exploding in popularity. Before 2000, it could be difficult to find a game. In 2006, it is played everywhere in casino cardrooms, in bar backrooms and homes, and on the Internet.

Now anyone can find a game, but few know how to play well. Most players learn by watching television or by listening to dubious advice from their friends. While they may have picked up a valuable tidbit here or there, most players come to the table without a winning plan. These players have two options: wise up or go broke.

The world s foremost poker theorist, David Sklansky, and noted poker authority, Ed Miller, will wise you up quickly. No Limit Hold em: Theory and Practice is the definitive work on this complex game. It provides you a window into the heads of experts, teaching you in straightforward and enjoyable terms the how s and why s of winning play.

It covers critical concepts like manipulating the pot size, adjusting correctly to stack sizes, winning the battle of mistakes, reading hands, and manipulating opponents into playing badly. It teaches you about implied odds and how to size your bets and raises effectively. It even covers many principles of short stacked play that will give you a big edge in no limit hold em tournaments.

Never before have so many people played no limit hold em, and never before has there been so much opportunity to win big. If you want your share of the spoils, read this book!


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About the Author

David Sklansky is generally considered the number one authority on gambling in the world today. Besides his twelve books on the subject, David also has produced two videos and numerous writings for various gaming publications.

More recently David has been doing consulting work for casinos and gaming companies. He has recently invented several casino games including Hold em Challenge and All In Hold em.

David attributes his standing in the gambling community to three facts:
1. The fact that he presents his ideas as simply as possible (sometimes with Mason Malmuth) even though these ideas frequently involve concepts that are deep, subtle, and not to be found elsewhere.
2. The fact that what he articulates can be counted on to be accurate.
3. The fact that for many years a large portion of his income was derived from gambling (usually poker, but occasionally blackjack, sports betting, horses, video games, casino promotions, or casino tournaments).
There is little doubt that the majority of the successful poker players today attribute a great deal of their success to reading and studying David s books.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 310 pages
  • Publisher: Two Plus Two Publishing LLC; 2nd edition (May 30, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 188068537X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1880685372
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.4 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (68 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #69,973 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Read this book only if you are serious about improving your game. SteelRing  |  19 reviewers made a similar statement
Very important concepts are presented in a simple and easy to understand fashion. Victor Almeida  |  12 reviewers made a similar statement
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91 of 100 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Sklansky delivers again... June 4, 2006
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Those of us who have been playing and studying poker for years know what huge contributions David Sklansky has made to poker and this book is no exception.

No limit holdem had all but disappeared(except for tournament play) until about three or four years ago and any one playing today understands the explosion in poker is primarily centered around no limit holdem. Many veteran players like myself have tried to adopt and adapt a solid limit approach to no limit and achieved mixed results. Often the mixed results have left us wondering if were are getting better or just experiencing a good run. This book will help you think about and understand the game better than most of the previously published no limit material.

Many of the "greats" that we have come to know play and teach the game through their own experience and developed "feel" for the game, which is nearly impossible to teach. By learning the underlying theory of no limit holdem as taught by Sklansky, the student comes to understand how "situational" especially no limit is and how to think about the game in numerous situations. Those players willing to study this book will accelerate past the players who are primarily playing an adapted limit game or by trial and error. I have already expanded my approach and thinking process after only one reading and am eager to re-read it after a few more sessions of play. Highly recommended.
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138 of 158 people found the following review helpful
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Stick with 2+2's other NL books by Harrington (vol 2 & 3). Ed Miller and David Sklansky show their inexperience in NL in this book. They do mask their No-Limit shortcomings by filling a lot of the book with Limit Holdem analogies (their strength) and a lot of mathematics (another strength).

Sklansky is the son of a mathematician, and Ed Miller is an MIT graduate. Their strength is in mathematics, and they excel in Limit Holdem due to it. However in No-Limit, they have no qualifications. Sklansky isn't known as a good NL player (the next time I see him in a WSOP NL final table will the first time), and Ed Miller doesn't even frequent the middle-stake games. How much stock would you put into someone else's limit holdem advice if they don't play higher than 10/20 holdem? It's like that guy who's playing 3/6 holdem with you, but he acts like everything spewed from his mouth is a blessing for those lucky enough to hear. Except with these authors, they actually do have credentials from another form of poker, so many people will assume, they also are an authority on other forms of poker. Would you take tennis lessons from a good ping pong player?

They make a lot of observations about NL situations with math, but they don't actually give out a game plan of how to logically think through a hand the way a pro does. They fill the book with these types of situations:
Assume he has these hands: 99, AT, T9s, and if the pot has this much money ($500) and you have $1000 left, and opponent has $1000 left, then the following bets will net you X%, depending on how frequently they call Y% or they raise you back Z%. Then they proceed with the math to explain each possibility. Of course, they don't actually go over many hand reading situations to explain which hand the opponent may have and how they would play it. It doesn't help to know which move to make, if I can't deduce what hands he has, and that should be the focus of any quality poker book, which 2+2 claims to produce. This one falls short, and it's due to the authors' lack of NL ability.

This book's strength is that it shows why certain plays are mathetmatically correct. That doesn't mean, you can't take those conclusions, and figure out the correct play to make.

For example: If you have AK and you raise, then if our opponent raises with KK, we can use math to show why it's correct to fold. That doesn't help me if I raise with AK, and my opponent raises me, sometimes I should raise again, sometimes call, sometimes fold. I don't know he has KK or AQ or 87, so how's the math help me now? It doesn't. This is a very simple example for those who play small stakes or are new to poker. But this is the best example in summarizing this book.
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, but . . . August 4, 2006
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It's an interesting book.

But a lot of the examples assume:

* Your opponents have their heads firmly implanted up their butts.

* You can never fold your big pair.

To a certain extent, these are just simplifying assumptions to make the math easier. They lead us down some silly paths, though, in my opinion.

I think Miller and Sklansky have played predominately in strip casinos at a level where they don't play the same people that often. I think that's why they're not too worried about leaking information with their bet sizing. I've been playing a lot with the same people for a long time now, and we're exploiting patterns we discovered in hands played years ago. (Maybe the hidden lesson is that with good game selection you can play against opponents who aren't paying attention.)

On the whole, the book goes against the conventional wisdom. It makes for a more interesting book because of it, but I think they're wrong sometimes. Don't make it your first NLHE book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars required reading for winning no limit holdem poker
Read this if you want to win at Texas no limit poker. Dissect your opponents play and your own mistakes
Published 5 days ago by Spaminator
3.0 out of 5 stars To much Sklansky not enough Miller
There is a lot of poker theory but not enough actual poker practice. Lots of math based theory. Some people might like it but it was not that easy of a read.
Published 1 month ago by owen m gazette
5.0 out of 5 stars great read
It is an excellent book for varying range of poker players. Gives you alot of incite on all the different variable you should be considering at all times when it comes to betting... Read more
Published 4 months ago by pat merfeld
5.0 out of 5 stars Outdated but still important
Of course its a few years now that this book is released and things have progressed ever since, but still this book is a must have for anyone wanting to seriously learn how to play... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Ath K. Nikolopoulos
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Intermediate Book
This is a great intermediate book for the aspiring poker player.

The concepts are basic, but, the analysis provided goes to second or third level thinking. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Neel Mukherjee
4.0 out of 5 stars Great book for anyone who wants to become a professsional POker...
I just finished first few chapters of this book and it already helped me to improve my game significantly.
Highly recommend this book.
Published 6 months ago by Pham Thi Phuong Hoa
5.0 out of 5 stars Great insight into qualities needed to win at no limit hold'em
I have gone through this book once now and have applied some of its insights to live casino games, and I have to say that I am very pleased with the results. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Poker Review
4.0 out of 5 stars Edwin G
A must read but probably better read after Dan's primers.
The math is too much - is there really a need to go to decimal places ? Read more
Published 9 months ago by Edwin G
5.0 out of 5 stars used book review
I was very pleased with the condition of this book. It was like new and not marked just as advertised. I was happy to save a little money by buying it used but in good condition.
Published 20 months ago by Joan
5.0 out of 5 stars Memorize part two
If you just play by the concepts outlined in part two, you will make a profit from the game. The concepts are short, easy to digest, and pay immediate dividends at the table. Read more
Published on February 24, 2011 by A. Loftis
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