Product Details

• Actors: Jay Olivier, Jim Gough
• Directors: Jay Olivier
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: October 1, 1989
• Run Time: 52 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1879558009
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #338,819 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Premiere, April 1992

"Knockout for the Texans, and that's why you'll find me lurking in casinos in lizard-skin boots and a bolo tie."

Product Description

You can feel the heat of the high stakes poker games when the game is Texas Hold'em.

CHALLENGING! COMPETITIVE! ABSORBING! Played at the world's biggest poker tournament. Why not play Texas Hold'em at your poker game?

The "Card Player" says this video is "one of the best places to learn the complexities of the game." Made for beginners, it's also a valuable review for intermediate players.

Watch as hands are played and analyzed. Listen as the narrator explains the keys to consistent winning. You're in the game, evaluating the hand. Do you hold'em or fold'em?

Learn to play and bet with confidence as you master the fundamental strategies used by expert players.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not helpfull, February 27, 2002

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Nicholas J. Herntier (Shakopee, MN United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Texas Hold'em Poker - Fundamentals For Winning [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video was not helpfull at all to me. I just started playing hold em a couple of months ago, and have bought other books on it. This video doesn't touch any of the criteria it should. It teaches you how to play, but that's about it. There is no section on hand reading, or any other good things you NEED to know.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very Very Good, October 15, 2001

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"mluzz57" (Bloomfield, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Texas Hold'em Poker - Fundamentals For Winning [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a good review for beginners and for intermediate, Pay close attention to the pot odds section, it is very helpful.
For the intermediate players, you will definitley have to fast forward the first 1/3 of the tape because it talks about how the game is played as far as posting and position. I found it very helpful. But it is definitley not for the adavanced player.
Good luck

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Rounders 101, June 21, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Texas Hold'em Poker - Fundamentals For Winning [VHS] (VHS Tape)

One of the good things about this video is the selection of characters sitting around the poker table - the huge bearded guy with the sleeveless red t-shirt is particularly priceless. I cannot imagine picking up the game just from watching this tape (even though it promises to show you the basics) - it is just too quick. There's a lot of useful information on which hands to hold and fold, but it goes by so quickly that you couldn't possibly absorb it. Could be a helpful refresher for someone who already knows the game but needs coaching. In the end, this is probably a helpful tape to watch once, but it you won't want to watch it over and over again. It's just too boring.