Winning 7-Card Stud: Transforming Home Poker Chumps into Casino Killers [Paperback]

Ashley Adams (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Lyle Stuart (November 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0818406356
• ISBN-13: 978-0818406355
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #200,694 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good book for the beginner or the player who is too loose., May 16, 2005

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Winning 7-Card Stud is a good book for players up to the 10-20 limit. Adams gives advice on how to play a tight and aggressive game. If his advice is followed, the player is likely to at least hold his own against the average talent at the 5-10 and 10-20 level. Chapter 2: Winning Basic Strategy gives a rundown on how to play a tight game that one should play against typical players. It describes the type of starting hands you want to play, and how to play them. It also describes each of the ensuing streets, and how one should proceed. Chapter 5: Expanding Your Repertoire explains more advanced techniques, ideas and moves a player can use once the player has the basic strategy down. Overall, this is a solid book for someone new to the game and any player that plays too loose. I recommend it as one's first 7-Card Stud book.

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For Hold 'Em players wanting to dabble in low-limit Stud...., June 16, 2004

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Michael Ramelb (Jefferson City, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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I am a frequent Hold 'Em (HE) player, both in the casino and online. A recurring problem for me is the wait. At the casino, I frequently have to wait over an hour to get a seat at an HE table. Online, it's not as bad, but just as irritating.

I decided one way to start passing the time was to play Stud, which always seems to have seats open. Unfortunately, Stud and HE are VERY different games, and I wasn't making the right adjustments.

This book outlines a good basic strategy that I was quickly able to implement with pretty good success. Unlike HE, Stud doesn't allow for a strict set of playable "starting hands", but this book did a good of explaining guidelines to consider when making the most critical decision: what to do on 3rd street.

This book does not, and was not intended to, get into advanced and aggressive play. That's for further reading, but this was a good starting point for me. For more experienced poker players, some of the advice might be considered weak-tight, but it's still a good foundation.

Warning - this book has a few typos in it. In particular, there is at least one diagram that in no way corresponds to the text beneath.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Stop 7 Card Stud Education, January 14, 2006

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This book is fantastic. I went from having casual knowledge of stud poker to being extremely confident at the tables. I had read a number of Ashley Adams articles and he is not your average writer. He has an extraordinary ability to recognize the abilities of the reader and not give him or her too much to handle.

After reading the first 50 pages, I was quite disappointed at the starting hand requirements and put the book down. I started playing and had a winning session of 7 card stud. I had thought playing tight and waiting for good starting hands was boring, but tight is right. And winning is definitely not boring. I immediately finished the book and absorbed the advanced material later in the book and I am astonished at how great this book has helped me.

While the Harrington on Hold'em books are the best ever written for NL tournament poker, this book is the best you can get for your library in 7 card stud. You might eventually advance beyond the concepts of this book and need a higher level book, but I don't think the average casual player with be sitting at stakes beyond $3/6 or $5/10.

5 Stars, I highly recommend this book to everyone. Everything you need to know in one book to become a winner. You will appreciate the work Ashley Adams put into this book to help players understand the complexities of 7 card stud. He is truly one of the best at teaching poker that I have ever read.