77 Ways to Get the Edge at Casino Poker (Scoblete Get-the-Edge Guide) (Paperback)

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Product Description

Fred Renzey is a high-stakes, expert poker player. On a daily basis he faces — and beats — some of the best players in the country in fierce poker room competition. Now, for the first time, Renzey offers his perceptive insights on how to play winning poker. If you are a serious poker player who is determined to improve your game, this is the book for you!

Renzey covers the four most popular casino poker games: Seven Card Stud, Texas Hold’em, Omaha Hi-Lo Split (8 or better) from two perspectives — the theoretical best play of the hand and its practical application. His wealth of personal and practical experience will show you exactly what a winning poker player needs to know to conquer real-world opponents whose weaknesses and strengths must be reckoned with.

77 Ways to Get the Edge at Casino Poker deals with universal poker concepts, effective strategies for each game, and 77 fully illustrated "situations" that, when understood and played correctly, can make you one of the toughest players in the game.

Whether you are a professional player looking to get that extra edge or a recreational player looking to mix it up with the best, 77 Ways to get the Edge at Casino Poker is a must-have book!

About the Author

Fred Renzey writes poker columns for many of the best gaming magazines in the country, including Poker Digest and Midwest Gaming and Travel. He is the author of Blackjack Bluebook: The Right Stuff for the Serious Player. Fred worked for 32 years as a mechanical engineer. He now spends his time playing high-stakes poker and blackjack. He is married with two grown children.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Bonus Books; illustrated edition edition (July 25, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566251745
• ISBN-13: 978-1566251747
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,476,584 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For Serious Players Only, October 13, 2002

By A Customer

I am a very serious poker player and I play several times a week. I've read most of the poker literature. This book is one of the best. It looks at 77 concepts and analyzes the play of various types of hands based on these concepts. I thought the book was thorough, well written and intellectually challenging. If you play poker this belongs right up there with Sklansky's best work. Renzey obviously knows the various games and he has a marvelous way of teaching his points. But this is not a beginner's book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid Book, October 14, 2003

By	"v_vegas" (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

I would not recommend this book for beginners, but for those players who have moved into mid or upper limits it is a solid piece. Some of the concepts are basic because he has to make the book appealing to a wide audience but I found the hidden gems of information useful. The organization of the book, a series of 77 concepts, is excellent. There are no references to low limit games, which is refreshing. The author makes a point of avoiding discussion on low limit because, and I agree with him, low limit has too many exceptions to the rules of normal conduct. For poker players like myself who wish to dabble outside the realm of Hold'em, the pointers on Razz, Studd and PLO are very good.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly Good Book, February 12, 2005

By	Jim D. (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

The title sounded like a cheesy "get rich quick" magic formula, but I found the book to be full of down-to-earth, informative poker logic. The "77 ways" simply takes one poker strategy scenario at a time, and explains its underlying purpose in detail. It does this with general poker concepts first, like the subjects of check-raising or pot odds, then follows the same format with four different casino poker games.
Each strategy point involves only two or three pages accompanied by an illustrated hand to show its use. This made it easy to study and digest just one concept for 10 minutes, then put the book down for another time. It is also very easy to go back and refer to a particular concept after you've played a session.
I thought the strategy explanations were clear and educational, particularly in the two high-low split games of Omaha-8-or-better and 7 Card Stud-8-or-better. The other two games covered in the book were straight 7 Stud and Texas Hold'em.
This was definitely a thinking man's book that teaches you what you're trying to make happen when you play poker.