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Ace on the River: An Advanced Poker Guide by Barry Greenstein
-A guide to the world of professional poker and a section on strategy
-Poignant and interesting commentary from a top pro; guide to professional poker
Review
"I seem to win whenever I read it." -- Ted Forrest, winning high-stakes player
"It's the necessary complement to instructional poker books." -- John Hennigan, winning
high-stakes player
"Other players don't think about poker like Barry does." -- Phil Ivey, winning high-stakes
player
"This book contains a lot of stuff I knew but had never seen written." -- Doyle Brunson,
poker legend
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Ace on the River is designed to improve the play of everyone from beginners to seasoned
professionals. The unique play-by-play section will challenge readers to think beyond
simple starting hands and make better decisions on other streets.
Ace on the River addresses elements of the game that are unfamiliar to many players.
Included are chapters on the poker society, money management, family matters and
even sex. This complilation of philosophies and real-table scenarios provides a
rare chance to see the poker world through the eyes of someone who lives it.
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One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stuey
-Combination biography and autobiography about poker legend Stu Ungar
-Excellent account of poker's most tragic character
Review
"Even though Stuey Ungar was perhaps the greatest poker player ever to live, his
talent at card playing wasn't close to being his most compelling characteristic.
Stuey was a little bit of a gangster, genius, madman, tragic hero, and cardsharp.
Add it all up, as Dalla and Alson have done in captivating style, and you get one
of the most unusual characters to ever appear on the Vegas scene." --Andy Bellin,
author of Poker Nation.
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Stu Ungar is the antithesis of someone like Daniel Negreanu or Erick Lindgren, at
least in appearance and virtue. Quiet, private, scrawny, filled with personal demons,
and never looking much older than 14, Stu Ungar led both one of the most triumphant
and sad lives in the poker world. He was never the poster-boy for poker nor did
he ever wish to be. The early '80s, Ungar's glory days, also couldn't be more different
than popular poker today. However, in spite of his personal issues and drug addictions,
he was probably the most talented poker and gin player to ever grace the felt. Sadly,
we'll never get to know how truly great Ungar could have been because of those addictions.
Overall, this biography gives you everything you could want to know about Stuey
Ungar, his life story, and the ups and downs of his poker career. If you're in the
mood for a serious book about one of the darker legends of poker, I highly recommend
One of a Kind.
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The Theory of Poker: A Professional Poker Player Teaches You How
To Think Like One
-Combination biography and autobiography about poker legend Stu Ungar
-Excellent account of poker's most tragic character
Review
"Even though Stuey Ungar was perhaps the greatest poker player ever to live, his
talent at card playing wasn't close to being his most compelling characteristic.
Stuey was a little bit of a gangster, genius, madman, tragic hero, and cardsharp.
Add it all up, as Dalla and Alson have done in captivating style, and you get one
of the most unusual characters to ever appear on the Vegas scene." --Andy Bellin,
author of Poker Nation
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Stu Ungar is the antithesis of someone like Daniel Negreanu or Erick Lindgren, at
least in appearance and virtue. Quiet, private, scrawny, filled with personal demons,
and never looking much older than 14, Stu Ungar led both one of the most triumphant
and sad lives in the poker world. He was never the poster-boy for poker nor did
he ever wish to be. The early '80s, Ungar's glory days, also couldn't be more different
than popular poker today. However, in spite of his personal issues and drug addictions,
he was probably the most talented poker and gin player to ever grace the felt. Sadly,
we'll never get to know how truly great Ungar could have been because of those addictions.
Overall, this biography gives you everything you could want to know about Stuey
Ungar, his life story, and the ups and downs of his poker career. If you're in the
mood for a serious book about one of the darker legends of poker, I highly recommend
One of a Kind.
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Doyle Brunson's Super System: A Course in Power Poker
Review
-It was believed by many people that Brunson and his colleagues simply gave too
much information away, allowing poker amateurs to catch up to the experts. Over
time, however, this book has become regarded as one of the best poker books ever
written to serve the poker industry. When this was first published in the seventies
it caused a sensation. Immediately recognized as the most ambitious poker book ever
written, it nonetheless was received with irritation by some professionals because
it was believed that Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson and his collaborators gave away
too much, thereby allowing the amateurs to catch up, thereby cutting into the professional
player's take.
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Considered by pros the BEST POKER BOOK EVER WRITTEN. This is the classic book on
every major no-limit game played today and is considered by the pros to be one of
the best books ever written on poker! Jam-packed with advanced strategies, theories,
tactics and money-making techniques - no serious poker player can afford to be without
this essential book! For the first time ever in paperback edition, Super System
is packed with 608 pages of hard-hitting information and including fifty pages of
the most precise poker statistics ever published, this is truly a must-buy for aspiring
pros. Super System features chapters written by game's superstars, the best theorists
and the best poker players in the world, such as Dave Sklansky, Mike Caro, Chip
Reese, Bobby Baldwin and Doyle Brunson. Three world champions and two master theorists
cover the essential strategies and advanced play in their specialties and provide
no-nonsense winning advice on making money at the tables. These poker superstars
cover the important money games in depth: You'll learn 7-card stud, draw poker,
lowball, 7-card low stud (razz), high-low split (cards speak), high-low declare,
and the most popular game today, hold'em (limit and no-limit). The important winning
concepts and strategies are clearly outlined and explained so that you'll become
a big money winner. Serious poker players must have this book. This is mandatory
reading for aspiring poker pros, tournament players or those ready to play no-limit
and is ideal for players moving to higher stakes games. This is the best poker book
every written - period - acknowledged by pros and knowledgeable players alike as
the classic book on every major no-limit game played today. Absolutely indispensable
reading for any player.Stu Ungar is the antithesis of someone like Daniel Negreanu
or Erick Lindgren, at least in appearance and virtue. Quiet, private, scrawny, filled
with personal demons, and never looking much older than 14, Stu Ungar led both one
of the most triumphant and sad lives in the poker world. He was never the poster-boy
for poker nor did he ever wish to be. The early '80s, Ungar's glory days, also couldn't
be more different than popular poker today. However, in spite of his personal issues
and drug addictions, he was probably the most talented poker and gin player to ever
grace the felt. Sadly, we'll never get to know how truly great Ungar could have
been because of those addictions.
Overall, this biography gives you everything you could want to know about Stuey
Ungar, his life story, and the ups and downs of his poker career. If you're in the
mood for a serious book about one of the darker legends of poker, I highly recommend
One of a Kind.
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Play Poker like the Pros: Most people today misunderstand poker...
- "Phil Hellmuth gave me the best poker lesson I've ever received." (Matt Damon, actor
and co-star in the movie Rounders )
Review
Hellmuth is to poker players what Tiger Woods is to golfers. As the introduction stresses, this is
not a book to be perused casually; rather, you read it like a textbook, a training
manual for effective poker playing, at both beginning and advanced levels. Hellmuth details card combinations and analyzes situations
with the precision of a surgeon. What's unique here is the breadth of coverage, focusing
not only on traditional table play but also on online gaming.
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Hellmuth, a seven time world champion, and all around smart guy, provides a book
that assumes the reader knows nothing about poker. The basics are explained with
clarity. Then Phil discusses the math, game theory, and strategy in various poker
games with an emphasis on Hold 'Em, the most complex (most interesting) and most
popular form of tournament and casino poker. If you're already an Eagle (Phil classifies
players according to type, such as the Mouse, the Elephant, the Jackal, etc. Eagles
are birds capable of feathering their nests with millions of dollars from poker)
this would be an interesting book for the insight it provides into the mind of another
certified Eagle. If you're a beginner or intermediate with Eaglelike aspirations,
this is the best primer around. It's not the only book you'll need to read, but
it will teach you the language and strategies of poker. Then the manuals written
for advanced players will make sense and you'll gain much more from them than if
you just jumped in to one of them. One caveat: before you jump into a game for real
money, finish the book. Don't get fired up after a chapter or two and hit the poker
room at the Bellagio expecting to clean up. In poker, a little knowledge is a dangerous
thing. FINISH THE BOOK before you open your wallet.
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Professional Poker: Playing Poker For a Living
By Mark Blade Have you ever fantasized about playing poker for a living? If so,
Professional Poker is your indispensable guide. You will learn poker odds and expert-level
playing skills that form the foundation of a pro's playing abilities, along with
career issues such as managing bankrolls, work hours, tournaments vs. cash games,
travel, emotional control, paying taxes, getting staked, and online play.
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Don’t be mislead by the title. This book have plenty to offer even if you are not
thinking about going Pro. Actually it is the most well writing Poker book we have
read to date. On top of this Mark covers several areas that have only been hinted
at by others. He has really done some groundbreaking work with this book and every
Poker player should read it. And not to forget – if you are thinking of playing
poker for a living then this is the absolute best book on the subject.
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Sit 'n Go Strategy: Expert Advice For Beating One-Table Tournaments
By Collin Moshman Sit n go poker tournaments are one table events starting with
nine or ten players that usually pay the top three places. They are not standard
no-limit poker tournaments since the required strategy to be successful is different,
and those who understand the proper approach have found these events to be highly
profitable. This text, written by sit n go expert Collin Moshman, is the first poker
strategy book devoted exclusively to these tournaments.
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Sit `N Go Strategy is one of the best poker manuscripts ever published, and a major
contribution to poker, as there has been relatively little literature on SNG tournament
strategy. It is a well written, fairly comprehensive guide to playing low and medium
buy in, one table tournaments. Sit 'n Go Strategy is logically divided into sections
on Low Blind Play, Medium Blind Play, and High Blind Play, as well as a chapter,
titled Sit `N Go Career Play which covers some additional concepts.
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The Poker Mindset:Essential Attitudes For Poker Success By Ian Taylor
and Matthew Hilger
When you make the Poker Mindset your mindset, you will take control of your game
and walk away a winner.
In this groundbreaking book, Taylor and Hilger lay bare the secrets of the Poker
Mindset: seven core attitudes and concepts that ensure you have the optimal emotional,
psychological, and behavioral framework for playing superior poker.This is not a book that talks about reading opponents or taking advantage of their weaknesses, rather it takes the opposite approach: It tells you how to read yourself and avoid allowing your opponents to take advantage of you.
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Is it zen-like mind-reading skills, a computer-like brain or thousands of hours
of play? No. It is a series of established approaches and behaviors that enables
these experts to bring their "A" game to the table session after session, regardless
of short-term results. In this groundbreaking book, Taylor and Hilger lay bare the
secrets of the Poker Mindset: seven core attitudes and concepts that ensure you
have the optimal emotional, psychological, and behavioral framework for playing
superior poker.
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Caro's Book of Poker Tells By Mike Caro and Matthew Hilger
Mike Caro aka "Madman" is always fun to watch at the poker table. His book is one
of the absolute classics that must be in any serious poker players collection. It
focuses on the psychology of poker - observation skills are paramount.
This book is in many ways one of a kind. It focuses on the complex and imprecise
science of reading other poker players' tells and it does it so well that no other
serious books have been written to address this aspect of poker play..
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The book is ordered into types of poker tells with examples of the specific tells.
The analysis is thougrough and still current even though the original edition was
published some years ago. You will be hard pressed to find any other works solely
on the topic of poker tells, and some of the best poker books ever published make
reference to this milestone work.
In our opinion the book is a must read. You cannot read it lightly however, it must
be read in great detail and you have to do a lot of thinking about the tells and
how to actually get any real value from it. Tells are rarely obvious and it takes
concentration to find them. And remember – even if you spot a tell your opponent
might be faking it, trying to lure you in to a trap.
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Every Hand Revealed By Gus Hansen
World-famous poker pro Hansen analyzes the hands he played during the 2007 Aussie
Millions Poker Championship, where he won the title and $1.2 million.
Superstar poker pro Gus Hansen has shaken up the poker world with his loose, aggressive
style. Called "The Great Dane" as well as "The Madman," the five-time international
title-holder transforms his hands with cool logic ...and flattens his opponents.
Voted one of the world's sexiest men by People Magazine, Gus is an avid athlete,
backgammon player, and poker commentator for both Danish and American T.V.
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One of professional poker's most intriguing and fascinating players, Gus Hansen
has often been called "The Madman" for his crazy, fearless, aggressive style. But
you can't dispute the fact that this poker superstar knows how to win--and win big.
The holder of the inaugural Poker Superstars Invitational title as well as the only
player to win three World Poker Tour tournaments, Gus won his fifth major international
title when he became the 2007 Aussie Millions Champion, outlasting 747 players and
nabbing $1.2 million. Now, for the first time ever, Gus analyzes the hands that
he played during the tournament and reveals his secrets for winning in Every Hand
Revealed.
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