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C h a p t e r 1

Skill versus Luck

in Poker


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2 Play Poker Like the Pros


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3Skill versus Luck in Poker


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C h a p t e r 2

Texas Holdem:

Setup and Basic Play


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9Texas Holdem: Setup and Basic Play

The Role of the Dealer


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1 0 Play Poker Like the Pros

The Role of the Button: Whose Deal

Is It?


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1 1Texas Holdem: Setup and Basic Play

The Two Blinds to the Left

of the Button


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Play Poker Like the Pros1 2

Holdem Setup

Two Cards Are Dealt, Facedown


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The Player to the Left of the Two

Blinds Acts First


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One More Circumstance of the First

Round of Play


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Second Round of Betting


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Holdem Flop

Third Round of Betting


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Texas Holdem: Setup and Basic Play 1 7

Holdem 4th Street

Fourth Round of Betting


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A Short Review of What a Hand of

Limit

Texas Holdem Looks Like


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Texas Holdem: Setup and Basic Play 1 9

First Round of BettingP2 Raises


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Two Important Aspects of Holdem

Etiquette


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Introducing Limit Holdem into

Your Private Game


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The Advantage of Position


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No-Limit Texas Holdem Structure

The Cadillac!

Pot-Limit Holdem


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C h a p t e r 3

Limit Holdem:

Beginners Strategy


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Preflop Limit Holdem: Lessons for

Beginners, Top Ten Hands Only


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Limit Holdem: Beginners Strategy 3 1

Top 10 hands in Holdem


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Limit Holdem: Beginners Strategy 3 3

Phils Animal Types

Phils Animal Types


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Raising with a Top Ten Hand in Late

Position


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Re-RaiseFour Bets

Beware of the Mouse


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Reraising the Jackal with a Top Ten

Hand in Cyberspace


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A Top Ten Hand against a Mouse

Pocket Aces


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Kings, Queens, and A-K

Pocket Jacks


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Playing the Flop for Holdem Beginners:The Power of the Raise


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The Flop Comes Down


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The Flop Has Come Down


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The Flop Is


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Playing the Flop, for Limit Holdem

Beginners: The Special Case of A-K


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Examples


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The Flop Includes an A or a K (For

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A-9-4, K-10-7, A-2-3, or K-Q-J)


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The Flop Is J-5-2

The Flop Is and You Have


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The Flop Is Q-10-2

The Flop Is 6-5-2


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How to Play the Top Ten Hands on

Fourth Street

Protecting Your Hand


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Knowing When to Fold Em

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Folding Down Your Hand


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Folding Your Hand Because a Bad Card

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Protect Your Hand

The Elephant Scares You Off

Raising the Jackal on Fourth Street When

a Good Card Hits


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A Tough Situation


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Playing the River with the Top Ten

Hands: Call for the Pot Odds!


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Folding on the River

The Board Is So Bad I Surrender!


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The Following Hand Has Three

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Pot Odds Say,Close Your Eyes and Call

Calling Two Bets on the River


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Folding A-A for Two Bets on the End

When the Last Card Is Bad for Your Hand


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C h a p t e r 4

Limit Holdem:

Intermediate Strategy


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Extending Your Play beyond the Top

Ten Hands

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Stealing the Blinds


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Weird Things Can Happen When Youre

Stealing the Blinds


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Playing the Majority Play Hands before

the Flop

Calling with Small Pairs


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Reraising with Small Pairs, before the Flop


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Make It Two Bets with No Callers


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Making It Two Bets with Callers

Small Pairs When the Mouse Has Come inRaising


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Raise and Isolate the Jackal

Small PairsDont Call Three Bets!


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How to Play A-x Suited before the Flop


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Playing K-Q before the Flop


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Playing the Majority Play Hands on the

Flop


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Examples


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Playing Small Pairs (2-2 through 6-6) on

the Flop: Pump It or Dump It

Playing Small Pairs on the Flop


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Playing Small Pairs: Flopping a Set


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Playing Small Pairs: Good Flops,

Protecting Your Hand


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Playing Small Pairs: Terrible Flops

Playing Small Pairs: Good Flops


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Reraising before the Flop Leads to

Betting on the Flop

Playing A-x Suited on the Flop:

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Playing A-x Suited on the Flop: Flush Draw


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Playing A-x Suited: Bad Flop


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Playing A-x Suited: Hitting Second

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Playing A-x Suited: OK Flop

Playing A-x Suited: Marginal Flop


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1 0 0 Play Poker Like the Pros

Playing A-x Suited: Flopping a Draw


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1 0 1Limit Holdem: Intermediate Strategy

Playing A-x Suited: Second Pair

with M ou s e


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Playing A-x Suited: Strong Flops, Slow

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Playing A-x Suited: Strong Flop, Slow Play

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Playing A-x Suited: Strong Flops, Slow

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Playing K-Q on the Flop: Hit It or Fold It


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How to Play the Majority Play Hands


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Smooth-Calling


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Jamming the Pot

Protecting Your Hand with a Raise


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Folding Your Hand


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Playing the Marginal Play Hands on the

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Limit Holdem:

Advanced Strategy


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Playing Suited Connectors


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Three Limit Holdem Situations

Appropriate for Playing Suited Connectors


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Calling with Suited Connectors


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Calling with Suited Connectors in

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Three-Betting with Suited Connectors:

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Spencers Approach: Fire Up the

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Stealing from the Blind Stealers


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Trapping with Big Hands before the

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Advanced Holdem on the Flop


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Dangers of Resteals and

Suited Connectors


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Position in Advanced Play


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C h a p t e r 6

No-Limit and Pot-Limit

Holdem Strategy


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The Biggest and Most Prestigious

Poker Game: No-Limit Holdem (NLH)


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Introducing No-Limit Holdem to Your

H o m e G a m e


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Beginners Strategy for NLH and PLH


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Beginners: If You Hold A-A, K-K, Q-Q, or

A-K before the Flop, Bet It All


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Beginners: Trapping with the Top

Four Hands


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Beginners: Reraising J-J, 10-10, or 9-9

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Beginners: Pairs 8-8 and under and A-Q

Three Different Theories


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Intermediate NLH theory: Adding A-x

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Guessing an Opponents Exact Two

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Judgment is Everything in NLH


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Phils NLH Strategy


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Phils Strategy: Reraise with Nothing


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The Bet It All Strategy for NLHYuck!


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Huck Seeds Advanced Theory of

Suited Connectors for NLH

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Superadvanced Megalomaniac NLH

Theory: Playing with Nothing


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Dave Devilfish Ulliotts Theory of

N L H


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Develop Your Own Style


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Limit Holde m

Tournament Strategy


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1 6 3Limit Holdem Tournament Strategy


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Aggressive Play Helps in Limit Holdem

Events


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Tight Play Helps in Limit Holdem

Events, Especially Early


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Stealing the Blinds Helps You Survive

Late in Limit Holdem Events


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Steal Blinds at the Money-Cutoff Line


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Bring Your Big Guns to a War!


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How to Trap with a Big Hand


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Play Satellites in Order to Improve

Your Holdem Game


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C h a p t e r 8

O m a h a :


Omaha and Holdem


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1 7 7Omaha: Setup and Basic Play


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A Quick Run-Through of the Betting

and Dealing Action (Minus Some

Important Elements)


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A Quick Refresher: The Button, Blinds,

Betting Order, and Betting Options


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Omaha: Setup and Basic Play 1 8 1

Omaha River

A Sample Hand of Omaha


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Omaha Eight or Better: Setup and

Basic Play


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Pot-Limit Omaha: Setup and Basic Play


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Pot-Limit Omaha: Sample Hand


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Omaha Eight or Better

(High-Low Split) Strategy


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Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy

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When No Low Hand Is Possible; and When

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No Low Is Possible

A Lot of Times You Can Just Add A-2 to

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Adding A-2 Works Again

Remember: You Have to Use Exactly Two

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Using Two Down Cards for High and the

Other Two for Low

Using the Same Two Down Cards for Both

High and L o w

Using One Card Twice: Once for High and

Once for L o w


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When Only a High Hand Is Available

The Importance of A-2 in Your

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The Rank of Starting Hands in O8B


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Premium and Strong O8B hands


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Preflop Theory for O8B Beginners

Tight Play

Raising before the Flop


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Beginners Theory for Strong Flops and

Weak Flops

Great Flops


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Good Flops: Protecting Your Hand


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Good Flops: Keep Em In


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Marginal Flops: Pump It or Dump It


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When a Pair Hits the Board


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Bad FlopsFold

Playing O8B Hands on Fourth Street

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Drawing Low on Fourth Street, with No

High Draw

Drawing to a High Hand on Fourth Street

with a Low Possible


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Jamming with the Best High Hand on

Fourth Street

Jamming with the Best Low Hand on

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Jamming with the Best Possible Hand

Both Ways on Fourth Street

Smooth-Calling with the Best Possible

L o w H a n d


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Get Rid of the Low Draws

Beginners Strategy for Playing on

the River

Jamming with the Best Hand with a

Chance for It All


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To Raise on the River with the Best

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Folding the Second-Best Low on the End


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Miami John Cernutos

Three-Wheel-Card Theory


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Folding a Three-Wheel Hand on the Flop


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Hitting the Flop


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Never Leave Home without an Ace!


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Scotty Nguyen Told Me to Play Only A-

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Ted Forrests Loose O8B Experiment


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Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners

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Investing a Toothpick to Win

a Lumberyard


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What It Means to Bet the Pot


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The Best Beginners Strategy for PLO


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The Best Starting Hands for PLO


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Play Poker Like the Pros2 3 6

Best Starting Hands in Pot-Limit Omaha


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The Most Dangerous Starting Hands

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The Danger of Small Wraps

Small Flush Draws


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Beware of Pairs Under Nines


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Playing A-A-x-x before the Flop in PLO


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Raising with A-A-x-x before the Flop

If You Raise before the Flop with A-A-x-x,

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Dont Raise the Pot with A-A-x-x before

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Playing Big Pocket Pairs in PLO

Playing Strong Hands before the Flop

Putting in a Small Raise


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With Strong PLO Flops, Bet Hard to

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Mathematics in PLO on Fourth Street

Phils Flaw


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Calling Because of the Math on

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Math in PLO Forces You to Fold


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Make Sure to Bet the Size of the Pot

to Protect Your Hand


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Making Big Bets with Hands That Arent

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Betting Out with a Set into a Possible


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Bluffing on the End Makes Them CallYouYou Have to Do It


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PLO: Final Thoughts


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Seven-Card Stud:


Bet Limits, and an Extra Round

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2 5 9Seven-Card Stud: Setup and Basic Play

Antes, Not Blinds


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How a Hand Proceeds


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A Sample Hand of Seven-Card Stud


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Seven-Card Stud Setup


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Seven-Card Stud Board


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Two Other Stud Games

Betting Structure for Razz (Seven-CardStud Low)

Betting Structure Seven-Card Stud Eight

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There Is No Positional Advantage in

Dealing Stud or Its Variants


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C h a p t e r 1 2

Seven-Card Stud:

Basic and Intermediate

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Seven-Card Stud: Basic and Intermediate Strategy


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Beginners Strategy: The Number One

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What Are the Most Powerful Starting

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Weaker Seven-Card Stud StartingHands


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Beginning and Intermediate Strategy:

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Beginners: What to Do with Your Hand

on the First Round of Betting

The Time to Throw Away Your Jacks


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The Time to Reraise with Your Pair of

Jacks


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The Time to Make It Three Bets to Go

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Slow-Playing Your Hands in

Seven -Card Stud


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Watch the Other Players Up Cards

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Winning the Pot with a Draw


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Throwing Your Hand Away When Your

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Throwing Your Hand Away When Your

Opponent Hits an Overpair on the

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One Final Thought: Dont Fight the

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Low (Razz) Strategy


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Seven-Card Stud Low (Razz) Strategy 2 9 1

The Best Low Hands


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The Up Cards Will Determine the

Strength of Your Hand


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The Up Cards Sometimes Tell You What

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Automatic Steal When Youre the Only

Low Card


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Automatic Raise When Its You versus

the High Bring-In Card

Semiautomatic Raise: Stealing the

Antes


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Starting with the Best Possible Hand


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Duplicated Cards in Your Hand


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Why You Should Jam It in Razz with

Your Strong Hands in Three

Jamming Keeps You in the Pot


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The Argument for Trapping in Razz


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A Razz Trap Gone Awry!


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Who Is the Favorite after Five Cards?

Representing a Hand in Razz after You

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Look for the Old Board-LockSituation


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When Its Time to Fold Your Hand

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Dont Draw Weak against Power on


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Dont Try to Hit Two Perfect Cards in

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Fold a Four-Card Nine for a Lot of Heat

One World-Class Tip from Ted Forrest


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Defending When Yours Is the High Card

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Seven-Card Stud

Eight or Better Strategy


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3 1 5Seven-Card Stud Eight or Better Strategy

Qualifying a Low Hand in Stud 8/b


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All the Qualifying Low Hands for Stud 8/b


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When No Low Hand Is Possible, the

Best High Hand Wins the Whole Pot

When Players Tie for High or Low


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Go for the Low, Hoping to Luck Out

and Win Both W a y s


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The Best Starting Hands in Stud 8/b


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Seven-Card S tud E ight o r Better S trategy 3 2 1

Premium Starting Hands in Stud 8/b


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A Solid, Safe Strategy for Beginners in

Stud 8/b


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Beginners Strategy after Three Cards:

Trap or Not?


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Beginners Strategy: Trap with the

Low, Jam with the High


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Beginners Strategy: The Time to Fold

Your Premium Low Hands


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Buying One More Card, but Not Two

Catching a Bad Card to Your WeakP re mi um L ow H a n d


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Calling with Your Strong Premium Hand


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Beginners Strategy: The Time to

Throw Away Your Big Pairs


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Folding a Big Pair to Two Opponents Who

Have Three Low Cards Each Up


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Folding a Big Pair to One Opponent with

Four Low Straight Cards


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Folding a Big Pair to the Ace Up Card

Folding a Big Pair: Beware of an Ace!


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Short-Handed Stud 8/b (Four Players

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Making a Big Hand: Trap or Jam?


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World-Class Play on the Last Round

of Betting


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Literally the Biggest Pot I Ever Saw

in Stud 8/b


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C h a p t e r 1 5

Poker on the Internet

and Cyber HoldemStrategy


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Poker on the Internet and Cyber Holdem Strategy

Jumping on the Wave


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philhellmuth.com Live and Archived

Audio Broadcasts


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The Next StepUltimateBet.com (UB)


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Limit Holdem on the Internet

Deception and Reading


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Limit Holdem Strategy10-Handed

G a m e s


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Limit Holdem StrategyFive-Handed

G a m e s


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Limit Holdem Two-Handed (Heads-Up)

Theory


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Slow-Playing against a Superaggressive

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Limit Holdem Heads-UpHoward

Lederers Theory


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More Information:

Rec.gambling.poker.com is the Online

Newsgroup for Poker


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Resources


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To Practice and Play Online

Poker Articles and Information


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Last Notes on Playing Online


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A p p e n d i x 1

Rank of Han ds

in Poker


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A p p e n d i x 2

Cha mp ion o f the

Y ea r A wa rd


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3 5 6 Appendix 2


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A p p e n d i x 3

The Most Prestigious

Poker T o u r n a m e n t s


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Phils Top 50 Tournaments

(not listed by ranking)

Binions World Series of Poker (WSOP)

Events


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3 5 9Appendix 3

World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship

World Poker Open Events

World Poker Challenge

LA Poker Classic Events


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3 6 0 Appendix 3

Legends of Poker

World Poker Final Events

U.S. Poker Championship

Bellagio Tournaments

Ultimate Poker Classic

Lucky Chances Casino Gold Rush

The Poker EM (Vienna)

Euro Finals of Poker (Paris)


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A p p e n d i x 4

Playing in a World Series of

P ok e r ( WS O P) T o ur na m en t


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Final Thoughts about WSOP


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3 6 4 Appendix 4


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Phils Glossary


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