| No-Limit Texas Hold 'em for Winners: The Complete Poker Player's Guide to No-limit Texas Hold'em - for Beginners, Intermediates and Advanced Players |  | Authors: Andrea Shavick, Dan Shavick
Publisher: How To Books Ltd
Category: Book
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 17,194
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2Rev Ed
Pages: 368
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 1845282779
Dewey Decimal Number: 795.412
EAN: 9781845282776
ASIN: 1845282779
Publication Date: September 26, 2008
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 SIMPLE BUT COMPLETE September 16, 2009
SERGIO VIEIRA (braga, portugal)
I've 3 or 4 Poker books but this one is just like I needed a poker book to be.
I've read only 25% of it but so far so perfect!
I've decided to return to online play only after reading it all so I can't evaluate it correctly.
But as a book it is awesome.
Fantastic July 30, 2009
Mr. Rob Collins (England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book has massively improved my poker skills. I can't really compare it to others as it's my first poker book. I did find it pretty simple to understand and the exercises helped to consolidate my knowledge and undertand the principles in action. One area it's lacking is related to tournaments, but they really require their own specialist books. Highly recommended introduction to cash games that I think would help make most small-stakes cash game poker players profitable.
 A useful, well-written book June 30, 2009
A. P. Derham (England)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
As a beginner at the game, I enjoyed No-limit Texas Hold'em For Winners and found it very enlightening and helpful. Of course, as a beginner, it's also apparent that I can't be certain whether the advice given is excellent, ruinous or where it falls in between those extremes, but I get a strong feeling that it leans heavily towards the former. The language used is lucid and the teaching is logically and clearly structured; the authors have talent in these respects and are fine communicators. Strategies for all four betting rounds are proposed. Crucially, the logic behind those strategies and for approaches towards other aspects of the game is well explained so that the reader doesn't merely follow a blueprint but becomes versed in the reasoning behind the advice given. Other facets of the game are discussed such as deception, playing styles, stacks and blinds. There is a splendid piece about the role of luck in the game which is useful to all of us who believe we don't get our fair share of it. Although the book is comprehensive, it would have been helpful to squeeze in a few more pages about tournament and internet play and there are a few slips in the text, a tad disappointing in a second edition. The book seems to be of considerable value to beginners who are serious about improving and, I suspect, to better and more experienced players, too. It does demand the reader works hard to get the best from it. I'm very glad I bought it.
 looks a lot like many bogus reviews June 5, 2009
Renaud Nicolas (france)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
Just wanted to draw everybody attention to the fact that every reviewer have only 2 review, that those 2 reviews are always of the author 2 books and that reviews of both books are identical to the word for each reviewer
I think anyone should take that in consideration
Well-written, Thorough, Entertaining May 18, 2009
Mr. B. H. Carver (Cambridge, UK)
I've seen a few different books claiming to teach you how to play poker like the pros but this is the only one that keeps its promise. You start with a thorough introduction to the rules of the game and the procedure of play, explaining the hands, the positions around the table and the way play unfolds. This comes with "spot the hand" examples that would be useful to beginners.
What then follows is a very clear, lucid mathematical explanation of how to win - you'll learn how to quickly estimate the odds of winning a given hand and then how to work out whether a bet is likely to be profitable or not. This is explained fully with maths and examples, and is backed up by an appendix of probability tables that you can use for reference. After setting out the basics of how to work out whether a bet is good or bad, you're shown in detail how to apply the theory to every stage of the game - how position around the table should affect your betting, what effect other players should have on you, when to take risks, what is a 'good' hand, when to decide if calling is too expensive. Again, all of this is backed up by simple maths with some example poker dilemmas at the end of each chapter so you can test your progress and check the model answer to see what you should have done in those circumstances.
The book also covers styles of play - how to read another player, and get to know their style and betting patterns. This gives you a simple system for classifying your opponents, and explains how to play against each. Even better, it goes on to tell you how to deceive your opponents and remain unpredictable.
What really stands out about this book is the passion it communicates for the game alongside a fascination with both the mathematical and psychological aspects of playing it to win. Highly recommended.
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