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No-Limit Texas Hold'em: The New Player's Guide to Winning Poker's Biggest Game »
Authors: Brad Daugherty, Tom McEvoy, Tom McEvoy
ISBN-13: 9781580421485, ISBN-10: 1580421482
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cardoza Publishing
Date Published: April 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Brad Daugherty
Book Synopsis
For experienced limit players who want to play no-limit or rookies who has never played before, two world champions give readers a crash course in how to play poker's hottest game and join the elite ranks of million-dollar, no-limit hold'em tournament winners and cash game players. Readers learn the winning principles and four major skills: how to evaluate the strength of a hand, determine how much to bet, how to understand how opponents play, and how to bluff and when to do it. The authors, who have won millions of dollars, provide tons of practical examples, a betting chart for tournament play and the key strategies to beat online no-limit hold'em cash games.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | 11 | |
| Introduction | 13 | |
| Part 1 | Brad's Crash Course in No-Limit Hold'em for Beginners | 17 |
| How No-Limit Hold'em Is Played | 17 | |
| Posting the Blinds | 17 | |
| Posting an Ante | 19 | |
| The Goal of Each Hand | 19 | |
| The Four Betting Rounds | 20 | |
| How the Betting Goes | 21 | |
| Deciding How much to Bet | 22 | |
| The Types of Hands to Play | 22 | |
| Reading the Board Cards | 23 | |
| The Bottom Line | 24 | |
| Part 2 | Shifting Your Thinking from Limit to No-Limit | 25 |
| Part 3 | The 8 Winning Principles of No-Limit Texas Hold'em | 31 |
| You Need a Stronger Hand to Call With than You Need to Bet With | 31 | |
| You Don't Need to Win a Lot of Pots | 32 | |
| You Do Not Play as Many Drawing Hands | 32 | |
| Your Style of Play Affects Your Chances of Winning | 33 | |
| Getting to Know Your Opponents is Very Important | 33 | |
| The Button is the Position of Power | 34 | |
| The Bluff Is an Important Weapon | 34 | |
| Don't Despair When You Get Behind | 35 | |
| Part 4 | How to Determine the Strength of Your Hand: The First Winning Skill of No-Limit Hold'em | 37 |
| The Seven Factors in the Balancing Act | 38 | |
| How to Determine the Strength of Your Hand | 39 | |
| Early Position Hands | 41 | |
| Middle Position Hands | 43 | |
| Late Position Hands | 44 | |
| Your Position at the Table | 45 | |
| How Many Opponents You Have | 46 | |
| Part 5 | Determining How Much to Bet: The Second Winning Skill of No-Limit Hold'em | 49 |
| What is Your Betting Goal? | 49 | |
| Betting Guidelines | 50 | |
| Overbetting the Pot | 51 | |
| The All-In Bet | 52 | |
| Making the Minimum Raise | 54 | |
| How Many Chips You Have | 54 | |
| The Size of the Blinds | 56 | |
| How Soon the Limits Are Going to Rise | 57 | |
| No-Limit Hold'em Betting Chart--With No Antes | 60 | |
| No-Limit Hold'em Betting Chart--With Antes | 61 | |
| The Normal Raise Column | 62 | |
| The Trouble Stack Column | 62 | |
| The Move-In Stack Column | 63 | |
| Part 6 | Understanding Your Opponents: The Third Winning Skill of No-Limit Hold'em | 65 |
| How to Play Against Different Types of Opponents | 66 | |
| Classic Opponent Types--Tip Sheet | 70 | |
| Part 7 | Knowing When and How to Bluff: The Fourth Winning Skill of No-Limit Hold'em | 71 |
| What is Bluffing? | 72 | |
| What Does "Without a Hand" Mean? | 72 | |
| When Do You Bluff? | 73 | |
| What Types of Opponents ARe the Easiest to Bluff? | 73 | |
| What Question Should You Ask Yourself Before You Bluff? | 74 | |
| How Much Money Should You Bluff? | 74 | |
| What is Semi-Bluffing? | 75 | |
| How Can You Steal the Antes and Blinds Before the Flop by Bluffing? | 75 | |
| What is the Resteal Bluff? | 76 | |
| Whatis the Follow-up Bluff? | 77 | |
| What is the Total Bluff? | 78 | |
| After the Flop, Who Normally Does the Bluffing? | 78 | |
| What Type of Pressure Do You Put on Opponents When You Bluff? | 79 | |
| How Do the Changes in Today's Fast-Action No-Limit Hold'em Games Affect Your Ability to Bluff? | 80 | |
| What Is One of the Biggest Bluffs You've Ever Seen in a Tournament? | 80 | |
| Part 8 | Tournament Practice Hands: How to Select, Bet & Play the Best Hands | 83 |
| The Tournament Structure | 86 | |
| Your Tournament Strategy | 86 | |
| Playing Big Pairs: Aces | 87 | |
| How to Play Before the Flop | 87 | |
| Slow-Playing Aces | 88 | |
| How to Play Aces on the Flop | 94 | |
| Playing Big Pairs: Kings | 98 | |
| How to Play Kings Before the Flop | 98 | |
| How to Play Kings on the Flop | 103 | |
| Playing Big Pairs: Queens | 107 | |
| How to Play Queens Before the Flop | 107 | |
| How to Play Queens After the Flop | 111 | |
| Playing Big Pairs: Jacks | 114 | |
| How to Play Jacks Before the Flop | 114 | |
| Playing Middle Pairs: 10-10 through 7-7 | 120 | |
| Playing Small Pairs: 6-6 through 2-2 | 125 | |
| Big Connected Cards | 128 | |
| How to Play A-K | 128 | |
| How to Play A-Q | 132 | |
| How to Play A-J | 136 | |
| How to Play K-Q | 139 | |
| Part 9 | Tournament Practice Flops: How to Read, Bet & Play On the Flop | 145 |
| Flop 1 | One High Card/Two Low Cards/Unsuited | 147 |
| Flop 2 | Two High Cards/One Low Card/Suited | 157 |
| Flop 3 | Three Middle Cards/Unsuited | 166 |
| Flop 4 | Three High Cards/Unsuited | 172 |
| Flop 5 | A Low Pair with a Suited Card | 181 |
| Flop 6 | Three Middle Connectors/Unsuited | 188 |
| Flop 7 | A High Pair with a Low Card | 197 |
| Part 10 | Bluffing Practice Hands | 207 |
| The Semi-Bluff | 207 | |
| The Steal Bluff | 211 | |
| The Resteal Bluff | 215 | |
| The Follow-up Bluff | 219 | |
| The Total Bluff | 223 | |
| Part 11 | How to Play No-Limit Hold'em Cash Games in Online Casinos | 227 |
| Concentrate on These Factors | 229 | |
| Carefully Select the Hands You Play | 230 | |
| Practice Reading the Flop | 230 | |
| Set a Loss Limit | 230 | |
| Know When to Quit the Game | 231 | |
| Have Enough Money in Your Account | 231 | |
| Take Advantage of Your Table Image | 231 | |
| Part 12 | 10 Ways to Practice No-Limit Texas Hold'em ... | 239 |
| Practice Opportunity | 241 | |
| 1 | Watch No-Limit Hold'em Televised Tournaments | 241 |
| 2 | Watch the Pros Play a Tournament in an On-Land Casino | 243 |
| 3 | Set Up a Home Tournament or Cash Game | 245 |
| 4 | Play Small Buy-in Multi-Table Tournaments Online | 247 |
| 5 | Play Small-Stakes Rebuy Tournaments at On-Land Casinos | 250 |
| 6 | ||
| Play One-Table Tournaments and Satellites Online | 253 | |
| Some Tips for Playing Heads-Up | 258 | |
| 7 | Discuss Things with Knowledgeable Players | 260 |
| 8 | Deal 100 Hands at Home | 262 |
| 9 | Keep a Poker Diary | 265 |
| 10 | Other Ways to Improve Your Game | 265 |
| Extra Stuff | ||
| Glossary | 267 | |
| Cardoza Publishing Products | 279 |
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