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Randy Burgess is author of Stepping Up: The Recreational Player's Guide to Beating Casino and Internet Poker, a former reporter for the Bridgeport Post and Hartford Courant newspapers, and currently a freelance book editor and marketing writer.

Carl Baldassarre has been a journalist, freelance writer, and advertising copywriter. He contributed material to Randy Burgess's Stepping Up on seven-card stud. He's also a regular at the virtual Hold'em tables, playing primarily at Paradise and Party Poker.

The how-to-win guide for the blue chip of poker games.

Texas Hold'em, the game featured on the popular television programs and dealt at well-known tournaments, has quickly become the one to play—and the one to win. In the context of teaching readers the basics of Texas Hold'em, this revised edition covers “No Limit” strategies and tournaments, and the basics for winning bigger cash pots. Although the dynamics for this version of the game are similar to its low-limit cousin, “No Limit” strategy is quite different. This revised book covers no-limit in much greater detail, as it relates to cash games, online games, and tournaments.