Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
Most poker players realize that if you educate the weaker players,
Most poker players realize that if you educate the weaker players, they will get better, reducing your win rate. While this is true, only the most studious readers of this book will play the games I play and even if they do, I don’t think it will affect my bottom line too much. The real reason I am writing this book is because I want to give back to the poker community. I was fortunate to get into poker during a time when the Internet forums were full of useful information instead of rubbish like they are today. I made numerous friends through these forums and learned basically everything I know from them. I want to give the new players a way to learn everything I learned without having to come in contact with world-class players or wade through the giant Internet forums.
I learned quite a bit from the numerous poker books on the market
I learned quite a bit from the numerous poker books on the market Most of the books on poker are not that great. Unlike most subjects, you don’t actually have to be an expert to write a book on poker. In fact, most people that play poker think they are profitable at the game whereas, in reality, most are consistent losers. I have personally written every word in this book. It was hard work and took me a long time, as I am not an author. I am a poker player. Most of the authors teach a weak-tight style that will lose money in the long run. While the weak-tight style may have worked 20 years ago, it is certain to fail in today’s games. Sure, it will get you a 10-percent in-the-money rate in tournaments, but that strategy is a losing one. I want to correct everything in the out-of-date books and hopefully silence all the authors who claim to be professional poker players but actually make a living selling books to unsuspecting buyers. This book is meant to be the definitive book on tournament poker. When I set out to do something, I do it right. You will quickly see that as you read through this book.