Deals with the mental aspects of poker. Reads more like a seminar summary than a book. Lack of concrete, useful, practical information. Section on body language.
Written clearly. Topics are well organized and carefully spelled out. All aspects of the play in these poker games, with a special emphasis on tournament play, are covered. There is a significant amount of information here that has never before seen print. While not perfect, this book represents the best information publicly available on how to play and win in these games.
This book addresses both, the high limit, good player, tight games usually described as Vegas (or Bellagio) Hold 'Em, and the super-loose, usually low limit games played in your neighborhood card room.
Good first book with sound but conservative advice. It does not address any of the newer games like Hold'em or Omaha, but is one of the few books with a section of Draw. Lacks any specifics about poker situations.
This book actually is an oldie in reprinted edition with very conservative poker strategies. It certainly belongs to the best books ever written on the subject of poker.
Nice foundation to build more advanced skills on. aid in figuring out what form of poker that you'd enjoy most. It covers Hold 'em, Seven Stud, and Omaha as well as variations of these games. discussion of how to play the games are brief and concise. Bunt nothing for the professional player.
Collection of entertaining and enlightening essays. Also includes examination of the psychology and pleasure of gambling from the perspectives of both scholarly study and personal experience. offers a critique of literary accounts of the Las Vegas gambling scene by writers as diverse as Hunter S. Thompson, Mario Puzo, and Joan Didion.
Dreadful advice coupled with lousy pop psychology and too much fluff. The author crams 10 games into one tiny book and gives them all short shrift. This book will end up costing you far more than the cover price.
