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Hold'em Poker For Advanced Players : Book Review[ return to main articles page ]

By: Lenny
Published on Dec 23rd, 2005

Hold'em Poker For Advanced Players<span>
<span>by David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth

</span></span>Hold'em Poker For Advanced Players<span></span> was the first poker book I ever read, after Hoyle anyway. My brother bought it and I would read bits of it before our weekly game, and innevitably after I was knocked out.

I have to admit, at the time it was way over my head. I'd browsed a few books at the bookstore and read some strategy online, but I was as new as they come while actually knowing what beats what. I'd played penny poker and dealer's choice games for years, but the world of poker theory and advanced strategy was as foreign to me as quantum string theory.

Standard what? Expected who? A few pages in and my head was spinning. The first time through I probably didn't catch much more than the hand rankings, and even that was much more nuanced than I had ever expected. After reading a few more basic books and a few months of playing experience with some of these new concepts in mind I returned to Hold'em Poker<span></span>. This time I began to understand more and more what this game was all about. At the same time, the more I understood the more I realized how much I had to learn.

Sklansky and Malmuth are the foremost writers on gambling theory and their expertise comes together seamlessly in this book. They give in-depth coverage to such important concepts as positional play, the semi-bluff, earning a free card, odds and implied odds, short-handed play, inducing a bluff, reading your opponent, and much more! It is written primarily for an age where limit was king and some of the strategy is specific to casino limit games, but I assure you these time tested strategies will work in any game.

I do not recommend Hold'em Poker For Advanced Players<span></span> for the novice, but if you are a serious student of the game and do not have this book in your library, you are seriously missing out!

To buy this book on Amazon.com click here : Hold'em Poker For Advanced Players<span> </span>
 

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