Internet Texas Holdem New Expanded Edition: Winning Strategies for Full-Ring and Short-Handed Games - Softcover

Hilger, Matthew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0974150282 ISBN 13: 9780974150284

Publisher: Dimat Enterprises, Inc., 2012

Synopsis

EXPANDED NEW EDITION!A Complete Course in Playing Winning Limit Hold’emNo Limit Hold’em has become the glamor game of poker. Yet today's savvy pros know that some of the best low-risk money-making opportunities exist in Limit Hold’em. This complete manual will show you how to consistently beat today's Limit Hold’em game, whether you play on the Internet or in live games. Revised, updated and expanded with over 100 pages of all-new material and over 250 sample hands to bring the lessons to life, this classic text shows you how to win again and again. Step-by-step and hand-by-hand, you will learn:- Which starting hands to play Pre-Flop- How to turn sound poker theory into winning play- Traps to set and minefields to avoid- How to play through the Flop, the Turn, and the River- The odds and probabilities every successful player must know- How and when to bluff and how to pick off habitual bluffers- ...and much morePlus detailed new chapters that include a complete strategy for conquering short-handed games and the keys to playing in multi-way pots.Poker is a fun game, but it is even more fun when you win. With poker professional Matthew Hilger's Internet Texas Hold 'em as your guide, you can master in hours what most players take a lifetime to discover.

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About the Author:

Matthew Hilger's interest in professional poker is three-fold: playing, writing, and managing poker content websites. He has written three best-selling poker books: Internet Texas Hold'em, Texas Hold'em Odds and Probabilities, and The Poker Mindset: Essential Attitudes for Poker Success, coauthored by Ian Taylor.Matthew received his bachelor s degree in Finance from the University of Georgia in 1989. He completed a master s degree in Finance at Georgia State University in 1991 as well as a master s degree in International Business from Thunderbird in 1996. Prior to embarking on a poker career, Matthew worked in various accounting, finance, and consulting positions.Matthew started playing professionally on the Internet in 2001 and has logged thousands of hours online, playing at limits from $1-$2 up to $100-$200 and in countless online tournaments. In 2008, Matthew demonstrated his tournament prowess by winning a major online event with a $132K first place payout as he outlasted over 3,500 opponents. In December 2008, he won a $100K guaranteed tournament by outlasting 9,999 opponents Matthew cashed in the main event of the World Series of Poker three times between 2004 and 2007, including a 33rd place finish. He has a total of ten cashes at the World Series of Poker, including one final table. He won the New Zealand Poker Championship in 2002. In 2007, he made back-to-back final tables at the 2007 Aussie Millions Championships.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dimat Enterprises, Inc.
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0974150282
• ISBN 13: 9780974150284
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 410