How to Think Like a Poker Pro - Softcover

Roy Cooke

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1886070296 ISBN 13: 9781886070295

Publisher: Conjelco, 2009

Synopsis

Roy Cooke has been beating the hell out of poker games since 1972. His CardPlayer Magazine column is poker's longest continuously running commentary. He was a pioneer in the Internet Poker Industry. His rule book has become an industry standard. He is a champion for player's rights, fighting harder than anyone for more protection against cheats, especially online. His previous book, Real Poker II contains all his Play of Hand columns from 1992-1999, and is widely considered an essential on any poker player's bookshelf.

This volume How to Think Like a Poker Pro consists of many of Roy's columns published between 2000 and 2005. It is divided into four broad sections covering:

* Philosophy of Life and Poker
* Edge
* Becoming a Pro
* Strategy and Tactics

It will be a valuable addition to your poker library.

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Review:

"Roy Cooke has made a living and built a life as a successful poker pro for ten years longer than I've been alive. And some of my earliest poker was playing in John Bond's private Florida game, where people came for his stories as well as his action. What John and Roy have to say about the game is worth reading!" --Michael "Grinder" Mizrachi, multiple WPT winner and Card Player Magazine 2006 Player of the Year "Cover"

About the Author:

Roy Cooke started playing poker against professional competition at the age of 15, sneaking into cardrooms in the Seattle area. Since then he has played over 60,000 hours of poker all over the world, but mostly in the casino cardrooms of Las Vegas. He is generally recognized as one of the best middle-limit Texas Hold'em players in the world, and certainly the most consistent. Roy has been a featured columnist for CardPlayer Magazine for since 1992. He is a regular contributor to PokerBiz, the poker industry magazine. His first book with John Bond, Real Poker: The Cooke Collection, a collection of his columns, completely sold out. Real Poker II: The Play of Hands is in its second printing. Cooke's Rules of Real Poker is widely accepted as the standard in poker rules, the modern Hoyle. Their Home Poker Handbook is considered the most comprehensive material available on home games. Roy was the Cardroom Manager of the first real money Internet cardroom, and has been a consultant to many in the Internet poker business. He designed many of the anti-collusion protocols that are standard in the Internet poker industry today. He speaks at industry conferences both about marketing and about integrity issues. He has become the foremost spokesman for integrity efforts to protect players in the game generally and the Internet game particularly. He has also been a leading advocate of a centralized national poker association encompassing players, the industry and the media. Roy belongs to a number of community groups, including Toastmasters, where he is President of the Summerlin, Nevada chapter. He lives in Las Vegas where he and his wife Misty own a successful real estate brokerage. They live on a golf course with their daughter Krystle and three dogs. You can visit his real estate and poker website at www.roycooke.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Conjelco
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1886070296
• ISBN 13: 9781886070295
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 282