Championship Hold’em by T.J. Cloutier and Tom McEvoy

Written by admin on December 21, 2007 – 4:42 pm -

Poker Pro’s McEvoy & Cloutier give you in this book valuable advice on limit hold’em tournament strategies. They have a very interesting conversational style of writing, making the book easy to understand even for beginners.

The authors share some of the experience they gathered by playing on several tournaments, in their successful careers. They use a step-by-step analysis of played hands, showing how a professional thinks.

A highlight of the book is the section where they discuss the differences in strategy when you play low buy-in versus high buy-in tournaments. Also, they discuss in another part the differences between cash games and tourneys.

Authors
T.J. Cloutier won 6 World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets, and has 39 final table finishes in this tournament.
Tom McEvoy is a four times bracelet winner on the WSOP. He won the 1983 Main Event.

Championship Hold’em


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Bobby Baldwin’s Winning Poker Secrets (Book Review)

Written by admin on December 20, 2007 – 6:32 am -

Book Description
This interesting and informative book is the work of two legendary poker players: Bobby Baldwin and Mike Caro. It offers to its readers the account of Bobby Baldwin early career, while teaching very important concepts to improve your poker skills.
Bobby Baldwin describes his road to the World Series of Poker win.
The strategy information is shown between the stories. The authors discuss the common mistakes of players on 7 variations of poker, as well as topics like starting hands, bankroll, game theory.

Commentary
This book is an easy read, making you dive on the poker scene, as Baldwin plays against the best players of poker history. The strategy tips are very good, and you can find really good advice for beginners and more experienced players, not only on strategy, but also about poker career and life.

About the Authors
Bobby Baldwin is a world champion of poker and belongs to the Poker Hall of Fame. Mike Caro (Mad Genius of Poker) is a poker professional that authored many best-sellers on poker strategy, including “Mike Caro’s Book of Tells”. Both authors of this book were co-authors of the Super System with Doyle Brunson.

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