Beginners Guide to Limit Hold'em

by Jacobs, Byron

• ISBN13: 9781904468219
• ISBN10: 1904468217
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-01
• Publisher: D & B Publishing

Summary

Five years ago Internet Poker barely existed. Now, a poker revolution has occurred and at any given moment tens of thousands of players are playing poker for real money from their own homes. There are dozens of sites offering hundreds of different games. Whether you want to play for big stakes, modest stakes or just for fun money, you can log on and find a suitable live game within seconds. There are many variants of Poker but Limit Hold'em is the game. Approximately 50% of on-line players are playing Limit Hold'em. If you want to join them, then this is the book for you. Most people have a rough idea how to play poker, but the Beginners Guide to Limit Hold'em assumes no prior knowledge and builds from the absolute basics. Experienced author and successful on-line poker player Byron Jacobs provides newcomers to the game with a thorough grounding in the rules and the basic principles. Beginners Guide to Limit Hold'em deals with every aspect of playing limit hold'em on-line including the rules, etiquette, basic strategy, bankroll management and site and game selection. Poker is a fun game, but it is more fun when you win. This book will provide you with sufficient knowledge to commence your poker career as a winning player at small stakes games. Learn Limit Hold'em from scratch or brush up on the basics Extensive hints and tips make key advice easy to remember Numerous problems allow you to guage your understanding of key ideas

Author Biography

Byron Jacobs is a successful on-line limit hold’em player. He is the author of the highly popular How Good is Your Limit Hold’em? and is a regular columnist for Card Player magazine.

Table of Contents

Why Play Poker?	9	(17)
The Online Poker Revolution	10	(2)
Hold'em Poker	12	(2)
Show me the Money	14	(1)
Developing a Feel	15	(1)
The Scope of this Book	16	(1)
The Ranking of the Hands	17	(22)
Introduction	18	(1)
Hand Rankings	18	(14)
Exercise One	32	(2)
Exercise Two	34	(5)
Introducing the Board	39	(26)
Using Seven Cards	40	(10)
Exercise Three	50	(3)
Understanding Hand Strength	53	(8)
Exercise Four	61	(4)
The Basics of Play	65	(24)
How Limit Hold'em is Played	66	(3)
The Betting	69	(3)
A Practical Example	72	(13)
Exercise Five	85	(1)
Other Forms of Poker	86	(3)
How Hands Develop	89	(36)
Starting Hands -- Basic Principles	90	(1)
The Concept of Outs	91	(8)
Playing Hands	99	(10)
Focusing on Outs	109	(7)
Exercise Six	116	(6)
Developing a Feel	122	(3)
Hold'em Play -- Basic Principles	125	(10)
Odds and Pot Odds	126	(5)
Implied Odds	131	(1)
Exercise Seven	132	(1)
Position	133	(2)
Pre-Flop Play -- General Principles	135	(22)
Position and Pre-Flop Play	136	(2)
Domination	138	(2)
Small Cards	140	(3)
Pairs and Non-Pairs	143	(6)
Suited or Offsuit	149	(3)
Entering the Pot	152	(4)
Playing from the Blinds	156	(1)
Pre-Flop Play -- Specific Strategies	157	(22)
Playing Pairs	158	(4)
Playing Unpaired High Cards	162	(3)
Playing Speculative Hands	165	(2)
In Practice	167	(9)
Exercise Eight	176	(3)
Post-Flop Concepts	179	(18)
Introduction	180	(1)
Pre- and Post-Flop Play	180	(2)
Aggression	182	(2)
Assessing the Flop	184	(7)
Betting Concepts	191	(6)
Post-Flop Strategy	197	(46)
When to Raise	198	(3)
The Importance of Position	201	(3)
Outs and Pot Odds	204	(13)
Playing a Strong Draw	217	(5)
Slowplaying	222	(3)
Staying out of Trouble	225	(3)
River Play	228	(3)
Putting it all Together	231	(12)
Final Thoughts	243	(9)
Caveat Emptor	244	(1)
What to do Next	245	(1)
Further Reading	246	(1)
Results and Running Bad	247	(2)
Keeping Track	249	(3)
Solutions to Exercises	252	(8)
Odds Tables	260	(4)
Glossary	264