Championship Stud

by Tom McEvoy; Linda Johnson; Max Stern

• ISBN13: 9781580421881
• ISBN10: 1580421881
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-01
• Publisher: Cardoza

Summary

Johnson, McEvoy, and Stern present advanced strategies in easy-to-read language that is generously sprinkled with give-and-take conversations between the authors to give you more than one point of view on how to play poker. Winning strategies include: the best starting hands for third through seventh streets; how to read the board and opponents to determine the relative strength of you hand; when and how to bluff and semi-bluff to steal the antes; specific strategies for winning tournaments. Also included is a bonus chapter on general tournament strategy that is applicable to any form of poker. Plus a roundtable discussion by the authors.

Author Biography

Tom McEvoy is the 1983 World Champion of Poker, rarified territory occupied by only about two dozen players. Considered one of the greats in tournament play, he has won millions of dollars playing no-limit and pot-limit hold'em in cash games and major tournaments around the world. He is the author of Tournament Poker, "one of the most important poker books of all time" according to Gamblers Book Club. McEvoy is the co-author of ten other titles including Championship No-Limit & Pot-Limit Hold'em, Championship Stud, Championship Omaha and Championship Hold'em. Dr. Max Stern won the Omaha high-low split tournament at the 1995 World Series of Poker. He followed that success by winning two gold bracelets at the 1997 Series, first in the seven-card high-low split, followed by a win in the no-limit hold'em tournament. Stern is a member of the famous Costa Rican Connections, a close-knit group of top players who regularly meet to discuss and analyze how to improve their skills at poker. Linda Johnson is the publisher of Card Player magazine and champion poker player. She won the 1997 razz championship at the World Series of Poker. Today, Card Player is the premier magazine of poker.