Championship Hold'em Tournament Hands: A Hand By Hand Strategy Guide to Winning Hold'em...

Championship Hold'em Tournament Hands: A Hand By Hand Strategy Guide to Winning Hold'em Tournaments | Tom McEvoy, T.J. Cloutier | Same material as Championship No Limit & Pot Limit Hold 'Em

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	Championship Hold'em Tournament Hands: A Hand By Hand Strategy Guide to Winning Hold'em Tournaments Tom McEvoy, T.J. Cloutier Cardoza, 2005 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 6 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

This absolutely essential guide is the only book completely devoted to how hands are actually played at tournaments, and thus, a must-buy for the millions of players. Two tournament legends show players the key concepts and thinking behind 100 actual hold'em hands-including 45 pivotal champion hands! Readers learn how to use key poker concepts and develop their intuitions as they work their way through 57 limit and no-limit hold'em practice hands and 45 key hands as played by champions in turnaround situations at the WSOP. Players gain tremendous insights into how tournament poker is played at the highest levels by champions.

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Good format. It is in an easy readable format to follow. I beleive its for the medium to advanced player. You need to have a working knowledge of the game. I have read many hold'em books and found this book to be the most sound. His approach and style are basically conservative, although he touches on the aggressive and super aggressive players. His explanations and reasoning on his methods are stellar and highly analytical. Throughout the entire book you will find buried treasures. You will not be able to put this book down.

Same material as Championship No Limit & Pot Limit Hold 'Em

I really enjoyed Championship No Limit & Pot Limit Hold 'Em and was looking forward to reading this book. The book is about 1/2 limit hold'em hands and 1/2 no-limit hold'em hands. The no-limit hold'em hands are the same as the material presented in Championship No Limit & Pot Limit Hold 'Em. So if you are looking for different material on no-limit, this book is not it. It also contains actual hands played from many different WSOP championships, which are interesting. It's a good book, just not much different from Championship No Limit & Pot Limit Hold 'Em.

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Pretty conservative, but pretty good

I don't own the "No-Limit/Pot-Limit" book by McEvoy/Cloutier, but supposedly much of the material is reproduced in this book. I was expecting a discussion of famous hands played in major tournaments, and while this is an important section near the end of the book, there is much, much more.

Basically, the book is broken down between a discussion of how to play hands in limit hold em, and then another large section instructing you how to play hands in no limit. I prefer NLHE and went straight to that part of the book. The advice is extremely conservative. In one example, you are advised to fold AK to a pot-sized bet after flopping an ace and you have position on your opponent! I tend to disagree with the advice, but if viewed in the context of the authors' style of play, they give a good explanation. In short, they are trying to keep you out of trouble. This style of play often falls short against aggressive opponents, but also has the benefit of keeping a new player out of trouble.

I thought the limit section was excellent. Although I believe the advice in this book is geared toward tournaments, if you played limit hands the way they advocate you would probably make a decent profit over time. Again, the style is very tight, but this is perhaps more crucial in limit where you can't blow opponents out of a pot with a big bet as you can in no limit.

My favorite aspect of the book is that it discusses how to play each hand for each game. If it's not listed (J8 suited is nowhere to be found) then you aren't supposed to play it. It's a great beginner's book, and it's not too shabby for the experienced player either, as it helps bring you back and realize how important it is to come into pots from a position of strength with good starting hands. Even if you don't want to play this super-tight style, it will give you an good insight into how all those old-timers play in the morning games at the casino!

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Easy read

This could be a good beginners book. The layout and presentation is easy to read. The text is big and you can read through this book rather fast. It will teach you hand rankings and how to play certain hands in different situations. Unfortunately it's a big basic if you have been playing for some time and won't find too much new information here.

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