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Chapter 1
Skill versus Luck in Poker
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Skill versus Luck in Poker
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Skill versus Luck in Poker
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Skill versus Luck in Poker
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Chapter 2
Texas Hol d e m : Setup and Basic Play
Texas Hold em: Setup and Basic Play
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The Role of the Dealer
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The Role of the Button: Whose Deal Is It?
Texas Hold em: Setup and Basic Play
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The Two Blinds to the Left of the Button
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Hold em Setup
Two Cards Are Dealt, Facedown
Texas Hold em: Setup and Basic Play
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The Player to the Left of the Two Blinds Acts First
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One More Circumstance of the First Round of Play
Texas Hold em: Setup and Basic Play
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Second Round of Betting
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Hold em Flop
Third Round of Betting
Texas Hold em: Setup and Basic Play
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Hold em 4th Street
Fourth Round of Betting
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A Short Review of What a Hand of Limit Texas Hold em Looks Like
Texas Hold em: Setup and Basic Play
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First Round of Betting P2 Raises
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Two Important Aspects of Hold em Etiquette
Texas Hold em: Setup and Basic Play
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Introducing Limit Hold em into Your Private Game
Texas Hold em: Setup and Basic Play
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The Advantage of Position
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No-Limit Texas Hold em Structure The Cadillac!
Pot-Limit Hold em
Texas Hold em: Setup and Basic Play
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Chapter 3
Limit Hold em: Beginners Strategy
Limit Hold em: Beginners Strategy
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Limit Hold em: Beginners Strategy
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Preflop Limit Hold em: Lessons for Beginners, Top Ten Hands Only
Limit Hold em: Beginners Strategy
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Top 10 hands in Hold em
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Limit Hold em: Beginners Strategy
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Phil s Animal Types
Phil s Animal Types
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Limit Hold em: Beginners Strategy
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Raising with a Top Ten Hand in Late Position
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Re-Raise Four Bets
Beware of the Mouse
Limit Hold em: Beginners Strategy
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Reraising the Jackal with a Top Ten Hand in Cyberspace
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A Top Ten Hand against a Mouse
Pocket Aces
Limit Hold em: Beginners Strategy
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Kings, Queens, and A-K
Pocket Jacks
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Playing the Flop for Hold em Beginners: The Power of the Raise
Limit Hold em: Beginners Strategy
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Limit Hold em: Beginners Strategy
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Examples
The Flop Comes Down
Limit Hold em: Beginners Strategy
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The Flop Has Come Down
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Limit Hold em: Beginners Strategy
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The Flop Is
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The Flop Is
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Playing the Flop, for Limit Hold em Beginners: The Special Case of A-K
Limit Hold em: Beginners Strategy
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Examples
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The Flop Includes an A or a K (For Example, A-9-4, K-10-7, A-2-3, or K-Q-J)
Limit Hold em: Beginners Strategy
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The Flop Is J-5-2
The Flop Is
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The Flop Is Q-10-2
The Flop Is 6-5-2
Limit Hold em: Beginners Strategy
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How to Play the Top Ten Hands on Fourth Street
Protecting Your Hand
Limit Hold em: Beginners Strategy
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Knowing When to Fold Em
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Folding Down Your Hand
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Examples
Folding Your Hand Because a Bad Card Came on Fourth Street
Limit Hold em: Beginners Strategy
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Protect Your Hand
The Elephant Scares You Off
Raising the Jackal on Fourth Street When a Good Card Hits
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A Tough Situation
Limit Hold em: Beginners Strategy
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Playing the River with the Top Ten Hands: Call for the Pot Odds!
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Examples
Folding on the River
The Board Is So Bad I Surrender!
Limit Hold em: Beginners Strategy
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The Following Hand Has Three Different Endings
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Limit Hold em: Beginners Strategy
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Pot Odds Say, Close Your Eyes and Call
Calling Two Bets on the River
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Folding A-A for Two Bets on the End
When the Last Card Is Bad for Your Hand
Limit Hold em: Beginners Strategy
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Chapter 4
Limit Hold em: Intermediate Strategy
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Extending Your Play beyond the Top Ten Hands z z z
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Stealing the Blinds
Limit Hold em: Intermediate Strategy
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Weird Things Can Happen When You re Stealing the Blinds
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Playing the Majority Play Hands before the Flop
Calling with Small Pairs
Limit Hold em: Intermediate Strategy
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Reraising with Small Pairs, before the Flop
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Limit Hold em: Intermediate Strategy
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Examples Make It Two Bets with No Callers
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Making It Two Bets with Callers
Small Pairs When the Mouse Has Come in Raising
Limit Hold em: Intermediate Strategy
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Raise and Isolate the Jackal
Small Pairs Don t Call Three Bets!
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How to Play A-x Suited before the Flop
Limit Hold em: Intermediate Strategy
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Playing K-Q before the Flop
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Limit Hold em: Intermediate Strategy
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Playing the Majority Play Hands on the Flop
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Examples
Limit Hold em: Intermediate Strategy
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Playing Small Pairs (2-2 through 6-6) on the Flop: Pump It or Dump It
Playing Small Pairs on the Flop
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Limit Hold em: Intermediate Strategy
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Playing Small Pairs: Flopping a Set
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Playing Small Pairs: Good Flops, Protecting Your Hand
Limit Hold em: Intermediate Strategy
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Playing Small Pairs: Terrible Flops
Playing Small Pairs: Good Flops
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Reraising before the Flop Leads to Betting on the Flop
Playing A-x Suited on the Flop: Hit It or Fold It
Limit Hold em: Intermediate Strategy
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Limit Hold em: Intermediate Strategy
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Examples
Playing A-x Suited on the Flop: Flush Draw
Limit Hold em: Intermediate Strategy
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Playing A-x Suited: Bad Flop
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Playing A-x Suited: Hitting Second Board Pair
Limit Hold em: Intermediate Strategy
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Playing A-x Suited: OK Flop
Playing A-x Suited: Marginal Flop
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Playing A-x Suited: Flopping a Draw
Limit Hold em: Intermediate Strategy
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Playing A-x Suited: Second Pair with Mouse
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Playing A-x Suited: Strong Flops, Slow Play
Limit Hold em: Intermediate Strategy
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Playing A-x Suited: Strong Flop, Slow Play or Not
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Playing A-x Suited: Strong Flops, Slow Play?
Limit Hold em: Intermediate Strategy
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Playing K-Q on the Flop: Hit It or Fold It
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Limit Hold em: Intermediate Strategy
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How to Play the Majority Play Hands on Fourth Street
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Examples
Smooth-Calling
Limit Hold em: Intermediate Strategy
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Jamming the Pot
Protecting Your Hand with a Raise
Limit Hold em: Intermediate Strategy
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Folding Your Hand
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Playing the Marginal Play Hands on the River
Limit Hold em: Intermediate Strategy
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Chapter 5
Limit Hold em: Advanced Strategy
Limit Hold em: Advanced Strategy
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Playing Suited Connectors
Limit Hold em: Advanced Strategy
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Three Limit Hold em Situations Appropriate for Playing Suited Connectors
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Calling with Suited Connectors
Limit Hold em: Advanced Strategy
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Calling with Suited Connectors in the Blinds
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Limit Hold em: Advanced Strategy
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Three-Betting with Suited Connectors: Messing with the Other Players Heads
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Limit Hold em: Advanced Strategy
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Spencer s Approach: Fire Up the Game
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Limit Hold em: Advanced Strategy
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Stealing from the Blind Stealers
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Limit Hold em: Advanced Strategy
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Trapping with Big Hands before the Flop
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Limit Hold em: Advanced Strategy
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Advanced Hold em on the Flop
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Dangers of Resteals and Suited Connectors
Limit Hold em: Advanced Strategy
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Position in Advanced Play
Chapter 6
No-Limit and Pot-Limit Hol d em Strategy
No-Limit and Pot-Limit Hold em Strategy
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Pot-Limit Hold em (PLH)
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The Biggest and Most Prestigious Poker Game: No-Limit Hold em (NLH)
No-Limit and Pot-Limit Hold em Strategy
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Introducing No-Limit Hold em to Your Home Game
No-Limit and Pot-Limit Hold em Strategy
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Beginners Strategy for NLH and PLH
No-Limit and Pot-Limit Hold em Strategy
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Beginners: If You Hold A-A, K-K, Q-Q, or A-K before the Flop, Bet It All
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Beginners: Trapping with the Top Four Hands
No-Limit and Pot-Limit Hold em Strategy
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Beginners: Reraising J-J, 10-10, or 9-9 before the Flop
Beginners: Pairs 8-8 and under and A-Q Three Different Theories
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No-Limit and Pot-Limit Hold em Strategy
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Intermediate NLH theory: Adding A-x Suited
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Guessing an Opponent s Exact Two Hole Cards
No-Limit and Pot-Limit Hold em Strategy
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Judgment is Everything in NLH
No-Limit and Pot-Limit Hold em Strategy
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Phil s NLH Strategy
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Phil s Strategy: Reraise with Nothing
No-Limit and Pot-Limit Hold em Strategy
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No-Limit and Pot-Limit Hold em Strategy
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No-Limit and Pot-Limit Hold em Strategy
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The Bet It All Strategy for NLH Yuck!
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No-Limit and Pot-Limit Hold em Strategy
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Huck Seed s Advanced Theory of Suited Connectors for NLH
Suited Connectors
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No-Limit and Pot-Limit Hold em Strategy
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When Suited Connectors Don t Work
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Superadvanced Megalomaniac NLH Theory: Playing with Nothing
No-Limit and Pot-Limit Hold em Strategy
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Dave Devilfish Ulliott s Theory of NLH
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Develop Your Own Style
No-Limit and Pot-Limit Hold em Strategy
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Chapter 7
Limit Hol d e m Tournament Strategy
Limit Hold em Tournament Strategy
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Aggressive Play Helps in Limit Hold em Events
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Tight Play Helps in Limit Hold em Events, Especially Early
Limit Hold em Tournament Strategy
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Stealing the Blinds Helps You Survive Late in Limit Hold em Events
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Steal Blinds at the Money-Cutoff Line
Limit Hold em Tournament Strategy
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Survive and Thrive
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Bring Your Big Guns to a War!
Limit Hold em Tournament Strategy
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How to Trap with a Big Hand
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Play Satellites in Order to Improve Your Hold em Game
Limit Hold em Tournament Strategy
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Psychological Advantages in Poker Tournaments
Limit Hold em Tournaments: Summation
Limit Hold em Tournament Strategy
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Chapter 8
Omaha: Setup and Basic Play
Omaha and Hold em
Omaha: Setup and Basic Play
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A Quick Run-Through of the Betting and Dealing Action (Minus Some Important Elements)
Omaha: Setup and Basic Play
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Omaha Flop
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A Quick Refresher: The Button, Blinds, Betting Order, and Betting Options
Omaha: Setup and Basic Play
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Omaha River
A Sample Hand of Omaha
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Omaha: Setup and Basic Play
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Omaha: Setup and Basic Play
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Omaha Eight or Better: Setup and Basic Play
Omaha: Setup and Basic Play
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Pot-Limit Omaha: Setup and Basic Play
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Play Poker Like the Pros
Pot-Limit Omaha: Sample Hand
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Omaha: Setup and Basic Play
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Chapter 9
Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy
Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy
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Qualifying a Low Hand in O8B
Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy
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When No Low Hand Is Possible; and When Two Players Share the Same Low
Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy
Back to the More Usual Low Hands
Adding Two Cards from a Hand to Make the Four Best Possible Low Hands
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No Low Is Possible
A Lot of Times You Can Just Add A-2 to the Three Lowest Cards on the Board
Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy
Adding A-2 Works Again
Remember: You Have to Use Exactly Two Cards from Your Hand
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Using Two Down Cards for High and the Other Two for Low
Using the Same Two Down Cards for Both High and L o w
Using One Card Twice: Once for High and Once for L o w
Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy
When Only a High Hand Is Available
The Importance of A-2 in Your Starting Hand
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Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy
The Rank of Starting Hands in O8B
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Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy
Premium and Strong O8B hands
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Preflop Theory for O8B Beginners Tight Play
Raising before the Flop
Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy
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Beginners Theory for Strong Flops and W e a k Flops
Great Flops
Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy
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Good Flops: Protecting Your Hand
Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy
Good Flops: Keep Em In
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Marginal Flops: Pump It or Dump It
Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy
When a Pair Hits the Board
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Bad Flops Fold
Playing O8B Hands on Fourth Street for Beginners
Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy
Drawing Low on Fourth Street, with No High Draw
Drawing to a High Hand on Fourth Street with a Low Possible
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Jamming with the Best High Hand on Fourth Street
Jamming with the Best Low Hand on Fourth Street
Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy
Jamming with the Best Possible Hand Both Ways on Fourth Street
Smooth-Calling with the Best Possible L o w Hand
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Get Rid of the Low Draws
Beginners Strategy for Playing on the River
Jamming with the Best Hand with a Chance for It All
Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy
To Raise on the River with the Best Possible Hand?
Folding the Second-Best Low on the End
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Folding a Strong High Hand on the End
Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy
Miami John Cernuto s Three-Wheel-Card Theory
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Folding a Three-Wheel Hand on the Flop
Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy
Hitting the Flop
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Never Leave Home without an Ace!
Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy
Scotty Nguyen Told Me to Play Only A2 in O8B
Ted Forrest s Loose O8B Experiment
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Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy
My (Unsuccessful) Theory of O8B
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Chapter
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Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate Strategy
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Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate
Investing a Toothpick to Win a Lumberyard
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Play Poker Like the Pros
What It Means to Bet the Pot
Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate
The Best Beginners Strategy for PLO
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Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate
The Best Starting Hands for PLO
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Best Starting Hands in Pot-Limit Omaha
Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate
The Most Dangerous Starting Hands in P L O
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The Danger of Small Wraps
Small Flush Draws
Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate
Beware of Pairs Under Nines
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Playing A-A-x-x before the Flop in PLO
Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate
All-in with A-A-x-x before the Flop
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Raising with A-A-x-x before the Flop
If You Raise before the Flop with A-A-x-x, Bet the Flop
Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate
Don t Raise the Pot with A-A-x-x before the Flop; Reraise
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Playing Big Pocket Pairs in PLO
Playing Strong Hands before the Flop Putting in a Small Raise
Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate
With Strong PLO Flops, Bet Hard to Protect Your Hand or Bluff
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Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate
Mathematics in PLO on Fourth Street Phil s Flaw
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Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate
Calling Because of the Math on Fourth Street
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Math in PLO Forces You to Fold
Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate
Make Sure to Bet the Size of the Pot to Protect Your Hand
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Making Big Bets with Hands That Aren t the Best Possible
Betting Out with a Set into a Possible
Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate
Straight
Betting Out a Set into a Straight
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Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate
Betting or Calling Bets on the River
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Bluffing on the End Makes Them Call You You Have to Do It
Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate
PLO: Final Thoughts
Chapter
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Seven-Card Stud: Setup and Basic Play
Bet Limits, and an Extra Round of Betting
Seven-Card Stud: Setup and Basic Play
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Antes, Not Blinds
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How a Hand Proceeds
Seven-Card Stud: Setup and Basic Play
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Seven-Card Stud Antes
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Seven-Card Stud: Setup and Basic Play
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A Sample Hand of Seven-Card Stud
Seven-Card Stud: Setup and Basic Play
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Seven-Card Stud Setup
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Seven-Card Stud: Setup and Basic Play
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Seven-Card Stud Board
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Two Other Stud Games
Betting Structure for Razz (Seven-Card Stud Low)
Betting Structure Seven-Card Stud Eight or Better
Seven-Card Stud: Setup and Basic Play
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There Is No Positional Advantage in Dealing Stud or Its Variants
Chapter
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Seven-Card Stud: Basic and Intermediate Strategy
Seven-Card Stud: Basic and Intermediate Strategy
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Beginners Strategy: The Number One Thing to Know about Stud
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What Are the Most Powerful Starting Hands in Stud?
Seven-Card Stud: Basic and Intermediate Strategy
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Seven-Card Stud: Basic and Intermediate Strategy
Weaker Seven-Card Stud Starting Hands
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Beginning and Intermediate Strategy: Play It Until the Bets Are Double
Seven-Card Stud: Basic and Intermediate Strategy
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Play Poker Like the Pros
Beginners: What to Do with Your Hand on the First Round of Betting
The Time to Throw Away Your Jacks
Seven-Card Stud: Basic and Intermediate Strategy
The Time to Reraise with Your Pair of Jacks
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The Time to Make It Three Bets to Go with Your Pair of Jacks
Seven-Card Stud: Basic and Intermediate Strategy
Slow-Playing Your Hands in Seven-Card Stud
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Watch the Other Players Up Cards for Information
Seven-Card Stud: Basic and Intermediate Strategy
Winning the Pot with a Draw
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Throwing Your Hand Away When Your Opponent Pairs His Door Card
Seven-Card Stud: Basic and Intermediate Strategy
Throwing Your Hand Away When Your Opponent Hits an Overpair on the Board
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One Final Thought: Don t Fight the Math
Seven-Card Stud: Basic and Intermediate Strategy
Chapter
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Seven-Card Stud Low (Razz) Strategy
Seven-Card Stud Low (Razz) Strategy
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The Best Low Hands
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Seven-Card Stud Low (Razz) Strategy
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The Up Cards Will Determine the Strength of Your Hand
Seven-Card Stud Low (Razz) Strategy
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The Up Cards Sometimes Tell You What to Do
Automatic Steal When You re the Only L o w Card
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Automatic Raise When It s You versus the High Bring-In Card
Semiautomatic Raise: Stealing the Antes
Seven-Card Stud Low (Razz) Strategy
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Starting with the Best Possible Hand
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Duplicated Cards in Your Hand
Seven-Card Stud Low (Razz) Strategy
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Why You Should Jam It in Razz with Your Strong Hands in Three
Jamming Keeps You in the Pot
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The Argument for Trapping in Razz
Seven-Card Stud Low (Razz) Strategy
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Seven-Card Stud Low (Razz) Strategy
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A Razz Trap Gone Awry!
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Seven-Card Stud Low (Razz) Strategy
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Who Is the Favorite after Five Cards?
Representing a Hand in Razz after You Make a Hidden Pair
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Seven-Card Stud Low (Razz) Strategy
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Look for the Old Board-Lock Situation
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When It s Time to Fold Your Hand in Razz
Don t Draw Weak against Power on
Seven-Card Stud Low (Razz) Strategy
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the Board
Don t Try to Hit Two Perfect Cards in a Row
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Play Poker Like the Pros
Fold a Four-Card Nine for a Lot of Heat
One World-Class Tip from Ted Forrest
Seven-Card Stud Low (Razz) Strategy
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Defending When Yours Is the High Card on the Board
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Chapter
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Seven-Card Stud Eight or Better Strategy
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Seven-Card Stud Eight or Better Strategy
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Qualifying a Low Hand in Stud 8/b
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All the Qualifying Low Hands for Stud 8/b
Seven-Card Stud Eight or Better Strategy
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When No Low Hand Is Possible, the Best High Hand Wins the Whole Pot
When Players Tie for High or Low
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Go for the Low, Hoping to Luck Out and Win Both W a y s
Seven-Card Stud Eight or Better Strategy
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The Best Starting Hands in Stud 8/b
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Play Poker Like the Pros
Seven-Card Stud Eight or Better Strategy
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Premium Starting Hands in Stud 8/b
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Play Poker Like the Pros
A Solid, Safe Strategy for Beginners in Stud 8/b
Seven-Card Stud Eight or Better Strategy
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Beginners Strategy after Three Cards: Trap or Not?
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Play Poker Like the Pros
Beginners Strategy: Trap with the Low, Jam with the High
Seven-Card Stud Eight or Better Strategy
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Beginners Strategy: The Time to Fold Your Premium Low Hands
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Buying One More Card, but Not Two
Catching a Bad Card to Your Weak Premium Low Hand
Seven-Card Stud Eight or Better Strategy
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Calling with Your Strong Premium Hand
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Play Poker Like the Pros
Beginners Strategy: The Time to Throw Away Your Big Pairs
Seven-Card Stud Eight or Better Strategy
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Folding a Big Pair to Two Opponents Who Have Three Low Cards Each Up
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Folding a Big Pair to One Opponent with Four Low Straight Cards
Seven-Card Stud Eight or Better Strategy
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Folding a Big Pair to the Ace Up Card
Folding a Big Pair: Beware of an Ace!
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Play Poker Like the Pros
Short-Handed Stud 8/b (Four Players or Fewer)
Seven-Card Stud Eight or Better Strategy
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Making a Big Hand: Trap or Jam?
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Play Poker Like the Pros
World-Class Play on the Last Round of Betting
Seven-Card Stud Eight or Better Strategy
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Literally the Biggest Pot I Ever Saw in Stud 8/b
Chapter
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Poker on the Internet and Cyber Hol d em Strategy
Poker on the Internet and Cyber Hold em Strategy
Jumping on the Wave
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philhellmuth.com Live and Archived Audio Broadcasts
Poker on the Internet and Cyber Hold em Strategy
The Next Step UltimateBet.com (UB)
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Online Poker Strategy
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Play Poker Like the Pros
Limit Hold em on the Internet Deception and Reading
Poker on the Internet and Cyber Hold em Strategy
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Play Poker Like the Pros
Limit Hold em Strategy 10-Handed Games
Poker on the Internet and Cyber Hold em Strategy
Limit Hold em Strategy Five-Handed Games
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Play Poker Like the Pros
Limit Hold em Two-Handed (Heads-Up) Theory
Poker on the Internet and Cyber Hold em Strategy
Slow-Playing against a Superaggressive Player
Limit Hold em Heads-Up Howard Lederer s Theory
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Play Poker Like the Pros
More Information: Rec.gambling.poker.com is the Online Newsgroup for Poker
Poker on the Internet and Cyber Hold em Strategy
Resources
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Play Poker Like the Pros
To Practice and Play Online
Poker Articles and Information
Poker on the Internet and Cyber Hold em Strategy
Last Notes on Playing Online
Appendix 1
Rank of Hands in Poker
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Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Champion of the Year Award
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Appendix 3
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Legends of Poker
World Poker Final Events
U.S. Poker Championship
Bellagio Tournaments
Ultimate Poker Classic
Lucky Chances Casino Gold Rush
The Poker EM (Vienna)
Euro Finals of Poker (Paris)
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