[share_ebook] Hold’Em Poker for Advanced Players

Originally released in 1988, Sklanksy and Malmuth updated Hold em Poker for Advanced Players in 1999 and called it the 21st century edition. Poker has, and continues to change over the years, and the updated edition reflects some of those changes. The primary changes include updated hand rankings, as well as particular sessions about non-standard (Shorthanded, Wild, extra loose) games. As the rules of poker continue to change, adjusting your play for who you are playing against becomes more and more important, and the sections on these non-standard games are invaluable for the serious card player.

Hold em Poker for Advanced Players covers most, but not all, of the material found in Hold em Poker. What it does cover it covers in much greater detail, and it adds much much more. The book is written fairly chronologically, starting with what hands you should play with and when, and then moves along through different stages of each hand. Then the book looks at specific strategies and cases, other poker concepts, and finally a quiz on the material that you can peruse and test you own knowledge if you feel there are leaks in your game. There are in depth sections on probability and odds, which really is at the core of the Sklanksy game (Mathematics), and sections on reading hands and even a small chapter on the psychology of poker.