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Summary: Entertaining but has some controversial advice
Review: This is a well written and entertaining book, and some of the basic advice is sound. However, the advice on playing a rush, or playing only low cards for a while if low cards seem to be winning, is wrong. Each hand of poker is independent. You can only know about "rushes" in hindsight. Limit Hold'em, as Doyle Brunson points out in Super/System, is essentially a mechanical game which should be played with the high cards. I bought Mr. Warren's book and I'm not sorry I did, but read it and every other poker book with a critical mind. Also, be sure to read Jones "Winning Low Limit Hold'em", Brunson's "Super/System", Sklansky's "Theory of Poker", and have a copy of Tablanette's "Statistics of Hold'em Poker" handy when you are devising strategies. And get a good beginner's book on probability and statistics if you don't understand why playing your rush or playing low cards is mathematically incorrect. A good example is Freund's "Introduction to Probability".
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Summary: Winner's Guide to Texas Hold 'em Poker
Review: You will win at least one extra pot in the very first game you play in after you have read this book. If you have any card-sense whatsoever, then this is a great beginner-to-intermediate book. For the price, you can't beat it. Full of useful basics, as well as some advanced theory, you will be a good half-mile ahead of those nuts who used to scare you down at the local card room. Wanna take THEIR money home for a change? ....then read this book !! Ken Warren must be a master chemist....he has boiled-down the elements of 20 of the best poker books on the shelves of your local book store, and put them in a test tube just for you !! Drink it down, Dr. Jekyll.....let your very own Mr. Hyde come out and play your next few hands!
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Summary: Great book! Using it right now to win!
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Summary: A decent read...for beginner's
Review: Warren's book is a breezy little poker tome well suited for beginners and novices looking to expand their chops. The basics are clearly explained in a reasonably easy to understand manner. More experienced/advanced players would probablly be better off diving into one of the 'meatier' texts available but may find some interesting perspective on topics such as:How to evaluate a poker game for profit
Complete guide to playing every hand on the flop
overcards
bluffing
The 19 most common hold'em tells
Psychological tactics
Aggressive and Expert Plays What's also of great value is the numerous charts at the end of the book detailing exact percentages for every possible pocket combo and odds of winning depending on number of outs. Definitely recommended for those still wet behind the ears.
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Summary: All you need except the nerve.
Review: This is the most simple book written on the subject. It is a must read for beginners and a great refresher for advanced players. This book contains all the hand odds and does not require a PhD in Math to understand. As a professional Holdem player and game host I have witnessed thousands of hands delt and Warrens' lessons are dead on. I wish his book and the Caro's book of tells could be combined into the ultimate holdem reference. Some people may believe that some of the strategies contradict themselves but the advanced player should understand these principles and lets face it anything can and does happen at the table and you have to sence when the odds arent going to hold up. If you think there are contridictions read it again and then play with some buddies. As far as warrens play being too tight is ridiculous. Tight and aggressive is the only way to beat bad players in structured poker. Those who critizize this kind of play should not play structred limit poker and play only NL tourney. Good luck and Ill see you at the tables.
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Summary: Great Place to Begin
Review: This books is very readable. The starting hand recommendations are solid and the advice on how to play each one of these hands gets you thinking the right way. Some of his statistics are off and some of the computer research is not very useful but the remainder is good information for the starting player.
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Summary: Something for everyone, unless you're an expert
Review: One of the above reviewers gave the book a single star, stating that KW gives advice that encourages people to play low cards. In the edition I have (I believe it to be the 5th edition, 2002), KW states on pg. 51 "A Hold 'Em player who consistently plays low cards cannot be a big winner in this game". I respectfully disagree with that reviewer, who seems to have taken something out of context. As I mentioned above, this book has something for just about everyone. KW starts with simple concepts general to poker and then specific to hold'em, ruminates on the all important nature of position, includes plenty of strategy advice, and covers advanced ideas such as pot odds, the art of the check raise, and bluffing/semi-bluffing. He also gives tips on how to play specific hands, although I'm sure he is by no means unique among poker authors with this one. He backs up his advice with a number of different charts showing percentages, ratios, etc. He also includes a good section on playing short-handed. To summarize, although you'd probably get mostly the same stuff if you picked other poker books at random, KW provides a comprehensive and very readable guide to hold 'em. It's not perfect, but in a literary genre in which authors try to outdo one another to give the best advice and the secret tips no one else does, this book stands out. Having said all this, in an otherwise excellent book, the "stereotype" section (e.g., you want to play against beautiful women and people with tattoos, as these folks are never good at poker) is silly and superficial. Additionally, his advice that off-duty poker DEALERS are preferable to play against is just plain dangerous. Unless you are an expert, if you know your opponents to be dealers you should avoid that particular game altogether.
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Summary: Very good enjoyable book ¿ Now Get to Playin
Review: This was a very Enjoyable Book. It provided important and useful concepts about the game of Poker. I learned new concepts, which identified some leaks in my game. Leaks in your game can come from anywhere!!! Leaks can originate from lack of aggression, overcalling raises, misreading opponents and any other number of ways. So this book helps. Many people look at poker the wrong way. They think to win they need to do all of this super fancy plays and mindblowing stunts. Well folks...there are not that many options in poker...you fold, call or raise. So its really hard to do thinks that will just fool your opponents all the time. To win at poker it is mostly limiting your mistakes and getting all that you can from winning hands and minimizing losses on losing hands...that's it Ive been playing for about 5 years now and love the game. Ive read many poker books and found this one to be very good. So I would suggest you buy this book and maybe a couple others and get to playing. There's really no excuse anymore - since anyone can access the internet. If you are a new poker player and would like to start playing poker online at www.partypoker.com - make sure you use the bonus code: "AMAZON25" and you will receive $25 free on your first purchase at www.PartyPoker.com. You can also use the Bonus Code "AMAZON100" and you will receive a 20% bonus up to $100! If you already play at PartyPoker, you can also play at www.Pokerroom.com. Use the promotion code "100BONUS" and you will receive 20% up to $100
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Summary: if your opponents read this book you'll never lose
Review: Ken Warren is quite humorous. Unintentionally so. Here are some of my favorite quotes. - - Cards can and do run in cycles. The theory of large numbers says so. If you experience a period where it seems like nothing but the low cards are winning the pots, then start playing the low cards! (The trick is knowing when the cycle ends and low cards should not be played anymore.) - - - It's unlikely that you can hit perfect-perfect to make a great hand, so those times when you do, your hand will usually be very well disguised. The other players know this also and they will discount the possibility that it happened. Keep in mind that if you have to hit perfect-perfect to make a hand, it's because you probably had absolutely nothing on the flop. The fact that you would call on the flop with nothing is really what disguises your hand. The other players will put you on several different hands on the flop and try to narrow it own from there, but one hand that they will never put you on is NOTHING. This makes a check-raise attempt more successful than usual. - - - With AA in the pocket, after the flop you still have at least a pairof aces to continue playing with. That's not true with AK and that's what makes it easier to lose less money with it. That is why AK is more valuable. The same line of reasoning applies to hands like 54s and 54 off. You can make your flush and lose a lot of money but the hand is easier to throw away if it's not suited. - - - The Science of Tells Players in Wheelchairs and Walkers. They may not be that good but they tend to stay put once at the table. This makes them more patient. * * * The only reason I gave this book a 5 star was because I couldn't give it ten stars. I notice that usually the novice poker players that buy Doyles Super System as their first poker book also buy this Ken Warren book and I always smile knowing that any chance they will learn something from Texas Dolly will be totally wiped out by Ken Warren, and when we meet across the poker table, I'll just be raking in the monies. My advice is buy this book now, and follow his advice please. And I want to be at your table.
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Summary: short review
Review: Good book, but would like to see a longer, advanced book by this author as well.
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