Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword ix

Introduction xiii

1 Learning to Play 1

2 Texas Hold'em 13

3 Introduction to Tournaments and Connecticut Poker 29

4 Introduction to No Limit Hold'em 40

5 Hosting a Home Game with Regular Opponents, and Spotting Tells 54

6 Tournaments, the Next Level 67

7 Limit Hold'em, the Next Level 82

8 Pot Limit, Live 93

9 Playing as a Maniac 103

10 Picking Your Game, in Vegas 115

11 Game Theory 129

12 Learning Omaha and Stud (at FARGO) 142

13 Talking Your Opponents to Death 155

14 The Tournament of Champions 163

15 Heads-up Theory 185

16 Analysis 195

17 Online Poker 207

18 Running Bad 223

19 Televised Poker and Me 229

20 Cashing Out 244

21 Postscript 248

Glossary 265

Acknowledgments 273

Index 275