Kortspil: poker

Jonathan Little, a highly successful poker professional who has won over $4 million in tournament play in just four years, explains exactly how to succeed in the highly competitive field of tournament poker.

Before he was the most hated person on the twoplustwo poker forums, the guy we now know as KingKrab was your average 9 to 5 white collar corporate slave. Then one day, a sociopath came into his world and disrupted his entire way of life. Joblessness... Homelessness... Desperation... Until he found poker. KingKrab's "The Degenerate Journey" is a biographical account of a live poker player that captures the rawest moments of a man's transition from a "normal life" into one filled with depression, tilt, addiction, and agony. Throughout this journey, KingKrab dances along the line of morality, showing how much sacrifice and dedication is needed to succeed at live poker in the USA.

This book provides the rules and strategy for a new style of poker which requires players to quickly adapt to new player styles if they hope to advance far in this type of poker tournament. Combining the idea of boxing rounds with poker, this game promises to quicken the pace of tournament poker as well as provide enjoyment to those who like to make crucial decisions throughout the tournament play.

Professional poker player and poker coach Farshad Arasteh turns conventional wisdom on its head in this book on the use of Pot Odds in Texas Hold'em Poker. While endless books extol the virtues of the Pot Odds system as a theory in poker play, the author has spent years analyzing real data and come to some surprising conclusions. In this book, Mr. Arasteh explains his theories using easily understandable examples. He invites the reader to analyze the Pot Odds theory in light of their own playing style, and provides a framework to assist the reader in doing so. This book may change your playing style, and could potentially improve your poker winnings.

There are few poker plays as chaotic as the straddle. It juices up the pot, it changes the order of the action, and it even takes away the big blind's option. Don't get caught off guard. This handy guide will show you all you need to know about how to adjust for a straddle, analyze the math behind it, and even use it to your advantage!

Three Card Poker brings together the strategy of poker with the excitement of jackpot style bonuses. In this game each player plays only against the Dealer (just like in Black Jack) and not against the other Players which adds a special allure to the game for those who do not choose to go head to head against other players on regular poker tables. The game is also played with a single deck which can be used to your advantage as described later in this document. In Three Card Poker, a multi-hand variation of poker, you can play up to either 2 or 3 different hands simultaneously against the dealer's hand. The number of hands you can bet on during a single session varies by casino. For instance, at the time of publication Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun in Connecticut allowed 3 simultaneous hands per player but Twin River only allows 2 simultaneous hands per player. If you beat the dealer's hand straight-up you will win both the Ante Bet and the Play Bet. You will also receive an extra payoff on the Play Pair Plus amount where you must get a Pair of any kind or a better premium hand like a Straight, Flush, 3-of-a-Kind or Straight Flush to win an additional amount. If you have a premium 6 Card hand (combining your 3 cards with the Dealer's 3 cards into a 5 card Bonus hand) you will win an additional amount if the casino offers that option based on the 6 Card Hand payout amounts which also vary by casino. Our advanced strategy recommends that you play 2 different hands per shuffle with 3 bets each, in order to be able to offset one poor hand with a possibly higher hand. This might appear to produce a net detrimental or negative effect but when combined with increasing your wagers by 50%, only once, after a total loss in the previous hand, at your sole option and risk, it appears to produce a desirable diversification effect over the long term based on our personal experiences. You potentially Win At 3 Card Poker on as many of 4 of the betting spots if and only if the following conditions are true.There are 3 or 4 ways to win in Three Card Poker. By the same token there are also 3 or 4 ways to lose at Three Card Poker:1)Beat the dealer's qualifying hand or observe a non-Qualifying hand in the Dealer's Hand and win an even money payout on your Ante wager2)Beat the dealer's qualifying hand and win an even money payout on your Play wager without any commissions charged like in Baccarat.3)Receive a bonus when your hand qualifies for one of the Ante bonuses (Red Diamond) or the Pair Plus Bonuses (Yellow Circle) 4)Receive a bonus when 5 of the best cards in your hand plus the dealer's hand qualifies for one of the 6-card bonus (White Circle) hand rankings.5)Of course you will lose all 4 of your bets if you do not have a Pair or better or a another Bonus hand and your hand is lower than the Dealer's Hand. (Bummer!) HandDescription of Payouts on your handsExampleStraight FlushPayout of 40 to 1 on the Pair Plus Amount with Three cards of the same suit in sequence[8d-9d-10d] Three of a KindPayout of 30 to 1 on the Pair Plus Amount with Three cards of equal rank[Ah-Ac-As]StraightPayout of 6 to 1 on the Pair Plus Amount with Three cards in sequence of mixed suits[7d-8s-9h]FlushPayout of 3 to 1 on the Pair Plus Amount with Three cards of the same suit[2s-6s-10s]PairPayout of 1 to 1 on the Pair Plus Amount with Two cards of identical rank value[3d-3h-5c]High CardPayout of Nothing on the Pair Plus Amount when you do not even have a Pair [Qh-8d-6c]

This book is not for you, if you want to earn any money at poker. To do so requires as much time and effort in studying the game as it does to earn an associate's degree in lepidopterology. This book is for you, if you love to play poker for fun but hate to lose as much as you hate to study. It is short and simple, and it will help you to have a lot more fun and to lose a little less. You should read the last paragraph first.

This book will fill the gaps left by the other poker books for people who are interested in 3-6 or 4-8 limit Texas Hold'em. Being able to assess your starting hand is critical to playing Texas Hold'em. The author has listed all possible starting hands with examples of hands he has actually played.

WANT TO WIN POKER TOURNAMENTS? Now you can learn exactly how consistent winners REALLY do it!Volume 1 of this series shed new light on the fundamentals of early tournament play. Volume 2 showed you how to get from the money down to the final table. Now, Pearljammer, Apestyles and Rizen, players whose collective stats include more than 2,000 final tables made, over 300 major wins, and more than $10,000,000 in cashes, return in Volume III to analyze 50 new hands from major online tournaments.50 HANDS - THREE GREAT POKER MINDSYou get to sweat the best as they walk you through key hands deep in actual tournaments. Through their analysis you will learn all the different factors that a professional poker pro might consider while playing a hand, including: - How the changing dynamic of stack sizes can impact your decisions- How tournament payout structures affect strategies during Final Table play- The importance of position and the number of players acting behind you- When game theory comes into play and when it doesn't- How different skill levels of opponents can change your own strategiesReading this book is like attending a master class in tournament poker. The authors are not only consistent winners, but powerful teachers as well. Step-by-step, they reveal their decision-making processes, and you learn from their different perspectives and playing style.Poker is a fun game, but it's even more fun when you win. If you want to become a great tournament player, shouldn't you be learning from the best? NOW You can

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICECowboys Full traces the story of poker from its roots in China, the Middle East, and Europe, through the back rooms of saloons and the parlors of U.S. presidents to its evolution as a global phenomenon. It describes how early Americans took a French parlor game and turned it into a national craze by the time of the Civil War. It explains how poker, once dominated by cardsharps, is now the most popular card game in Europe, East Asia, Australia, South America, and cyberspace, as well as on television. Along the way, James McManus examines the game's remarkable hold on American culture, seen in everything from Frederic Remington's paintings to countless poker novels, movies, and plays. Cowboys Full is raucous and fascinating, a lively, definitive history of the game that, more than any other, explains who we are and how we operate.

YOU'RE IN THE MONEY...NOW WHAT?You've put in the time, you've built up your stack, and now, at last, you're inching ever closer to serious tournament payoffs. At this stage, playing smart is more crucial than ever, and who better to give you the edge than three of modern poker's greatest tournament pros?THEY'LL TAKE YOU FROM THE BUBBLE TO THE FINAL TABLEVolume 1 of this series shed new light on the fundamentals, and now in, Volume 2, Pearljammer, Apestyles and Rizen players whose collective stats include, more than 1,800 final tables made, over 300 major wins, and more than $10,000,000 in cashes return to show you how to crush the final table.When deep in a tournament, the ability to analyze opponents' play is more than an advantage it's a necessity. In this exciting follow-up, you get to sweat the best as they walk you through the key hands of actual tournaments: what they did right, what they did wrong, and what you need to do to win, including: - How to use the changing dynamic of stack size to your advantage as the field narrows- The unique strategies and tactics of Final Table play- How to dominate weak players and outthink strong players- How to take maximum advantage of your table image to confound your competition- How hand selection changes in short-handed and heads-up playPoker is a fun game, but it's even more fun when you win. Online or live, you need to keep your cool and make the right moves to enjoy big-money finishes. If you've gotten this far, these top professionals will help you go all the way

Al Alvarez touched down in Las Vegas one hot day in 1981, a dedicated amateur poker player but a stranger to the town and its crazy ways. For three mesmerizing weeks he witnessed some of the monster high-stakes games that could only have happened in Vegas and talked to the extraordinary characters who dominated them--road gamblers and local professionals who won and lost fortunes on a regular basis.Set over the course of one tournament, The Biggest Game in Town is botha chronicle of the World Series of Poker--the first ever written--and a portrait of the hustlers, madmen, and geniuses who ruled the high-stakes game in America. It is a brilliant insight into poker's appeal as a hobby, an addiction, and a way of life, and into the skewed psychology of master players and fearless gamblers. With a new introduction by the author, Alvarez's classic account is "the greatest dissection of high-stakes Vegas poker and the madness that surrounds it ever written" (TimeOut [UK]).

Experienced poker player, tournament champion, attorney, and businessman Apostolico takes core poker philosophies and applies them to various business situations.

If you want to prove you're a good poker player, you don't have to battle against the best. Nobody really cares if you ever bluffed Phil Ivey or got Daniel Negreanu to make a bad call. You're at the table for the money, not stories of conquest. A disciplined player, one who's playing for the right reasons, would rather sit with the worst, those he's sure to outplay. He's looking for donkeys and donors. He's hunting fish.In Hunting Fish author Jay Greenspan sets out on a cross-country drive---from Connecticut to Los Angeles---looking for players he can outclass. In casinos, underground clubs, and home games throughout the country, Jay shared tables with the most inept gamblers America has to offer. In South Carolina he wiped out some racial-epithet-spewing good ole boys; in Houston he fleeced the country club set; and in Vegas he happily pounded drunken tourists.Hunting Fish is, however, not merely the story of a hustler's travels. In addition to fleecing suckers, Jay was convinced he could beat the very best and make it as a full-time pro. This trip gave him the opportunity to build his bankroll to the point where he could test his mettle in high-stakes games when he reached Los Angeles. Although to play in the high-limit rooms at Commerce Casino he needed a steady nerve---and a fatter bankroll. In his three months on the road, he needed to pad his roll with an additional twenty thousand dollars. That's a lot of fish to hunt.

"Big Deal" is the enthralling and sometimes torturously suspenseful account of poker games played everywhere from Malta to Morocco. Holden also delivers a generous sampling of poker lore, making for a grand epic.

If you think a gang of real-life geeks can't take on the world and win big . . . think again. And whatever you do, don't sit down across a gaming table from Jon Finkel, better known as Jonny Magic. Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards-and turned it into a fortune.The ultimate bully-magnet, Finkel grew up heckled and hazed until destiny came in the form of a trading-card game called Magic: The Gathering. Magic exploded from nerdy obsession to mainstream mania and made the teenage Finkel an ultracool world champion. Once transformed, this young shark stormed poker rooms from the underground clubs of New York City to the high-stakes tables online, until he landed on the largest card-counting blackjack team in the country. Taking Vegas for millions, Finkel's squad of brainy gamers became the biggest players in town. Then they took on the town's biggest game, the World Series of Poker, and walked away with more than $3.5 million.Thrilling, edgy, and ferociously feel-good, the odyssey of these underdogs-turned-overlords is the stuff of pop-culture legend. And David Kushner, acclaimed author of Masters of Doom, masterfully deals out the outrageous details while bringing to life a cast of characters rife with aces, kings, knaves . . . and more than a few jokers. If you secretly believe every player has his day, you're right. Here's the proof.

In this new and completely revised edition, the first reigning World Series of Poker Champion gets down and dirty about how to win big. It's not just about cards. It's about the people who hold them, so you'll need to be a master of human nature.Who better to teach you than American folk hero and gambling legend Amarillo Slim? Get his first-hand secrets on everything from counting cards to judging opponents, the laws of probability, betting, bluffing, when to drop, and when to pick up your chips and head home.

Antonio Esfandiari, a rising star of the World Poker Tour and one of professional poker's best players presents championship strategies for winning Texas Hold'em Cash Games. This follow-up to WPT: Shuffle Up and Deal from poker professional Antonio Esfandiari with contributions from other stars of the World Poker Tour provides the next level of poker strategies and insights for today's poker players. Cash Games are the most commonly played version of Texas Hold'em; in fact at this very moment thousands are playing this non-tournament style of Hold'em in casinos, home games and online. This will be a must have for all poker enthusiasts. Esfandiari is a regular at the biggest poker game in the world at Las Vegas' Bellagio The World Poker Tour is the most popular show in the history of the Travel Channel. The series has revolutionized televised poker by offering expert analysis, and varying camera angles and close-ups of the players' hole cards, creating a whole new brand of high-tech, high-stakes, high-anxiety entertainment. More than one in five Americans is a poker player, and over 70 million decks of cards are sold in the U.S. each year. Phil Hellmuth's Play Poker Like the Pros has netted more than 155,000 copies since it was published in April 2003, and has recently hit the NY Times Bestseller List four times.

Test Your Skills with real-game situations! Includes bonus chart of which starting hands win the most! The Illustrated Guide to Texas Hold?em takes you from novice to skilled player fast. This low-limit Texas Hold?em book puts you in the game, giving you actual situations where a decision must be made, and you make the next move. Author and former gambling pro Dennis Purdy shows you the right answer to each hand with a clear explanation about whether you chose correctly-or not. Whether you?re an absolute beginner or an experienced player looking to hone your skills, The Illustrated Guide to Texas Hold?em will have you betting smarter-and winning more money-in no time! Dennis Purdy moved to Las Vegas at the age of 25 to undertake a career as a professional gambler. Although he retired from full-time professional gambling in 1983, he still uses his skills to supplement his income. Dennis lives in Tacoma, Washington.