Championship no-limit and pot-limit hold'em: On the road to the World Series of Poker

A truly great book for some of the reasons below: Shows and illustrated how a great player like TJ Cloutier plays and thinks about the key hands. If you agree that preflop play is key then you will agee that which cards to play preflop and how to play them after the flop are the key issues. Introduces key concepts of tourney play and splitting up how you approach the beginning , middle and late stages of a tournment. The colourful road stories are all a bonus. Several winners have mentioned this book as being piviotal to thier success including Mcmanus's 5th place at the WSOP main event. With many newer books on NLH including the two books by Harrington taking a more detailed scientific approach to which hands to play this book is getting a bit dated. However for ease of learning and its relatively small size which means you can implement your knowledge faster it makes a great primer to the more detailed newer texts. Also you will learn and understand TJ's style of conservative tight/aggresive play. Who is TJ Cloutier? The most winning NLHE tournament player. Placed 2nd twice at the WSOP main event (Came 2nd to Chris Ferguson) Holds 6 WSOP bracelets. Who is his co author Tom Mcevoy?- Former wsop Main event Champion This was one of the key books that I used to win the weekly Thursday NLHE tourney at the Shara Las Vegas. A $2000 return on my $20 book.

This is the best book on poker from the best player. A great companion to 'Super/System' poker fans will enjoy this hands on gear turning read. Truly a neccesary book for the poker library. In contrast to Sklansky this book will not hold your hand so if your a begginer or your weak you need not pick it up. THis book is for the serious player looking to notch himself up. THis book helped an amateur take 5th in the WSOP and it can help you too!

Probably the best book on "big bet" Hold 'Em available. Written in an easy-to-read, "down to earth" style, making it very easy to understand, with reasons why to and NOT to make certain moves in different situations. Achieved my very first top finish in a "no limit" tournament after reading this book. Part luck, yes, as in all of Poker, but not a total coincedence, in my opinion. Also contains some very colorful and entertaining stories, told by T.J. Cloutier, about his days as a "road gambler".