The Intelligent Guide to Texas Hold'em Poker

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...

This is one of the most readable books on Hold'em that I've encountered. It has clear logical explanations of Hold'em fundamentals. The mathematical tables are very useful, and the books is filled with valuable reference and resource information. I'd recommend this book to anyone getting started in the game as a good all around guide for Hold'em.

This is a very useful book to have around as a reference. The tables and charts are handy, especially if you play online. If you travel, which I do a lot, having contact information for cardrooms all over the country is helpful. I like Braid's approach to poker strategy. He provides a consistent framework for understanding any kind of poker game. His comments on poker playing computer programs are thought provoking, even though I don't fully agree with them.