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A PROFESSIONAL POKER PLAYER
TEACHES YOU HOW TO THINK LIKE ONE
Bluffing & Semi-Bluffing
Value of Deception
The Free Card
Slowplaying
Position
Reading Hands
Much More
David SklanskyThe Theory of Poker
By
David Sklansky
A product of Two Plus Two Publishing
FOURTH EDITION
SIXTH PRINTING
October 2004
Printing and Binding
Creel Printing Co.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Printed in the United States of AmericaTable of Contents
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Chapter One: Beyond Penang Poker .. ae (b
The Forms of Poker -. --2
Poker Logic ...... 4
The Object of Poker .. a
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Chapter Three: The Fundamental Theorem of Poker ... 17
Examples of The Fundamental Theorem of Poker .... 18
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Chapter Four: The Ante Structure . 27
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Summary .. - 34