Play & Win at Poker The Complete Manual - 2014 UK PDF

Poker
Play & Win at
The Complete Manual

Simple guides to the most popular games
Play
and win!
In the casino,
online and
at home
Welcome to
Poker
Play & Win at
The Complete Manual

Poker is undoubtedly the worlds most popular
card game, played by millions of people across the
globe. But whether you aspire to simply push a
few chips across your kitchen table, or enter high-
stakes tournaments around the world, all it takes
to get up and running with poker is a knowledge
of the basic rules and variants, plus a general
familiarity with strategy and etiquette. And thats
exactly what youll learn in Play & Win at Poker The
Complete Manual. This book covers everything
you need to start playing and raking in the
cash in no time at all. Lets get started.
Poker
Play & Win at
The Complete Manual

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Play & Win at Poker The Complete Manual 2014 Imagine Publishing Ltd
ISBN 978-1909758858
Contents
What you can find inside the bookazine
To win you have to play the

right hands at the right time,
and learn the ancient arts of
patience and discipline
6
Learn
to play
poker &
win! 8 Introduction
Get to know your poker history
10 Chapter one What is poker?

We explain what defines poker,
and what unites the variations
20 Chapter two Texas Holdem

Get started with the most
popular version of the game
34 Chapter three Stud poker

Discover seven-card poker
50 Chapter four Five-card Draw

A great beginners game
60 Chapter five Betting

Learn how to bet properly
74 Chapter six Poker strategy

Follow our guide to playing
poker like a winner
92 Chapter seven Online poker

Dive into the hugely popular
world of online poker
108 Chapter eight Home games

Create a casino atmosphere in
your kitchen
114 Chapter nine Live games

A guide to real-world poker
120 Chapter ten Video poker

Take on a poker machine
128 Chapter eleven Table games

Some simple casino variants
140 Chapter twelve Poker etiquette

How to conduct yourself like a
pro at the table
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Chapter two Texas Holdem
Texas Holdem
Two words that are guaranteed to light up the eyes and quicken the pulse of
any poker player, Texas Holdem has been growing in popularity since 1970
and has now officially taken over the world
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Texas Holdem Chapter two
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UPZPVSTVDDFTT6OUJMZPVHFUUIFIBOHPGUIF ++
HBNF XFEBEWJTFZPVUPTUJDLUPQMBZJOHPOMZUIF 5IFMBTUPGUIFCJH
GPMMPXJOHQSFNJVNIBOET3FNFNCFS UIPVHI QBJSTBOEUIFNPTU
UIBUOPOFPGUIFNHVBSBOUFFTXJOOJOHUIFQPU QSPCMFNBUJDUPQMBZ
+BDLTBSFJOCJHUSPVCMF
BHBJOTU"DFT ,JOHTBOE2VFFOTPOUIFPQ
"" *OGBDUJGUXPQMBZFSTTUBZJOBOEIPMEBMMUISFF
6ORVFTUJPOBCMZUIF PWFSDBSETCFUXFFOUIFN ZPVSFJOWFSZCBETIBQF
TUSPOHFTUTUBSUJOHIBOE 8BUDIZPVSPQQPOFOUTCFUTBOECFXBSFUIFPQ
JO5FYBT)PMEFN 3FNFNCFS OFWFSHFUBUUBDIFEUPBMPTJOHIBOE
MPPLEPXOBUBQBJSPG
"DFTBOEZPVMMIBWFUPTUPQZPVSIFBSUEPJOH
DBSUXIFFMT"MTPLOPXOBTQPDLFUSPDLFUT UIFZSF
POFPGUIFTXFFUFTUTJHIUTJOQPLFS%POUHFU
DBSSJFEBXBZUIPVHI"UUIFFOEPGUIFEBZZPVWF
TUJMMPOMZHPUBQBJS BMCFJUUIFIJHIFTUQPTTJCMF
QBJS#FXBSFPGEBOHFSPQTUIBUQPJOUUPTUSBJHIUT
PSVTIFT
23
QMBZFST UIFXFBLFSUIFIBOETCFDPNF
BOEUIF
BNPVOUPGBDUJPOCFGPSFZPVSUVSOUPCFU#FBSJO
NJOEUIBUBCJHCFU SBJTFPSSFSBJTFDPVMETJHOJGZ
"" ,, 22PS", BMMGPVSPGXIJDIXPVME
EPNJOBUFZPVIPSSJCMZJGZPVHPUJOWPMWFE

"MMPGUIFTFQBJSTDBOCFFYUSFNFMZIBSEUPQMBZ
CVUUIFZDBOBMTPCFWFSZQPXFSGVM*GUIFSFTCFFO
OPBDUJPOCFGPSFZPVSCFUUJOHUVSO ZPVTIPVME
SBJTFBOEQBZFYUSBDMPTFBUUFOUJPOUPUIFSFTUPGUIF
UBCMFTCFUUJOHQBUUFSOT#JHSFSBJTFTNBEFCFGPSF
ZPVSUVSOTIPVMENBLFZPVXPSSJFE BOEDPVMECF ,2 ,+ 2+ 2
FOPVHIUPNBLFZPVGPMECFGPSFTFFJOHUIFPQ (PBIFBEBOEQMBZ EFQFOEJOHPOUIFOVNCFSPG
8IFOUIFPQJTSFWFBMFE XIBUZPVSFBMMZXBOU QFPQMFBUUIFUBCMFBOEZPVSQPTJUJPOSFMBUJWFUPUIF
UPTFFJTUIFNBHJDDBSEUIBUHJWFTZPVUISFFPG CVUUPO1PTJUJPOJTQBSBNPVOUJO)PMEFN BOE
BLJOE CVUFWFOJGUIJTEPFTOUIBQQFOZPVDPVME IBOETCFDPNFNVDITUSPOHFSUIFDMPTFSZPVBSFUP
TUJMMIBWFUIFXJOOJOHIBOE UIFEFBMFSTCVUUPO
3FNFNCFSUIBUUIFTUSFOHUIPGZPVSIBOEHPFT
", VQBTUIFOVNCFSPGQMBZFSTPOUIFUBCMFHPFT
"MTPLOPXOBTCJHTMJDL EPXO2IIQSPCBCMZJTOUXPSUIQMBZJOHPOB
",DBOCFBNPOTUSPVTMZ GVMMNBOUBCMFJOFBSMZQPTJUJPOCVUJGZPVSF
CJHIBOE FTQFDJBMMZXIFO QMBZJOHIFBETVQ BUXPQMBZFSUPVSOBNFOU
PS
UIFUXPDBSETBSFPGUIF FWFSZPOFTGPMEFESPVOEUPZPVPOUIFTNBMMCMJOE
TBNFTVJU CVUZPVTUJMMOFFEUPJNQSPWF*GZPVEPOU JUTBWFSJUBCMFNPOTUFS
IJUBO"DFPSB,JOH PSNBLFBTUSBJHIUPSBVTI
ZPVWFPOMZHPUBO"DFIJHIJOZPVSIBOEBOEUIBUT Playing big pairs
OPUHPJOHUPTDBSFBOZPOF#FUPSSBJTFCFGPSFUIF "TZPVPOMZHFUUXPIPMFDBSET JUGPMMPXTUIBUUIF
PQBOEUSZUPUIJOUIFFMEEPXOUPPOFQFSTPOJG CFTUTUBSUJOHIBOETZPVDBOHFUBSFCJHQBJST#VU
QPTTJCMF*GJOEPVCU USZBOESFNFNCFSUIFPUIFS XIJMFUIFZSFHSFBUTUBSUJOHIBOET UIFZDBOBMTPHFU
OJDLOBNFUIFQPLFSDPNNVOJUZIBTHJWFOUPUIF ZPVJOUPUSPVCMFJGZPVEPOUQMBZUIFNQSPQFSMZ(FU
IBOE"OOB,PVSOJLPWB",NJHIUMPPLHSFBUCVUJU EFBMUBQBJSPG"DFTBOEZPVSSTUJOTUJODUNJHIUCF
EPFTOUBMXBZTQMBZXFMM UPUFNQUFWFSZPOFJOUPUIFQPUUPNBYJNJ[FZPVS
XJOOJOHT5IJTJTBIVHFNJTUBLF"DFTNJHIUCF
BNBTTJWFGBWPVSJUFBHBJOTUBOZPUIFSTJOHMFIBOE
CVUBEEUISFFPSGPVSSBOEPNIBOETUPUIFNJYBOE
TVEEFOMZZPVSFUIFVOEFSEPHXJUIBSFBMDIBODFPG
MPTJOHBMMPGZPVSDIJQT
*OUIFSTUFYBNQMF UPQSJHIU
ZPVSFSTUUPCFUBOE
"2 "+ " BUDBMMUIFCJHCMJOEXJUIZPVS"DFT1MBZFSCFUTXJUI
"MMUISFFBSFTUSPOHTUBSUJOHIBOETEFQFOEJOH T+T 1MBZFSDBMMTXJUI,IIBOEUIFUXPCMJOET
POUIFOVNCFSPGQMBZFSTBUUIFUBCMF UIFNPSF MJNQJOBOEDIFDLSFTQFDUJWFMZXJUITTBOEEI
24
P5
12%
Playing big pairs P1
15%
SMALL
BLIND
4UBHF
"QBJSPG"DFTJTUIF
TUSPOHFTUTUBSUJOH
IBOEJO5FYBT
)PMEFNCVUJG
ZPVMFUFWFSZPOFJO
DIFBQMZZPVDPVME
FOEVQMPTJOHBMM BIG
ZPVSDIJQT)FSF BLIND
ZPVSFPOMZB
TIPUUPXJOUIFQPU P4 P2
16% P3 (You) 12%
45%
P5
P1
Fold
Fold
4UBHF
#FUFOPVHIUPQSJDF
BGFXQFPQMFPVU
BOEZPVMMTXJOH
UIFPEETIFBWJMZ Fold
JOZPVSGBWPVS
"HBJOTUUIJTTJOHMF
PQQPOFOUZPVSFBO
GBWPVSJUF
P4 P2
20% P3 (You)
80%
"QQSPYJNBUFDIBODFPGXJOOJOHQSFPQ "TZPVDBOTFF UIF"DFTBSFTUJMMUIFTJOHMFCJHHFTU

1MBZFS TT QFSDFOU GBWPVSJUF CVUZPVSFOPXUIFVOEFSEPHBHBJOTUUIF
1MBZFS EI QFSDFOU SFTUPGUIFIBOETDPNCJOFE4JODFJUEPFTOUNBUUFS
:PV "T"D QFSDFOU XIPUBLFTZPVSNPOFZJGZPVMPTF JUNFBOTZPVSFOP
1MBZFS T+T QFSDFOU MPOHFSUIFGBWPVSJUFUPXJOUIFIBOE"OEGSPNUIF
1MBZFS ,II QFSDFOU TUSPOHFTUTUBSUJOHQPTJUJPO UIBUTOPUBHPPENPWF
/PXMPPLXIBUIBQQFOTJGZPVSFQMBZUIBUIBOE
CVUQVUJOBEFDFOUSBJTFPGUISFFUJNFTUIFCJH
25
CMJOE1MBZFSTUJMMDBMMTXJUIIJT+TVJUFE CVU 4VJUFEDPOOFDUPSTBSFFYUSFNFMZQPQVMBSXJUIB

UIFSFTUPGUIFQMBZFSTGPMEMFBWJOHZPVUPDPOUFTU MPUPG)PMEFNQMBZFSTBTUIFZMFUZPVNBLFIVHF
UIFQPUBHBJOTUPOFPUIFSQMBZFS IBOETXJUIIBSNMFTTMPPLJOHPQTMJLFEIT
BTXFMMBTPGGFSJOHVTIQPTTJCJMJUJFT*GUIJTIBQQFOT
"QQSPYJNBUFDIBODFPGXJOOJOHQSFPQ ZPVDBOTMPXEPXOUIFQMBZBOEUSZUPUBLFZPVS
:PV "T"D QFSDFOU PQQPOFOUGPSFWFSZUIJOHIFTHPU:PVOFFEUPCF
1MBZFS T+T QFSDFOU FYUSFNFMZDBSFGVMQMBZJOHIBOETMJLFUIJTUIPVHI BOE
UPTUBSUXFESFDPNNFOETUJDLJOHUPUIFQSFNJVN
"TZPVDBOTFFZPVSFOPXBOQFSDFOUGBWPVSJUFUP IBOETXFNFOUJPOFEFBSMJFS
UBLFUIFQPU:PVNJHIUTUJMMHFUPVUESBXOBOEMPTF
CVUZPVWFQVUZPVSTFMGJOBXJOOJOHQPTJUJPO BOE Position, position, position
UIBUTXIBU5FYBT)PMEFNJTBMMBCPVU0CWJPVTMZUIF #VU XIJMFQMBZJOHXJUIQSFNJVNTUBSUJOHIBOET
TBNFHPFTGPSBMMCJHQBJST CVUUIJOOJOHEPXOUIF JTBTBGFBOETPMJEXBZUP5FYBT)PMEFN UIF
FMEJTFWFONPSFJNQPSUBOU8IFOZPVSFIPMEJOH QSPCMFNJTUIBUZPVSFHPJOHUPCFWFSZFBTZUP
,JOHTBOE2VFFOTZPVEPOUXBOUUPHPBHBJOTU SFBE*EFBMMZZPVXBOUUPNJYZPVSQMBZVQBOE
NVMUJQMFPQQPOFOUTXIPNJHIUCFIPMEJOHPWFSDBSET XIFOZPVSFDPNGPSUBCMFXJUIUIFHBNF ZPV
TIPVMEUIJOLBCPVUXJEFOJOHUIFOFU
Suited connectors 5IFJNQPSUBOUUIJOHUPSFNFNCFSJTUIBUJO
4VJUFEDPOOFDUPSTBSFUXPDBSETPGUIFTBNFTVJU 5FYBT)PMEFNQPTJUJPOJTQBSBNPVOU5IFDMPTFS
UIBUDBOMJOLUPGPSNTUSBJHIUT5IFTIPSUFSUIF ZPVBSFUPUIFCVUUPO UIFNPSFIBOETZPVDBO
HBQ UIFCFUUFSUIFDPOOFDUJPO"IBOEMJLFI QMBZ BOEUIFXJMEFSZPVDBOCF*UNJHIUCFIBSE
IJTHPJOHUPHJWFZPVNPSFDIBODFPGNBLJOHB UPHSBTQXIFOZPVSTUTUBSU CVUJGZPVSFPOUIF
TUSBJHIUUIBOII CVUUPO UIFEFBMFS
ZPVSFUIFMBTUUPBDUJOBMM
Position, position, position

You
P6 P2
Fold
SMALL
BLIND
BIG
8IFOZPVSFPO BLIND
UIFCVUUPOZPVSF Fold
JOBQSJNFQPTJUJPO
UPTUFBMUIFCMJOET
FWFOJGZPVWFHPU
P5 Fold P3
UIFXPSTUIBOE
P4
26
CFUUJOHSPVOETGSPNUIFPQPOXBSET *OUIFSTU
SPVOEPGCFUUJOHUIFTNBMMBOECJHCMJOETBSFUIF BOTTOM PAIR
MBTUUPCFU CVUUIFZSFSTUUPCFUJOBMMTVCTFRVFOU
SPVOET
5IJTNFBOTUIBUZPVHFUUPTFFXIBUUIF Your hand 25%
PUIFSQMBZFSTBSFEPJOHBOEUIFJSSFMBUJWFTUSFOHUIT
1MBZUPZPVSQPTJUJPOBOEZPVMMCFDPNFBNVDI
CFUUFS)PMEFNQMBZFS Opponents 75%
hand
:PVSIBOE +EI
4NBMMCMJOE 2ID
#JHCMJOE ,EI
The Flop
)FSFZPVWFHPUBQSFUUZQPPSIBOE CVUFWFSZPOF
BUUIFUBCMFIBTGPMEFESPVOEUPZPVPOUIF )FSFZPVWFIJUCPUUPNQBJS CVUZPVSPQQPOFOUJTB
CVUUPO5IJTNFBOTUIBUZPVWFPOMZHPUUXP NBTTJWFGBWPVSJUFXJUIBQBJSPG+BDLT
QMBZFSTUIFTNBMMBOECJHCMJOETUPCFBU BOE
UIFDIBODFTPGUIFNIPMEJOHBQSFNJVNIBOEBSF
TMJN%FTQJUFUIFGBDUUIBUCPUIPGUIFNIBWFHPU "QQSPYJNBUFQFSDFOUBHFDIBODFPGBXJOOJOHIBOE
ZPVCFBUFO BSBJTFPOUIFCVUUPONBZXFMMUBLF :PVSIBOE "TD QFSDFOU
UIFQPUVODPOUFTUFE"OESFNFNCFS JGZPVHFU 1MBZFS ,I+I QFSDFOU
DBMMFEZPVWFTUJMMHPUBDIBODFPGDPOOFDUJOHPO 'MPQ T+TE
UIFPQBOEXJOOJOHUIFIBOE
*GZPVXBOUUPQMBZBHHSFTTJWFMZZPVDBOUBLF 0OFPGUIFGVOEBNFOUBMTPGQPLFSJTOPUUPHFU
UIJTBTUFQGVSUIFSBOESBJTFXJUIBOZUIJOHPO DBVHIUVQJOBIBOEXIFSFZPVSFQSPCBCMZMPTJOH
UIFCVUUPOJOUIFIPQFPGUIFUXPCMJOETGPMEJOH #FXBSFUIFPWFSDBSET BOEXBUDIPVUGPSCFUUJOH
#FDBSFGVMIPXPGUFOZPVUSZUIJTUIPVHI BTUIF JOGSPOUPGZPV*GZPVSFUIFSTUUPBDUZPVDPVME
CMJOETXJMMFWFOUVBMMZHFUTJDLPGZPVTUFBMJOHBOE QVUPVUBOFYQMPSBUPSZCFU CVUPOMZPOFUIBUZPVSF
NBLFBTUBOE QSFQBSFEUPMPTFJGZPVHFUSBJTFE
To play or not to play Drawing hands

*GZPVNBLFBTUSPOHIBOEPOUIFPQJO5FYBT 8IBUJGZPVNBLFBIBOEUIBUOFFETUPJNQSPWF
)PMEFNZPVSEFDJTJPOJTFBTZ#VUXIBUJGZPVPQ MJLFBTUSBJHIUPSBVTIESBX 'PSUVOBUFMZ JUT
BNBSHJOBMPSESBXJOHIBOE)PXNVDITIPVME FYUSFNFMZFBTZUPXPSLPVUZPVSDIBODFTPG
ZPVDPNNJUUPUIFQPU NBLJOHBIBOEVTJOHTJNQMFNBUIT"MMZPVOFFE
UPEPJTDBMDVMBUFUIFOVNCFSPGDBSETMFGUJOUIF
Bottom pair QBDLUIBUZPVOFFEUPNBLFZPVSIBOE5IFTF
0OUIFGPMMPXJOHPQZPVWFDPOOFDUFE CVUZPVWF BSFLOPXOBTZPVSPVUT*GZPVSFMPPLJOHBUUIF
POMZNBEFCPUUPNQBJS5IBUNFBOTUIFSFBSFUXP PQ XJUIUIFUVSOBOESJWFSUPDPNF ZPVOFFE
PWFSDBSETPOUIFCPBSEBOE JGZPVSPQQPOFOU UPNVMUJQMZUIFOVNCFSPGPVUTCZGPVS*GZPVSF
IPMETFJUIFS IFTBIVHFGBWPVSJUF"TJUIBQQFOT KVTUXBJUJOHGPSUIFSJWFS ZPVNVMUJQMZZPVSPVUT
IFTNBEFUPQQBJSBOEJTBCJHGBWPVSJUF CZUXPBOEBEEUXP8IJMFUIFHVSFTZPVHFU
27
IBTBIFBSU
4P ZPVSDIBODFPGIJUUJOHPOFPGUIF
DRAWING HANDS
SFNBJOJOHIFBSUTJTYQFSDFOU5IFSFTKVTU
PWFSBJODIBODFUIBUZPVSFHPJOHUPDPNQMFUF
Your hand UIFVTI XIJDITVEEFOMZNBLFTUIFBDUPG
QVTIJOHJOBMMZPVSDIJQTUIBUNVDIIBSEFS%PZPV
HBNCMFPSOPU :PVEFDJEF
Opponents *OUIJTJOTUBODFUIPVHI ZPVNJHIUBMTPUIJOL
hand UIBUBOPUIFS"DFPSB,JOHXPVMEXJOJUGPSZPV
BTXFMM HJWJOHZPVBGVSUIFSTJYPVUT NBLJOH
JOUPUBM UIFUISFFSFNBJOJOH"DFTBOEUIFUISFF
The Flop SFNBJOJOH,JOHT
5IJTQVTIFTZPVSPEETVQUP
YQFSDFOU XIJDITXJOHTUIJOHTCBDLJO
ZPVSGBWPVS
#VUXIFOZPVNPWFPOUPUIFSJWFS UIFPEETBSF
The Turn TUBDLFEBHBJOTUZPV5BLFUIFWFSZTBNFIBOE CVU
OPXZPVWFCFFOQVTIFEBMMJOGPMMPXJOHUIFUVSO
BOEUIFCPBSEMPPLTMJLFUIJT
8JUIPOMZPOFDBSEUPDPNF UIFDIBODFPGNBLJOHZPVS
GMVTIBOEXJOOJOHUIFQPUJTTFSJPVTMZEJNJOJTIFE #PBSE IITE
5IFPEETUPIJUUIFVTIBSFOPXYQFS
BSFOUNBUIFNBUJDBMMZFYBDU ZPVDBODBMDVMBUFVQ DFOU BOEUIFPEETUPIJUFJUIFSBVTIPSBO"DF
UPPVUTXJUIPVUCFJOHBOZNPSFUIBOQFSDFOU PS,JOHBSFYQFSDFOU4VEEFOMZGPMEJOH
PVUBOEBCPWFPVUTXJUIUIFUVSOBOESJWFSUP MPPLTMJLFUIFCFTUDPVSTFPGBDUJPO
DPNF ZPVSFBMXBZTBGBWPVSJUFUPNBLFUIFIBOE /PXZPVNJHIUCFUIJOLJOHUIBUZPVEJEOU
&JUIFSXBZJUTDMPTFFOPVHIUPTBUJTGZBMMCVUUIF HFUJOUPQPLFSUPMFBSONBUIT BOEZPVECF
NPTUBOBMQPLFSQMBZFS SJHIU1PLFSJTTVQQPTFEUPCFGVOBOEXFSFOPU
BEWJTJOHUIBUZPVQMBZZPVSHBNFXJUIBDBMDVMBUPS
:PVSIBOE ,I"I JOIBOE#VUJGZPVMFBSOUIFCBTJDQSPCBCJMJUJFT
'MPQ IIT ZPVMMLOPXXIFOUPHBNCMFBOEXIFOUPGPME
BOEZPVMMXJOEVQXJOOJOHNPSFHBNFT"OE
)FSFZPVWFPQQFEBQPUFOUJBMNPOTUFSXJOOJOH UIBUTXIFSFUIFGVOTUBSUT
IBOE:PVWFHPUGPVSPVUPGUIFWFDBSETOFFEFE
UPNBLFZPVSOVUVTI ZPVIBWFUIF"DF TP Pot odds
OPPUIFSVTIDBOCFBUZPV
*UMPPLTMJLFBOP 2VFTUJPO8IFOTIPVMEZPVESBXUPBIBOEUIBU
CSBJOFS CVU1MBZFSJOGSPOUPGZPVIBTQVTIFEJO ZPVSFOPUBGBWPVSJUFUPNBLF "OTXFS8IFO
BMMPGIJTDIJQT XIJDINFBOTUIBUZPVMMIBWFUPEP UIFQPU PSXIBUZPVTUBOEUPXJO JTPGGFSJOH
UIFTBNFUPTUBZJOUIFQPU*TJUTUJMMBOPCSBJOFS ZPVGBWPVSBCMFPEET LOPXOBTQPUPEET
*OUIF
5IFSFBSFIFBSUTJOUIFEFDL:PVWFHPUUXP GPMMPXJOHIBOEZPVSFESBXJOHUPBVTIXIJDI
BOEUIFSFBSFBOPUIFSUXPPOUIFPQ MFBWJOHOJOF NFBOTUIBUZPVIBWFOJOFDBSETMFGUJOUIFEFDLUIBU
JOUIFQBDL ZPVDBOUBTTVNFUIBUBOZPUIFSQMBZFS DBOIFMQZPV
28
UIFNPTUTVDDFTTGVMQMBZFSTJOUIFXPSMEFNQMPZ
POT ODDS JUXJUIMFUIBMGPSDFFTQFDJBMMZBHBJOTUQBTTJWF
PQQPOFOUT*OUIFGPMMPXJOHFYBNQMFZPVWFCFFO
Your hand EFBMUPGGTVJUZFUZPVEFDJEFUPSBJTFQSFPQ
GPSDJOHBMMUIFPUIFSQMBZFSTUPGPMEFYDFQU1MBZFS
XIPDBMMTXJUI",
The
Flop
:PVSIBOETI
and
Turn 1MBZFS"I,I
'MPQTED
Pot: $5,000
Bet to call: $500 Pot odds 10-1
5IFPQDPNFTEPXOXJUICMBOLTZFUZPVNBLF
Odds to hit BOPUIFSCFU LOPXJOHUIBU1MBZFSJTBUJHIU
ush approx: 20% 4-1
QMBZFSXIPPOMZCFUTXIFOIFIBTHPUUIFCFTU
Verdict: Call
IBOE"TFYQFDUFE IFGPMETIJTTVQFSJPSIBOE
*OUIJTTJUVBUJPOZPVTIPVMEESBXBUUIFGMVTIFWFOUIPVHI 3FNFNCFS ZPVEPOUIBWFUPIBWFUIFCFTUIBOE
ZPVSFPOMZBTIPU:PVSFHFUUJOHUIFSJHIUPEET JO5FYBT)PMEFN ZPVKVTUIBWFUPDPOWJODFZPVS
PQQPOFOUUIBUZPVIBWF"OECFJOHBHHSFTTJWFDBO
:PVSIBOE "D2D CFEFWBTUBUJOHJOCJHUPVSOBNFOUTXIFSFQMBZFST
'MPQBOE5VSO DDIE BSFSFMVDUBOUUPMPTFUIFJSDIJQT4BZZPVWFTDSBQFE
1FSDFOUBHFDIBODFPGNBLJOHUIFVTI UPHFUIFS UPFOUFSUIF8PSME4FSJFTBOE PO
YQFSDFOU UIFSTUEBZ ZPVSFQVUJOUIFQPTJUJPOPG1MBZFS
BOEBTLFEUPSJTLBMMPGZPVSDIJQTPOBIBOEXIJDI
:PVSFUIFMBTUUPBDUBOE1MBZFSIBTKVTUNBEF ZPVIBWFOUDPOOFDUFEXJUI8PVMEZPVQVTIUIFN
BCFUPG BCFUZPVNVTUNBUDIUPTUBZJO JO 5IPVHIUOPU
UIFIBOE"TZPVIBWFBQFSDFOUDIBODFPG
NBLJOHUIFOVUVTI GPSFWFSZWFIBOETUIBU
BSFEFBMUZPVMMNBLFJUPODFBOEGBJMUPNBLFJU AGGRESSION
GPVSUJNFT5IBUNFBOTZPVTIPVMEDBMMXIFOUIF
QPUJTBUMFBTUGPVSUJNFTUIFTJ[FPGUIFCFUZPVSF Your hand
NBLJOH*OUIJTJOTUBODFUIFSFJTBMSFBEZ
JOUIFQPUUFOUJNFTUIFTJ[FPGUIFCFUZPVE
IBWFUPNBLFUPTUBZJO XIJDINFBOTZPVTIPVME Opponents
NBLFUIFDBMM5IJTJTLOPXOBTQPUPEET BOEB hand
CBTJDVOEFSTUBOEJOHPGUIJTXJMMNBLFZPVBCFUUFS
QMBZFS*OFGGFDUZPVSFQMBZJOHBQFSDFOUBHFHBNF
VTJOHCBTJDNBUITUPXPSLPVUIPXUPFOEPOUIF The Flop
XJOOJOHTJEFNPSFPGUFOUIBOOPU
5IFPOMZXBZZPVSFHPJOHUPXJOUIJTIBOEJTCZCFJOH
Aggression
BHHSFTTJWF"HHSFTTJPOJTLFZUPTVDDFTTGVM)PMEFN
"HHSFTTJPOQBZTJO5FYBT)PMEFN BOETPNFPG
29
:PVSPQQPOFOUIBTOUHPUBO"DFCVUIFTQSFUUZTVSF
Pump em or dump em ZPVIBWFOUFJUIFS BOESFTPGGBMBSHFCFU5IJTJT
DBMMFESFQSFTFOUJOH BOEJUTBDPNNPOBOEFYUSFNFMZ
"HHSFTTJWFQMBZXPSLTJO5FYBT)PMEFN BOE FGGFDUJWFUBDUJDJO5FYBT)PMEFN)PXDBOZPVLOPX
JGZPVDPOTUBOUMZMJNQJOUPQPUTZPVSFMJLFMZUP
JGZPVSPQQPOFOUIBTBO"DFPSOPU 5IFSFTOPXBZ
CFCFUPGGBMBSHFQSPQPSUJPOPGUIFNCZNPSF
BHHSFTTJWFQMBZFST'PSNFSXPSMEDIBNQJPO PGCFJOHQFSDFOUTVSFCVU CZXBUDIJOHCFUUJOH
$ISJT'FSHVTPO IBTBOFMPRVFOUXBZPGQVUUJOH QBUUFSOTBOEMPPLJOHPVUGPSUFMMTZPVDBONBLFBO
JU 1VNQFNPSEVNQFN)JTQIJMPTPQIZJT FEVDBUFEHVFTT*GZPVDBOBGGPSEJUZPVDPVMEBMXBZT
UIBUJGBIBOETXPSUIDBMMJOHXJUI JUTXPSUI
DBMMIJTCMVGGBOESFSBJTFIJN*GIFIBTOUHPUUIF"DF
SBJTJOHXJUI5SZJUPVUGPSZPVSTFMGBOEZPVMMCF
BNB[FEBUIPXNBOZQPUTZPVDBOUBLFEPXO IFMMNPTUMJLFMZGPMETPGBTUZPVXPOUFWFOTFFIJT
VODPOUFTUFE FWFOXJUIBXGVMDBSET DBSETVOUJMUIFZSFJOUIFNVDL
Blufng in Holdem Want some more?

8JUIUIFWFDPNNVOJUZDBSET 5FYBT)PMEFNJT )PMEFNQMBZTCZGBJSMZTUSJDUNBUITBOEZPV
SJQFGPSCMVGOH*OUIFGPMMPXJOHFYBNQMFZPVSF DBOJNQSPWFZPVSHBNFCZLOPXJOHUIFCBTJDT
IPMEJOHUPQQBJSBOEBSFXBZBIFBEJOUIFIBOE $IFDLPVUUIFUISFFUJQTCFMPX BOENFTT
XIFOBO"DFESPQTPOUIFUVSO BSPVOEXJUIBOPEETDBMDVMBUPS UIFSFTPOFBU
XXXQPLFSQMBZFSNBHB[JOFDPVL
UPHFUNPSF
:PVSIBOE ,DD GBTDJOBUJOHTUBUT'PSJOTUBODF EJEZPVLOPX
1MBZFS TI UIBUBQBJSPG"DFTJTBOQFSDFOUGBWPVSJUFPWFS
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Omaha
It is entirely feasible to play Texas Holdem and nothing but Texas Holdem for
the rest of your days, and never get bored. But do this and youre missing out
on the game that provides action by the bucketload
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Premium starting hands

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Checklist
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playing Omaha
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maths plays a much bigger part
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Chapter three Stud poker
Stud poker
Before Texas Holdem became so powerful in the world of poker, Seven-card
Stud was the game to play. A very different game from Holdem, it requires
patience, a great deal of attention and an analytical mind
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Stud poker Chapter three
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TUSPOHIBOEBTUIFOFYUUISFFSPVOETXJMMCFBU UIFSFBOEXIBUIJHIDBSETIBWFCFFOEFBMU
UIFIJHIFSMJNJU*GZPVSIBOEJTTUJMMXFBL UISPX
JUBXBZ/FWFSUISPXHPPENPOFZBGUFSCBE
Playing pairs
5IFCFTUTUBSUJOHIBOEJO4FWFODBSE4UVEJTUISFF
Calling stations PGBLJOE CVUBQBJSPG"DFTPS,JOHTJTBMTPWFSZ
8JUITPNVDIJOGPSNBUJPOBWBJMBCMFBOEUIF TUSPOH FTQFDJBMMZJGUIFZSFIJEEFO:PVTIPVMECFU
PQQPSUVOJUZUPJNQSPWFBOVNCFSPGIBOETXJUI TUSPOHMZXJUIUIFN CVUZPVIBWFUPBDDFQUUIBUJG
FBDIUVSO 4FWFODBSE4UVEHFOFSBUFTBMPUPGBDUJPO UIFZEPOUJNQSPWFCZUIFGUIDBSEBOEUIFSFIBT
BOEBMPUPGQMBZFSTGBMMJOUPUIFUSBQPGDBMMJOHUPP CFFOQMFOUZPGCFUUJOHBOESBJTJOH ZPVQSPCBCMZ
NBOZCFUT%POUEPUIJTQMBZJOHMJLFBSPDLJT
UIFCFTUUBDUJD&WFOJGZPVXBJUGPSTUSPOHQBJSFE
DPOOFDUFEPSTVJUFETUBSUJOHDBSET ZPVSFTUJMM
Reading the table
MJLFMZUPOEQMBZFSTXJMMJOHUPDBMMZPVSCFUT TP
*GZPVSFEFBMUUISFFDBSETUPBVTI RVJDLMZ
EPOUXPSSZUPPNVDIBCPVUZPVSUBCMFJNBHF DIFDLZPVSPQQPOFOUTEPPSDBSET*GZPVSF
QMBZJOHBUBGVMMUBCMF UIFSFJTBMPUPG
Table information JOGPSNBUJPOSJHIUUIFSFUIBUDBOUFMMZPVJGJUT
XPSUIDIBTJOH*GZPVWFHPUUISFFTQBEFTBOE
*GZPVSFPVUPGBQBSUJDVMBSIBOE EPOUMPTF
ZPVDBOBMSFBEZTFFBOPUIFSUXPPSUISFFTQBEFT
ZPVSGPDVT"QBSUGSPNUIFPQQPSUVOJUZUP FYQPTFE JUTQSPCBCMZOPUXPSUIESBXJOHVOMFTT
MFBSOTPNFUIJOHBCPVUZPVSUBCMFQBSUOFST ZPVSDBSETBMTPHJWFZPVPUIFSPQUJPOT
ZPVDBODPOUJOVFUPUSBJOZPVSTFMGJOUIFBSUPG
Table information
P1 P2
#ZGJGUITUSFFUFBDI
QMBZFSIBTUISFFDBSET
FYQPTFE TPBXFBMUI
PGJOGPSNBUJPOJT
BMSFBEZTJUUJOHBUUIF
UBCMF1MBZFSTIPXT $1/$2 Seven-card Stud
BQBJSPG,JOHT CVUBT
,JOHTBSFBMTPWJTJCMF
JO1MBZFSBOE1MBZFS
TIBOET 1MBZFS
XPOUCFBCMFUPCMVGG
Fold
JFCFUBTJGIFIBE
BDPODFBMFE,JOHGPS
UISFFPGBLJOE
P4 P3
39
DPOEJUJPOTDPOUSPMMJOHXIPTUBSUTUIFCFUUJOH
Advanced techniques SPVOET BOEXIBUUIFJSNJOJNVNCFUTNVTU
$SFBUFBOJNBHF8IFOZPVSTUTJUBUBUBCMF CF0CWJPVTMZ JOUIFJOTUBODFPGQPUPSOPMJNJU
POMZQMBZTPMJEIBOET4IPXJOHEPXOXJOOJOH
HBNFT UIFDFJMJOHPOBOZCFUUJOHSPVOEJTOP
IBOETDPOTJTUFOUMZXJMMFTUBCMJTIZPVBTBRVBMJUZ
QMBZFSBOEFBSOZPVTPNFSFTQFDU-BUFSJOUIF MPOHFSHPWFSOFECZUIFPOFCFU UISFFSBJTFTMBX
TFTTJPOZPVMMOEZPVDBOFYQMPJUUIJTQPTJUJPOUP *OQPUMJNJUZPVDBODBMMUIFCFUUIBUTCFFOQPTUFE
XJONPSFIBOETXJUIPVUIBWJOHUPTIPXEPXOTP CFGPSFZPVBOEUIFOSBJTFUIFFOUJSFBNPVOUPG
PGUFO*GZPVSFQMBZJOHQPUPSOPMJNJU TVDIBO
UIFQPUBHBJO*GUIFQPUTBOEUIFCFUCFGPSF
JNBHFNJHIUBMTPBMMPXZPVUPCVMMZNPSFQFPQMF
PGGQPUTXJUIMBSHFSCFUT ZPVIBTCFFO ZPVDBOBEEUIFUPUIFQPU
UPDBMM BOEUIFOSBJTFBOBEEJUJPOBMUPNBLF
UIFQPUJOUPUBM*GZPVSFQMBZJOHOPMJNJUZPV
OFFEUPMFUUIFNHP&BTJFSTBJEUIBOEPOF CVU DBOSBJTFBOESFSBJTFBTNVDIBTZPVXBOU BOEZPV
JGZPVHFUUPFOPVHITIPXEPXOTJO4FWFODBSE DBOQVUBMMPGZPVSDIJQTJOUIFNJEEMFBUBOZUJNF
4UVEXJUIPOMZBCJHQBJS ZPVMMTPPOVOEFSTUBOE $FSUBJODPOWFOUJPOTTUJMMHPWFSOOPMJNJUHBNFT
UIFXJTEPNJOUIJTBEWJDF5IJTEFDJTJPOCFDPNFT UIPVHIZPVDBOOEEFUBJMFEJOGPSNBUJPOJOUIF
FBTJFSTIPVMEZPVTFFNPSFPGZPVSPVUTBQQFBSJOH EFEJDBUFE#FUUJOHDIBQUFSMBUFSJOUIFCPPL
JOPUIFSQFPQMFTIBOET
Warning
No-limit/Pot-limit
5IPVHI4FWFODBSE4UVEJTUSBEJUJPOBMMZBMJNJU *GBGVMMUBCMFPGQMBZFSTTUBZJOBIBOESJHIUVQ
HBNF UIFQPQVMBSJUZPGOPMJNJUBOEQPUMJNJU VOUJMUIFSJWFS UIFSFXPOUCFFOPVHIDBSETUP
HBNFTIBTNFBOUUIBUWBSJBUJPOTBSFOPXPGGFSFE EFBMFWFSZPOFUIFJSJOEJWJEVBMSJWFSDBSET*OUIJT
JOTUBODFBOBMDPNNVOJUZDBSEJTEFBMUGBDFVQ
PONPTUPOMJOFTJUFT JGOPUJOQPLFSSPPNT5IF
POUIFUBCMF BOEUIJTDBOCFVTFECZFWFSZPOFUP
NFDIBOJDTBSFFTTFOUJBMMZUIFTBNF XJUIUIFTBNF DPNQMFUFUIFJSWFDBSEQPLFSIBOE
Community river P2 P3
P1 P4
"GVMMUBCMFPGFJHIU
QMBZFSTNFBOT
UIBUDBSETBSF River
BMSFBEZJOVTF BOE
UIFSFBSFOUFOPVHI
UPEFBMUIFSJWFS
*OUIJT BENJUUFEMZ
SBSF
JOTUBODF POF P8 P5
DPNNVOJUZSJWFS
DBSEJTQVUPOUIF
UBCMFGPSBMMUPVTF
P7 P6
40
Starting hands 'MVTIVQ

#FJOHEFBMUUISFFDBSETNFBOTUIBUUIFSFBSFB *GZPVHFUUISFFTUBSUJOH
WBSJFUZPGTUBSUJOHIBOETZPVDBOOEZPVSTFMG DBSETPGUIFTBNF
MPPLJOHBU CFGPSFBOZSFBMCFUUJOHIBTUBLFO TVJUJUTBMXBZTXPSUI
QMBDF)FSFBSFUIFNBJOHSPVQTUIFTFIBOETGBMM QMBZJOHUIFN VOMFTT
JOUP BOETPNFPCTFSWBUJPOT#FBSJONJOEUIBU UIFSFBSFBMSFBEZNPSFUIBOUXPDBSETPGUIBUTVJU
UIFTFUJQTBSFBJNFEBUQMBZFSTJOMPXTUBLFHBNFT BMSFBEZTIPXJOHPOUIFUBCMF*GZPVSTUBSUJOHIBOE
QMBZJOHSFMBUJWFMZUJHIU BMTPDPOUBJOTIJHIDBSET UIBUNJHIUJNQSPWFUP
TUSPOHQBJSTPSUSJQT
PSDPOOFDUFEDBSET UIBUDPVME
$POOFDUPST VMUJNBUFMZGPSNBTUSBJHIU
UIJTTIPVMEDPOUSJCVUFUP
:PVWFHPUUISFF ZPVSEFDJTJPOXIFUIFSUPDPOUJOVF
DPOOFDUFEDBSET
BOEUIBURVBMJFT 5SJQT
BTBTUSPOHIBOEBT 5IFTUSPOHFTUIBOE
ZPVIBWF BUUIFWFSZMFBTU FJHIUPVUTUPDPNQMFUF ZPVDBOCFEFBMUJO
BTUSBJHIU BOEGPVSDBSETTUJMMUPDPNFUPZPV 4FWFODBSE4UVEJT
0CWJPVTMZ XBUDIJOHUIFJOJUJBMEPPSDBSETEFBMUUP UISFFPGBLJOESPMMFE
FWFSZPOFDBOIFMQZPVSFDBMDVMBUFZPVSPEETPOUIJT VQ)PXFWFS ZPVNVTUTUJMMCFTVQFSBXBSFPGUIF
*GUXPPSNPSFPGUIFDBSETJOZPVSIBOEBSFTVJUFE DBSETUIBUUIFPUIFSQMBZFSTBSFSFDFJWJOH*GZPVSTFU
JUJNQSPWFTZPVSFYQFDUBUJPOT BOEUIFIJHIFSUIF JTMPXJUDBOFBTJMZCFCVTU BOEZPVTIPVMEDFSUBJOMZ
DBSET UIFCFUUFS GPSTUSPOHQBJSQPTTJCJMJUJFT
CFQSFQBSFEUPUISPXUIFTFDBSETBXBZJGUIFSFBSF
MPUTPGTUSPOHQPTTJCMFVTIFTBOETUSBJHIUTBHBJOTU
$PNCPT ZPV DPVQMFEXJUIBHHSFTTJWFCFUUJOHBOESBJTJOH"
'PSBTUBSUJOHIBOEUP MPUPGQFPQMFMPTFBMPUPGNPOFZXIFOEFBMUSPMMFE
CFDPOTJEFSFEQMBZBCMF VQUSJQT TJNQMZCFDBVTFUIFZDBOUMFUUIFNHP
JUTIPVMEDPOUBJOB
DPNCJOBUJPOPGDBSET 4IVUUIFEPPS
UIBUPGGFSTFWFSBMUZQFTPGPVUT:PVEPOUXBOUUP 8IFOZPVTUBSUBOFX
MPTFBUIJSEPGZPVSQPUFOUJBMIBOEBUUIFTUBSU5IF TFTTJPOXJUIOFX
IBOETIPXOIFSFDPVMERVBMJGZBTQMBZBCMFBTJUIBT QMBZFST POMZQMBZEPPS
DPODFBMFEDBSETUIBUDPVMENBLFIJHIQBJST DBSET "DFTJGZPVDBOSBJTF
UIBUDPVMEJNQSPWFUPBTUSBJHIU BOEUXPTVJUFE UIFNVQ*GOPU UIFOGPMEUIFNBOECFTVSFUP
DBSETUIBUNJHIUJNQSPWFUPBSFBTPOBCMZIJHI EPJUTMPXMZFOPVHITPUIBUFWFSZPOFSFHJTUFSTUIBU
VTI*GBMMUISFFPGZPVSTUBSUJOHIBOETBSFIJHI ZPVWFKVTUEVNQFEBO"DF-BUFSJOUIFTFTTJPO
DBSET DIBODFTBSFUIBUJGZPVDBUDIBQBJS JUXJMMCF ZPVNJHIUOEUIBUZPVDBOXJOVODPOUFTUFEQPUT
UIFCFTUQBJSQPTTJCMF5IJT PGDPVSTF EPFTOUUBLF GSPNQMBZFSTXIPTBXZPVUISPXBXBZQSFWJPVT
JOUPBDDPVOUBOZKVJDZDPODFBMFEQPDLFUQBJSTZPVS EPPS"DFT
XIFOZPVEPSBJTFVQJOUIFTBNF
PQQPOFOUTNJHIUIBWF"MTP JGUIFMPXFTUDBSEJO QPTJUJPO5IFZMMCFUIJOLJOH *GIFUISFXBO"DF
ZPVSTUBSUJOHIBOEJTIJHIFSUIBOBOZDBSETIPXJOH BXBZCFGPSF BOEOPXIFJTSBJTJOHXJUIPOF IF
POUIFUBCMFZPVTIPVMECFJOQSFUUZHPPETIBQF NVTUIBWFBQBJS
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Further strategies BDDVNVMBUFBTNVDIJOGPSNBUJPOBTQPTTJCMF

1MBZXJUIZPVSNJOEPOUIFTFTJYQPJOUTBOEZPVMM "EBQUUPUIFFOWJSPONFOU*GZPVOEZPVSTFMG
CFBXJOOJOH4UVEQMBZFS BNPOHXFBLBOEQBTTJWFQMBZFSTXIPUFOEUP
5IFNPTUJNQPSUBOUEFDJTJPOJO4UVEJTXIFUIFS DIFDLVOUJMUIFZIJUBIBOE UBLFBEWBOUBHF&WFO
UPDPOUJOVFCFZPOEZPVSJOJUJBMEFBM'JOBODJOH JGJUTOPUOPSNBMMZZPVSTUZMF CVMMZUIPTFQMBZFST
UIFGPVSUIDBSEDBOTUJMMCFFYQFOTJWF FWFOBU TJMMZFOPVHIUPDIFDLUPZPVJOBMBUFQPTJUJPO
UIJTFBSMZTUBHFJOUIFIBOE0OMZEPJUJGZPV *GZPVEPHFUDBVHIU ZPVDBOVTFUIJTBTBO
SFBMMZCFMJFWFZPVDBOXJO BOETJNJMBSMZCFSFBEZ PQQPSUVOJUZUPTPXUIFTFFETJOFWFSZPOFTIFBET
UPEVNQUIFIBOEJGUIFGPVSUIDBSEZPVQBZGPS UIBUZPVSFBXJME MPPTFCMVGGFS*G IPXFWFS
EPFTOUNFFUZPVSFYQFDUBUJPOT FWFSZPOFBUZPVSUBCMFBQQFBSTUPCFBNBOJBD
#FXBSFFYQPTFEQBJST*GBOPQQPOFOUJT CFUUJOHBOESBJTJOHFWFSZTJOHMFQPUUIFOTJU
QMBZJOHBTQMJUQBJSJOIJTTUBSUJOHIBOE JFPOF CBDLBOESJEFPVUUIFTUPSN&BDIIBOEZPVGPME
DPODFBMFEBOEPOFTIPXO
BOEUIFOHPFTPO XJMMPOMZDPTUZPVBTNBMMBOUF BOEPOMZXJOOJOH
UPQBJSIJTEPPSDBSEPOGPVSUITUSFFU UIFSFTB POFQPUBOIPVSXJMMTUJMMMFBWFZPVJOQSPU%POU
TUSPOHQPTTJCJMJUZUIBUIFOPXIPMETUSJQT GFFMZPVIBWFUPHFUJOWPMWFEXJUIUIFDSB[ZQFPQMF
1BZBUUFOUJPOUPUIFCPBSEGPSLFZDBSETUIBU VOMFTTZPVSFBMMZXBOUUP
BGGFDUZPVSDIBODFTPGDPNQMFUJOHBIBOE"
MPXQBJSJTPOMZXPSUIQMBZJOHJG JOBEEJUJPOUP Starting hand probabilities
UIFTUSFOHUIPGJUCFJOHBQBJS JUBMTPIBTUIF
4NBMM#MJOE 0EETBHBJOTU /VNCFSPGQPTTJCMF
QPUFOUJBMUPJNQSPWFJOUPUSJQT1MBZJOHOP
CFJOHEFBMU DPNCJOBUJPOT
MPOHFSNBLFTTFOTFJGZPVLOPXUIBUCPUIUIF Y"DFT
PUIFS4FWFOTBSFBMSFBEZPVUPGQMBZ JFJOUIF Y+BDLTUISV,JOHT
IBOETPGPUIFST PSBSFBMSFBEZJOUIFNVDLGSPN Y4JYFTUISV5FOT
Y5XPTUISV'JWFT
GPMEFEQMBZFSTIBOET

1BJS"DFT
"MXBZTCFPOUIFMPPLPVUGPSHPPESFBTPOT 1BJS+BDLTUISV,JOHT
UPGPME*UTPVOETTJMMZCVU JGZPVMPPLGPSHPPE 1BJS4JYFTUISV5FOT
SFBTPOTUPGPMECVUDBOUOEBOZ ZPVSFQSPCBCMZ 1BJS5XPTUISV'JWFT
5ISFFDBSETUPTUSBJHIUGMVTI
SJHIUUPDPOUJOVFJOUIFIBOE4QFDJDBMMZMPPL
5ISFFDBSETUPBGMVTI
GPSEFBEDBSETPSFYQPTFEDBSETUIBUZPVSDVSSFOU 5ISFFDBSETUPTUSBJHIU
TUSBUFHZSFMJFTPO:PVMMGFFMBMPUNPSFDPOEFOU "OZUISFFPGBLJOE
DPOUJOVJOHJOBIBOEPODFZPVWFHSJMMFEZPVSTFMG "OZQBJS
BOEDPNFVQTNJMJOH
,FZQPJOUT
3PMMFEVQUSJQTEPOUDPNFBMPOHPGUFO TPNBYJNJ[F
8BUDIZPVSPQQPOFOUT BTJOBOZHBNFPG
UIFNXIFOUIFZEP:PVSPQQPOFOUTXJMMBMTPCFBXBSFPGUIFPEET
QPLFS*GZPVEVNQZPVSTUBSUJOHIBOE ZPV BHBJOTUCVNQJOHJOUPDPODFBMFEUSJQTGSPNUIJSETUSFFU TPNJML
DPVMEIBWFBGBJSQFSJPEPGUJNFCFGPSFUIFOFYU UIFNGPSBTNVDIBTZPVDBO
#FDBVTFPGUIFDPNCJOBUJPOT
IBOECFHJOT TPNBLFHPPEVTFPGJUBOEXBUDI QPTTJCMF CFJOHEFBMUUISFFDBSETXJUITUSBJHIUQPTTJCJMJUJFTJTNPSF
DPNNPOUIBOSFDFJWJOHBQBJS)PXFWFS ZPV.645CFBCMFUP
ZPVSPQQPOFOUT#FDBVTFPGUIFBNPVOUPG
EVNQUIFTFDBSETJGUIFZEPOUJNQSPWF8BUDIUIFPUIFSFYQPTFE
DBSETNPWJOHBSPVOEJO4FWFODBSE4UVE NBOZ DBSETPOUIFUBCMFUPFWBMVBUFZPVSDIBODFTPGDPNQMFUJOHBTUSPOH
CFHJOOFSTOEJUIBSEUPLFFQUSBDLPGBMMUIFJS TUSBJHIU
DBSETBOEXBUDIUIFJSPQQPOFOUT TPNBLFVTFPG
UIFUJNFZPVIBWFXIFOZPVBSFOUJOBIBOEUP
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Stud variants
Seven-card Stud might be the most popular of the Stud games, but there are
plenty of other variants you can play when you have mastered the basics
Five-card Stud QMBZFSTIPXJOHUIFTUSPOHFTUIBOE4IPVME

'JWFDBSE4UVEGPMMPXTNPTUPGUIFSVMFTZPVBSFOPX BOZQMBZFSTTIPXUIFTBNFIBOE BDUJPONVTU
GBNJMJBSXJUI CVUXJUIPOMZWFDBSET5IFTFRVFODF CFHJOXJUIUIFQMBZFSOFBSFTUUIFEFBMFSTMFGU
PGQMBZJTPCWJPVTMZTIPSUFS CVUUIFQSFNJTFSFNBJOT "GPVSUIDBSEJTEFBMUGBDFVQUPBMMQMBZFST
UIFTBNFTPNFPGZPVSDBSETBSFDPODFBMFE CVU GPMMPXFECZBGPVSUISPVOEPGCFUUJOHBDDPSEJOH
UIFNBKPSJUZBSFSFWFBMFE UPUIFTUBOEBSESVMFT"GJGUIBOEGJOBMDBSEJT
EFBMUGBDFVQUPBMMQMBZFST BOEBGJOBMSPVOEPG
4FRVFODFPGQMBZ CFUUJOHUBLFTQMBDF
'PMMPXJOHBOBOUFQPTUFECZBMMUIFQMBZFST
FWFSZPOFSFDFJWFTPOFDBSEGBDFEPXOBOEPOF Seven-card Stud Hi-Lo
DBSEGBDFVQ5IFQMBZFSXJUIUIFMPXFTUTIPXO "WFSZQPQVMBSWBSJBOUPG4FWFODBSE4UVEJT)J-P
IBOENVTUCSJOHJOBOEUIFGPMMPXJOHQMBZFST *O)J-PFBDIQPUJTXPOCZBIJHIIBOEBOEBOZ
NVTUDBMM SBJTFPSGPME5IFSFJTUIFOBUIJSE RVBMJGZJOHMPXIBOE'PSBIBOEUPRVBMJGZBTMPXJU
GBDFVQDBSEEFBMUUPBMMQMBZFST GPMMPXFECZB NVTUIBWFWFDBSETOPIJHIFSUIBOBOFJHIU5IF
SPVOEPGCFUUJOHUIBUNVTUCFJOJUJBUFECZUIF QBJSTBSFQMBZFEBTCPUIIJHIBOEMPX CVUTUSBJHIUT
Five-card Stud
P2
P1

4UBHF
&BDIQMBZFSJTEFBMU
POFDBSEGBDFEPXO
BOEPOFDBSEGBDF $1/$2 Five-card Stud
VQ*GBCSJOHJO
JTCFJOHVTFE UIF
QMBZFSXJUIUIF Bring-in
MPXFTUWBMVFDBSE
TUBSUTUIFTFRVFODF
*GOPU UIFOUIF
IJHIFTUDBSETIPXO P3
P5
CFHJOT
P4
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P1 P2 (WINNER)
4UBHF
"UUIFTIPXEPXO
BMMBDUJWFQMBZFST
NVTUSFWFBMBMMUIFJS
DBSET)FSFXFTFF
UIBU1MBZFSIBEB $1/$2 Five-card Stud
DPODFBMFE"DFUIBU
NBEFBQBJS XIJMF
1MBZFSBMTPNBEF
BTJOHMFQBJS1MBZFS Fold
IPMETUIFXJOOJOH
IBOE XJUIUXP
P3
QBJST ,JOHTBOE Fold
'PVST P5
P4
BOEVTIFTEPOPUEJTRVBMJGZBIBOEGPSMPX TPUIF )J-PTUSBUFHZ

CFTUMPXIBOEXPVMECF"3FNFNCFSJOH 5IFNPTUJNQPSUBOUUIJOHUPCFBSJONJOEXJUI
UIBUZPVMMNBLFUIFCFTUWFDBSEIBOEGSPNUIF )J-PHBNFTJTUIFIVHFEJGGFSFODFCFUXFFOUIF
TFWFOZPVIPME JUTGFBTJCMFUIBUBQMBZFSXJUI" QSPUNBEFXJOOJOHIBMGUIFQPU BOEUIFQSPU
BTBMPXIBOEDPVMEBMTPXJOUIFIJHIXJUI NBEFTDPPQJOHUIFFOUJSFQPU#FHJOOFSTUFOEUP
JGUIPTFXFSFUIFTFWFODBSETIFIFMEJOUPUBM UIJOLUIBUXJOOJOHIBMGBQPUJTXPSUIQBZJOHGPS
CVUJOUSVUIZPVSFOPUHPJOHUPHFUNVDINPSF
UIBOZPVQVUJO(PPE)J-PQMBZFSTPGUFOIBWF
Hi-Lo UPTFUUMFGPSPOMZIBMG BOEPDDBTJPOBMMZJOEFFE
OPUIJOH CVUBMXBZTQMBZIBOETUIBUBUMFBTUIBWF
Player 1
BHPPEDIBODFPGUBLJOHUIFMPU*UTWFSZSBSFMZ
XPSUIHIUJOHUPPOMZXJOPOFIBMG VOMFTTZPV
DBOOPUCFCFBUFO
4USPOHTUBSUJOHIBOETJO4FWFODBSE4UVE)J-P
Best UISFFPGBLJOE
low UISFFMPXDBSETUPBTUSBJHIUVTI FHTTT

hand
UISFFMPXDBSETUPBTUSBJHIU FHITD
UISFFMPXDBSETUPBVTI FHDDD
Best /PUFXJUIUIFMBUUFSUISFFTUBSUJOHIBOETZPV
high TIPVMEDIFDLGPMEJGUIFIBOEEPFTOUJNQSPWF
hand
POUIFOFYUDBSEESBXO BOEZPVSFGBDJOHUXPPS
5IPVHITUBUJTUJDBMMZVOMJLFMZ JGBQMBZFSXBTEFBMU" NPSFCFUUFSMPXIBOEESBXT
BTUIFJSTFWFODBSET UIFZXPVMEQSFTFOUUIFNJOUXP UISFFMPXDBSETJODMVEJOHBO"DF FH"
DPOGJHVSBUJPOTUPXJOCPUIUIFMPXBOEIJHIIBOET
BMPXQBJSQMVTBOBDF FH"
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Hi-Lo hand breakdown
Player 1 Player 2
Best Hi Best Hi
Best Lo No qualifying Lo-Hand
P1 P2
*UTVOMJLFMZUIBU
BMMUIFTFQMBZFST
XPVMEIBWFQBJE
UPDPOUJOVFUPUIF
SJWFS CVUGPSUIF $1/$2 Seven-card Stud Hi-Lo
QVSQPTFTPGPVS
FYBNQMF MFUT
MPPLBUXIBUUIFTF
IBOETCSFBLEPXO
UPXIFOUIFQMBZFST
DPNQFUFGPSUIF
IJHIFTUBOEMPXFTU
IBOET P4 P3
Player 4 Player 3
Best Hi Best Hi
Best Lo No qualifying Lo-Hand
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QBJSPG/JOFTPS5FOTXJUIBO"DF FH" Razz

"
3B[[JTBOPUIFSPGUIFNPSFQPQVMBS4FWFODBSE
/PUF8JUIFBDIPGUIFTFIBOETZPVNVTUCFBCMFUP 4UVEEFSJWBUJWFT QSPCBCMZCFDBVTFJUTTPTJNJMBS
UISPXUIFNBXBZJGUIFZEPOUEFWFMPQPOUIFOFYU JONFDIBOJDTUPUIFPSJHJOBMHBNF5IJTNFBOT
DBSE#FZPOEUIJTDBSEUIFDPTUPGQMBZJOHHPFTVQ UIBUOFXDPNFSTDBOQJDLJUVQRVJDLMZBOEFBTJMZ
UPUIFIJHIFSMJNJU%POPUCFUFNQUFEUPDSPTTZPVS 3B[[JTQMBZFEJOFYBDUMZUIFTBNFXBZBT4FWFO
OHFSTBOELFFQOBODJOHMPTJOHIBOET DBSE4UVE POMZXJUI"DFUP'JWFMPXIBOEWBMVFT
IJHIQBJSDPODFBMFEPSTQMJU FH"" ,, 22
TDPSJOH*O3B[[ UIFIJHIFTUEPPSDBSECSJOHTJO
Razz: sequence of play
P1
P2
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Bring-in
$1/$2 Razz
4UBHF
1MBZFSIBTUIF
IJHIFTUDBSE
1MBZFST"DFJT
MPXJO3B[[
TP
1MBZFSNVTUQBZ
UIFCSJOHJO P4 P3
P1
P2
$1/$2 Razz
Best low hand

4UBHF
1MBZFSJTTIPXJOH
UIFMPXFTUIBOE
BOEJOJUJBUFTUIF
OFYUSPVOEPG
CFUUJOH P4 P3
Options:
$IFDL
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#FU
P1 P2
4UBHF Fold
#FDBVTFPGUIF
,JOHBSSJWJOHJO
1MBZFSTIBOE
1MBZFSOPXIBT
UIFMPXFTUIBOE
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Checklist
t You can still nd Seven-card Stud in
live and online poker rooms
t But its probably the most
complicated poker variant you can
play
t Giving the game your full attention
is the only way to succeed
t So youd better have a good memory
t Being able to lay down hands is the
most important ability
t Having some strict starting hand
criteria will save you money in the
long run
t Follow the Queen is great fun to
play at home
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Chapter four Five-card Draw
Five-card Draw
Draw poker is one of the oldest and most basic of all the poker variants you
can play, which makes it an ideal place to start if youre a total beginner
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Five-card Draw Chapter four
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P2
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Playing position You P4 P5
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Triple Draw
Youre not always looking for the high
cards in poker. In Triple Draw, the
lower your cards the better
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t In most games of Draw you can
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cards
t Or you can stand pat with a really
bad hand
t And hope you dont get called by a
monster
t A royal ush is the worst hand you
can make in Triple Draw
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Chapter five Betting
Betting
Its said that poker takes minutes to learn and a lifetime to master, and its the
same with betting. There arent that many moves you can actually make but
you can use them in a million different ways
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Betting Chapter five
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You
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Betting strategy: asking the :PVWFDPNQMFUFMZNJTTFEUIFPQCVUCZ

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Options:
'PME
$BMM
You
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1PUSBJTF
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Asking the question

Player observation
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hand BOEXJMMQBZHSFBUEJWJEFOET
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BOEUIFDIBODFPGZPVSPQQPOFOUGPMEJOHJT Triple the blinds

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69
P2 P3
Triple the blinds
Fold Fold
P4
$30 Call
$10 NO-LIMIT HOLDEM
:PVWFHPUBTPMJE
Raise
IBOEBOEEFDJEF
UPSBJTFUISFFUJNFT
$30
UIFCJHCMJOE5IJT
GPSDFTFWFSZPOFPVU BB SB
PGUIFQPUFYDFQU $10 $5
You
GPS1MBZFSXIP Fold
Fold
ZPVDBOBTTVNF
IBTBTUSPOHIBOE P5
P6
UISFFPGBLJOE
:PVSPQQPOFOUIBEUPNBLFBDBMM Slow-playing
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MJLFUIBU 5IJTJTXIFSFBOZLOPXMFEHFZPVIBWF ZPVBSFXFBL5IJTDBOIBWFUIFEFTJSFEFGGFDUPG
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UIFCFTUPGJU TPNFUIJOHUIBUXPVMEQSPCBCMZCF BESBXJOHIBOE8FSFOPUTBZJOHZPVTIPVMEOU
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Triple the blinds

P3
P2
Fold
Fold P4
$10 NO-LIMIT HOLDEM

8JUIUIFGMPQ
MPPLJOHGBJSMZ What is
IBSNMFTT beating you?
FTQFDJBMMZJGZPVQVU
ZPVSPQQPOFOUPO 8PVMEIFDBMMB
IJHIDBSETZPV You SBJTFIPMEJOHUIJT
DBOTUJMMBTTVNF Fold
Fold
ZPVWFHPUUIF
CFTUIBOE P5
P6
70
FYBNQMFJTBWFSZHPPEJMMVTUSBUJPOPGUIFJOIFSFOU
EBOHFSTPGTMPXQMBZJOHBIBOE Warning
:PVSIBOE"T,T
4MPXQMBZJOHJTBOFGGFDUJWFXBZPGHFUUJOHNPSF
'MPQ"D,IE BDUJPO CVUJUBMTPMFBWFTUIFEPPSPQFOGPSPUIFS
QMBZFSTUPUVSOUIFJSIBOEJOUPBXJOOJOHPOF
:PVWFPQQFEBNPOTUFSIBOEIFSF CVUZPVWF
BMSFBEZSBJTFEQSFPQBOEBOPUIFSCJHCFUJTMJLFMZ CFJOHCFBUFOUPNBLFBMBSHFSQPU 5IFNPSFIBOET
UPTDBSFPGGZPVSPQQPOFOUT4MPXJOHEPXODPVME ZPVFYQFSJNFOUXJUI UIFCFUUFSZPVMMIBOEMFUIJT
XFMMUFNQUZPVSPQQPOFOUTJOUPCMVGOH OPUUP EJMFNNB CVULFFQBOFZFPVUGPSTUSBJHIUBOEVTI
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Positional betting
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0QQPOFOUTIBOET+I JOGPSNBUJPOGSPNFWFSZPOFXIPIBTBDUFECFGPSF
'MPQ"D,IE ZPV"OEUIJTNFBOTUIBUZPVSFJOBQPTJUJPOPG
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:PVDIFDLFEPOUIFPQUPUSZUPCVJMEUIFQPU CVU :PVSIBOEDE

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NPSFDBSETXIFOTMPXQMBZJOH8PVMEZPVSBUIFS ZPVSFJOUIFCFTUQPTJUJPOPOUIFUBCMFBOEZPV
CFHVBSBOUFFEXJOOJOHBTNBMMFSQPUOPX PSSJTL TIPVMEUSZUPVTFUIBUUPZPVSBEWBOUBHF*OUIJT
Positional betting

)FSFZPVSFPOUIF P3
P2
CVUUPO XIJDINFBOT
ZPVWFHPUUIFMVYVSZ
PGBDUJOHMBTU/PPOF P4
SBJTFTQSFGMPQ XIJDI Fold
JOEJDBUFTBMBDLPG Check
Check
QSFNJVNIBOET BOE
OPXFWFSZPOFDIFDLT
UPZPVBGUFSUIFGMPQ
NO-LIMIT HOLDEM
%FTQJUFUIFGBDUUIBU
ZPVIBWFOUNBEFB
IBOE BOEJUTFOUJSFMZ
QPTTJCMFUIBUPOFPS
UXPPGUIFQMBZFST
Check
IBWFZPVCFBU BOZ You Fold
CFUDPVMEQPUFOUJBMMZ
XJOZPVUIFQPU
Options: P5
$IFDL P6
'PME
#FU 71
P3
P2
Positional
betting P4
:PVNJHIUUIJOLJUT
SJTLZUPCFUJOUPBGMPQ
Fold
Check Check
MJLFUIJTXJUIPVUBO
"DFCVUVOMFTTZPVS
PQQPOFOUJTTMPX NO-LIMIT HOLDEM
QMBZJOHBO"DFJUT
VOMJLFMZZPVMMNFFU
BOZSFTJTUBODF*GZPV
HFUSBJTFECBDL NBLF
Check
BOPUFPGUIFQMBZFS Check
XIPDIFDLSBJTFE You
ZPV ESPQUIFIBOE
BOEXSJUFJUPGGBTBO
JOWFTUNFOU P5
P6
FYBNQMF CFTJEFTIBWJOHUIFCFTUQPTJUJPOZPV JOWJUBUJPOUPCMVGGXJUIBCFU"EFDFOUCFU IBMG

BMTPIBWFBEEFEJNQFUVTUPBDUUIBOLTUPBPQ UIFQPU QFSIBQT
TIPVMETFFBOZPOFXJUIPVUBO
QBDLFEXJUIQPTTJCJMJUJFTBOEUIFMBDLPGBDUJPO "DFGPME&WFOJGZPVHFUDBMMFE PSFWFOSBJTFE

CFGPSFZPV5IJTJTXIFSFZPVSPCTFSWBUJPOPGUIF ZPVWFFGGFDUJWFMZCPVHIUJOGPSNBUJPOBCPVU
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BSFOUHPJOHUPXJOUIFQPU CVUBHPPECFUNJHIU
Know when to fold online

5IPVHIJUTUFNQUJOH BWPJEVTJOHUIFBVUP
CFUCVUUPOTXIFOZPVSFQMBZJOHPOMJOF5IF
SFBTPOGPSUIJTJTWFSZTJNQMFIPXDBOZPV
LOPXXIBUZPVXBOUUPEPVOUJMZPVIBWFBMM
UIFJOGPSNBUJPO *GZPVBSFUIFMBTUUPBDUBOE
MPPLEPXOBUSBHT 4FWFOBOE5XPPGGTVJU
QFSIBQT
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CVUUPOXBJUVOUJMUIFSFTUPGUIFUBCMFIBT
BDUFE*GFWFSZPOFGPMETSPVOEUPZPVBOEZPV
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QPTJUJPO CVUEPOUNJTTPQQPSUVOJUJFTUP
BDDVNVMBUFDIJQT%POUXSJUFPGGZPVSDIBODFT
UPXJOTPMFMZCBTFEVQPOZPVSDBSET
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Checklist
Betting
in poker
is a powerful weapon
You can bet with a strong hand...

And bet with a weak one
And both can win you the pot
You
put in
can only win what you
Betting
information
can buy you valuable
Position
strategy
betting is a winning
Be unpredictable
Ifpush
youre playing no-limit you can
all your chips in the middle
And,
them
if youre not careful, lose
#FUMJLFBQSPBOE
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Chapter six Poker strategy
Poker strategy
There are thousands of books you can buy that are dedicated purely to raising
your game, but underlying them all is basic core strategy. Its all you need to
play winning poker, and its all here
Position
8FDBOUTUSFTTIPXJNQPSUBOUQPTJUJPOJTUP Positional awareness
BMNPTUFWFSZQPLFSHBNF*UTTPJNQPSUBOUUIBU
JGXFXFSFQPMJUJDJBOTXFETBZUIJTSJHIUBUUIF 1PTJUJPOJTWJUBMJOYFEQPTJUJPOHBNFTPG
TUBSUPGPVSDBNQBJHOUBML BOEXFEESVNJUJO QPLFSMJLF5FYBT)PMEFN CVUMFTTJNQPSUBOUJO
CZCBOHJOHPVSTUTPOUIFMFDUFSOBOETIPVUJOH HBNFTMJLF4UVEXIFSFUIFQPTJUJPOPGCFUUJOH
JODFSUBJOSPVOETJTEFQFOEFOUPOUIFWBMVFPG
1PTJUJPO 1PTJUJPO 1PTJUJPO4PXIZJTJUTP
FYQPTFEDBSET
JNQPSUBOU
1PLFSJTBMMBCPVUQJDLJOHVQJOGPSNBUJPOGSPN
ZPVSPQQPOFOUT HBVHJOHIPXTUSPOHZPVSIBOE Under the gun
JTDPNQBSFEUPUIFJST BOETFFJOHXIFUIFSUIFZSF *OUIFFYBNQMFCFMPXZPVWFCFFOEFBMU,TI
TIPXJOHTUSFOHUIPSXFBLOFTT*GZPVSFUIFSTUUP VOEFSUIFHVO:PVCFUUISFFUJNFTUIFCJHCMJOE
BDUJOBSPVOEPGQPLFS LOPXOBTCFJOHVOEFSUIF 1MBZFSGPMET 1MBZFSDBMMT 1MBZFSSBJTFT 1MBZFS
HVO
ZPVXPOUIBWFBOZJOGPSNBUJPOUPHPPO BOE SFSBJTFT 1MBZFSGPMET 1MBZFSDBMMTBOE1MBZFS
ZPVMMCFBDUJOHCMJOE GPMETUIFCJHCMJOE:PVIBWFUPBTTVNFUIBUZPVSF
Under the gun

P2 P3
P1
Fold
Fold
ACTION
Small Blind Big Blind
Call Call
$5 $10
You
Bet
*OUIJTFYBNQMFZPV
Re-raise $30
DBOTFFUIFQSPCMFN
XJUIQMBZJOHNBSHJOBM
IBOETPVUPGQPTJUJPO
Raise Call
8JUITPNBOZQFPQMF
MFGUUPBDUZPVSPOMZ Fold
P8
XPSUIXIJMFPQUJPOJT
UPGPME XBTUJOHZPVS P5
JOJUJBMCFU
P7 P6
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OPXBCJHEPHBOEZPVSPOMZTFOTJCMFDPVSTFPG TJUUJOHPOBNPOTUFS*ODFSUBJOTJUVBUJPOT EFQFOEJOH

BDUJPOJTUPGPME MPTJOHZPVSJOJUJBMCFU%POUCFU POZPVSPQQPOFOUT ZPVDBOSBJTFXJUIBOZUXPDBSET
NBSHJOBMIBOETPVUPGQPTJUJPO JOUIJTQPTJUJPO
On the button Starting hands

8IFOZPVSFUIFEFBMFS ZPVSFUIFMBTUQMBZFSUPBDU :PVTIPVMEBMXBZTIBWFBTUSPOHJEFBPGXIJDI
JOFBDICFUUJOHSPVOE CBSUIFSTU XIFSFUIFTNBMM TUBSUJOHIBOETZPVSFHPJOHUPQMBZBOEXIJDI
BOECJHCMJOETBDUBGUFSZPV5IJTMFBWFTZPVJEFBMMZ POFTZPVSFHPJOHUPQBTT5IJTTIPVMEBMXBZT
QMBDFEUPTUFBMUIFCMJOETQSFPQJGFWFSZPOFFMTF CFSFMBUJWFUPUIFQPTJUJPOJOXIJDIZPVGJOE
GPMETSPVOEUPZPV"GUFSUIFPQ UIFTNBMMBOE ZPVSTFMGBUUIFUBCMF)BOETUIBUBSFOUQMBZBCMF
CJHCMJOETBDUSTUBOETFDPOESFTQFDUJWFMZ BOEUIJT JOBOFBSMZQPTJUJPOHFUTUSPOHFSUIFDMPTFSZPV
NFBOTUIBUZPVHFUUPTFFIPXFWFSZPOFBUUIFUBCMF HFUUPUIFEFBMFSCVUUPO0OFPGUIFCJHHFTU
QMBZTUIFJSIBOECFGPSFZPVIBWFUPBDU1PTJUJPOJT NJTUBLFTZPVDBONBLFJOQPLFSJTUPQMBZ
QPXFSJOQPLFS UPPNBOZIBOET BOEJUDBOCFBIBSEIBCJUUP
*OUIFFYBNQMFCFMPXZPVWFCFFOEFBMU,TIPO CSFBLZPVQMBZQPLFSGPSGVO CVUZPVSFOPU
UIFCVUUPO1MBZFSGPMET 1MBZFSTBOECPUIDBMM IBWJOHGVOJGZPVSFGPMEJOHIBOEBGUFSIBOE
1MBZFSTBOEGPME:PVEFDJEFUPSBJTFJUUPUISFF
UJNFTUIFCJHCMJOE1MBZFST TNBMMCMJOE
BOE CJH
CMJOE
GPME1MBZFSGPMET 1MBZFSDBMMTBOE1MBZFS
Advanced techniques
GPMET MFBWJOHZPVXJUIQPTJUJPOGPSUIFOFYUSPVOEPG 6TFBMMUIFCBTJDTUSBUFHJFTXFPVUMJOFEJO
UIJTDIBQUFSBTBHVJEFUPVOEFSTUBOEJOHUIF
CFUUJOHBHBJOTUBTJOHMFPQQPOFOU5IJTNFBOTUIBU
CBTJDT8IFOZPVWFEPOFUIBU GFFMGSFFUPNPWF
FWFOJGZPVNJTTUIFGMPQ ZPVDBODBQJUBMJ[FPOBOZ PGGQJTUFBOEEFWFMPQZPVSPXOHBNF#FJOH
XFBLOFTTGSPN1MBZFS XIPIBTUPBDUCFGPSFZPV VOQSFEJDUBCMFJTHPPEJOQPLFS
)FEJEOUSBJTFQSFGMPQTPZPVDBOBTTVNFIFTOPU
On the button
P2 P3
Fold Fold
You P4
Small Blind Big Blind
Fold
Raise ACTION
Call
*GZPVSFJOQPTTFTTJPO
PGUIFCVUUPOZPVWF Fold
HPUUIFTUSPOHFTU
QPTJUJPOPOUIFUBCMF
.BLFTVSFZPVNBLF P8
UIFNPTUPGJUBOE Fold Fold
QVUQSFTTVSFPOZPVS P5
PQQPOFOUT
P7 P6
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1SFUUZRVJDLMZ UIPVHI ZPVMMSFBMJ[FUIBUZPV Table Position

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"OEUPXJOZPVIBWFUPQMBZUIFSJHIUIBOET JOUPUISFFQPTJUJPOTFBSMZNJEEMFBOEMBUF
BUUIFSJHIUUJNF BOEMFBSOUIFBODJFOUBSUTPG )BOETUIBUZPVTIPVMEOUDPOTJEFSQMBZJOHJO
QBUJFODFBOEEJTDJQMJOF8FDBOUTUSFTTUIJT FBSMZQPTJUJPONBZXFMMCFQMBZBCMFBTZPVNPWF
QPJOUFOPVHI UPXBSETUIFCVUUPO
Table Position
Early
6TJOH5FYBT)PMEFNBTBOFYBNQMF UIFGPMMPXJOHIBOETDPVMECF
DPOTJEFSFEQMBZBCMFJOFBDIQPTJUJPO0CWJPVTMZUIJTBMTPEFQFOET
POUIFBDUJPOUIBUIBQQFOTBUUIFUBCMFCFGPSFZPV*GZPVSFTJUUJOH
JOMBUFQPTJUJPOBOEUIFUBCMFMJNQTPSGPMETSPVOEUPZPV UIFOZPV
DBOGFBTJCMZQMBZBOZUIJOH*UTBMTPWJUBMUPSFNFNCFSUIBUUIJTJT
BHVJEFGSPNXIJDIZPVTIPVMEEFWFMPQZPVSPXOQMBO BOEUIBU
ZPVTIPVMEOFWFSQMBZCZUIFCPPL*GZPVEPOUNJYJUVQZPVMMCF
FYUSFNFMZFBTZUPSFBE
P1 P2 P3
P10 P4
Early
Late
Middle
P9 P5
P8 P7 P6
Late Middle
All other
pairs
Suited
connectors
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Be selective
Advanced techniques 5IFSFTOPQPJOUJOEJTQMBZJOHSFDLMFTT
:PVNJHIUOPUBMXBZTHFUBDIPJDFPGTFBUBU BHHSFTTJPO:PVOFFETFMFDUJWFBHHSFTTJPOJUT
UIFUBCMF CVUJGZPVEPZPVTIPVMERVJDLMZUBLF BXJOOJOHGPSNVMB6TFBHHSFTTJWFCFUUJOHJO
TUPDLPGZPVSPQQPOFOUTBOEUSZUPNBOPFVWSF DPOKVODUJPOXJUIUBCMFQPTJUJPO IBOET BOEUIF
ZPVSTFMGJOUPUIFCFTUQPTJUJPO"TBHFOFSBMSVMFPG
JOGPSNBUJPOZPVWFDPMMFDUFEPOZPVSPQQPOFOUT
UIVNCZPVXBOUBHHSFTTJWF VOQSFEJDUBCMFNBOJBDT
UPZPVSSJHIU TPUIFZBDUCFGPSFZPV
BOEQBTTJWF BUUIFUBCMF*GZPVSFPOUIFCVUUPOBOEUIFUBCMF
QSFEJDUBCMFSPDLTUPZPVSMFGU5IFZBSFGBSNPSF GPMETSPVOEUPZPVQSFPQ UIFOZPVPOMZIBWF
MJLFMZUPMFUZPVCPTTUIFN GPMEJOHUIFJSIBOETUP UXPQMBZFSTUPHFUQBTU UIFTNBMMBOECJHCMJOET
BOZEFDFOUSBJTFVOMFTTUIFZSFTJUUJOHPOBNPOTUFS
"SBJTFJOUIJTQPTJUJPOSFHBSEMFTTPGZPVSIBOE
*GUIFZQMBZCBDLBUZPV ZPVDBOKVTUSFMFBTFZPVS
IBOEBOEUSZBHBJOUIFOFYUSPVOE*UTBNB[JOH DPVMEQPUFOUJBMMZXJOZPVUIFQPU5IFDIBODFT
IPXPGUFOZPVMMHFUQBJEPGG PGUIFUXPSFNBJOJOHQMBZFSTIPMEJOHBIBOE
UIBUUIFZDBODBMMBSBJTFJTTMJN BOEJGUIFZEP
Aggression SFCBDLXJUIBSBJTFZPVDBOBMXBZTESPQZPVS
*GQPTJUJPOJTUIFNPTUJNQPSUBOUTUSBUFHJD IBOE*GUIFZDBMMZPV ZPVNJHIUHFUMVDLZPO
DPOTJEFSBUJPO BHHSFTTJPOIBTUPDPNFTFDPOE UIFPQ*GOPU UIFZIBWFUPBDUSTUBOEJGUIFZ
$PNCJOFUIFUXPBOEZPVMMCFBEFWBTUBUJOHMZ TIPXXFBLOFTTCZDIFDLJOH BOEJUTFYUSFNFMZ
FGGFDUJWFQMBZFS"HHSFTTJWFQMBZFSTXJMMCFUNPSF DPNNPOGPSQMBZFSTUPDIFDLCBDLUPUIFJOJUJBM
PGUFO QMBZNPSFIBOETBOESBJTFNPSFPGUFOUIBO SBJTFS
ZPVDBOSFBOPUIFSCFUBUUIFN*GUIFZ
QBTTJWFQMBZFST"OEJGZPVQMBZBHHSFTTJWFMZBHBJOTU IBWFOUDPOOFDUFE UIFZMMNPTUMJLFMZDPODFEFUIF
BSPDLXIPXJMMPOMZDPNNJUDIJQTXJUIBQSFNJVN IBOE
IBOE ZPVSFHPJOHUPHFUQBJEPGGSFHVMBSMZ
Heads-up
(VT)BOTFOJTBOFYUSFNFMZBHHSFTTJWFQPLFSQMBZFS BOEDBOCF 5IFGFXFSQMBZFSTBUUIFUBCMFUIFNPSF
BMNPTUJNQPTTJCMFUPQMBZBHBJOTU BHHSFTTJWFZPVDBOBGGPSEUPCF"OEXIFOUIF
BDUJPONPWFTUPUIFIFBETVQTUBHF XIFSF
JUTZPVBHBJOTUBTJOHMFPQQPOFOU UIFHMPWFT
DBODPNFPGG/PXIBOETUIBUZPVXPVMEOU
OPSNBMMZDPOTJEFSQMBZJOHIBSECFDPNF
NPOTUFST"OEUIFNPSFQSFTTVSFZPVFYFSUPO
ZPVSPQQPOFOU UIFCJHHFSUIFBEWBOUBHFZPV
Introducing aggression
*UTFYUSFNFMZIBSEUPGPSDFBHHSFTTJPOPOUIF
QPLFSUBCMF*GZPVHFOFSBMMZQMBZUJHIU USZ
BDUJOHBHHSFTTJWFMZGPSBTJOHMFHBNF3BJTFB
MPUPGQPUTJOQPTJUJPOBOETFFXIPGPMETBOE
XIPSFBDUT BOEUIFOUSZUPXPSLBHHSFTTJPO
JOUPZPVSHFOFSBMQMBZ
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IBWF:PVXBOUUPCFUIFPOFDPOTUBOUMZBTLJOH
UIFRVFTUJPOT OPUGPMMPXJOHJOIJTGPPUTUFQT STONE-COLD
4PSBJTFXJUINPSFIBOET BOESFSBJTFJGZPV
UIJOLIFTQMBZJOHCBDLBUZPVXJUIOPUIJOH Your hand
*OGPSNBUJPOJTBCTPMVUFMZWJUBMBUUIJTTUBHF TP
JUNJHIUCFXPSUIDBMMJOHBGFXIBOETEPXO
JGZPVDBOKVTUJGZUIFDPTUUPTFFIPXIFT Opponents
QMBZJOHDFSUBJOIBOET"TTPPOBTZPVDBOHBVHF hand
ZPVSPQQPOFOUBOETUBSUQVUUJOHIJNPODFSUBJO
IBOET UIFNPSFMJLFMZZPVBSFUPXJO
The Flop
Blufng
0OFPGUIFLFZDPODFQUTPGQPLFSJTUIBUZPVEPOU
BDUVBMMZOFFEUIFCFTUIBOEUPXJO#ZCFUUJOH
:PVWFHPUUIFXPSTUIBOE CVUZPVDBOTUJMMXJOUIFQPUJG
BHHSFTTJWFMZZPVDBOLOPDLQFPQMFPGGBQPUXIFO
ZPVWFHPUUIFOFSWFUPCMVGGBUJU
UIFZBDUVBMMZIPMEUIFXJOOJOHIBOE"OE CZ
CMVGOH ZPVDBOUBLFUIFNPGGBQPUXJUIBOZ
UXPDBSETTPMPOHBTZPVSUJNJOHJTSJHIUBOEZPV :PVSIBOE ID
FYFDVUFUIFNPWFQFSGFDUMZ 5IFJSIBOE+I+E
5IFPQ "T"D2E
What is blufng?
#MVGOHJTMZJOHBCPVUZPVSIBOE ESJWJOH "GUFSUIFGMPQZPVSPQQPOFOUQVUTBSFBTPOBCMF
FWFSZPOFFMTFPGGUIFQPUXJUIBXFBLIBOE*UT CFUJOUPUIFQPU:PVEFDJEFUIBUIFIBTOUHPU
XIBUNBLFTQPLFSTVDIBHSFBUHBNFXJUIPVU BO"DFPSB2VFFOBOESBJTFIJNBTVCTUBOUJBM
JUZPVEQVUNPOFZJOUIFQPUBOEUIFCFTUIBOE BNPVOU"GUFSUIJOLJOHGPSBXIJMF IFTGPSDFE
XPVMEXJO#MVGOHEJTUJOHVJTIFTUIFHPPEQMBZFS UPNVDLIJTXJOOJOHIBOE$POHSBUVMBUJPOT
GSPNUIFCBEQMBZFS BOEUIFUSVMZHSFBUGSPN ZPVWFKVTUFYFDVUFEPOFPGUIFNPTUUISJMMJOH
FWFSZPOFFMTF NPWFTJOQPLFS
*GZPVSFBUUFNQUJOHBTUPOFDPMECMVGGJUT
Types of bluff FYUSFNFMZJNQPSUBOUUIBUZPVLOPXXIPN
5IFSFBSFUXPLJOET UIFTUPOFDPMECMVGGBOEUIF ZPVSFUSZJOHUPCMVGG*OUIFBCPWFFYBNQMF JG
TFNJCMVGG ZPVSPQQPOFOUJTBSPDLXIPQMBZTPOMZXJOOJOH
IBOET UIFCFUBGUFSUIFGMPQXPVMEJOEJDBUFUIBU
5IFTUPOFDPMECMVGG"OPVUBOEPVUCMVGG IFIBTQSPCBCMZDPOOFDUFEXJUIFJUIFSUIF"DFPS
XIFSFZPVDBOPOMZXJOUIFIBOECZGPSDJOH UIF2VFFO
ZPVSPQQPOFOUUPGPME*OUIFGPMMPXJOHFYBNQMF 4JNJMBSMZ JGZPVSPQQPOFOUDBMMTZPVSSBJTF
ZPVWFCFFOEFBMUUIFXPSTUQPTTJCMFIBOEJO PSFWFOXPSTFEFDJEFTUPSFSBJTFZPV JUTUJNF
)PMEFN PGGTVJU CVUZPVSFGFFMJOHQMBZGVM UPBENJUEFGFBUBOEQVMMPVU*GZPVWFCFFO
BOEUIFBDUJPOIBTCFFOGPMEFEBSPVOEUPZPVPO CMVGGFECBDL UIFOIBUTPGGUPZPVSPQQPOFOU
UIFCVUUPO:PVQVUJOBTVCTUBOUJBMSBJTFCVUHFU CVUUIFDIBODFTBSFZPVSFMPTJOHBOEJOWFSZ
DBMMFECZUIFCJHCMJOE CBETIBQF
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SEMI-BLUFF
Advanced techniques
8IFOTIPVMEZPVQVMMPVUPGBCMVGG :PV
Your hand OFFEUPCFFYUSFNFMZDBSFGVMOPUUPMPDLZPVSTFMG
JOUPBCMVGGZPVGFFMZPVDBOUHFUPVUPG*GZPV
IBWFOUNBEFBIBOEBOEZPVSFBCJHCFUPGG
XIJDIJTDBMMFEPSSBJTFECZZPVSPQQPOFOU JUT
Opponents UJNFUPUIJOLWFSZDBSFGVMMZBCPVUUIFTPSUPG
hand QMBZFSIFJTBOEXIBUIFNJHIUCFDBMMJOHPS
SBJTJOHXJUI
*GZPVSFDPOWJODFEUIBUIFTTUJMMTIPXJOH
XFBLOFTTUIFOSFPGGBOPUIFSCFUJOUIFOFYU
CFUUJOHSPVOE*GIFTTUJMMDBMMJOHPSSBJTJOHZPVJU
The Flop
NJHIUCFUJNFUPHFUPVU5IFSFTOPUIJOHNPSF
FNCBSSBTTJOHUIBOCFJOHGPSDFEUPTIPXBMPTJOH
CMVGGPOUIFSJWFSUPBOPQQPOFOUXIPDBMMFE
:PVSFOPUXJOOJOHUIFQPUCVUJGZPVHFUDBMMFEZPVWFHPUB
XIBUFWFSCFUZPVQVUJOGSPOUPGIJN
MPUPGPVUTUIBUDBOXJOZPVUIFIBOE
Slow-playing
:PVDBOBMTPNBLFBSFWFSTFCMVGG XIJDINFBOT
5IFTFNJCMVGG)FSFZPVBSFCFUUJOHXJUIB QSFUFOEJOHUIBUZPVWFHPUBXFBLIBOEXIFO
IBOEUIBUQSPCBCMZJTOPUJOUIFMFBE CVUJUXJMM ZPVSFBDUVBMMZTJUUJOHPOBNPOTUFS5IJTXJMM
IBWFPVUTUPJNQSPWFBOEUIFOQPTTJCMZXJOUIFQPU JOWPMWFBCJUPGBDUJOHBOEBTUSPOHDPOTUJUVUJPO
PONFSJUJGZPVHFUDBMMFE BOEJUDBOCFBOFYUSFNFMZEBOHFSPVTNPWF
UIBUDBOCBDLSFJGZPVMFUZPVSPQQPOFOUTESBX
:PVSIBOE TI DIFBQMZUPBCFUUFSIBOE5JNFEUPQFSGFDUJPO
5IFJSIBOE "DD UIPVHI JUDBOMFWFSBHFFWFONPSFDIJQTPVUPG
'MPQ IT"E ZPVSPQQPOFOUT
:PVEFDJEFUPSFQSFTFOUUIF"DFBGUFSUIFPQ How often should you bluff?

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JTWFSZFGGFDUJWFXIFOZPVSPQQPOFOUEPFTOUIPME #MVGGUPPNVDIBOEZPVXJMMHFUGPVOEPVUBOE
POFIJNTFMG:PVHVSFUIBUJGZPVSPQQPOFOU JGUIBUIBQQFOT JUTJNQFSBUJWFUPUJHIUFOVQ"O
EPFTOUIBWFUIF"DFIFMMHJWFUIFIBOEVQ BOE PCTFSWBOUUBCMFXJMMIBWFOPUJDFEUIBUZPVSFIBQQZ
UIBUJGIFEPFTZPVWFTUJMMHPUBOVNCFSPGPVUT UPUISPXZPVSDIJQTBSPVOEXJUIPVUUIFCFTUIBOE
UIBUDPVMEXJOZPVSIBOEBOEFYUSBDUBMPUPG BOEZPVDBOOPXVTFUIJTUPZPVSBEWBOUBHF1MBZ
DIJQTPVUPGIJN*OUIJTJOTUBODFZPVIBWFSVO QSFNJVNIBOETBOEZPVTIPVMEBUUSBDUNPSF
JOUPUIF"DF BOEZPVSPQQPOFOUEFDJEFTUPDBMM BDUJPOGSPNQMBZFSTUIBUIBWFJEFOUJFEZPVBTB
ZPVSCFU5IFCFBVUZPGZPVSIBOEJTUIBUZPV MPPTFDBOOPO"GUFSTIPXJOHBGFXQSFNJVNIBOET
DPVMETUJMMXJOUIFQPUJGUIFUVSOPSSJWFSHJWFT ZPVSUBCMFJNBHFXJMMIBWFTIJGUFEBHBJO QFPQMF
ZPVB'JWFPSB5FOUPDPNQMFUFZPVSTUSBJHIU*G XJMMCFGBSMFTTMJLFMZUPXBOUUPUBOHMFXJUIZPV
ZPVEPIJUZPVSTUSBJHIUJUTHPJOHUPCFFYUSFNFMZ BOE QJDLJOHUIFSJHIUNPNFOU ZPVDBOSFWFSUUP
IBSEUPTQPU BOEZPVDPVMEFOEVQXJOOJOHBMM UIFPDDBTJPOBMCMVGG$POTUBOUMZNJYJOHZPVSHBNF
ZPVSPQQPOFOUTDIJQT VQMJLFUIJTNFBOTUIBUZPVSPQQPOFOUTXJMMIBWF
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/FJUIFSPGZPVIBTIJUUIFPQBOEJUTZPVSUVSO
Know your opponents UPBDUSTU:PVCFUPVUBOEQVUZPVSPQQPOFOUJO
BOBMNPTUJNQPTTJCMFTJUVBUJPO&WFOJGIFUIJOLT
"TBHFOFSBMSVMFZPVTIPVMEOUUSZUPCMVGGUIF ZPVNJHIUCFCMVGOHIFDBOUDBMMZPVSCFU"MM
GPMMPXJOHQMBZFST IFDBOEPJTSFSBJTFZPV XIJDIJTBOJODSFEJCMZ
.BOJBDTUIFZDBOUIFMQUIFNTFMWFTBOE
EBOHFSPVTNPWF
PSGPMEIJTIBOE/JOFUJNFTPVU
UIFZSFHPJOHUPDBMMQSFUUZNVDIBOZCMVGGZPV
UISPXBUUIFN PGUFOIFTHPJOHUPEPUIFMBUUFS FTQFDJBMMZJGZPV
#FHJOOFSTUIFZEPOULOPXXIBUUIFZSF SBJTFEQSFPQ JOEJDBUJOHTUSFOHUI
EPJOHTPUIFZSFOPUHPJOHUPGPMEUIFJSIBOET 0CWJPVTMZUIJTHFUTNPSFEBOHFSPVTUIFNPSF
FWFOUIPVHIUIFZTIPVME
QMBZFSTBSFMFGUUPBDU*UTBOFYDFQUJPOBMMZCSBWF
4IPSUTUBDLTUIFZNJHIUCFGPSDFEUPDBMM
CFDBVTFUIFZIBWFOUHPUFOPVHIDIJQTUPGPME PSGPPMIBSEZ
QFSTPOXIPEFDJEFTUPCMVGGXIFO
UIFSFBSFBOPUIFSTJYQMBZFSTMFGUUPBDU5IF
OPJEFBXIBUZPVSFQMBZJOHBUBOZHJWFONPNFOU DIBODFTPGTPNFPOFDPOOFDUJOHXJUIUIFIBOE
XIJDIJTFYBDUMZIPXZPVXBOUJU HSPXTXJUIFWFSZQMBZFSDPOUFTUJOHUIFIBOE
Blufng and position Black magic

8FWFBMSFBEZUBMLFEBCPVUQPTJUJPOBOEIPX :PVIBWFUPSFNFNCFSUIBUCMVGOHJTBOFBSU
ZPVXBOUUPCFBTDMPTFUPUIFCVUUPOBTQPTTJCMF UIBUXJMMPDDBTJPOBMMZCBDLSF5IFPOMZXBZUP
)PXFWFS JGZPVSFDPOTJEFSJOHBCMVGG BDUJOHSTU HFUCFUUFSJTUPQSBDUJTF4UBSUPGGXJUIUIFTFNJ
JTPGUFOCFTU CMVGG BOENBZCFUISPXPOFTUPOFDPMECMVGGJOUP
UIFNJY3FNFNCFSUIBUZPVEPOUOFFEFWFSZ
:PVSIBOE TI CMVGGUPTVDDFFEUPNBLFJUBOFYUSFNFMZQSPUBCMF
5IFJSIBOE+DI UBDUJD"OEUIFSFTOPUIJOHNPSFTBUJTGZJOHUIBO
'MPQ "D,EI CMVGOHTPNFPOFPGGBMBSHFQPU BQBSUGSPN
SFWFBMJOHZPVSDBSETBGUFSXBSET"OEJGZPVSF
BHPPEQPLFSQMBZFSZPVTIPVMEOFWFS FWFSEP
BLUFFING POSITION UIBU OPNBUUFSIPXUFNQUJOHJUNJHIUCF%POU
CFUFNQUFEUPCMVGGUPPNVDIUIPVHI ZPVMMHFU
DBVHIUPVU
Your hand
Opponents
Advanced techniques
hand #MVGOHJTNVDINPSFFGGFDUJWFJOBOPMJNJU
HBNFXIFSFZPVDBOBTLTPNFPOFUPQVUBMMUIFJS
DIJQTJOUIFNJEEMFPGBUBCMF*UUBLFTBMPUNPSF
HVUTUPQVUFWFSZUIJOHJOUIFNJEEMFPOBTUPOF
The Flop DPMECMVGG CVUJUTBGSJHIUFOJOHMZFGGFDUJWFXBZPG
HFUUJOHTPNFPOFUPCBDLPGG$POWFSTFMZ EPOU
USZUPCMVGGTPNFPOFPVUPGBQPUJOBMPXTUBLFT
MJNJUHBNFXIFSFJUTTPDIFBQUPDBMMUIBUZPVS
*GZPVBDUGJSTUZPVDBOVTFJUUPZPVSBEWBOUBHFCZCMVGGJOH
PQQPOFOUXJMMEPTPOJOFUJNFTPVUPGUFO
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Tells Strength is weakness

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CFUUJOHBHBJOTU 5IBUTXIFSFUFMMT JOUFSQSFUJOH BSFIFTUSZJOHUPCMVGGZPV"OEXIFOBMPVE
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How can you spot tells?

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DBSFGVMMZ4PNFQMBZFSTOEJUBMNPTUJNQPTTJCMF
UPFMJNJOBUFFWFOUIFNPTUCMBUBOUUFMMT BOEJGZPV
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FYBNQMFPGUIJTBCJMJUZDBNFBHBJOTU FSBEJDBUJOHBMMCVUUIFNPTUTVCUMFUFMMTGSPNUIFJS
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.BUMPVCJPOBCVTUFETUSBJHIUESBXXIJDI UIFHBNF BOETUBSUHFUUJOHIVODIFTXIFOTPNFPOF
JTFYBDUMZXIBUIFIBE5PNBLFNBUUFST JTCMVGOH5IJTJTOUBTVQFSOBUVSBMQPXFSZPVSF
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Advanced techniques
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How can you eliminate tells

from your own play?
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IJTIPPEFEUPQBOEUJFTJUVQEVSJOHQBSUJDVMBSMZUFOTFNPNFOUT
PCWJPVTMZXJUIPVUGPMEJOHQSFPQ

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UIFZBDUVBMMZEJTQMBZXFBLOFTT%POUGBMMGPSUIFN
Common tells )FTTUSPOH

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8FJSECFUUJOHNPWFNFOUT TFFIJNNPWJOHJNQFSDFQUJCMZUPXBSETJU*UT
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UIFDIJQTMJLFBCFBS)FTGFJHOJOHTUSFOHUICVU
Advanced techniques
1MBZFSTBMTPHJWFBXBZTJHOTUIBUUIFZSFPOB
IFTBDUVBMMZWFSZXFBL ESBXJOHIBOE*GUXPPSUISFFDBSETPGUIFTBNF
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$POWFSTFMZJGIFEPFTOUMJLFUIFPQ IFMMNPWF BAD BEAT
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Player 1
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TUBSUTIBLJOH FTQFDJBMMZXIFOQVUUJOHDIJQTJO Player 2
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The Flop
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DIJQTIFTQSPCBCMZUIJOLJOHBCPVUCFUUJOH BOE
XPSLJOHPVUIPXNVDIIFXBOUTUPDPNNJU*UTB
TVSFTJHOPGTUSFOHUI The River
Bad beats
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(FUVTFEUPUIFQISBTFCBECFBUCFDBVTF IBOEMJLFUIJT-FBSOIPXUPEFBMXJUIJU
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XIFOJUTBOVOSFBTPOBCMFPVUESBX BOEXIFO QMBZHPPEDBSETBOEIPQFUIBUMVDLTIJOFTPO
BMMUIFTUBUJTUJDTXFSFTDSFBNJOHUIBUZPVTIPVME
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IBWFUIFIJHIT BOEKVTULFFQZPVSOHFSTDSPTTFE XBOUUPCFDBMMFECZBIBOEGVMPGQFPQMFFBHFS
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SFBMMZIBWFPVSTZNQBUIZ#VUXIZBSFXFUBMLJOH 3FBMMZTUSVHHMJOH 5BLFBXBML(SBCTPNF
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QMBZFSTXPSTUOJHIUNBSF PGGBIBOEPSUXPJTNVDICFUUFSUIBOFYQMPEJOH
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Tilt!
8IBUTXPSTFUIBOBCBECFBUJOQPLFS Beware the novice
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ZPVIBWFBQBSUJDVMBSMZCBEIBOE PSSVOPGDBSET #MVGG)FEPFTOULOPXXIBUIFTEPJOH TPIFT
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POPOFUBCMFNBZCBDLSFPOBOPUIFS:PVMMOFFE UPVSOBNFOUT XIFSFZPVSFVQBHBJOTUIVOESFET
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Single-table tournaments 5BDUJDT

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TBNFBNPVOUPGDIJQT:PVUIFOQMBZVOUJMPOF UIBUZPVBCTPSCBTNVDIJOGPSNBUJPOGSPNZPVS
QFSTPOIBTBMMUIFDIJQT BMUIPVHIPOBGVMM PQQPOFOUTBTQPTTJCMFSJHIUGSPNUIFPGG
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Tactics for a P9
10-man SST
P3
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Big Blind
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P6
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Online poker
Play poker whenever you want, for however long you want, without leaving
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someone wanting to play you at cards
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Warning Checklist
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chips are a must
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length of the game required
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Chapter nine Live games
Live games
Perfect your poker face, pack your sunglasses and make sure youve got Kenny
Rogerss The Gambler on your iPod. Its time to take your new-found skills out
into the real world
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Live games Chapter nine
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Warning
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Chapter ten Video poker
Video poker
You might have seen the rows of people sitting at the casino bar, feeding
dollars into bar-top machines, taking advantage of the free drinks and
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Theres much more to casino games
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Chapter twelve Poker etiquette
Poker etiquette
Like any other game poker comes with its own set of rules spoken and
unspoken. Theyre not hard to learn though and in this chapter were going to
show you how to act like a pro at the table
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10 Chapter one What is poker?

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74 Chapter six Poker strategy

92 Chapter seven Online poker

108 Chapter eight Home games

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CFUUJOHSPVOEJTDMPTFE 4FFUIFDIBQUFSPO DIPTFUPCFUFJUIFSUIFMPXFSPSIJHIFSMJNJU*GUIF

Starting hands 'MVTIVQ

Further strategies BDDVNVMBUFBTNVDIJOGPSNBUJPOBTQPTTJCMF

Five-card Stud QMBZFSTIPXJOHUIFTUSPOHFTUIBOE4IPVME

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Hi-Lo hand breakdown

Best Lo No qualifying Lo-Hand

Best Lo No qualifying Lo-Hand

QBJSPG/JOFTPS5FOTXJUIBO"DF FH"  Razz

Razz: sequence of play

Best low hand

Follow the Queen

Follow the Queen

Antes and blinds LJDLTUBSUUIFBDUJPOJOUIFSTUCFUUJOHSPVOE

Antes and blinds

"OUFVQ FIVE-CARD DRAW

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XJOOJOHIBOEJOQPLFS ZPVKVTUOFFEUPCFBCMFUP DIFDL CFUPSGPME1MBZDPOUJOVFTBSPVOEUIFUBCMF

Final betting round Showdown

1MBZFSTIPXTB FIVE-CARD DRAW

Reading your opponents actions

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PGDIJQT5IFSFBSFDVSSFOUMZTJYQMBZFSTMFGU TIPVMEOUUBLFNVDINPSFUIBOPOFIPVSPOMJOF PS

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(PPE *ODPSSFDU"TZPVDBOPOMZVTFUXPPG TUSBJHIUPSVTIDPOUBJOTBQBJS

1MBZFS "T"EDD QFSDFOU

SFDFJWFTUISFFDBSET UXPDPODFBMFEBOEPOFGBDF *GUIFTUBSUJOHQMBZFSPOMZCFUTUIFCSJOHJO

CFUUJOHSPVOEJTDMPTFE 4FFUIFDIBQUFSPO DIPTFUPCFUFJUIFSUIFMPXFSPSIJHIFSMJNJU*GUIF

Further strategies BDDVNVMBUFBTNVDIJOGPSNBUJPOBTQPTTJCMF

Five-card Stud QMBZFSTIPXJOHUIFTUSPOHFTUIBOE4IPVME

BOEVTIFTEPOPUEJTRVBMJGZBIBOEGPSMPX TPUIF )J-PTUSBUFHZ

QBJSPG/JOFTPS5FOTXJUIBO"DF FH" Razz

Antes and blinds LJDLTUBSUUIFBDUJPOJOUIFSTUCFUUJOHSPVOE

"OUFVQ FIVE-CARD DRAW

5FYBT)PMEFN UIFSFBSFOPDPNNVOJUZDBSET ZPVSFCFUUFSPGGDIFDLJOHJODBTFZPVSSVCCJTI

XJOOJOHIBOEJOQPLFS ZPVKVTUOFFEUPCFBCMFUP DIFDL CFUPSGPME1MBZDPOUJOVFTBSPVOEUIFUBCMF

1MBZFSTIPXTB FIVE-CARD DRAW

Starting pairs eight-handed JT1MBZFS BOEUIFQMBZFSUPUIFJSMFGUJT1MBZFS

The Flop UIFJSDIJQT3FNFNCFSUIBUZPVSPQQPOFOUTBSF

:PVDIFDLFEPOUIFPQUPUSZUPCVJMEUIFQPU CVU :PVSIBOEDE

FYBNQMF CFTJEFTIBWJOHUIFCFTUQPTJUJPOZPV JOWJUBUJPOUPCMVGGXJUIBCFU"EFDFOUCFU IBMG

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USZ UIFPOMJOFTJUFXPOUUBLFZPVSDBTI %JTUSBDUJPOT

XPSLJOH KVTUUXFBLJUUIFOFYUUJNFZPVQMBZ TUSVDUVSFJTUIFCFTUSTUQMBDFHFUTQFSDFOUPG

The colour-up NBLFBDMFBOEFBM.JTTJOHPVUQMBZFSTPOBCVTZ

Multi-hand games IBOETEJTQMBZFEPOUIFTDSFFO5IJTNJHIUPOMZCF

.VMUJIBOEWJEFPQPLFS HOLD HOLD HOLD HOLD

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