Intoduction
Whether you are an experienced poker limit player who wants to learn to play no-limit holdem or you're a rookie who has never played a single hand of holdem - No-Limit Texas Holdem poker will guide you do the winners' circle far faster than you ever imagined.
Brad Daugherty, the 1991 World Champion of Poker, has teamed with Tom McEvoy, the 1983 World Champion of Poker, to teach you how to play poker's hottest game. Remembering the days when he first began playing poker in this Idaho hometown, Daughter decided that, because of the exposure that has come from televised tournaments, a lot of people who have never played a hand of poker in their lives would probably like to try playing no-limit holdem.
And so, he wrote a special section, "Brad's Crash Course in No-limit Holdem for Total Beginners. " If you have never play poker before, read and study Part One first.
If you're an experienced holdem poker player who is making a transition to no-limit play, start by reading Part Two, in which the authors advice you on how to adjust to no-limit holdem. The champs follow up by outlining the winning principles of No-limit Texas holdem in Part Three, and then fill in the blanks in Part Four by teaching you the four major skills you must master to win at no-limit holdem.
If you have been reluctant to try playing no-limit holdem because it seems such a challenge to figure out how much you should bet, you will especially benefit from Part Five, "Determining How Much to Bet," and the Betting Charts on pages 60-61. These betting charts are the first ever to be published. We think that the charts alone may be enough to give many of you the confidence you need to venture into the exciting world of No-limit holdem tournaments.
To illustrate the general principles of No-limit play, Daugherty and McEvoy give you specific how-to advice by picturing tournament practice hands and suggesting the best way to play them before and after the flop. As an added bonus, they have set up special bluffing scenarios with practice hands designed to help you understand the art and science of bluffing.
They also provide you with their proven poker strategies and experience-based expertise on how to play online and on-land no-limit holdem poker game cash games. In Part Eleven you will find practice hands for the low-limit cash course games that are offered daily at online cardrooms and now are being spread in some brick and mortar casinos.
Tournament no-limit holdem is the playgournd of the world's most famous poker players. Daugherty and McEvoy have been playing in that world for many years. One of their goals in writing this Book is to teach you the skills you need to join the elite ranks of million-dollar, no-limit holdem tournament the winners the players that you've seen in televised tournaments pushing mountains of chips into the middle of the table as though they were playing with Monopoly money.
The authors sincerely believe that by using the advice in this Book, you can join the card game with confidence knowing that with knowledge, skill practice and a little bit of luck, you can conquer it. Brad and Tom are looking forward to shaking your hand at the Championship table one day very soon.