No Limit Hold 'em

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ISBN: 9781880685372 | 188068537X
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 5/30/2006

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No limit hold 'em is exploding in popularity. Before 2000, it could be difficult to find a game. In 2006, it is played everywhere - in casino cardrooms, in backrooms and homes, and on the Internet.

About David Sklansky

vii

About Ed Miller

Introduction

(4)

About This Book by David Sklansky

(2)

Some Notes About the Examples

(2)

Part One: Fundamentals

(232)

The Skills for Success

(6)

Manipulating the Pot Size

(1)

Adjusting Correctly to Stack Sizes

(1)

Winning the Battle of Mistakes

(1)

Reading Hands

(1)

Manipulating Opponents into Playing Badly

(1)

From Skills to Success

(1)

No Limit and the Fundamental Theorem of Poker

(4)

Thinking In Terms of Expectation - Playing the Nuts on the River

(4)

Final Thoughts

(2)

The Pot Size Philosophy

(3)

The Pot Size Philosophy — An Example

(5)

The Importance of Implied Odds

(7)

Imperfect Information and Implied Odds

(5)

Don't Justify Their Optimistic Calls

(5)

Final Thoughts

(1)

Bet-Sizing

(13)

The Basic Rule

(2)

When Your Opponent Could Have One of Several Draws

(1)

Don't Bet Too Much

(1)

How Big Do You Want Their Mistake to Be?

(3)

Expectation and Multiple Possible Hands

(2)

Don't Take Away Their Rope

(1)

Your Opponent Thinks He May Have the Best Hand

(1)

You Might Not Have the Best Hand

(1)

Final Thoughts

(2)

The Hammer of Future Bets

(3)

Final Thoughts

(1)

Bluff-Sizing

(5)

The Basic Rule

(2)

A Little More About Getting the Job Done

(1)

An Exception to the Basic Rule

(1)

When Bigger Bluff Sizes Will Fold More Hands

(2)

Bluffing on the Turn and River

(9)

An Example of the Play

(2)

Two Principles for Turn and River Bluffs

(6)

Save Enough on the Turn for a Credible River Bluff

(1)

Bet as Much as You Can on the Turn While Still Retaining a Credible River Bluff

(4)

Final Thoughts

(1)

Bet-Sizing for Information

(7)

Quantifying the Value of Information

(1)

Paying for Information

(2)

An Example

(1)

Another Opportunity to Gather Information

(1)

Final Thoughts

(1)

Playing the Nuts on the River — More Examples

(5)

Another Example

(1)

Two Other "Big Bet" Situations

(3)

Value Betting on the River

(4)

Final Thoughts

(2)

Absolute and Relative Position

(7)

Position and Hand Reading

(2)

The Corollary

(2)

Final Thoughts

(1)

Raising Before the Flop

(13)

Reasons to Raise

(11)

Raising for Value

100

(1)

Raising for Isolation

101

(2)

Raising to Steal the Blinds

103

(1)

Raising as a Semi-Bluff

104

(2)

Raising for Deception

106

(2)

Raising to Manipulate the Pot Size

108

(2)

Final Thoughts

110

(1)

Sizing Your Preflop Raises

111

(11)

Deep Stack Raise Sizing

112

(5)

Make Bigger Value Raises Against Straightforward Players

115

(1)

Make Bigger Raises Against Players Who Fold Too Much Postflop

115

(1)

Make Smaller Raises Against Players Who Call Too Much Postflop

116

(1)

Short Stack Raise Sizing

117

(4)

If You Want Action

117

(1)

If You Don't Want Action

118

(3)

Final Thoughts

121

(1)

A Preflop Strategy

122

(9)

No Limit Hand Values

123

(2)

Bread and Butter Hands

124

(1)

Often Playable Hands

124

(1)

Sometimes Playable Hands

125

(1)

Rarely Playable Hands

125

(1)

The Strategy

125

(5)

You are First to Enter the Pot

127

(1)

Exactly One Player Has Limped in Front of You

128

(1)

Two or More Players Have Limped in Front of You

128

(1)

Someone Has Opened for a Raise, No Callers Yet

129

(1)

Someone Has Opened for a Raise, One or More Callers

129

(1)

Someone Has Opened for a Raise, and Another Player Reraised

129

(1)

From the Blinds

130

(1)

Final Thoughts

130

(1)

Adjusting to Stack Sizes — An Example

131

(4)

The Effect of Stack Size

133

(1)

Final Thoughts

134

(1)

Blocking Bets

135

(8)

Blocking on the River

138

(2)

Downsides to the Blocking Bet

140

(1)

Defending Against the Blocking Bet

141

(1)

Final Thoughts

142

(1)

The Call Bluff

143

(5)

Defending Against the Call Bluff

146

(1)

Final Thoughts

147

(1)

Check-Raising

148

(6)

Don't Do It Just Because You Can

148

(1)

When to Check-Raise

149

(3)

Final Thoughts

152

(2)

Betting Yourself Off a Hand

154

(4)

Bluffing With a Fairly Good Hand

158

(5)

A Wrench in the Works

160

(1)

Another Angle

161

(1)

Final Thoughts

162

(1)

Playing Strong Draws on the Flop

163

(5)

Final Thoughts

167

(1)

Multiple Level Thinking

168

(8)

When Shallow Thinking is Best

170

(1)

When You Need to Think More Deeply

171

(3)

Final Thoughts

174

(2)

Swapping Mistakes

176

(7)

You Can't Win Them All

179

(1)

Be Vigilant

180

(3)

Adjusting to Loose Games and Players

183

(8)

The Adjustments

185

(5)

Loosen Up

186

(1)

Big Preflop Pots for Big Pairs

187

(2)

Value Bet Top Pair

189

(1)

Bluff Less Often

189

(1)

Final Thoughts

190

(1)

Adjusting to Weak Tight Games

191

(8)

Defining the Game

191

(3)

The Adjustments

194

(4)

Final Thoughts

198

(1)

The Advantage to Being Short Stacked

199

(7)

Definition of a Short Stack

199

(1)

Dispelling the Myths

199

(1)

The Advantages

200

(2)

Why Play Deep Then?

202

(1)

When Should You Play Short?

203

(1)

Playing a Short Stack

204

(1)

Final Thoughts

205

(1)

Calling Preflop All-in Raises

206

(8)

Some Qualifications

211

(2)

Final Thoughts

213

(1)

The Sklansky-Chubukov Rankings

214

(8)

Final Thoughts

221

(1)

When to (and When Not to) Use the Sklansky-Chubukov Rankings

222

(6)

Adjusting for an Ante

222

(1)

The Best Hands for Moving In

223

(1)

An Exception to Moving In

224

(1)

Moving In With "Too Many" Chips

225

(1)

Moving In May Not Be Best with Hands that Play Well

226

(2)

Some Preflop Heads-Up All-In Matchups

228

(3)

Final Thoughts

230

(1)

Manipulating Your Opponents

231

(7)

Get Pigeonholed

231

(2)

Make Obvious Errors to Induce Costly Errors

233

(4)

Final Thoughts

237

(1)

Tells

238

(3)

It's OK to Pretend

238

(1)

Think

238

(1)

Throw Off Fake Tells

239

(1)

Be Aware

239

(1)

Spotting and Using a Tell

240

(1)

Part Two: Concepts and Weapons

241

(56)

Quick Comment

243

(1)

The Concepts

244

(53)

Conclusion

297

(2)

The Sklansky-Chubukov Rankings

299

(12)

Index

311

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No Limit Hold 'em

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