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Mathematics of Poker, The (Paperback)

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Paperback: 382 pages
Publisher: CONJELCO; 1 edition (4 Jun 2009)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1886070253
ISBN-13: 978-1886070257
Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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For decades, the highest level of poker have been dominated by players who have learned the game by playing it, ""road gamblers"" who have cultivated intuition for the game and are adept at reading other players' hands from betting patterns and physical tells. Over the last five to ten years, a whole new breed has risen to prominence within the poker community. Applying the tools of computer science and mathematics to poker and sharing the information across the Internet, these players have challenged many of the assumptions that underlay traditional approaches to the game.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Just fab, 29 Jan 2007

By	Helensman (UK) - See all my reviews

This book covers the maths of poker in an indepth way. I found it reasonably easy to follow and enjoyed the way the maths is related to the game. I am slowly adopting a change in strategy to make full use of what I have learnt and I feel certain that it will pay dividends. The maths is heavy going but managable (although I am a high school maths teacher). The chapters on exploititive play are particularly interesting and I would say likely to be profitable for those able to invest the hours studying that the book requires. If your maths is not that strong (better than GCSE) you are probably better of spending your money elsewhere. Alevel maths students could buy it as a text book as much of the content is in the S1 and S2 modules, all non mathematicians have been warned.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best poker book on the market, 6 Aug 2007

By	A. Gibson - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Sklansky is the world most respected poker theorist, and for a long time was reluctant to write a no limit book. For the reason that players with a sound theatrical background would still be under dogs to talented non-theoreticians, in the world of deep-stack NL, and he's correct. However reading and understanding the concepts in this book will improve anyone's win rate. This is the definitive work on the subject, but it is not for beginners, only Mathematics of poker by Chen & Ankenman is more complex. You should know how to play the game, and have a decent understanding, and probably read some simpler poker books like "Getting Started in Hold 'Em" and "Little Green Book" before you pick up this one.

The book sets out to teach you how to think about poker, guiding you thought advanced concepts in a simple, well presented manner. Concepts such as manipulating the pot size, adjusting correctly to stack sizes, winning battle of mistakes, reading hands and manipulating opponents into playing badly. There are a lot of examples and EV calculations, you can easily skip past the maths and concentrate of the concepts, but in doing so you'll be missing out. Having an understanding of how to create EV equations will allow to you evaluate your play to a greater level away from the tables, and therefore improve your results on them and this book will show you how to achieve just that.

Reading this book once will improve your game greatly, though you'll probably want to return to it again and again, my copy is by far the most battered book in my poker library, I have read this more than my other dozen poker books put together. I need say no more on how worthwhile this book is.

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5.0 out of 5 stars bestpokerbook, 9 Mar 2007

By	Veritas Magna (UK) - See all my reviews

Wow! This is the best book ever written about poker. It will make you think about all aspects of the game and will make you into a very good player. The mathematics in the title, however, means mathematics.
If you are a mathematician and you like poker you will love this book.
If you are not a mathematician it will be hard work.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Turgid and complex
DO NOT bu=y this book unless you are a high quality mathematician who does not fall asleep too easily. Read more

Published 3 months ago by M. Sear

3.0 out of 5 stars Finish your PhD first...
I'm sure this book is full of fantastic poker playing advice, problem is, it makes "A Brief History of Time" look like "The Hungry Catarpillar". Read more

Published 4 months ago by D. Wheatley

4.0 out of 5 stars Hopefully a useful review :)
I bought this item to help me with a Mathematics Essay for my second year at the University of Warwick. Read more

Published 8 months ago by D. Knowles

3.0 out of 5 stars A math book!
This book concern EXACTLY what displayed on the cover: the mathematic of poker. The theory of probability ang the games theory are explained in detail. Read more

Published 11 months ago by Shingen

2.0 out of 5 stars A very difficult read
In my enthusiasm to improve my poker game I bought this book. Unfortunately it is for the most part written in a foreign language - that of complex mathematics. Read more

Published 11 months ago by Andrew Totten

5.0 out of 5 stars Difficult to read! But a great book.
I'm 17, I got a C at GCSE maths so i'm not the brain of britain...but you don't have to be.
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Published 21 months ago by Mr. C. Bannister

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