- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; Pap/DVD edition (2 Mar 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060763051
- ISBN-13: 978-0060763053
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.4 x 1.7 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 189,305 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This follow-up to "WPT: Shuffle Up and Deal" from poker professional Antonio Esfandiari with contributions from other stars of the World Poker Tour provides the next level of poker strategies and insights for today's poker players. Cash Games are the most commonly played version of Texas Hold'em; in fact at this very moment thousands are playing this non-tournament style of Hold'em in casinos, home games and online. This will be a must have for all poker enthusiasts.
About the Author
Antonio Esfandiari was once a professional magician. But now, he's working an entirely different kind of magic as one of the hottest young guns in poker. Esfandiari burst upon the scene in the World Poker Tour's first season with a third place finish in one tournament that earned him $44,000 and the moniker now inscribed on the visor he wears, "Kid 44." He finished first with $1,399,135 at this season's L.A. Poker Classic and became the youngest tournament winner of prize money exceeding a million dollars.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Could have been much better.
10 July 2006
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
A few nuggets but I was disappointed. I was really looking forward to this book because of how much I liked E-Dogs book (Making the Final Table). It was not boring but there was a lot of puff and it is a short book. If you play a lot of NL cash games, then I would give it a read. If you have not read any NL cash game books or you only play tournaments then I would pass. Sklansky and Miller have a new cash game book if you want to learn the technically side of NL cash games. Also Super System 2 has a great section for NL Holdem.
If your looking for chip tricks, I would recommend Rich Ferguson's video.
If your looking for chip tricks, I would recommend Rich Ferguson's video.
Not inspiring, perhaps. But not wrong.
4 Jun 2009
Format:Paperback
Many people, when they've reached a certain age in life aspire to write the next great American novel. Somehow it validates what they've done with the first fifty years of their lives. Then they end up either giving it up or writing pretentious, over-baked b.s. The same is often true of poker players who write books. They want to create some sort of indicator that they've done something in life, rather than just hauled in stack after stack, hand after hand. The problem is, there's only so many great poker books out there to be written. And in the attempt of writing a great poker book, we often get overly dense, overly complicated, and even overly wrong books, by name pros who are trying to distinguish themselves.
Well that's not this book. Anybody who has ever seen Esfandiari knows that he's not one to overreach. He is comfortable laying out what he knows about winning at the World Poker Tour, which is enough to make this book a useful read. But he doesn't try to create some new philosophy of playing, or try to throw a bunch of gimmicky stuff at the book just to wow some people. He's clearly not a math guy at the level of Sklansky, and he's no Negreanu, but who is?
No, this book succeeds only because it does not fail, which, if you think about it, is kind of like how it feels to end up in the money. Not a big winner, but for the price, it's not a bad bet. And if you like Esfandiari, this isn't a bad one for the collection. Like someone else said, though, don't base your play on it.
Well that's not this book. Anybody who has ever seen Esfandiari knows that he's not one to overreach. He is comfortable laying out what he knows about winning at the World Poker Tour, which is enough to make this book a useful read. But he doesn't try to create some new philosophy of playing, or try to throw a bunch of gimmicky stuff at the book just to wow some people. He's clearly not a math guy at the level of Sklansky, and he's no Negreanu, but who is?
No, this book succeeds only because it does not fail, which, if you think about it, is kind of like how it feels to end up in the money. Not a big winner, but for the price, it's not a bad bet. And if you like Esfandiari, this isn't a bad one for the collection. Like someone else said, though, don't base your play on it.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Hold em book on cash games
6 Jan 2007
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This well done book fills a void as most books are for tournament poker.
Much of the beginning of book is autobiographical (but interesting).
The only disapointment is the included cd is on chip tricks where a better
use would have been more instruction.
Much of the beginning of book is autobiographical (but interesting).
The only disapointment is the included cd is on chip tricks where a better
use would have been more instruction.
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