Download or read book Calculating Texas Hold em Poker Odds Made Easy written by Steven C. Roe and published by Steven Roe. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Texas Hold Em Made Easy written by Walt Hazelton and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-08-12 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1900s, Charles Goren developed a simple point-count system for the game of bridge. It quickly became the most widely used process for evaluating a players hand. It remains to this day the most commonly used process. Its popularity rests with its simplicity since it is so easy to remember. In this book, a similar point-count system is described for the game of Texas Holdem. It allows players to quickly evaluate the strength of their cards and thereby eliminates the need to utilize, or remember, the many tables of probabilities that are typically included in most of the other books on Texas Holdem. It takes into consideration more than just the initial two cards a player receives, such as position at the table, size of other bets, stage of a tournament, stack size, and special combinations of cards, such as connected and/or suited cards. After the initial development of this process, it was tested while playing over ten thousand actual hands with solid results. During this time, it was clear that many players enter hands by overrating their cards, which then often leads to unnecessary loss of chips. By using this point-count system, only those cards with a relatively high probability of success are played. Admittedly, there is the unique aspect of Holdem in which bluffing is important, so topics such as that are also included. This book was written specifically to allow an amateur player to quickly learn a process in which steady winnings are achieved in playing in no-limit Holdem tournaments. Such tournaments can be a single-table tournament or one with many tables. Such tournaments are available in all the casinos, in cruise ships, or in local friendly games. They are also available online, so there are plenty of opportunities to enjoy this game.

Download or read book Texas Hold em Poker Odds for Your Strategy with Probability Based Hand Analyses written by Catalin Barboianu and published by INFAROM Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete probability guide of Hold'em Poker, this guide covers all possible gaming situations. The author focuses on the practical side of the presentation and use of the probabilities involved in Hold'em, while taking into account the subjective side of the probability-based criteria of each player's strategy.

Download or read book Texas Hold em Odds and Probabilities written by Matthew Hilger and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - How often does each starting hand win against a specific hand or random hand? - What are the odds of your opponent holding a pocket pair when he raises? - What is the probability that an over-card will flop when you hold JJ? - How do you determine if drawing is profitable or not? Texas Hold'em Odds and Probabilities answers all of these questions and more. Every single decision you make at the poker table is in some way related to odds and probabilities. Whether you are deciding to bet, call, fold, raise, or even bluff, odds and probabilities are an integral part of the decision-making process. Texas Hold'em Odds and Probabilities does more than just show you how to calculate the odds - more importantly, the focus is on how to apply odds to make better decisions. Hilger's approach shows that you do not need to be a math wiz to be successful in poker. Simple concepts and strategies that anyone can learn will have you matching wits with the top players in no time. Some of the topics include: raising draws for value, backdoor draws, facing all-in decisions before the flop, protecting your hand, the impact of stack sizes, and much more. In addition, the most comprehensive collection of Texas Hold'em charts and statistics ever put in print is provided as reference. Poker is a fun game, but it is even more fun when you win. Expert players understand the simple math behind every decision they make - now you can too. Matthew Hilger is also the author of the best-selling Internet poker book, Internet Texas Hold'em and is coauthor, with Ian Taylor, of The Poker Mindset.

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Download or read book The Mathematics of Poker written by Bill Chen and published by Conjelco. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.'

Download or read book Practical Poker Math Basic Odds and Probabilities for Hold em and Omaha written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the odds of winning at poker if you don't know the odds in poker? Practical Poker Math provides a complete and easy-to-understand explanation of the basic odds, probabilities and expectations in Hold'Em and Omaha. All the formulations are completelyopen and are demonstrated via easy-to-follow, colour-codedcalculations. Pat Dittmar has aimed this book at beginning through semi-pro players who want to improve their results and who know that thereis not much chance of improvement without a fundamental understanding ofpoker odds, probabilities, and expectations. Pat Dittmar is head of trading and development at TradePointTechnologies.com, an organization thatdevelops and deploys state-of-the-art proprietary trading technologies. Patfeels that successful poker players possess the skills required to play inthe one true fast action, around the world, around the clock "BigGame" - the world financials markets, and TradePointTechnologies recruits its traders exclusively from the poker world.

Download or read book Practical Poker Math written by Pat Dittmar and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the odds of winning at poker if you don't know the odds in poker? Practical Poker Math provides a complete and easy-to-understand explanation of the basic odds, probabilities and expectations in Hold'Em and Omaha. All the formulations are completely open and are demonstrated via easy-to-follow, colour-coded calculations. Pat Dittmar has aimed this book at beginning through semi-pro players who want to improve their results and who know that there is not much chance of improvement without a fundamental understanding of poker odds, probabilities, and expectations. Pat Dittmar is head of.

Download or read book Texas Hold em Odds written by Catalin Barboianu and published by . This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Odds are part of any gambling strategy and Texas Hold'em Poker is highly predisposed to probability-based decisions. This book presents the mathematics involved in card distributions in Texas Hold'em and provides a precise account of the odds associated with all gaming events. The author is a recognized authority on casino mathematics. He is member of applied mathematics societies and has published numerous articles in leading academic, gaming industry and applied mathematics journals. He is also the author of "Probability Guide of Gambling." No formal background in mathematics is necessary for reading this book, although comfort with some probability and set theory notions is helpful. In most cases, you'll need some college math to follow the formulas here, but this is not a requirement, because the numerical results are collected in tables at the end of each section. The work is packed with formulas, algorithms and tables. Its' primary goal is to allow the reader to quickly find the odds for their hand and for their opponent's hand, in order to improve his/her betting decisions. Every type of card distribution is tabulated in a logical, consistent and comprehensive manner. The complete methodology and all the calculations are shown, so it teaches the player how to calculate probability for any situation for every stage of the game, even for other card games. You will find here the real odds, returned by precise mathematical formulas and not by partial simulations that most software uses. The book contains new and original material that has not been done previously and provides a full coverage of Hold'em odds: - Immediate odds (pre-flop odds, flop odds, turn odds, river odds, odds ofimproving specific hands). - Long-shot odds (odds of achieving specific card formations by river) for own hand, in after-flop and after-turn stages. - Long-shot odds for opponent's hand (odds for one and at least one of your opponents to achieve specific card formations by river), in after-flop, after-turn and after-river stages. - Other odds. Concrete examples of calculations and usage of tables are attached to each section. Also, a special chapter of examples is included for a good understanding of how to count and compare the odds for expected card formations and the odds of possible higher formations of opponents. Such information is a must for any Hold'em player - either beginner or advanced - and this book is a trusted and professional source.

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Download or read book Draw Poker Odds written by Catalin Barboianu and published by INFAROM Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like any variation of poker, draw poker (or classical poker) is also predisposed to probability-based decisions. The author presents the mathematics involved in this card game, with respect to the usage of the numerical results in players' strategies. The whole presentation is focused on the practical aspect of the application of probability theory in draw poker and all the sections are such structured to allow the direct usage of the numerical results. This is why every section is packed with tables, some of them filling dozens of pages. This is not a math book, even if the supporting mathematics is present thorough, but a guide addressed to poker players, who can skip the math parts at any time and pick the needed results from tables. For those interested, the complete methodology, the way probability theory is applied and a part of the calculations are shown, so it teaches the player how to calculate odds for any situation for every stage of the game, even the numerical results are already listed in the book. Want to evaluate the probability of one opponent bluffing? Want to know the probability of at least one opponent holding a card formation higher than yours, at any moment of the game? Want to know the probability of hitting the desired formation if discarding in a certain way? All this information is in the book and is fully mathematically grounded. All probability results from this guide are obtained through compact mathematical formulas and not partial simulations on computer. These formulas are the outcome of one year of study, math work and tests. The author found the right probability model in which to apply the theory and conveniently quantify the card distributions inorder to work out the draw poker probability formulas. They were built with an enough large range of variables to cover all possible situations and were never worked out before. Their numerical returns were gathered in three main categories of odds presented in the book: - Initial probabilities of the first card distribution for your own hand; - Prediction probabilities after first card distribution and before the second for your own hand; - Prediction probabilities for opponents' hands. Every section ends with suggestive examples and there is also a special chapter with a lot of relevant gaming situations presented along with the odds of their associated events. Among author's previously published books on mathematics of gambling, Draw Poker Odds seems to be the most practical one and that is because the author presents the results of applied probability in a gambling-behavioral manner that can influence the balance between the subjective strategies and the real odds in player's favor.

Download or read book Decide to Play Great Poker written by Annie Duke and published by Huntington Press Inc. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poker is a game of table position, flop texture, players in a hand, personalities, and so much more. This book teaches you how to identify and analyze those variables, become a great strategist, and have confidence in any poker situation. Decide to Play Great Poker is written by Annie Duke, the world's most renowned woman poker player, with John Vorhaus, himself a winning poker player and prolific author.

Download or read book A Different Kind of Texas Hold em Strategy and Resource Guide for Players and League Coordinators written by Michael John Amazio and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-09-06 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will introduce some of the mathematical concepts of Texas Hold'em Poker in an easily understood fashion.This book focuses on the facts of the game behind all the mathematics involved and helps you to develop a core foundation of skills to be able to play Texas Hold'em Poker more effectively.If you enjoy Texas Hold'em Poker enough to host your own game or you are considering managing your own tournament or league, there is a section dedicated to obtaining, developing and managing the resources you need to run it in a well organized fashion.First-time author Michael John Amazio invites you to learn some of the fundamentals of Texas Hold'em Poker in a way that will keep your interest from cover to cover.

Download or read book Texas Hold em Made Easy written by Walt Hazelton and published by . This book was released on 2024-02-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texas Hold-em Made Easy was developed after many years of experience playing on-line as well as in local tournaments. It is a numbers-based approach similar to what Charles Gorem created in the early 1900's for the game of bridge. It outlines a system for giving a value to the cards held by a player. This provides specific guidance direction in playing any given hand. This guidance is modified as the hand develops. Before developing this approach Walt had witnessed how often players over-valued their hand which often resulted in hugh losses or even all their chips. He felt a more systematic approach could be very useful and created what is described in this book. After he first created this technick he tested it in a number of tournaments and then made some refinements. It is a numbers-based system that is relatively simple and thereby easy to master. The book not only provides a systematic approach but also covers many of the other facets of playing this game such as bluffing, trapping, mucking and the all-in bet. It also includes special valuations like the value of position, pocket pairs and connected cards. In some cases the approach to a given hand needs to change such as stack size of the player as well as other players. And, there are differences in playing in live tournaments versus on-line. There also are some practice exercises.

Download or read book The Everything Texas Hold Em Book written by John Wenzel and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-02-08 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

Download or read book Hold em Poker written by David Sklansky and published by Two Plus Two Publishing LLC. This book was released on 1996-12 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is must reading for anyone planning to play hold 'em. It was the first definitive work on hold'em poker and was originally published in 1976. Yet it is still one of the best-selling poker books available, and in 1997 it was expanded and updated to account for today's modern double blind structure. The text is designed for someone relatively new to the game, but it still contains much sophisticated material which all players should find beneficial. It is probably best known for the Sklansky Hand Rankings, which made the game much simpler to quantify and understand. Some of the topics include how Texas hold'em is played, the importance of position, the first two cards, the key flops, strategy before the flop, semibluffing, the free card, slowplaying, check raising, heads-up on fifth street, and how to read hands.