PART I - GETTING STARTED

Chapter One:

Introduction
Poker is unlike other games
The poker phenomenon
How to use this book

Chapter Two:

Get started and learn the rules
Equipment
The aim of the game
Hand rankings
Understanding the initial bets
Betting rounds
Round one - pre-flop
Round two - the flop
Round three - the turn
Round four - the river
The showdown
Other rules and FAQs

PART II - NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM STRATEGY

Chapter Three:

Strategy overview
Value-based plays and deceptive plays

Chapter Four:

The fundamentals of betting
Why the best hand bets
Outs
Pot odds
Implied odds and uncertainty
How much to bet

Chapter Five:

General playing considerations
Hand strength
Number of players
Other players' actions
Position
Playing styles
Blind and stack sizes

Chapter Six:

Pre-flop play
Starting hands overview
Starting hands guide

Chapter Seven:

Playing the flop
Did the flop help you?
Did the flop help your opponents?
The outcome of pre-flop betting
The continuation bet
Taking on the pre-flop raiser
Drawing hands

Chapter Eight:

Playing the turn
The money gets bigger
The general approach
Delayed continuation bets
Repeat continuation bets

Chapter Nine:

Playing the river
Why the river is different
Heads-up
If you believe you're losing
If you believe you're winning
If you don't know whether you're winning or losing!
Multi-way pots on the river

Chapter Ten:

Deception
Mixing up your play
Free cards and cheap cards
Check-raising
Slowplaying
Bluffing
Semi-bluffing
Deception the pros and cons

Chapter Eleven:

Playing styles
Loose / tight
Passive / aggressive
Specific player types
Adjusting to your opponents' styles
Table image
Manipulating your table image

Chapter Twelve:

Poker psychology
Tells
Emotional responses to poker
Poker players behaving badly
Poker ethics
How to think

Chapter Thirteen:

Final thoughts on strategy
Multiple possibilities and weighted averages
Size matters blinds and stacks
Short-handed play
Top ten mistakes

PART III - ONLINE POKER

Chapter Fourteen:

Getting started online

Chapter Fifteen:

Strategy for online play

PART IV - POKER VARIANTS

Chapter Sixteen:

Poker variants explained
Omaha
Omaha hi-lo (Omaha 8)
Seven card stud
Seven card stud hi-lo
Razz
Draw poker
Lowball
Triple Draw
Pineapple (Irish)
Indian Poker
Video Poker
Betting structure variants - pot-limit and limit games
Poker variants FAQ

Chapter Seventeen:

Poker tournaments
How tournaments work
Strategy adjustments for tournaments

PART V - THE MONEY: MAKING IT AND KEEPING IT

Chapter Eighteen:

Money management
Tracking your results
Game selection
Building a bankroll
General money-management tips

Chapter Nineteen:

Cheating
Cheating in live play
Cheating online

Chapter Twenty:

Increasing your earnings

PART VI - RESOURCES

Appendix A:

Odds and probabilities

Appendix B:

Expectation

Appendix C:

Tables of odds
Head to head match-ups
Pre-flop odds
Flop odds
From flop to river - hitting outs

Appendix D:

Further reading

Appendix E:

Online poker websites

Glossary

Online chat glossary

Index

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