Playing Texas Hold’em Online-The Professional’s Guide

Playing Texas Hold’em Online-The Professional’s Guide

Have you ever been to a party or a bar where you’ve met someone for the first time who told you an insiders secret to their business or work? Maybe I’m just a good listener but this happens to me all the time. We all know these insider kinds of details about our own little world. For example, if we worked at Cadbury, the Cadbury Secret would be one of the first things we would learn about on the job (even if it wasn’t offici ally part of the training program). There are other kinds of insider knowledge – how something is really made at the plant we work at, how certain products are marketed, where an idea really came from, or how you can make a product yourself for one-tenth the price.

Don’t you wish you could talk to an insider at the plant where the c ar you are considering buying is made? Or someone who really knows the scoop on the mortgage industry when it’s time to get re- financed? How about talking to the guy who programmed the VLT machine you play everyday at lunch? Would that help you win more?

Everybody we have talked to about Texas Hold’em has said that what they really want is more than just a book that tells them the rules to the game. They want something new. Something fresh that will give them an edge over the other players. Something exciting.

So we talked to the insiders. How does the system work? How are t he cards shuffled (what’s the randomizing algorithm)? Has anyone done any studies on what cards really pay the best? W hat tables play the best? Are there systems that work online better than others? What do the insiders know about cards to play? Can we really make money at this game?

From this feedback we develop this book concept. Then we hunted down the facts. In the end, this has been a lot of fun and quite profitable. We love the game of Texas Hold’em but now we have the tools to win more games. As usual, if you have the insider ‘stuff’, you are better armed to succeed. Pretty much one of those simple rules to live your life by if you ask me.

I believe that winning in life, love, business and sports – and yes, poker, is all about three dynamics I like to call the CSI’s.

• Contingency (chance or luck)
• Self-awareness (know your strengths and weaknesses)
• Intelligence (or ‘street smarts’)

We have divided this book into these three key areas for a very good reason. When you play online poker for real money for the first time you will find it difficult just to survive. Your stack (yo ur personal chips) will disappear like an umbrella in a typhoon. If you have what it takes to stick it out through this initiation (and the expendable cash to last), you will next discover that what you are lacking is real technical knowledge. You will soon realize that you need to play this game more with ‘field intelligence’ than instinct. That is, if you want to win consistently.

Finally, as you progress into larger pot games, the real test will be y our ability to be mentally tough, disciplined and aggressive. Our la st section on self-awareness discusses the philosophy of great poker players.

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