{"product_id":"2940012836045","title":"Texas Hold\u0026#x2019;em Strategy - The Ultimate Insiders Guide To Playing And Winning Texas Hold'em (Illustrated)","description":"Texas Hold’em Strategy - The Ultimate Insiders Guide To Playing And Winning Texas Hold'em (Illustrated)\u003cbr\u003eWhat's covered in Texas Hold 'Em Strategy?\u003cbr\u003ePOKER 101 \u003cbr\u003ePoker Vocabulary \u003cbr\u003ePLAYING TEXAS HOLD ‘EM \u003cbr\u003ePOSITION STRATEGIES \u003cbr\u003ePOT ODDS AND OUTS \u003cbr\u003ePLAYING THE FLOP \u003cbr\u003ePLAYING THE RIVER \u003cbr\u003eBETTING STRATEGIES \u003cbr\u003eTELLS \u003cbr\u003eBLUFFING \u003cbr\u003ePLAYING MULTI-TABLE TOURNAMENTS \u003cbr\u003ePLAYING SIT AND GO’S \u003cbr\u003eLIMIT GAMES \u003cbr\u003eAnd much more ...\u003cbr\u003eTexas Hold'em is becoming almost as big as baseball, football, hockey, and other sporting events. Television has increased its popularity. It's the #1 page on Facebook. As of this publication the Texas Hol'em Poker page has 43,530,265 fans. The daily fan growth is 82,247 people, which is 606,025 new fans each week. \u003cbr\u003eWith the Internet, it’s coming into our homes at a lightning fast rate. The rage that’s sweeping the nation – Texas Hold'em Poker! \u003cbr\u003eThe game has been around for years. Played in family recreation rooms, smoky bars, casinos, and even retirement homes. These days, poker has become the game of choice for millions of people.\u003cbr\u003eFamily game night used to mean getting out the Monopoly board and battling over Park Place and Broadway. Now, family game night is more likely to be characterized by breaking out the poker chips and battling each other for the best hands.\u003cbr\u003eMore and more people are talking about their bad beats, their great hands, and their prowess for play. Popular on college campuses, fraternal clubs, and even retirement homes, poker has become our new game of chance, and our new game of choice.\u003cbr\u003eWhat has led to the rise of this game? Most likely, it has been television and the media. On any given evening, the average person can flip on the TV set and find a poker game being aired. \u003cbr\u003eThe World Series of Poker, Celebrity Poker Showdown, and Ultimate Poker Showdown are rising in the ratings as we tune in to see professionals battle it out and compare our play to theirs.\u003cbr\u003eNearly every home these days has at least one computer. The Internet has become our lifeline, in ways, for information, contact with the outside world, and – yes – our portal to the world of poker beyond our kitchen table. Now ordinary people can log on and play poker with people other than our parents, kids, and friends. Many professional players sponsor online website where they are required to play allowing Average Joe to match his poker skills with the likes of Howard Lederer and Chris Ferguson.\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps the biggest rise in poker popularity – specifically online poker – stems from one man’s $40 online buy-in leading to the Cinderella story of the industry. Chris Moneymaker qualified for The World Series of Poker main event through a small buy-in satellite event at Poker Stars. \u003cbr\u003eAt the Series, he outlasted a field of 839 entrants. The largest in World Series of Poker history at the time. He pitted heads against some of the most well-known poker professionals in the world – and won! Moneymaker’s first-place finish netted him $2.5 million dollars, which wasn’t bad considering it was his first live tournament.\u003cbr\u003eMany people looked at Moneymaker’s win as monumental. After all, he was just an average guy. He could be anyone’s next door neighbor or co-worker, and he went up against the pros and won. Chris Moneymaker opened the door for everyday people to dream about being the next professional poker player. \u003cbr\u003eIn fact, the 2004 World Series featured triple the number of players over the 2003 turnout. At least four players in the WSOP final table won their entry through an online card room. Like Moneymaker, 2004 winner Greg “Fossilman” Raymer also won his entry at the Poker Stars online card room.\u003cbr\u003eNow, go get the rest ... and let’s talk poker!","brand":"Stephen Eaton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174581846256,"sku":"2940012836045","price":2.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012836045_p0.jpg?v=1763573227","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012836045","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}