{"product_id":"2940014343220","title":"Playing Online Texas Hold'em","description":"THE BEST TIPS FOR PLAYING AND WINNING!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3...Introduction\u003cbr\u003e5...History of Poker\u003cbr\u003e7...History of Online Poker\u003cbr\u003e9...Poker 101\u003cbr\u003e18...Playing Texas Hold ‘Em\u003cbr\u003e20...Position\u003cbr\u003e23...Pot Odds \u0026amp; Outs\u003cbr\u003e26...Playing the Flop\u003cbr\u003e31...Playing the River\u003cbr\u003e32...Betting\u003cbr\u003e35...Strategies\u003cbr\u003e38...Tells\u003cbr\u003e42...Bluffing\u003cbr\u003e45...Multi-Table Tournaments\u003cbr\u003e49...Sit and Go’s\u003cbr\u003e53...Limit Poker\u003cbr\u003e57...Some Things To Keep In Mind\u003cbr\u003e60...When Things Get Out of Hand\u003cbr\u003e62...Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003eIt’s becoming almost as big as baseball, football,\u003cbr\u003ehockey, and other sporting events. Television has increased\u003cbr\u003eits popularity. With the Internet, it’s coming into our homes\u003cbr\u003eat a lightning fast rate. The rage that’s sweeping the nation\u003cbr\u003e– poker! Although the game has been around for years\u003cbr\u003eplayed in family recreation rooms, smoky bars, casinos, and\u003cbr\u003eeven retirement homes, these days, poker has become the\u003cbr\u003egame of choice for hundreds of thousands of people.\u003cbr\u003eFamily game night used to mean getting out the\u003cbr\u003eMonopoly board and battling over Park Place and Broadway.\u003cbr\u003eNow, family game night is more likely to be characterized by\u003cbr\u003ebreaking out the poker chips and battling each other for the\u003cbr\u003ebest hands.\u003cbr\u003eMore and more people are talking about their bad\u003cbr\u003ebeats, their great hands, and their prowess for play. Popular\u003cbr\u003eon college campuses, fraternal clubs, and even retirement\u003cbr\u003ehomes, poker has become our new game of chance, and our\u003cbr\u003enew game of choice.\u003cbr\u003eWhat has led to the rise of this game? Most likely, it\u003cbr\u003ehas been television and the media. On any given evening,\u003cbr\u003ethe average person can flip on the TV set and find a poker\u003cbr\u003egame being aired. The World Series of Poker, Celebrity\u003cbr\u003ePoker Showdown, and Ultimate Poker Showdown are rising\u003cbr\u003ein the ratings as we tune in to see professionals battle it out\u003cbr\u003eand compare our play to theirs.\u003cbr\u003eNearly every home these days has at least one\u003cbr\u003ecomputer. The Internet has become our lifeline, in ways, for\u003cbr\u003einformation, contact with the outside world, and – yes – our\u003cbr\u003eportal to the world of poker beyond our kitchen table. Now\u003cbr\u003eordinary people can log on and play poker with people other\u003cbr\u003ethan our parents, kids, and friends. Many professional\u003cbr\u003eplayers sponsor online website where they are required to\u003cbr\u003eplay allowing Average Joe to match his poker skills with the\u003cbr\u003elikes of Howard Lederer and Chris Ferguson.\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps the biggest rise in poker popularity –\u003cbr\u003especifically online poker – stems from one man’s $40 online\u003cbr\u003ebuy-in leading to the Cinderella story of the industry. Chris\u003cbr\u003eMoneymaker qualified for The World Series of Poker main\u003cbr\u003eevent through a small buy-in satellite event at Poker Stars.\u003cbr\u003eAt the Series, he outlasted a field of 839 entrants – the\u003cbr\u003elargest in World Series of Poker history at the time. He\u003cbr\u003epitted heads against some of the most well-known poker\u003cbr\u003eprofessionals in the world – and won! Moneymaker’s firstplace\u003cbr\u003efinish netted him $2.5 million dollars, which wasn’t bad\u003cbr\u003econsidering it was his first live tournament.\u003cbr\u003eMany people looked at Moneymaker’s win as\u003cbr\u003emonumental. After all, he was just an average guy. He\u003cbr\u003ecould be anyone’s next door neighbor or co-worker, and he\u003cbr\u003ewent up against the pros and won. Chris Moneymaker\u003cbr\u003eopened the door for everyday people to dream about being\u003cbr\u003ethe next professional poker player.\u003cbr\u003eIn fact, the 2004 World Series featured triple the\u003cbr\u003enumber of players over the 2003 turnout. At least four\u003cbr\u003eplayers in the WSOP final table won their entry through an\u003cbr\u003eonline card room. Like Moneymaker, 2004 winner Greg\u003cbr\u003e“Fossil man” Raymer also won his entry at the Poker Stars\u003cbr\u003eonline card room.\u003cbr\u003eThere are a myriad of tips and tricks for playing the\u003cbr\u003egame of poker. Everyone seems to have an opinion on the\u003cbr\u003ebest way to play the game. True, poker is a game of\u003cbr\u003echance, and many would argue that there really is no secret\u003cbr\u003eto winning the game. However, there is a best way to play.\u003cbr\u003eAs Kenny Rogers sang in “The Gambler”, you’ve got to know\u003cbr\u003ewhen to hold ‘em and know when to fold ‘em. Know when\u003cbr\u003eto walk away, and know when to run.\u003cbr\u003eThere are many variations on the game of poker, but\u003cbr\u003ethe one most popular today has got to be Texas Hold ‘Em.\u003cbr\u003eIt’s a relatively simple game, but like all poker, it can\u003cbr\u003echange with the deal of every card. In this book, we’ll\u003cbr\u003eexplore different ways to play the game online to maximize\u003cbr\u003eon your buy-in. We’ll touch on tournaments as well.\u003cbr\u003eOnline poker can be fun and even profitable when you\u003cbr\u003eplay smart and follow the advice of those in the know.\u003cbr\u003eWhether you’re playing for fun...","brand":"Altantic eBooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147684856048,"sku":"2940014343220","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014343220_p0.jpg?v=1763606634","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014343220","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}