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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Poker Truths | |
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| Decisions, Decisions | |
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| Consequences | |
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| Getting It In with the Best Hand | |
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| The Fundamental Theorem | |
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| It's My Turn to Bet....Think! | |
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| I Don't Have to Be the Greatest | |
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| Common Mistakes | |
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| Observing My Opponents | |
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| Value of Aggression | |
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| Position, Position, Position | |
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| Money Flows Clockwise | |
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| Blinds Have a Negative Expectation | |
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| Have a Reason to Bet | |
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| Changing Gears | |
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| Learn from Better Players | |
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| Big Hand Big Pot, Small Hand Small Pot | |
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| Before the Flop | |
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| Study, Then Look | |
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| When First in the Pot, Raise | |
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| Limping | |
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| Raise the Right Amount | |
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| Calling Limpers | |
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| In Position, Smooth-Call a Raiser | |
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| Playing from the Small Blind | |
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| Raising from the Big Blind | |
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| Raise the Limpers | |
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| The Chip-Sandwich Play | |
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| Steal from the Cutoff | |
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| Preflop Domination | |
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| Playing Great Hands When They Raise | |
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| All-in Before the Flop | |
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| The Fourth Raise Means Aces | |
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| Know When a Player Is Pot Committed | |
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| Re-raise to Isolate | |
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| Pocket Pairs in Multiway Pots | |
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| After the Flop | |
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| First to the Pot Wins | |
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| Heads-Up Postflop | |
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| Against Multiple Opponents | |
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| Betting to Slow Down an Opponent | |
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| Double Gut-Shot Straight Draws | |
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| Hands to Bring to War | |
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| Board Texture | |
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| Bet Good Hands | |
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| After Flopping Two Pair | |
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| After Flopping a Set | |
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| After Flopping Trips | |
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| After Flopping a Straight | |
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| After Flopping a Flush | |
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| After Flopping a Full House | |
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| After Flopping Four of a Kind | |
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| After Flopping a Draw | |
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| When I Bet and a Good Player Calls | |
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| After the Turn | |
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| When I Improve My Hand | |
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| When a Scare Card Hits | |
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| Calling with a Draw | |
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| Semibluffing | |
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| Taking Down the Pot | |
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| After the River | |
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| Getting Paid with the Nuts | |
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| Betting Medium-Strength Hands | |
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| Bet or Check-Raise | |
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| Tells | |
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| Caro's Great Law of Tells | |
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| Beware of the Speech | |
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| Varied Bet Sizes | |
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| The Out-of-Turn Bet | |
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| Big Chips, Small Chips | |
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| Chip Stacks | |
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| When They're Busy, They're Tight | |
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| Suit Check | |
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| Quick Bet, Slow Bet | |
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| Changes in Demeanor | |
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| Leaners and Slouchers | |
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| Shaky Hands | |
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| When They Look at Their Chips | |
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| When They Look at My Chips | |
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| The Quick Call | |
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| The Slow Call | |
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| When They Reach for Their Chips | |
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| Toss vs. Slide | |
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| Reverse Tells | |
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| Tournament Strategies | |
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| Staying Alive | |
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| Build a Tight Image Early | |
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| When the Pot Is Big | |
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| Take a Time-Out After Significant Changes | |
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| Know Their Stack Size | |
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| Get Lucky...at the Right Time | |
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| Target the Average Stacks | |
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| Play Small Pocket Pairs | |
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| Don't Go Broke with One Pair | |
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| Sample Tournament Payout Structure | |
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| Playing to Win Tournaments | |
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| Money Means Something | |
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| Making a Deal | |
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| Steal the Blinds! | |
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| When Stealing the Blinds Doesn't Work | |
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| Steal or Re-raise? | |
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| Keep the Average Stack Size in Mind | |
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| Be Comfortable at Thirty Big Bets | |
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| Playing the Big Stack | |
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| When the Antes Start | |
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| Short Stacks | |
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| Super Short Stack Strategy | |
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| Wait for the Blinds to Increase | |
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| Rebuys and Add-Ons | |
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| Bubbles | |
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| Last Hand Before a Break | |
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| Implicit Collusion Late in a Tournament | |
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| Sobering Math and Bad Beats | |
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| Some Percentages and Math | |
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| The Rules of Four and Two | |
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| A-K, A-A, K-K | |
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| The Value of Suitedness | |
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| Preflop Matchups | |
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| Slight Dog, Big Favorite | |
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| Interesting, Unexpected Matchups | |
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| Pot Odds and Implied Odds | |
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| Psychology | |
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| Big Laydowns | |
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| Bury Them | |
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| After a Bad Beat | |
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| Superstitions | |
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| Rushes | |
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| Watch for Betting Patterns | |
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| Beating Tight and Passive Players | |
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| Beating Loose Players | |
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| Beating Calling Stations | |
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| Beating Overly Aggressive Opponents | |
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| When to Change Gears | |
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| Seat Selection | |
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| Forming a Game Plan | |
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| Showing My Cards | |
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| Tilt | |
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| Implied Tilt Odds | |
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| Game Selection | |
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| Timing of Bets | |
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| Bluffing | |
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| Making the Big Bluff | |
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| Miscellaneous | |
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| Stakes and Bankroll | |
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| Session Length | |
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| Stop-Loss or Win Goals | |
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| Advance Scouting | |
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| Chopping the Blinds | |
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| Don't Tap on the Aquarium | |
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| Practice Makes Perfect | |
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| Sick Gamblers | |
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| Sunglasses at the Table | |
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| Staking and Getting Staked | |
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| Aggression Is the Great Equalizer | |
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| Tournament Structures | |
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| Online Poker | |
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| Player Profiles | |
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| Gus Hansen | |
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| Dan Harrington | |
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| Phil Hellmuth Jr. | |
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| Chris "Jesus" Ferguson | |
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| Howard Lederer | |
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| John Juanda | |
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| "Biggest Online Winner" | |
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| Rules of No Limit Hold'em | |
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| The Basics | |
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| Rules of Etiquette | |
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| Tournament Rules and Procedures | |
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| Charts and Tables | |
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| Starting Hands | |
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| Outs | |
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| Preflop Chances | |
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| Hand Rankings | |
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| WSOP Tournament Structure | |
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| FullTiltPoker.com Sit & Go Tournament Structure | |
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| Further Study | |
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| Books | |
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| Periodicals | |
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| Web sites | |
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| Shameless Plugs | |
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| Afterword | |