Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time Volume I

Jon 'Apestyles' Van Fleet, Jon 'Pearljammer' Turner, Eric 'Rizen' Lynch

ISBN 10: 0974150274 / ISBN 13: 9780974150277

Verlag: Dimat Enterprises, Inc., 2008

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Want to win poker tournaments?Now you can learn exactly how consistent winners REALLY do it!Meet PearlJammer, Rizen, and Apestyles. These top guns of tournament poker are frequent winners in today's highly competitive online scene, as well as in live tourneys. Their collective experience and track record is staggering: more than 35,000 tournaments played, more than 1,000 final tables made, over 200 major wins, and more than $6,000,000 in cashes. They regularly outplay fields consisting of other top professionals victories that are documented by detailed online hand histories.Are you ready to learn winning ways from today's true tournament experts?The authors are not only consistent winners, but powerful teachers as well. Step-by-step, they reveal their decision-making processes, using hands drawn from actual play not examples contrived to fit a particular poker theory.Reading this book is like attending a master class in tournament poker.You'll see the way cutting-edge pros use their wisdom and incredibly extensive experience to analyze almost every poker situation imaginable. Deep-stacked or short-stacked, against single or multiple opponents, you'll learn the skills that will make you a winner, including:- When and how to play aggressively or tightly- When to make moves- When to make continuation bets and when to hold back- How to induce and pick off bluffs- How to accumulate chips without constantly risking your tournament life.Poker is a fun game, but it's even more fun when you win.If you want to become a great tournament player, shouldn't you be learning from the best? NOW You can!

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Eric 'Rizen' Lynch Eric 'Rizen' Lynch is recognized as one of the top tournament players in the world in both live and Internet play. In just two years at the World Series of Poker, he has seven cashes, including a 2nd and 3rd place finish. He finished 26th in the 2006 main event, winning $494,000, his biggest prize so far. His lifetime total for cash finishes in live tournaments is a little shy of $1 million. Online, Eric has over 50 wins, made 300 final tables, and has won over $1.5 million. He won one of the major Sunday tournaments, beating out thousands for a prize of $156K. Jon 'PearlJammer' Turner Well-known for his online prowess, Jon 'PearlJammer' Turner, who also plays online under the name 'PearlJammed', actually got his start playing live games in Raleigh, NC, and then later in Las Vegas. He won the Internet Player of the Year award. He has more cashes in the World Championships of Online Poker than anyone in the world. Over his career, PearlJammer has amassed an impressive online resume: He has over 200 wins, made over 1,000 final tables, and won more than $3 million. Jon 'Apestyles' Van Fleet Jon 'Apestyles' Van Fleet started playing professionally in 2004 after graduating from college, and quickly moved up the ranks in the online poker world. He has consistently ranked as one of the top players in the world by pocketfives. Jon has made over $4 million playing in tournaments online, including over 500 final tables and 100 wins.

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Titel: Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time...
Verlag: Dimat Enterprises, Inc.
Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good