One of the fascinating aspects about hold em is its dual nature. The game is both incredibly simple and incredibly complex. If you ve watched any World Poker Tour (WPT) broadcast, you ve heard hold em described as a game that takes a minute to learn and a lifetime to master. That is really true, and a large part of the appeal of the game is that you can sit down and learn how to play almost immediately. However, after playing a bit, you become aware that hold em has many layers, each more complex than the previous one. The deeper you develop your understanding of the game, the better your results should be. The best thing for you is this: most players never work to develop their games. What they know about the game is strictly what they draw from their personal experience at the table, much of which they don t properly interpret. In fact they often misinterpret their experience in counterproductive ways. So there is great opportunity for those who wish to invest a bit of time and effort in improving their game. Currently, a huge number of books on limit hold em are available, with many more being written. However, very little exists for the brand new player, whose only exposure to hold em may be what he has seen on television and perhaps a few hands played at a casino or in a home game.This book provides someone who has played little or no limit hold em with a sound basic strategy that will add to both his enjoyment of the game and his bottom line. You must walk before you can run, and this book teaches those first steps.
The publisher of Card Player magazine, (the world's most widely read poker magazine), Barry Shulman, has recently released a book on Texas Hold'em strategy entitled "52 Tips for Texas Hold’em Poker," released by Card Player Press of Las Vegas.
Shulman brings expertise not only of a journalistic variety, but practically speaking as well, Shulman has made a name for himself in professional poker. His reputation of an expert player was certainly not hurt by his success at the 2001 World Series of Poker (WSOP), from which he took home a world championship gold bracelet.
The book was written with the assistance of another renowned poker professional, Mark Gregorich, the associate editor of Card Player. Together they have managed to cover a wide range of Texas Hold’em topics broken down into 52 tips that explore every phase of the game, not only from a mechanical standpoint, but a mental one as well.
