Synopsis
A guide to tournament poker explains how to choose the correct strategy and tactics for both live and online poker tournaments.
About the Author
New Zealander Lee "Final Table" Nelson has been playing tournament poker for 10 years, with live-tournament wins in excess of US$2,000,000. His nickname was given to him by a tournament director who claimed that Lee made the final table so frequently, he was like "final-table furniture." Nelson, won the 2006 Aussie Millions, taking down US$1,000,000 (A$1,300,000), along with the World Open in 2005 (US$400,000). He co-authored the highly acclaimed poker book, Kill Phil, and co-hosts televised celebrity poker shows in both Australia and New Zealand. According to Poker Network's rankings, Lee was the top-rated poker player in Australia/New Zealand for the period 2000-2006. He's a member of Team Poker Stars. Tysen Streib has been a consistently profitable tournament player since 1998, both online and in live play. He specializes in the mathematical aspects of tournament structures and game theory. He has published several highly praised articles in Two Plus Two Internet Magazine and has experience developing artificial intelligence for computer poker players. Although his main passion is poker, Tysen has written articles about and analyzed other strategy games, such as contract bridge. He holds an engineering degree, as well as an MBA. Kim Lee is a university professor. He designed the computer models used in Kill Phil and did the optimal departure analysis for Don Schlesinger's Blackjack Attack.
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