Hold Em Authority - Texas Hold Em Strategy and advice for all levels of players

Championship No-Limit and Pot-Limit Hold’Em was one of my first purchases, as I recognized one of the authors of the book from TV. TJ Cloutier and Tom McEvoy team up to write this book on No Limit and Pot Limit hold em, focusing on tournament play.******

This is a great book for beginning online players, because the descriptions and the explanations are designed to keep you out of trouble. For example, TJ suggests multiple ways to get away from AK in many situations. If the pot has been raised and reraised, dump it. If you miss the flop, check and fold. Things like this will keep a beginner playing solid poker and retaining more chips.

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As you progress in your online poker, you’ll get a better feel for the game and will feel more comfortable playing hands that don’t exactly fit in with the style of this book. So, if you’re an advanced online player, I don’t know if this is the book for you because of it’s lack of aggressive tactics.

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If you’re playing in the WSOP, however, I think this is a great book. It really does teach discipline, and with the extremely slow blind increase and the large number of chips one starts with in a tournament like this, the style this book has to offer fits perfectly.

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This book contains a lot of practice hands that allow you to decide what to do in what situation. It also has some neat stories at the end of the book from TJ’s poker experiences throughout his life. Those were a fun read.

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Overall, I’d say this is a worthwhile read, especially for beginners. TJ Cloutier isn’t a horrible poker player, so he must know what he’s talking about.

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