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 enlarge | Authors: Tom Mcevoy, T.j. Cloutier
Publisher: Cardoza
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 86125
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st Cardoza Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 1
ISBN: 158042127X
Dewey Decimal Number: 795.412
EAN: 9781580421270
ASIN: 158042127X
Publication Date: March 30, 2004
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 Excellent value for the money. Very good book for poker players. December 17, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Judging from the other reviews I've read, I'm different from most other reviewers. I'm not a no-limit hold'em player. I'm a pot-limit player, and there's a big, big difference. This book highlights the difference, and it provides sound foundations for pot-limit strategy and play. I'm not going to go into great detail. Other reviewers have done a good job of that, and I doubt I could so any better. Suffice it to say that whether you play no-limit or pot-limit this book will be an excellent addition to your poker library. It helped me improve my play. Shortly after reading the book and digesting the information I placed 2nd out of 889 players in a pot-limit tournament. I'd not done better than 22nd out of 400 before, on my best day.
The information in the book is solid and will help, if you let it.
 you need to know what game you are playing November 9, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The flood of players coming into poker is overwhelming and the books to learn poker are many. Keep in mind that what looks like the same game is actually quite different. Low stakes limit holdem is much different than high stakes limit holdem and no limit and pot limit are significantly different than limit holdem. And finally no limit cash is different than no limit tournament play. That said this book is excellent for pot limit and even more so for no limit mid to high buy in tournaments. A quick hint- the use of the word "Championship" in the McEvoy and Cloutier titles can and should be completely interchangeable with the word "tournament". That is the player these books are written for. Many of the super tight approaches that Cloutier uses to be successful in tournament play are unprofitable in cash game play. Because the average player is so ultra loose, a tighter is probably better than a looser but again this is geared primarily for tournaments where if you lose your chips you are through for the day. Survival is one of the most important ideas in tournament play but ultra tight in cash games will often get you too little action on your better hands. Overall a very good book for tournament play; Cloutier is a proven and durable winner and has much to teach the budding no limit holdem tournament player in this book. Several now well-known winners have credited this book as "the" reason they won. Worth reading IMO.
 short stories not educational - AVOID if trying to improve game August 2, 2005
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
being that tj is one of the most respected no limit players and Mcevoy is no slouch himself, i thought their championship no limit book would be a necessary tool in my continual efforts to improve my game. it is not! more of a book of short stories with limited poker reasoning, analysis, etc. it is amazing how many pages of this book you can read without gaining any information on proper play/strategy (literally, you take nothing away). if you still think this is a must have after my review, contact me, and i'll send you my copy for free, with only one cauveate(sp?), no sendbacks! you'll have to find someone else to send it too! msy
Worth the time and money. June 17, 2005
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I just reviewed Championship Hold'em a few moments ago and relayed there the way in which that book specifically helped me earlier in the week when I played in a couple of live tournaments out in Vegas. Now this book, independent of the other, was quite useful when I sat at the 1-2 No Limit game at the MGM Grand and also when I played the 2-4 at the Tropicana in their Poker Room.
Previous to reading these two books by Cloutier and McEvoy, I had finished three by Sklansky. I found that by following Sklansky's Small Stakes Hold'em I was playing far too conservatively to win. The blinds were eating me up and I rarely got any good cards to enter pots with. The opinions of Cloutier and McEvoy are far more practiceable I believe.
What we have here is a weed's eye view of what one should do when playing pot limit and no limit hold'em. There is some overlap with the other book but both are valuable on their own. The authors conclude that pot limit requires more skill than limit but that no limit requires the most skill of all.
While I was in Vegas, outside of the Rio where the World Series of Poker was being held, I did not see any mention of pot limit games but I've been in them a couple times online and have to state that it's one a most exciting variety of poker. It can get crazy fast and the book is quite insightful in describing the way in which one should specifically play.
The reader is given crystal clear advice on what to do in particular situations and the two authors seem to cover every single contingency that should arise. I was helped by the plain language and non-condescening prose of these two champions. I also liked the practice hands that were included. "Doing" definitely enhances learning and I found that to be the case here.
A Good Intermediate Book April 21, 2005
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a good book if you're past learning the basics. TJ and Tom go into detail covering a lot of different topics. A little dated but good, sound poker advice.
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