Internet Texas Holdem: Winning Strategies from an Internet Pro

by Matthew Hilger

As Internet poker exploded, thousands of players turned to Internet Texas Hold'em to help them become winning players. Today, Internet Texas Hold'em is now the most successfull book ever on Internet poker. Internet Texas Hold'em is an excellent tool for beginning to intermediate players to be successful at limit Texas Hold'em with specific topics focused on Internet play. The book's reputation has superceded its title as many players now recommend it for live play also. A comprehensive overview of Texas Hold'em is presented including general poker concepts such as probability and odds, bluffing, raising and check-raising. Various deceptive tactics are also discussed such as free cards, slowplaying, and inducing bluffs and calls. You'll learn the correct strategies for starting hand play as well as playing on the flop, turn, and river. You'll learn the intricacies of playing on the Internet and the differences in strategies between Internet and live play. Finally, you'll be able to practice all of these strategies on over 200 actual Internet hands. Poker is a fun game, but it is even more fun when you win. This is a book for players who want to improve their game to win more money. If you only play a few hours a week or strive to take your game to an advanced level, this book should serve as a reference for many years to come.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference

304 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2003

Reviews

[Asa · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book in someone's crap they were throwing out in Ithaca, NY when I was a senior in college. I was playing a lot of poker back then so I picked it up. This guy is a terrible son of a bitch who thinks he's awesome, and 90% of the people who bought this book probably ended up losing money at poker.

But still it was a pretty solid reference. It had one of the more intuitive explanations ive seen for how to estimate pot odds on the fly. And there is a really good section that helps you think about the hands that are worth seeing the flop on (if you arent one of the blinds) based on the style of play, your position to the button, etc. I still read that section before I head down for a weekend in Altantic City.

NOTE: This book is not very helpful if you play a lot of no limit. Really best for internet or limit hold em. Especially low limit.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one of the first books I read on poker, and what's great about this book is that there are hand examples for you to choose the best play followed by the actual play made and the outcome. It is geared towards limit play, but the concepts and strategies can be easily adapted to no limit play by the astute player.

However, if you wanna play limit hold'em, then this is the book for you. The starting hand and odd charts alone are worth the price of the book.

[Tim Brennan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Do not bother; this is too old for any value.