Short description
This portable grab and go guide gives new and even seasoned players winning strategies and tactics to not just play, but win. Introducing the fundamental concepts and strategies, "Texas Hold'em For Dummies" covers the rules for playing and betting, odds, etiquette, Hold'em lingo, and sound advice to avoid mistakes. "Texas"" Hold'em For Dummies" covers limit, no-limit, tournament, and online play, therefore giving the reader a good basic foundation on all the most popular types of Hold'em.
Long description
This is an all-new guide to poker's hottest game. Texas Hold'em has never been more popular television shows such as ESPN's "World Series of Poker", "Bravo" and NBC's "Celebrity Poker Showdown", and the Travel Channel's "World Poker Tour" draw huge audiences, and an estimated 1.88 million people play online poker every month. Following in the bestselling tradition of "Poker For Dummies" more than 165,000 copies sold this handy, value-priced guide shows people how play Texas Hold'em to win. Covering rules, betting, odds, etiquette, and lingo for limit, no-limit, tournament, and online play, it provides basic instruction on how to play each stage of the hand the preflop, the flop, the turn, and the river. For more advanced players, it provides insider tips and strategies to help avoid mistakes, read opponents and rake in the chips. Mark "The Red" Harlan (Santa Clara, CA) is an avid poker player, the cocreator of the well-known online poker game at Gamesgrid.com, and the coauthor of "Winning at Internet Poker" (0-7645-7833-2).