Pages: 239

ISBN: 9788897257240

Features: Paper Cocoon Offset, 100% recycled, FSC certified, approved by Greenpeace. Paperback.

original Title

How To Win The Championship

Originally published in the USA in 2006 by: Cardoza Publishing 5473 S. EASTERN AVE LAS VEGAS NV 89119 USA

Board Book

Many are able to play no-limit hold'em good enough to overcome the initial stages of the big tournaments without any problems. But few people know how to get to the bottom, and still less to know the secrets to climb to the top three positions and win a bracelet. If this scenario is familiar to you, then this is the book for you. The legendary champion T. J. Cloutier will teach you how to accumulate enough chips to pass the moments leading up to the outbreak of the “bubble”, i.e. the stages in which it is eliminated without winning anything, and get up to the final table. You will learn the strategies that l'led to the final tables of the Main Event on more occasions than any other player in the world. T. J. will explain the theory, the how, the when and the why of each move to try once you have arrived in the area and prizes of a tournament, using that simple language that has made it so famous of his poker books. Starting from an explanation of the basic principles of the game from the tournament, Cloutier will accompany you table after table through the jungle of the advanced stages of the tournament. Along the way, you will learn many of the concepts that he teaches in his “boot camp” all over the country. Once reached the final table, T. J. will guide you step-by-step up at the top of the'last of the steps of the prize pool. Starting from the nine players will describe in detail the strategies to play against six, three and two opponents. Will then give you the moves to use in the head-to-head final to get the title, trophy and money. Cloutier the end of his teachings, making you literally stand out in his mind, retracing the techniques of the game use at the final table of the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em at the World Series of Poker of 2005. Analyzing the tournament, move after move, you will discover how he won his sixth bracelet d'gold at the WSOP and the moves to try to reach it to the final tables.

table of Contents

the numbers refer to The pages in a way to realize how it is structured, the book (the numbering refers to the first edition; subsequent printings may have numbers of different pages, provided content unchanged) NOTES ON'AUTHOR 1 INTRODUCTION 3 PART 1 WHAT is it that DIFFERENTIATES THE best PLAYERS FROM the GOOD PLAYERS 5 THE CHARACTERISTICS OF the STRONGEST PLAYERS 6 PART 2 BASIC PRINCIPLES TO ARRIVE AT the FINAL TABLE 18 DEFINE YOUR GOAL 19 TRY TO INCREASE THE CHIPS FOR EACH LAYER 24 to RECOGNIZE L'THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ANTE AND BLIND 25 CONSIDER YOUR POSITION AT THE TABLE IN RELATION TO THE PLAYERS BIG STACK 27 KEEP IN MIND YOUR POSITION IN THE RANKING 28 B ECOME ACQUAINTED WITH THE NATURE OF YOUR OPPONENTS 30 ALWAYS TAKE QUALITY DECISIONS 31 PART 3 WHEN YOU ARE AT A TABLE BY THE AWARDS 34 SMALL STACK 37 MEDIUM STACK 41 BIG STACK 42 PART 4 WHEN YOU GET IN THE MONEY 46 SHORT STACK 50 MEDIUM STACK 52 BIG STACK 55 PART 5 WHEN THERE ARE ONLY TWO TABLES 57 THE PLAN FOR WHEN THERE ARE TWO TABLES 65 BIG STACK 65 MEDIUM STACK 73 SMALL STACK 78 WHEN you ARE PLAYING AGAINST A SHORT STACK 80 WHEN THE LAST TWO TABLES ARE MERGED 85 THE BIG BLIND IS HALF YOUR STACK 86 THE BIG BLIND IS A QUARTER OF YOUR STACK 86 PART 6 PLAYING THE FINAL TABLE 86 TEN PLAYERS AT the TABLE 92 TV TABLE: the FINAL TABLE, with the “OFFICIAL” 9 PLAYERS 93 IN A PLANNED WAY ACCORDING TO THE NATURE OF YOUR OPPONENTS 96 YOU MAKE YOUR GAME BEST 99, PLAY WITH CAUTION IF YOU HAVE A MEDIUM STACK 102, ALWAYS MAINTAIN A POSITIVE ATTITUDE 105 SEVEN PLAYERS AT THE TABLE 107 PART 7 IN SIX AT THE FINAL TABLE 111 OPEN WITH A FLOOR 113 THE STRATEGY TO THE WSOP 2000, 114 EVALUATE YOUR OPPONENTS 116 TO PLAY AGAINST OPPONENTS ARE VERY AGGRESSIVE 117 POWER PLAY AGAINST THE SHORT STACKS 119 TO SELECT CAREFULLY THE HANDS YOU PLAY 120 GAMES PLAYED IN THE POSITION 123 AS THE PLAY ON THE BASIS OF POSITION IN THE CHIP COUNT 126 PART 8 THE FINAL TABLE: I PLAY FOUR OR THREE, AND HEADS-UP 136 WITH FOUR OR THREE PLAYERS AT THE TABLE 140 FOLLOW THE STYLE OF PLAY OF YOUR OPPONENT 141 YOUR CHIP COUNT 143 YOUR POSITION AT THE TABLE 144, THE QUALITY OF THE HANDS 146 RAISE AND LIMP 150 WHEN YOU ARE THE SHORT STACK 152 WHEN YOU ARE THE BIG STACK 153 EXERCISE 154 PLAY L'HEADS-UP TO 155 CARDS YOU PLAY 156 THE POSITION AT THE TABLE 159 TO GO ALL-IN 160, WHEN YOU ARE THE SHORT STACK 161 TO SUMMARIZE: 163 PART 9 ANATOMY OF A FINAL TABLE 164 PART 10 OTHER STRATEGIES TOURNAMENT 192 WHEN IN the TOURNAMENTS YOU GO TO hit “THE WALL” 193 OVERDOING it IN TOURNAMENTS 196 THE MOST WIDESPREAD MISTAKES OF the INEXPERIENCED PLAYERS 198 to ACCUMULATE CHIPS ALL'BEGINNING OF A TOURNAMENT 202 BIG SLICK STORY 203 OBSERVATION 205 THE MOST STUPID MOVE I HAVE EVER MADE 207 PART 11 OTHER CONSIDERATIONS T. J. 208 THE TOURNAMENTS ARE CHANGED, 209 DO DEAL 211 DAY D'TODAY, IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO WIN TOURNAMENTS? 212 NON-C'IS MORE “DEAD MONEY” 214 A BIT' OF MODESTY, PLEASE 217 BAD BEATS AND PATHETIC COMMISERAZIONI 220 PART 12 THE BEST tips OF T. J. TO PLAY NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM 221 PART 13 GLOSSARY OF TERMS POKER 213