Texas Hold'em For DummiesISBN: 978-0-470-04604-3
Paperback
288 pages
October 2006
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Part I: Everything’s Bigger in Texas: Welcome to Texas Hold’em!
Chapter 1: A Bird’s-Eye View of Texas Hold’em.
Chapter 2: Ranking and Reading a Hand.
Chapter 3: Just Tell Me How to Play: Texas Hold’em Basics.
Part II: Texas Hold’em: Play by Play.
Chapter 4: Beginning with Two.
Chapter 5: Flopping ’Til You’re Dropping.
Chapter 6: Taking Your Turn.
Chapter 7: Dipping in the River.
Part III: Movin’ On to Higher Stakes: Advanced Strategies of Hold’em.
Chapter 8: Playing the Players.
Chapter 9: Bluffing: When Everything Isn’t What It Appears to Be.
Chapter 10: Maximizing Your Win: Check-Raising and Trapping.
Chapter 11: Camouflaging Your Play and Dodging Traps.
Chapter 12: Considering Mathematics.
Chapter 13: Advancing Your Knowledge.
Part IV: Casinos, Card Rooms, and the Internet: Places to Play Hold’em.
Chapter 14: There’s No Place Like Home: Playing in Private Games.
Chapter 15: Opting for the Internet: Online Games.
Chapter 16: Harrah’s, Here I Come: Playing in Card Rooms.
Chapter 17: Competing in Tournaments.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 18: Ten Differences between Online and Real-World Play.
Chapter 19: Ten (Or So) Common Mistakes.
Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Improve Your Home Game.
Chapter 21: Ten Bad Beats.
Chapter 22: Ten Things You Can Do to Improve Your Hold’em Game.
Glossary.
Index.