Hold'em Excellence (Lou Krieger)
Hold'em Excellence by
Lou Krieger
-Focuses on how to play
hold'em and limit ring games
-Our rating: 8 (out of 10)
-Beginner and Intermediate
Overview
This book is from expert limit ring game
player, and fellow Southern Californian, Lee Jones. The information
is accessible both to beginners and intermediate players providing
an initial section full of game rules, betting structures, and
cardroom etiquette but delving into more advanced topics in
subsequent sections.
While experienced players can safely
skip over the first part of the book, if you're new to the game this
might be a good place to start with easy-to-understand rules. Then,
I might suggest getting to know the game a little bit better before
returning to some of the more advanced concepts. Begin to study the
starting hand chart and understand what "good" cards are in hold'em.
Beyond that, Krieger goes into some
intermediate concepts including playing positional advantages (one
of the most important concepts in hold'em) and the different schools
of thought on playing A-K. Also included at the end of the book are
some brief sections on the proper psychology you should bring to the
game. This is less about actual strategic concepts and more about
theory and personal psychology. Another advantage to this book is
the lower price tag than most professionally-written poker books.
Comments
What I found to be the two most valuable
sections were the starting hand chart for beginners and the section
on playing A-K. I think that beginners can get pick up a lot of
solid fundamentals while advanced players will probably just be
entertained by Krieger's writing and reiterate a number of points to
themselves. You should realize that it's entirely focused on limit
hold'em ring games. This book will touch on many topics that you
should consider thinking critically about in your own game and does
provide some good advice for new players.
Score
Out of 10, I give Hold'em
Excellence an 8. Krieger's writing style is fairly easy to get
through, and he helps to provide a new angle for common strategy
topics.
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