Hold'em Poker for Advanced Players Book

Foreword by Ray Zee	vi
Introduction	1
Using This Book	5
Why Play Texas Hold'em	7
Part One: The First Two Cards	9
Introduction	10
Hand Rankings	12
The First Two Cards: Early Position	16
The First Two Cards: Middle Position	21
The First Two Cards: Late Position	23
The First Two Cards: Live Blinds	28
The First Two Cards: Late-Position Blind	34
Afterthought	36
Part Two: Strategic Concepts	39
Introduction	40
Semi-Bluffing	41
The Free Card	49
Slow-Playing	59
Check-Raising	62
Odds and Implied Odds	66
Bluffing	69
Inducing Bluffs	72
Folding when the Pot is Big	75
Heads-up Versus Multiway	77
Raising	79
Heads-up on Fifth Street	85
Afterthought	92
Part Three: Miscellaneous Topics	93
Introduction	94
Being Beat on the River	95
Continuing the Semi-Bluff	98
Getting a Free Card	100
Staying With a Draw	101
Playing When There Is No Raise Before the Flop	103
Playing When Two Suited Cards Flop	105
Playing When a Pair Flops	106
Playing Pairs in the Hole	107
Playing Trash Hands	110
Playing Against a Maniac	112
Playing Good Hands When It Is Three Bets Before the Flop	114
Playing When the Flop Is All the Same Suit	116
Fourth Street Play	118
Afterthought	123
Part Four: Playing in Non-Standard Games	124
Introduction	125
Playing in Loose Games	126
Playing in Extremely Tight Games	128
Playing Against a Live Straddle	129
Playing in Short-Handed Games	131
Playing in Spread-Limit Games	133
Afterthought	135
Part Five: Other Skills	136
Introduction	137
Reading Hands	138
Psychology	144
Afterthought	150
Part Six: Questions and Answers	151
Introduction	152
Afterthought	201
Conclusion	203