This comprehensive guide to claiming victory in two of the world’s most thrilling poker games is penned by globally-renowned players, T. J. Cloutier and Tom McEvoy, who together hold 8 championship titles. They delve into the essential questions every player grapples with: How can you understand your opponents’ strategies and outsmart them at their own game?

What are the indicators for the right amount to bet, uplift, and re-uplift in no-limit hold’em? When is bluffing a good move? How do you strategically play your opponents in pot-limit hold’em to bag a substantial pot? What tactics will ensure your triumph in no-limit and pot-limit tournaments, satellites, and supersatellites? This guide offers invaluable and expert advice from two of poker’s most distinguished figures.

This revised edition, which is now $10 cheaper and contains more pages, features over 15 comprehensive practice hands, updated strategies to win tournaments that cater to the current players and gaming styles, and more than 25 fresh card illustrations. It also introduces new content on the various theories and methods for winning hold’em tournaments, especially the modern “small ball” strategies. Additionally, it includes a new section, 21 Money-Making Tips from the Pros, that guides players on how to boost their earnings from cash games and tournaments.

This is the ultimate guide to triumphing in both pot-limit and no-limit hold’em tournaments. This resource provides comprehensive and unfiltered responses to your most crucial queries: How can you delve into your opponents’ thought processes and outplay them at their own game? How do you determine the appropriate amount to bet, raise, and reraise in no-limit hold’em? When is bluffing a viable strategy? How do you manipulate your opponents in pot-limit hold’em to secure a massive pot? What are the most effective tactics for winning no-limit and pot-limit tournaments, satellites, and supersatellites? Expect reliable and insightful advice from two of the most well-known figures in the poker world.

Tom McEvoy, the 1983 Poker World Champion, boasts four World Series victories to his name. Before his poker career, he was an accountant working a typical 9 to 5 job, which he left in 1979 to immerse himself in the intense world of poker tournaments. In 1995, he authored the respected Tournament Poker, a book deemed as “one of the most significant poker books ever,” by the Gambler’s Book Club in Las Vegas. Alongside this, McEvoy co-wrote the “Championship Series”, which includes Championship No-Limit & Pot-Limit Hold’em, Championship Stud, Championship Omaha, and Championship Hold’em.