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Getting the Best of It

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This book is one of the very interesting and great books of poker, because the greatest champion of all times, Doyle Brunson penned it in 1978. The fact that Mr. Brunson wrote the book with the help of David Sklansky, Bobby Baldwin, Chip Reese, Joey Hawthorne, and Mike Caro adds it more fame. This book provides information on Limit Hold’em, 7 Card Stud, Hi-Lo Split, Lowball, Draw, and No-Limit Hold’em.

 

"All poker games have some elements of skill and some elements of luck. Over the short run the luckiest players will win. However over the long run the most successful players will be the best players."

..... Sklansky on poker

Getting the Best of It

 

Book name: Getting the Best of It
Author: David Sklansky
Price: Approximately $29.9
Publisher: Two Plus Two Pub, 2nd edition (July 1, 1989)

 

Finale:

This book has been categorized into 6 sections, namely Mathematics of Gambling and General Gambling concepts, first and second section respectively. The third section includes the Sports and Horse betting, the fourth section contains all the information on poker, the fifth section comprises of Blackjack, and the sixth section is all about other casinos. This books features some of the most important and refined gambling concepts, which have ever been published.

Furthermore, it also contains a detailed discussion on the basic maths of gambling - authored in such a way that even people from non-mathematical background can easily comprehend. Majority of the ideas and insights that are been discussed and initiated in this books are those of Sklansky himself, which he used during his playing career. This amended and enlarged edition of "Getting The Best of It" contains 14 supplementary chapters and swathes all such topics into expectation combinations, Bayes' Theorem, the eight mistakes in poker, checking in the dark, playing tight, the key card concept, casinos and their mistakes, hedging, evaluating what’s essential, and certain other myths.

 

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