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HOW to WIN
Donald Burks
Copyright © 2013 Donald Burks
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2013-02-19
Dedication
To My Lovely WIFE for putting up with the long hours of research for this Publication. Thanks Honey
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
The purpose for this book is TWO-FOLD, Mainly to improve your poker skills, which in turn will increase your bankroll. Then secondly, to give you information as to how 95% of poker players are not professionals. We are recreational players by habit, which makes us not very good players. We basically play on instinct vice good information. Good information is readily available, but stupid play is so much easier and looks good for a short period of time.
I got the ideal of writing this book mostly because I haven’t found a book on the market that talks to the non professional players. All poker books on the market today are written by Professional Poker Players and generally they don’t know how to relate to the 95% of poker players {Mostly LOW LIMIT}. Also I took a year off from poker when I realized I didn’t know how to play POKER. Sure I had played poker for 40 years (5 & 7 card stud and low ball), but the Texas Hold-em game was a different animal. The game was and is fast, aggressive, skilled and no skill. Playing low-limit games I found I was loosing with second best hands on the river, because some “dork” played 93 off-suit and flopped 933 to catch a full house, with him playing his favorite hand “93” off-suit. This was a stopper for me as I will never forget 93 for the rest of my life. As I held pocket KKs which became a real disaster fast, a hand that is hard to get away from.
Improving your “POKER SKILLS” is directly related to your “BANKROLL”, and vice-verse. These two function act almost as a one or equal partners. Poker skills; I will explain cards to play (bet, check, raise or fold) only four choices. The one you choose will either make or break you, a big choice. Bankroll; I will explain how, why bankroll is as important as poker skills.
Us the other 95% of poker players, have little to no skill or information as to how we need to bet, check, raise or fold. All poker books on the market today are written by “professional poker players”. I will be the first to admit they are professional written and have many good ideals, charts and stats. But when explaining play, they immediate start by saying, “when playing small blind games $4000/$8000“. We cannot even consider or understand the concept of “small blinds $4000/$8000” AN NO, its not the same, as a $1/$2 or $2/$3 small blind games, just bigger money. In order to play this game a bankroll of $72,000, 60 blinds are in store. They talk about winning pots of $60,000 without blinking a eye. This book only addresses what I call low/limit players “1/2 thru 5/10 blinds” and that covers many many games. It’s wrote for the players that only gets to the poker room/casino 1, 2 maybe 3 days a week. I think if a person is playing 4+ days a week then they should be considered a professional poker player and many do.
I intend to end each chapter with a “TIDBITS of INFORMATION” section. In this section I will go over interesting data. This is info you will take with you while playing.
NEW WORLD OF POKER
NEW WORLD OF POKER
Today’s poker world has been turned upside down, as to what only a few years ago POKER was. Poker a short time ago was a game of Ladies and Gentleman who enjoyed the game as a way of entertainment and excitement. Playing was mostly a Friday or Saturday nite home game at .05/.25 cents per bet, and a lot of laughing going on. The most money lost was a few $s, which would most likely be retrieved at next game. Poker was a way for family members and/or neighbors to get together, eat dinner and then play poker. Fun was had by most as poker was a lot of laughs and just having fun.
Today’s poker games are sky high money, limit/no limit-games are mostly played. You very seldom see a player come into a game without a FEW Hundred Dollars to many Thousands of dollars in their pocket. It is hard for the older player’s to accept all the money that comes out inside a poker room or even a home game. Earlier years $s were hard to come bye, an generally spent before earned. But today’s society has brought a new larger amount of money from some where and for most its not possible to understand WHERE. The televised poker tournaments have caused the largest boom in POKER HISTORY. Everyone (young, middle aged, to the very old) follow the dream of maybe some day this will be me. The die heart believers of TV poker stars, have no ideal what it takes to become ONE. I would guess that 95% of the tournament players of today’s games, think of playing in the “World Series of Poker” next year. What a dream this is and the amount of money spent on this dream is unthinkable.
Yesterdays poker games were about playing a fairly good poker hand, There was some small bluffing, but generally the best hand won at the end, players played their cards, not their money. Today’s poker games are completely a different game all together. I and you have seen large pots won with a 5/7 off-suit. All because of a persons reputation, betting habits or just a pure bluff ($50.00 into a $5.00 pot). Today’s players play hands that have no value at all to win (inside straights, no pair, 4 card flush draw) and they some how end up catching a stupid hand, to my two pair on the flop. But let me say one thing, these players generally leave the poker room with a hit to the wallet. But MY playing quality hands and dumping trash hands, I only loose some hands, not a complete bankroll. This is my main concern in playing today’s poker, I must increase my bankroll at all sessions and for sure each month. If you cannot say the same thing, then you are a looser at POKER. This must be a true part time JOB, and or a Small Business and YOU MUST as in any business large or small, make MONEY or CLOSE SHOP.
My writing of this book is to give some in-site as to “HOW TO APPROACH” today’s poker game and make money. These ideals and playing tactics have been very helpful to my bankroll and that is a positive thing. I know and you should also, that if a thousand players are playing right now, then there are a thousand different ways to play this hand in this game at this time. But if you pick and choose from these thousand of players a few winning tactics, then I guarantee you, you will be ahead at the end of the night. All I am trying to accomplish with book is to help you get on equal standings with the table. I and you know that there is only one hand that cannot be beat, that is a Royal Flush.
In any 9 handed hold-em game you will see that only 2 players are winning and 1 maybe 2 will be holding their own, this MEANS 6 of the 9 PLAYERS are LOOSING, YES “”LOOSING””! This is the real world of poker.
!!!! STATMENT !!!! ”“Most[5 EACH TABLE] people that play POKER leave at the end of the night LOOSING”“, “””””this is one of the truest statements you will ever read”””””. I hope during the course of this book, I can show,
