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New Releases

- The Math of Hold'em, by Collin Moshman and Douglas Zare

Upcoming

- Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time Volume 3, October 2012

Current Titles

Internet Texas Hold'em New Expanded Edition
The Poker Mindset
Texas Hold'em Odds and Probabilities
Advanced Pot-Limit Omaha Volume I
Advanced Pot-Limit Omaha Volume II
Advanced Pot-Limit Omaha Volume III
The World Poker Travel Guide
Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time Volume I
Winning Poker ...

There are a growing number of great poker books these days and in an effort to organize this forum and integrate with the ITH store we will now keep links to reviews and discussions contained to one or two stickies. This list will be updated from time to time as more books come to market.

Matthew has grouped the reviews into what he considers as Must-Reads and Honorable Mention. He also has a suggested reading ...

Since I’m doing a fair bit of staking at the moment I thought I’d write out a basic guide to some of the different deals that are worth thinking about when you are asking for stakes or backing players.

All of the types of staking I will cover have a place, some are better than others of course, but they mostly depend on the situation, the player and sometimes the buy-in or stakes being played. ...

The thread title says it all.

There are two reasons:

1) Risk of fraud. If I give you $x on a poker site, and you ship me xxxpal in return, you can then dispute the credit card transaction and I'm stuck for $x, with no leg to stand on. I certainly can't tell xxxPal, "well I sent him $50 on Poker Stars, here's my transfer to prove it." Which leads in to reason

2) It's ...

If you are a new member, you can't get a stake.

Not yet, anyway.

Apparently, nobody reads FAQ threads before posting. I suggest you read this one.

There are two requirements for getting staked here:

1) You have a track record of success.

2) You have a history as a member of the forum.

ITH has always been a community about developing players and improving their games. We have had many Members over the years who have started here very green and developed into some of our mainstay regular posters.

We have in the neighborhood of a thousand visitors to this Forum everyday, but only a small percentage end up posting. I encourage anyone who is serious about improving their game to make the plunge and become an active ...

Colombianitos is a charity which benefits disadvantaged children in Colombia. The charity currently benefits over 3500 children. The main project, Goals for a Better Life, encourages education by interacting with the children through a soccer program.

Colombianitos was founded in Atlanta in 2001. My wife Diana and I are members of the Board of Directors and are actively involved in the charity, both from a management and financial perspective. A percentage of each book I ...

This thread was renamed. Originally, an MTT chop team called the Banana Slugs was formed, but momentum was never really achieved. However, the thread has value on how to chop an MTT with other players, so I'm leaving it mostly intact.

Thanks for the interest in joining an MTT chop team. First, an FAQ.



What is the absolute, top-priority, most important rule?

There is to be 100% NO TEAM PLAY, COLLUSION, OR COOPERATION ...

Short Handed and Heads Up Hold'em FAQ

Welcome to the short handed and heads up hold'em forum on ITH! The short handed forum is for posts about limit hold'em. For posts about short handed no limit hold'em and short handed tournaments, please see the no limit and tournament forums respectively. This guide describes the forum guidelines and contains a list of poker books and classic ITH threads.

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1. What Does Short Handed ...