Applications of No-Limit Hold em：A Guide to Understanding Theoretically Sound Poker

Oneofthemostdauntingmomentsinapokerplayer'scareeroccurswhenherealizeshisknowledgeofhowtoplayaspecifichandwellisincompletewithouttheadditionalunderstandingofhowtoplayeveryotherhandinhisrangewell.Thistaskwouldbeimpossibleifaplayerhadtoactuallythinkabouteveryotherhandinhisrange，butbyunderstandingtheoreticalsoundpoker，hecanquicklydesignbalancedrangesusingtheproperbet-sizingwhileplaying.ApplicationsofNo-LimitHold'emteachestheoreticalsoundpoker，andthustheabilitytocreatethebet-sizingsandrangeswhichwillbeatthebetterplayers.Thetheoryinthisbookisnotdesignedtobecomplexorabstract，butratherit'sintendedtobeappliedimmediatelyproducingbetteroverallresults.Manyconfusingconceptssuchasoverbetting，balancingmultiplebet-sizingranges，donkbetting，andcheck-raisingasthepreflopraiserarecrucialtoaplayer'sstrategydespitefewplayersimplementingthemortalkingaboutthem.Andafterreadingthisbook，youshouldbeabletonotonlyconceptuallyunderstandtheseideas，butalsoknowhowtobeginincorporatingthemintoyourgame，andtherebysuccessfullycompeteagainsttoughopponents.