Kreiger and Bykofsky's Book Was a Big Help

Lou Kreiger and Sheree Bykofsy's book Secrets the Pros Won't Tell You About Winning Poker has been a great help to me. It's very well written and understandable (in other words the polar opposite of a Sklansky book).

I recommend it if you are new and want to fill in some of the finer details.

Amazon.com: Secrets the Pros Won't Tell You About Winning at Hold'em Poker: About Winning Hold'em Poker (9780818406591): Lou Krieger, Sheree Bykofsky: Books

When was it published and what exactly does it cover?

Wow. I have this one on my shelf but haven't read it yet. Thanks for the tip.

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OP's link tells all and has some good reviews. VVVV

• ISBN-10: 0818406593
• ISBN-13: 978-0818406591

Looks like it was published in March 2006

Here's the ToC.

1. Basic Concepts and Play
Including: Developing a Theory, The Playing Zone, You Can Beat Bad Players and You Can Bluff Good Players, Bad Beats Can Be Your Best Friends, One Bluffer to a Hand, Putting Players on Hands, and many more.

2. Tactics Strategy and Ploys
Including: Free Card Raise, Choosing Your Raising Hands, When to Raise Other Callers and When Calling is Better, Inducing Bluffs, and many more.

3. Image
Including: Hand Tells Are More Easily Read Than Others, The Importance of Betting with Confidence, What's the Best Image for Me?, Acting Technique, and many more.

4. Hands
Including: Guidelines for Playing Your Hands, Ace-Nine and similar Trash, One Pair and Overcards, High Pair and Low Pair, and many more.

5. Money
You're Not a Good Player Unless You're Winning, Be the Bettor, Not the Caller, How Much is Luck; How Much is Skill?, Ways to Lose Lots of Money, and many more.

6. Tournament Play
you get the idea.

7. Online Play

8. Minimal Math

9. Growing as a Player

10. A Journey to the Dark Side

11. A Plan for Winning Poker


Hope this helps.

Excellent book.

I read it, but need to re-read as I read it when I first started so certain sections on position I did not understand.

2006.. ok.. thanks!!

My local library can grab me pretty much any book as long as it's published prior to 2008 (inter-library book loan). They've gotten to know me quite well there, lol (ie... "We had no idea there were so many different poker books out there. Is there really much difference between them?") A couple of books I've re-ordered 3 times and as a result the library just went out and bought a copy for their shelves'. THey even went and surprised me by subscribing to Bluff Magazine!! (i'm the only one who loans them out, hee hee.. our city pop. is around 7,000).

Sounds like you're the mayor.

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