Oh I know all about his site already but the word free used in this thread excites me lol
I meant to say it's free to purchase for $1k if you'd like. Kidding... I've had a lot of this content / ideas sitting around for awhile and finally put thought to paper. Some of the concepts you'll be familiar with, and some you'll never have heard of because they're live and direct from my tiny brain.
It's going to be a two volume work, with a follow-up work book of problems and quizzes. So far this is what we have:
Table of Contents
Introduction 4
About The Author 5
Chapter 1: Why are you playing? 6
First Goals 7
Blog About It 7
Make Poker Friends 7
Chapter 2: Know Thyself 8
Aggression 9
Aggression (too passive) 9
Aggression (too aggro) 10
Rational Deduction / Logic 11
Psychological Control / Understanding 14
Tilt 14
Being a good quitter (Tilt) 16
Self Awareness 17
Perceptiveness 18
Chapter 3: Get it Together 20
bankroll Management 20
Poker Software 21
Preparation and Diet 22
Diet 23
Chapter 4: Glorious Poker Math 25
Combinations 25
Probability 26
equity 27
expected value (EV) 27
Fold Equity 27
Chapter 5: Metta World Peace 29
Tension Count 29
Reads and Notes 32
List of Abbreviations (Brief Overview) 33
ATC (Any Two Cards) 34
FC (Flush Chaser) 37
SOOT (Likes to play any two suited cards) 37
AK (Will bet turn unimproved) 39
CRW (Calls raises with weak
hands) 40
LAF (Will lead into pre-flop raises and fold to a raise) 41
SVB (Slim Value Bettor) 42
Ax (Will play an ace from anywhere) 45
NPR (Will raise a non-premium hand) 46
CBB (Continuation Bet Bad Boards) 47
LA (Look-up Artist) 48
Chapter 6: In the Beginning 50
Starting Decisions 50
Flat Calling 52
Bind Play 53
Optimal Big Blind Play 55
Defending from the Big Blind vs Early Openers 55
Defending from the Big Blind vs Steals 58
Defending from the Big Blind vs Button Steals 58
Squeezing from the Big Blind vs Open Buttons 61
Defending from the Big Blind vs Cut-off's 62
Squeezing from the Big Blind vs Open Cut-Offs 64
Defending from the Small Blind vs Steals 66
Defending from the Small Blind vs Button Steals 66
Defending from the Small Blind vs Cut-off Opens 68
Squeezing From The Small Blind vs Open Cut-Offs 69
Out of The "Norm" Lines to Take Against Steals 70
Chapter 7: 3-Betting 73
Value Range 73
Bluffing Range 74
Quasi Range 75
3-Bet Sizing 76
Standard 3-bet Strategy 76
Applied Pressure 3-bet Strategy 76
Applied Pressure vs. Standard 3-bet Strategy 79
3-Bet Calling Ranges 80
Easy Folds to 3-bets 80
"Easy" Calls to 3-bets 81
Marginal Spots vs. 3-bets 83
Being 3-bet by a short stack 85
Chapter 8: 4-Bet Bluffing 86
Why 4-bet
bluff? 86
Good 4-bet bluffing hands 86
4-bet Bluff Sizing 87
Ideal 4-bet Bluffing Spots 89
Chapter 9: Perceived Range 90
Balancing Your Range 92
I have a modest goal of making it the best no-limit cash game books out there. Let's see if I'm capable or not.
