TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I-BIG-BET POKER CONCEPTS

1) WHY PLAY POT-LIMIT? 1

2) COMPARING POT-LIMIT TO LIMIT 4

3) POKER'S TEN COMMANDMENTS 7

4) YOUR PLAYING STYLE 13

5) HOW DEEP ARE YOU? 15

6) HOW MUCH TO BET 20

7) TAKING THE INITIATIVE 24

8) DRAWING HANDS 27

9) PSYCHOLOGY 31

10) READING THE OPPONENT 36

11) THE ART OF BLUFFING 42

12) BEATING THE BULLY 45

13) NO-LIMIT PLAY 50

14) ALL-IN COUPS 55

II-SPECIFIC POKER FORMS

15) USING THE MATERIAL 58

16) POT-LIMIT & NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM 59

17) BIG-BET HOLD'EM QUIZ 75

18) POT-LIMIT OMAHA 84

19) POT-LIMIT OMAHA QUIZ 97

20) SEVEN-CARD STUD 105

21) SEVEN-CARD STUD QUIZ 119

22) LOWBALL DRAW 123

23) LOWBALL DRAW QUIZ 129

24) LONDON LOWBALL 135

25) KEY POT-LIMIT CONCEPTS 145

26) LONDON LOWBALL QUIZ 149

27) HIGH-LOW SPLIT 152

28) HIGH-LOW SPLIT QUIZ 155

29) STRIP DECK POKER 160

III - SPECIAL SITUATIONS

30) TOURNAMENT STRATEGY 162

31) SHORTHANDED PLAY 170

IV-GENERAL INFORMATION

32) POKER HISTORY 173

33) BUSINESS 176

34) POT-LIMIT RULES 178

35) DEALING BIG-BET POKER 181

36) THE HOUSE CHARGE 184

37) ETHICS AND COURTESY 186

38) CHEATING 189

V-THE ODDS

39) PROBABILITY CONCEPTS 194

40) FIGURING THE ODDS 200

41) PERCENTAGE TABLES 206

42) SPECIAL ODDS TABLES 212

CONCLUSION 219

INDEX OF POKER PERSONALITIES 220