Polished Poker: Vol. 1 - Free ebook

[TenTonHammer]

New poker e-book just came out by John "Nagarjuna" Anhalt, called Polished Poker: Vol. 1. He is the creator of PokerZion, Leakbuster and Ace Poker Drills.

http://pokerbythebook.com/Free_poker_ebook.php



I've just started reading it, but has a pretty good table of contents.

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 13
Tilt 14
Being a good quitter (Tilt) 15
Self Awareness 16
Perceptiveness 17
Chapter 3: Get it Together 19
Bankroll Management 19
Poker Software 20
Preparation and Diet 21
Diet 21
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) 36
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) 41
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 51
Blind 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 63
Defending from the Small Blind vs Steals 65
Defending from the Small Blind vs Button Steals 65
Defending from the Small Blind vs Cut-off Opens 67
Squeezing from the Small Blind vs Open Cut-Offs 67
Out of The "Norm" Lines to Take Against Steals 69
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 79
Easy Folds to 3-bets 80
"Easy" Calls to 3-bets 81
Marginal Spots vs 3-bets 82
Being 3-bet by a short stack 84
Chapter 8: 4-Bet Bluffing 87
Why 4-bet Bluff? 87
Good 4-bet bluffing hands 87
4-bet Bluff Sizing 88
Ideal 4-bet Bluffing Spots 90
Chapter 9: Perceived Range 92
Balancing Your Range 92
Balancing Flop Textures 94
Balancing on Dry Boards 95
Balancing on Coordinated Boards 99
Balancing on Paired Boards 101
Balanced Deception 105
Putting It All Together 110

[TenTonHammer]

Info on the Study group for this book if anyone is interested.

From the HM2 homepage - http://blogs.holdemmanager.com/poker...uster-creator/

[TenTonHammer]

For anyone that hasn't checked out the e-book or study group, they are planning a free workshop for anyone that participates
with some pretty good players. Definitely worth a look.

"Quick announcement as well. Everyone who participates here is going to have first access privileges to our workshop as well. We'll be covering an array of topics on NL holdem, and it will be an exciting event. Some of my poker friends and colleagues instructing will include: Jay "Krantz" Rosenkrantz, Jared Tendler, Nate "Raskolnikov" P, David "OMGClayDol" Yan, Josh "sthief" Plotkin, Ryan "YourDoom", and myself. More to be announced soon."

[TenTonHammer]

Finally posted the signup information for the Free Workshop.

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To sign-up: http://acepokersolutions.com/Free_Poker_Workshop.php

[alfrediaherendeen]

There are a lots of useful content I found from the book written by John A. I have learnt a lot from this book. Though I am using his amazing software Leak Buster and it also made me so much confident to play poker.