Poker Seven Card Stud High Low Split

The third book in the "For Advanced Players" series. It is really books 3 and 4 for two reasons. First, many of the concepts are similar for both games. Second, players mastering one game can easily make the transition to the other. Some of the ideas discussed in the seven-card stud eight-or-better section include starting hands, when an ace raises, disguising your hand on third street, play on fourth street, fifth street, sixth street, seventh street, position, bluffing, staying to the end, and scare cards. Some of the ideas discussed in the Omaha eight-or-better section include general concepts, position, low hands, high hands, your starting hand, how to play your hand, play on the flop, multiway versus short handed play, scare cards, getting counterfeited, and your playing style. A great deal of this material has never appeared in print before.

This great book, written for low limit and first-time players, targets 95% of the audience for the most popular form of poker seven-card stud. Round by round, Kammen shows you the different hands that can be played, the correct bets to make, and how to tailor strategies for maximum profits. Tons of information on spread-limit and fixed-limit games, starting hands, third through seventh street strategy, overcards, selective aggressiveness, reading hands, pro secrets, psychology, and much more. This is a great book for low limit players. 190 pages

Seven-card stud is an extremely complex game. Deciding on exactly the right strategy in any particular situation can be very difficult. Perhaps this is why very few authors have attempted to analyze this game even though it is widely played. In 1989, the first edition of this text appeared. Many ideas, which were only known to a small, select group of players, were now made available to anyone who was striving to become an expert, and a major gap in the poker literature was closed. It is now a new century, and the authors have again moved the state of the art forward by adding over 100 pages of new material, including an extensive section on "loose games." Anyone who studies this text, is well disciplined, and gets the proper experience should become a significant winner. Some of the other ideas discussed in this 21st century edition include the cards that are out, the number of players in the pot, ante stealing, playing big pairs, playing little and medium pairs, playing three-flushes, playing three-straights, randomizing your play, fourth street, pairing your door card on fourth street, proper play on fifth, sixth, and seventh streets, defending against a possible ante steal, playing against a paired door card, scare card strategy, and buying a free card.

This book is a step-by-step manual shows beginning and low-limit players 95% of the 7-stud players how to make making money at seven card stud and helps somewhat experienced players change their results from losers to winners. Clear and concise chapters take the reader from the rules of the game and basics of play, to how to play third through seventh streets in high, low (razz) and high-low variations. Chapters include starting cards, playing position, which hands to play to the end, raising, check-raising, tells, game and seat selection, seven card stud odds, keeping records, pot odds, bluffing, reading hands, psychology of poker and more. A great book for low limit players.

Playing Internet poker in real time against real opponents might just represent poker's brave new world. Whether for play-money or real money, it's an environment consisting of virtual tables, player icons representing you and your opponents, and specialized computer algorithms that randomly shuffle the cards. It's a world where you can find a game day or night. Though it may be the wee hours of the morning in California, it's prime time in Europe, and someone, somewhere, is looking to play a little poker. But it's poker with a difference. The game is the same, to be sure, but technology does kick in -- sometimes in strange and unexpected ways. A reference as well as a tutorial, this book includes a CD with free poker software, and a special bonus chapter with 125 interactive hands to help you prepare to play the Internet games for fun or for profit.

The first book to comprehensively lay out all the rules of the game. Experts Lou Krieger and Sheree Bykofsky have the answer to every poker argument, standstill, or face-off imaginable and provide answers to hundreds of tough questions like: what is the minimum raise in a no-limit game? Can you bet and raise with a single chip? And can you cut a deal at the final table? Covers all the major games, including Texas Hold'em, Seven Card Stud, and Omaha and not only explains the official rules but also the rules of etiquette.