Matthew's book, Texas Hold'em Odds and Probabilities

[ciaran]

Matthew's newest book, Texas Hold'em Odds and Probabilities (THOP) is now available. You can get it for free from our Free Gift Offer or purchase it directly from our store.

Here is the back cover description:

- How often does each starting hand win against a specific hand or random hand?
- What are the odds of your opponent holding a pocket pair when he raises?
- What is the probability that an over-card will flop when you hold JJ?
- How do you determine if drawing is profitable or not?

Texas Hold’em Odds and Probabilities answers all of these questions and more. Every single decision you make at the poker table is in some way related to odds and probabilities. Whether you are deciding to bet, call, fold, raise, or even bluff, odds and probabilities are an integral part of the decision-making process.

Texas Hold’em Odds and Probabilities covers all forms of the game, including limit, no-limit, and tournament situations. This book does more than just show you how to calculate the odds – more importantly, the focus is on how to apply odds to make better decisions.

Hilger’s approach shows that you do not need to be a math wiz to be successful in poker. Simple concepts and strategies that anyone can learn will have you matching wits with the top players in no time.

Some of the topics include: raising draws for value, backdoor draws, facing all-in decisions before the flop, protecting your hand, the impact of stack sizes, and much more. In addition, the most comprehensive collection of Texas Hold’em charts and statistics ever put in print is provided as reference.

Poker is a fun game, but it is even more fun when you win. Expert players understand the simple math behind every decision they make – now you can too.

[novak79]

I'm assuming this book covers a lot of the stuff (if not all) of the stuff covered in the Mathematics of Poker. If anyone has read both and could compare the two for me please shoot em a PM or reply here. This book sounds more like what I'm looking for.

[mchilger]

Novak, I haven't read The Mathematics of Poker but I have skimmed it. It is much more advanced that my book. Their book covers a lot of game theory situations. My book focuses on pot odds, implied pot odds, betting sizes, protecting hands, etc. The last third of the book includes a lot of charts to help determine how hands stack up against other hands or ranges of hands. I consider my book more of a beginner to intermediate book while The Mathematics of Poker is very much an advanced book.

Matthew

[novak79]

that does sound more like what I'm looking for at the moment. Thanks for the quick reply

BTW, how long is the book?

[ciaran]

Texas Hold'em Odds and Probabilities is 256 pages. I found it to be a quick read, personally, but I was already pretty familiar with a lot of the topics. There are a fair number of odds charts, so the page count does overstate the amount of reading involved a bit (I don't have my copy at hand, so I can't say by how much, but perhaps someone else will chime in on that).