Elements of Poker by Angelo, Tommy -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Copyright Dedication Contents Illustrations and Tables About This Book The Band and Crew My Terms I. Universal Elements

1. A-Game 2. B-Game 3. C-Game 4. Lopping Off the C-Game 5. Quitting 6. Sets, Sessions, and Breaks 7. Reciprocality 8. Quitting Reciprocality 9. Bankroll 10. The Professional 11. Keeping Score 12. Accounting for the Rake 13. The Price of Poker Does Go Up 14. The Rules 15. The Profit Premise 16. How to Get Respect 17. How to Give Respect 18. Protection 19. Decisions 20. Defining Mistake 21. The Gray Area 22. Tilt 23. Tilt Reciprocality 24. Hard Tilt 25. Soft Tilt 26. Winning, Losing, and Breaking Even 27. Betting Reciprocality 28. On the Importance of Position 29. Position 30. Position Reciprocality 31. Firstlessness 32. Suitedness and Connectedness 33. Gobsmacked 34. Anticipation 35. The Rating Game 36. Seat Selection 37. Tight and Loose 38. Passive and Aggressive 39. Adaptiveness 40. Poker Addictions 41. Inevitability 42. Emotions 43. Entitlement 44. Fears 45. Running Good and Running Bad 46. Moving Up 47. Going Pro 48. Streaks 49. Low-Hanging Fruit 50. Discretion 51. Object of the Game 52. Kuzzycan

II. Table Poker

Introduction to Table Poker Information 53. Information Reciprocality 54. Mum Poker 55. Constructing Your Poker Face 56. Hands on Face 57. The Difference Between Ignoring and Not Reacting 58. The Hierarchy of Fear 59. Reading the Players Mechanics 60. Get Set 61. Look Left 62. How to Look at Your Cards 63. How Not to Stack Your Chips 64. Changing Seats 65. Tempo 66. Folding 67. How to Check 68. When to Announce Your Action 69. How to Play No-Limit with Ruthless Efficiency 70. How to Call, Bet, and Raise at Limit Poker After the Betting 71. Flowchart of a Hold’em Hand 72. The Showdown 73. Sixth Street 74. Slowrolling and Slowcalling 75. Slowfolding and Fastfolding 76. Fastgrabbing 77. Fastrolling 78. Showing bluffs 79. Fantasy Poker 80. Shameless Showdowns The Poker Room 81. Home Field Vantage 82. On the Road 83. Make Your Intentions Known 84. How and How Not to Call a Floorman 85. Don’t Push the Button 86. The Dealer Made a Mistake. Should I Speak Up? 87. Moving Up to Mid-Limit at Table Poker 88. A Reminder about Dealers 89. Culture 90. Be the House

III. Internet Poker

91. Finger Tilt 92. Number of Tables to Play 93. The Chat Box 94. Notes to Self 95. Comparing Internet Poker and Table Poker

IV. Cash Games

96. Fluctuation 97. Take the Blind or Post Behind? 98. Chopping the Blinds 99. Buy the Button 100. Game Selection

V. Tournaments

101. Event Odds 102. The Bubble 103. Tournament Time 104. Stack Size Matters (Tournaments) 105. The Dollar Value of a Stack 106. Things to Know 107. Comparing Cash Games and Tournaments

VI. Hold’em

108. Acting Last 109. The Preflop Positions 110. The Hijack Seat 111. Universal Starting-Hand Chart 112. The Postflop Positions 113. Blinds and Buttons 114. Shorthanded 115. Pocket Aces

VII. Limit Hold’em

116. The Bread and Butter Situations 117. Open-Raising and Open-Limping 118. Suitedness at Limit Hold’em 119. Starting-Hand Groups for Limit Hold’em 120. Game Selection (Limit) 121. Stack Size Matters (Limit)

VIII. No-Limit Hold’em

A Little History 122. Stack Size Matters (No-Limit) 123. Buying In, Rebuying, and Adding On 124. How to Lose a Big Pot 125. Seat Selection and Game Rejection Based on Stacks 126. Controlling the Pot 127. Suitedness at No-Limit Hold’em 128. Betting or Raising 1/3 of Your Stack

IX. Elements of Performance

Introduction to Elements of Performance 129. The Path of Least Resistance 130. The Path of Leak Resistance 131. Awareness 132. Results Oriented 133. Poker Funk 134. Table Funk 135. Bliscipline 136. Self-Perpetuating Tiltlessness 137. A Reminder about Odds 138. Cravings 139. Meditation 140. Focus 141. Breathing 142. Sitting 143. Wellness 144. A Process of Illumination