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Index
Cover
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
About David Sklansky
About Ed Miller
Introduction
About This Book by David Sklansky
Some Notes About the Examples
Part One: Fundamentals
The Skills for Success
Manipulating the Pot Size
Adjusting Correctly to Stack Sizes
Winning the Battle of Mistakes
Reading Hands
Manipulating Opponents into Playing Badly
From Skills to Success
No Limit and the Fundamental Theorem of Poker
Thinking In Terms of Expectation — Playing the Nuts on the River
Final Thoughts
The Pot Size Philosophy
The Pot Size Philosophy — An Example
The Importance of Implied Odds
Imperfect Information and Implied Odds
Don't Justify Their Optimistic Calls
Final Thoughts
Bet-Sizing
The Basic Rule
When Your Opponent Could Have One of Several Draws
Don't Bet Too Much
How Big Do You Want Their Mistake to Be?
Expectation and Multiple Possible Hands
Don't Take Away Their Rope
Your Opponent Thinks He May Have the Best Hand
You Might Not Have the Best Hand
Final Thoughts
The Hammer of Future Bets
Final Thoughts
Bluff-Sizing
The Basic Rule
A Little More About Getting the Job Done
An Exception to the Basic Rule
When Bigger Bluff Sizes Will Fold More Hands
Bluffing on the Turn and River
An Example of the Play
Two Principles for Turn and River Bluffs
Save Enough on the Turn for a Credible River Bluff
Bet as Much as You Can on the Turn While Still Retaining a Credible River Bluff
Final Thoughts
Bet-Sizing for Information
Quantifying the Value of Information
Paying for Information
An Example
Another Opportunity to Gather Information
Final Thoughts
Playing the Nuts on the River — More Examples
Another Example
Two Other "Big Bet" Situations
Value Betting on the River
Final Thoughts
Absolute and Relative Position
Position and Hand Reading
The Corollary
Final Thoughts
Raising Before the Flop
Reasons to Raise
Raising for Value
Raising for Isolation
Raising to Steal the Blinds
Raising as a Semi-Bluff
Raising for Deception
Raising to Manipulate the Pot Size
Final Thoughts
Sizing Your Preflop Raises
Deep Stack Raise Sizing
Make Bigger Value Raises Against Straightforward Players
Make Bigger Raises Against Players Who Fold Too Much Postflop
Make Smaller Raises Against Players Who Call Too Much Postflop
Short Stack Raise Sizing
If You Want Action
If You Don't Want Action
Final Thoughts
A Preflop Strategy
No Limit Hand Values
Bread and Butter Hands
Often Playable Hands
Sometimes Playable Hands
Rarely Playable Hands
The Strategy
You are First to Enter the Pot
Exactly One Player Has Limped in Front of You
Two or More Players Have Limped in Front of You
Someone Has Opened for a Raise, No Callers Yet
Someone Has Opened for a Raise, One or More Callers
Someone Has Opened for a Raise, and Another Player Reraised
From the Blinds
Final Thoughts
Adjusting to Stack Sizes — An Example
The Effect of Stack Size
Final Thoughts
Blocking Bets
Blocking on the River
Downsides to the Blocking Bet
Defending Against the Blocking Bet
Final Thoughts
The Call Bluff
Defending Against the Call Bluff
Final Thoughts
Check-Raising
Don't Do It Just Because You Can
When to Check-Raise
Final Thoughts
Betting Yourself Off a Hand
Bluffing With a Fairly Good Hand
A Wrench in the Works
Another Angle
Final Thoughts
Playing Strong Draws on the Flop
Final Thoughts
Multiple Level Thinking
When Shallow Thinking is Best
When You Need to Think More Deeply
Final Thoughts
Swapping Mistakes
You Can't Win Them All
Be Vigilant
Adjusting to Loose Games and Players
The Adjustments
Loosen Up
Big Preflop Pots for Big Pairs
Value Bet Top Pair
Bluff Less Often
Final Thoughts
Adjusting to Weak Tight Games
Defining the Game
The Adjustments
Final Thoughts
The Advantage to Being Short Stacked
Definition of a Short Stack
Dispelling the Myths
The Advantages
Why Play Deep Then?
When Should You Play Short?
Playing a Short Stack
Final Thoughts
Calling Preflop All-in Raises
Some Qualifications
Final Thoughts
The Sklansky-Chubukov Rankings
Final Thoughts
When to (and When Not to) Use the Sklansky-Chubukov Rankings
Adjusting for an Ante
The Best Hands for Moving In
An Exception to Moving In
Moving In With "Too Many" Chips
Moving In May Not Be Best with Hands that Play Well
Some Preflop Heads-Up All-in Matchups
Final Thoughts
Manipulating Your Opponents
Get Pigeonholed
Make Obvious Errors to Induce Costly Errors
Final Thoughts
Tells
It's OK to Pretend
Think
Throw Off Fake Tells
Be Aware
Spotting and Using a Tell
Part Two: Concepts and Weapons
Quick Comment
The Concepts
Conclusion
The Sklansky-Chubukov Rankings
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