BEYOND THE HOLE CARDS: The Expert’s Guide to Poker Strategy, Psychology, and Mastery - Couverture souple

Black, Anton

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798258010674

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Poker is not a game of luck. It is a fusion of Bayesian inference, range construction, and emotional discipline.

Most players know hand rankings and a few aggressive lines. Experts think in ranges, exploit opponent psychology, and control pot size before the turn even arrives. Beyond the Hole Cards strips away the amateur's myths—including the "online rigged" conspiracy and "live tells as magic"—and delivers a data-driven, battle-tested methodology used by high-stakes professionals.

This guide begins with the game's evolution from riverboats to the GTO solver era (2015–present), then moves into preflop range mastery, postflop decision trees, and multi-street pot control. A substantial section on competitive psychology covers a detailed tilt taxonomy (beat tilt, entitlement tilt, revenge tilt), opponent profiling (calling station, maniac, nit, LAG), and live versus online emotional regulation.

The appendices form a strategic reference library: playability-based hand charts ranked by EV (not "prettiness"), reverse implied odds traps, short-stack vs. deep-stack hand inversions, and annotated solver study methods.

Whether defending a short stack on the bubble or chasing a three-street bluff against a calling station, this book gives the expert player the tools to think two streets ahead—and inside the opponent's head.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798258010674
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 247
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg