<DIV><DIV><P style="MARGIN: 2.6pt 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 13.5pt 388.5pt 480.3pt 582.0pt right 739.35pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B>The author of the poker classics <I>Big Deal</I> and <I>Bigger Deal</I>, on how to play Texas</B><B> hold'em?and win</B></P><P style="MARGIN: 2.6pt 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 13.5pt 388.5pt 480.3pt 582.0pt right 739.35pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"> </P></DIV><DIV><DIV>Holden is an experienced poker player who does not pretend to be as expert as the world's top pros; but he can write better than them?and he knows most well enough to milk them for personalized advice, tips, and subtle strategies. This guide offers thorough analyses of the difference between home and casino play, between cash and tournament play, and between internet poker and the real thing against real human beings. Amid definitive charts and tables of odds, probabilities, and other statistics; sample hands; advice on etiquette, and other niceties; there are sections on bluff, tells, and the nuances of "position" and "outs," as well as a brief history of the game and anecdotes about its great players. This entertaining, anecdote-packed, and invaluable companion to the narrative poker classics <I>Big Deal</I> and<I> Bigger Deal </I>may be the first really readable manual in the history of poker.</DIV></DIV></DIV>