Poker Book, Table of Contents

Poker: A Guaranteed Income for Life

(The numbers in parentheses are the concept numbers)

I Game of Poker (1)
II Poker Players (2): 1. The good player and the maximum-win approach (3); 2. Other players (4)
III Emotions (5)
IV Poker Concepts (6): 1. Common concepts (7); 2. Advanced concepts (8)
V Odds (9): 1. Card odds (10); 2. Investment odds (11); 3. Edge odds (12)
VI Betting (13): 1. Betting stakes (14); 2. Betting pace (15)

X Ingredients of Strategy (19): 1. Understanding game (20); 2. Knowing opponents (21); 3. Situation and position (22)
XI Tailor-made Game (23) 1. Increasing the betting pace (24) a. Twist (25) b. Split pot, high-low (26) c. Check raise and pick-up checks (27) d. Right to bet (28) e. Early bet (29) f. Bet or get and blind bets (30) g. Additional cards (31) h. Novel games (32) i. Wild cards and freak hands (33) j. No limit table stakes and pot limit (34) 2. Increasing the betting stakes (35) 3. Increasing the edge odds (36)

1. Systemization and blandness (38)
2. Personality (39): a. Unfriendly or intimidating (40); b. Congenial (41); c. Introvert and extrovert (42)
3. Practicing deceit (43): a. Concealing desires (44); b. Concealing facts (45); c. Lying (46)
4. Creating an atmosphere (47): a. Carefree (48); b. Relaxed (49); c. Pleasant (50)
5. Observation (51): a. Reading opponents (52); b. Remembering exposed cards and ghost hands (53); c. Seeing flashed cards (54); d. Intentional flashing (55); e. Peekers (56)
6. Nongame behavior (57)

1. Money (59): a. Maintaining proper attitude (60); b. Stimulating poor attitude in opponents (61); c. Increasing money in game (62)
2. Credit (63): a. Extending credit (64); b. Refusing credit (65); c. Cashing checks (66); d. Bad debts (67)
3. Rules (68): a. Modified rules (69); b. Disputed plays (70); c. Inequitable rules (71); d. House rules (72)
4. Arguments and emotional situations (73)

1. Cheating (75)

2. Accepting cheaters (76)

3. Rejecting cheaters (77)

4. Robin Hood cheater (78)

5. Detection (79)

XVI Involvement (81): 1. Emotional (82); 2. Financial (83)
XVII Exploitation (84): 1. Personal weaknesses, favors, and bribes (85); 2. Play of cards and betting (86); 3. Hypnosis (87); 4. Distractions (88); 5. Agreements (89)
XVIII Money Extraction (90): 1. Winning too fast (91); 2. Uncontrolled money flow (92); 3. Controlled money flow (93)

XIX Other Games (94): 1. Finding a game (95); 2. Becoming a permanent player (96); 3. Quitting a game (97); 4. Breaking up a game (98)
XX Organization (99): 1. Regular game (100); 2. Starting time (101); 3. Quitting time (102); 4. Contacting players (103); 5. A place to play (104)
XXI Expansion (105) 1. New players (106) a. Keeping players (107) b. Rejecting players (108) c. Women players (109) 2. Improving attendance (110)
XXII Maintenance (111): 1. Making the game attractive (112); 2. Helping losers (113); 3. Raising the morale of losers (114); 4. Off-days (115); 5. Leaving the game early (116)
XXIII Major-League and Minor-League Games (117): 1. Major league (118); 2. Minor league (119); 3. Farm system (120)

XXIV A Guaranteed Income from Public Poker
XXV Private vs. Public Poker
XXVI The House Cut
XXVII Learning Public Poker: 1. Club poker; 2. Casino poker; 3. Notes on public poker
XXVIII Professional Poker Players
XXIX Professional Cheating
XXX Why Professionals Cheat
XXXI Beating Professional Cheaters 1. Gardena, California a. Collusion cheating -- reciprocal card flashing 2. Las Vegas, Downtown b. Collusion cheating with house dealer -- natural-play technique c. Collusion cheating with house dealer--culling and stacking 3. Las Vegas, the Strip d. Collusion cheating through partner crossfire betting e. Amateurish collusion cheating with sanction of house dealer f. Unbeatable collusion cheating through dealer-player partnerships
XXXII Survey of Clubs and Casinos
XXXIII The Billion-Dollar Poker Industry

XXXIV Poker Notes--1968 to 1980: 1. Who is buying the Poker Manual?; 2. What will happen when all players own the Poker Manual?; 3. Why does the author reveal the Advanced Concepts of Poker?; 4. John Finn's notes on private poker; 5. Neocheating--the rising menace to poker, blackjack, bridge, and gin

Appendix A--History
Appendix B--Bibliography
Appendix C--Glossary
Appendix D--Poker Odds: 1. Rank of hands with odds; 2. Draw odds; 3. Pat-hand odds; 4. Lowball odds; 5. Hold 'em and stud odds; 6. Seven-stud odds; 7. Seven-stud catch odds; 8. Two-pair odds; 9. Wild-card odds; 10. Comparison of odds
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