A

all-in 14, 47, 60, 245

B

bad beats 137, 140, 180, 245
bankroll 213
behavioral finance
applied to poker 188
bet 26, 245
Billings, Darse 195
bad beats 108
baseball 201
betting 11
betting structure 13
blind
  big 11, 22, 246
  small 11, 22, 254
bluffing 125, 138, 246
board 5, 245
  reading the 11
boat 7, 245
bonuses 213
Bootcamp 212
brick-and-mortar cardrooms 43, 48, 215-237
Brunson, Doyle 200
button 22, 246

C

call 12, 26, 247
cardrooms 21
buying-in 24
  games in progress 24
  leaving the game 25
  leaving the table 24
  signing up to play 24
cards 68, 73
cards speak 22, 246
Chan, Johnny 200
check 12, 26, 246
check-raise 12, 120, 124, 126, 247
  defense 122
chess
  computers 194
  correspondence 29
  differences from poker 194
  tournament 51
chess tournament 200, 201
chips 21, 24, 247
cold-calling 118
collusion 47
community cards 6, 22, 247
computer simulations
  poker 199
conduct
  in a cardroom 25
counterfeit
  pairs 11
counterfeited 243

D

dealer 22, 248
deception 125
Deep Blue 193
dominated hands 79
drawing dead 248
drawing hand 248
common 90

E

entering the hand 97
expected value 72, 75, 76

F

Five-Card Draw 3
flop 3, 5, 248
betting after 12
play after 101
reading 101
flush 8
probabilities 90
fold 26, 246
four of a kind 7
free card 105, 106, 111, 248
freeroll tournament 248
full house 7
Full Tilt Poker 40, 208, 212

G

gambling 182–184
game characteristics
analysis of 149–150
classifying 132
four extremes 135

H

Helmuth, Phil 200
high-low split 249
Hold’em
limit 249
no-limit 17, 250
rules 5
spread-limit 14, 254
unique features 17
HORSE 41, 244
hand rankings 6

I

IBM 193
implied collusion 105, 249
implied pot odds 106, 249
Internet connections 37, 47

J

jackpot games 15, 249

K

Kasparov, Gary 193
kicker 7, 10, 187, 249
Kimberg, Dan 129

L

Las Vegas 4
loose-aggressive players
description of 93
strategies for 139–140
loose-passive players
description of 93
strategies for 136
luck 1, 61, 200, 202, 204

M

Macintosh computers 36 210, 212
intel-based 211
mental accounting 189
Microsoft Windows 36
Moneymaker, Chris 200
money management 167
monster hand 250

N

Neteller 46
no-limit Hold’em 16, 17, 57, 84, 250
number of players
effect on probabilities 85
importance of 69
nut-flush 250
nut-low 243, 250
nuts 18, 250
nut-straight 250

O

odds 71, 85
Omaha 1, 3, 53, 57, 179–180, 239, 250
Omaha High-Low Eight-or-Better 1, 3, 40, 41, 53, 239, 242-244, 251
one pair 10
online bonuses 212
online poker 4, 29
conduct of games 39
differences 48, 153
funding your account 44
history 30
risks 47
setting up to play 35
strategic considerations 166
tactical considerations 161
tells 160
U. S. players 207
online poker rooms
how to choose 207
software 43
outs 90, 91, 92, 251
overcard 10, 89, 251

P

pairs 81, 85
Parallels 37, 212
Party Poker 32
PayPal 35, 44
playing styles
descriptions of 93
importance of 69
play-money games 138
pocket cards 5, 97, 251
pocket pairs
odds against 85
Poker Academy 199
Poker Office 158
PokerRoom.com 75, 80
position
definition of 251
importance of 68
recommendations 79
reducing the advantage 121
post 24, 251
pot 5, 251
pot-limit Hold’em 16-17, 84
pot odds 115
definition of 69, 252
favorable 182–183
significance of 86
strategy 141
table for 92
usefulness 91
probabilities
behaviorial effects 178–182
change in 175
defined 70
for improving a hand 90
for overcards 89
on the flop 87
professional poker 145
proposition player 252
psychology 185–188

Q

quartered 243, 252

R

raise 12, 26, 250
drawbacks 114
reasons 110
responding 117
rake 21, 22, 250
Razz 2, 40, 41, 53, 57, 244, 252
re-raise 114, 118, 119
river card 5, 14, 253
betting after 14
play after 108
royal flush 6, 253

S

Schoonmaker, Alan N. 188
scoop 242, 253
semi-bluff 126, 254
set 9, 254
Seven-Card Stud 1, 3, 6, 53, 79, 250
comparison to Hold'em 79
Seven-Card Stud High-Low Eight-or-Better 2, 40, 41, 53, 244
short-handed Hold’em 86
showdown 5, 14, 108, 136, 253
side pot 253
sit & go 41, 57
Sklansky, David 151
slow-play 121, 250
splash the pot 26
spread-limit 14
starting hands
frequencies of 73
odds for 75
play of 97
strength of 74
straight 9
draws to 87
probabilities 88, 90
straight flush 6
strategic grid 133
strategic considerations
loose-aggressive games 139
loose-passive games 136
tight-aggressive games 146
tight-passive games 143
string bet 26
structure table 57
suited-connectors 83

T

table stakes 14, 254
tells 251
tight-aggressive players
description of 94
strategies for 145–146
tight-passive players
description of 94
strategies for 142–143
tournament chips 54
tournaments 209
buy-ins 54
conduct 60
considerations 61
explanation of 51
formats 53
re-buy 54
satellite 63
structure table 57
table layout 21
three of a kind 9
tipping 23
trips 9, 254
Turing, Alan 198
Turing Test 198
turn card 5, 254
play after 105
two pair 9

U

UIGEA law 31, 44
Uniform Resource Locator 37

W

Web browser 35, 37, 210
wheel 9, 242, 254
World Series of Poker 3, 53, 55, 200