Winning Low Limit Hold'em
by Lee Jones
Written by Haunted Poker for exclusive
use.
This classic book from Jones has been resurrected with
the days of small-stakes online poker running rampant. My views happen
to fall right in there with Jones' advice and this is an
important read for anyone frustrated with wild online
games. Of course, I prefer no-limit but this is focused
on fixed-limit games, which is mostly what beginners
will start their poker career off with.
Summarizing the style of play that Jones recommends, it
is probably even tighter and even more aggressive than
other conventional authors will recommend. Instead of
writing from a high-stakes perspective, Jones writes
about the gritty low-limit games that often leave
otherwise good players baffled. Most importantly, he
constantly warns of the dangers of slowplaying hands
like trips or top pair. To succeed in these small games
(which you can do and earn a consistently healthy
profit), you need to realize that there is often little
more logic in these weak opponents' plays than taking
any possible chance to draw.
While the book was written before the online poker
revolution, you can easily compare the wild cardroom
games discussed with loose online tables. This is a
testament to tight-aggressive play and this will help to
show you why you should play even tighter and even more
aggressive online at small-stakes tables. If you buy one
book on limit Hold'em, this should be it.
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