odds

[dirty moose]

Looking for a book with as much odds on holdem as you can. pre flop odds, out odds all kind of odds, drawing odds, all that kind of stuff, i think this is the weekest part of my game and im looking to imporve it. so what book would show me what im looking for?

[istewart]

Small Stakes Hold 'em is pretty good. Hold em Poker is also good.

[IggyWH]

Not sure of a good book to suggest, but I do have a website :

http://www.texasholdem-poker.com/odds.php

If you scroll all the way down they have preflop odds and postflop odds. I like the preflop odds because you set a hand and it tells you the chances of outcomes happening on the flop.

[PJS]

Hold'em's Odds Book by Mike Petriv.

http://www.gamblersbook.com/weblink.cby/detail/475401.html

[dirty moose]

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Hold'em's Odds Book by Mike Petriv.

http://www.gamblersbook.com/weblink.cby/detail/475401.html

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is this a reliable site?

[Kellon]

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Hold'em's Odds Book by Mike Petriv.

http://www.gamblersbook.com/weblink.cby/detail/475401.html

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is this a reliable site?

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I sure hope it is b/c I've been wanting to buy this book, but it's $39.99 on Amazom, whereas it's only $24.95 on gamblersbook.com. If anyone has had good results from gamblersbook, please let us hear about it.

[OrianasDaad]

I believe this is a link to the Gambler's Bookstore in Las Vegas. It has quite a good reputation, and is very reliable by all accounts.

Their catalog is huge, too. I love this place.

[PJS]

Yes, it is the Las Vegas Gamblers Bookshop, and it is reliable. It's where I purchased the Odds book, and Omaha Poker by Bob Ciaffone as they were out of stock elsewhere.

Here's the link to the homepage:

http://www.gamblersbook.com

[Kellon]

Thanks. I just ordered the book from them. One thing I didn't think was too great, though, was that they don't tell you how much the shipping charge is at the time of completing the order. And I just got a confirmation of my order, with the charges listed, and even this confirmation has the shipping charges listed as "TBD." That's kind of boge, really. They could add $10.00 for S&H (for one book) and you might not know it until it went on your credit card. So, we wait and see what happens.

[PJS]

I know what your saying. I live in the UK so you can imagine the sweat I had going on. I can't remember exactly how much the cost of shipping came too, but it didn't hurt too badly (Arrived fairly quickly as well).

[dirty moose]

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Thanks. I just ordered the book from them. One thing I didn't think was too great, though, was that they don't tell you how much the shipping charge is at the time of completing the order. And I just got a confirmation of my order, with the charges listed, and even this confirmation has the shipping charges listed as "TBD." That's kind of boge, really. They could add $10.00 for S&H (for one book) and you might not know it until it went on your credit card. So, we wait and see what happens.

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oh please let me know

[PJS]

Just found my statement. It cost $25 for the odds book, $16 for the Omaha book by Bob Ciaffone. The entire order came to $52, so it worked out at $11 shipping for two books to the UK.

[dirty moose]

thats pretty good for shippin all the way to the uk thanks for the info

[Andrew Kinsman]

Hi dirty mouse,

You may not need a whole book for this info. There is a comprehensive list of useful hold'em odds on my website at

http://www.pokerupdate.com/pokerodds.htm

Hope that helps,
Andrew

[dirty moose]

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Pocket aces 220/1 (0.45%)
Any pocket pair 16/1 (5.9%)
Andrew

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how can you be delt one pocket pair maore than any other?

[Andrew Kinsman]

'Any pocket pair' includes AA, KK, QQ, JJ, TT, 99, 88, 77, 66, 55, 44, 33 and 22, which is thus 13 times more likely than being dealt AA.

Andrew

[Kellon]

Some of you were interested in the outcome of my order of Mike Petriv's Hold'em's odd(s)book from Gambler's Book Shop. The book was 24.95, considerably cheaper than the 39+ at Amazon (not available, apparently, from Conjelco). When I completed the order, the site informed me that a shipping cost would be added to my credit card charge, but did not specify the amount.

I got the book today. The invoice includes an amount of 6.50 for S&H. The postage on the Priority Mail envelope says 3.85. Overall, a better price than I've seen available anywhere else.

I can't say anything about the contents yet, as I haven't had an opportunity even to browse through it.