2+2 Cover Designs

[Al Mirpuri]

Hiya folks,

I was looking at my copy of Improve Your Poker by Bob Ciaffone and I suddenly wondered what poker hands appeared on the covers of which books? On the cover of Improve Your Poker is a pair of kings. I thought to myself 'Why hasn't Bob put a pair of Aces on the cover?'. I then had a look at HPFAP21 and SCSFAP21 and both show an eights full on threes beating aces on kings. Why? What is the significance of these two hands? Is there a story in this?

[Mike Gallo]

I then had a look at HPFAP21 and SCSFAP21 and both show an eights full on threes beating aces on kings. Why?

Legend has it the David Sklansky used to play 83 suited the same way he would play a premium hand like Aces.

[CardCuda]

Go to the "essays" portion of this forum and read "why the two plus two web page" by Mason, address the HEPFAP cover there.

[Al Mirpuri]

Wrong hand. It is not eights full on threes but threes full on eights that appears on the covers of HEPFAP21 and SCSFAP.