Bad Beats and Lucky Draws: Poker Strategies, Winning Hands, and Stories from the Professional Poker Tour

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One of the most well known of the current crop of professional poker players, Hellmuth is the type you love to hate--he's a sore loser and a boastful winner, but he's fun to watch. Plus, he wins a lot. His first book, Play Poker like the Pros (2003), appeared as the recent poker craze was gaining momentum and has become a modern bible of the game. Here, rather than formal teaching, Hellmuth shares some of his most memorable hands--some that won him a ton, some that lost him more, and some that were just plain uncanny. Jumping from tournament to tournament, Hellmuth lays out his own world tour of poker. There's plenty to learn from his war stories. REVWR
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Book Description

Bad Beats and Lucky Draws is your down-and-dirty guide to the world of high-stakes professional poker. Phil Hellmuth, nine-time World Series of Poker Champion and author of Play Poker Like the Pros, presents a blow-by-blow account of many of poker's "clash of the titans" hands from the World Series of Poker, the World Poker Tour, and the European Tour. Phil provides insights into what the players were thinking and includes his own take on what they (and in many cases what he) should have done differently. Highly entertaining and instructive, Bad Beats and Lucky Draws gives you a seat at the table with the best bluffs, reads, and over-the-top plays such as the hand that won Phil his record-tying ninth bracelet at the 2003 World Series to the heartbreaking play that knocked him out of the "Big One."

Bad Beats and Lucky Draws also includes special contributions by Doyle Brunson Johnny Chan Annie Duke Howard Lederer Daniel Negreanu Ted Forrest Jennifer Harman Layne Flack Men Nguyen John Bonetti


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Bad Beats and Lucky Draws is your down-and-dirty guide to the world of high-stakes professional poker. Phil Hellmuth, nine-time World Series of Poker Champion and author of Play Poker Like the Pros, presents a blow-by-blow account of many of poker's ""clash of the titans"" hands from the World Series of Poker, the World Poker Tour, and the European Tour. Phil provides insights into what the players were thinking and includes his own take on what they (and in many cases what he) should have done differently. Highly entertaining and instructive, Bad Beats and Lucky Draws gives you a seat at the table with the best bluffs, reads, and over-the-top plays such as the hand that won Phil his record-tying ninth bracelet at the 2003 World Series to the heartbreaking play that knocked him out of the ""Big One.""

FROM OUR EDITORS

If you're searching for winning poker tips, you can't find a better source than Phil Hullmuth, Jr. This high-stakes master is a nine-time World Series of Poker champion and the all-time leading money winner at the World Series of Poker. Bad Beats and Lucky Draws offers a blow-by-blow narrative of top poker matches, revealing Hellmuth's insights on strategies and responses for players at every level of skill.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Bad Beats and Lucky Draws is your down-and-dirty guide to the world of high-stakes professional poker. Phil Hellmuth, nine-time World Series of Poker Champion and author of Play Poker Like the Pros, presents a blow-by-blow account of many of poker's "clash of the titans" hands from the World Series of Poker, the World Poker Tour, and the European Tour. Phil provides insights into what the players were thinking and includes his own take on what they (and in many cases what he) should have done differently. Highly entertaining and instructive, Bad Beats and Lucky Draws gives you a seat at the table with the best bluffs, reads, and over-the-top plays such as the hand that won Phil his record-tying ninth bracelet at the 2003 World Series to the heartbreaking play that knocked him out of the "Big One."

Bad Beats and Lucky Draws also includes special contributions by Doyle Brunson Johnny Chan Annie Duke Howard Lederer Daniel Negreanu Ted Forrest Jennifer Harman Layne Flack Men Nguyen John Bonetti

About the Author:

Phil Hellmuth Jr., voted the "Best Poker Tournament Player in the World" in 1997 by his peers, is a nine-time World Series of Poker Champion and a WSOP leading money winner. His first book, Play Poker Like the Pros, was released in 2003 and has quickly become the essential text for mastering poker. A contributor to Gambling Times magazine and Card Player, he lives with his family in Northern California.

SYNOPSIS

Nine-time World Champion of Poker Phil Hellmuth, author of Play Poker Like the Pros, offers an instructive and entertaining table-side look at the world of high-stakes poker.

Bad Beats and Lucky Draws is a blow-by-blow narrative of many of the pivotal poker matches between today's top players. Phil provides every gory detail, includes Phil's own take on what they (and in many cases what he) should have done differently, from the hand that won him his record-tying ninth bracelet at the 2003 World Series to the heart breaking play that knocked him out of the "Big One."