Illustrated Guide To Texas Hold'em:
Making Winners Out Of Beginners
and Advanced Players

Texas Hold'em is the fastest growing, most popular game in America. The Illustrated Guide to Texas Hold'em focuses on the type of poker that beginners play, at a level beginners can easily understand.

The Illustrated Guide to Texas Hold'em is a heavily illustrated Texas Hold'em poker book for beginners. Focusing on low-limit play, author Dennis Purdy gives basic instruction on how to play the game and strategies that work.

On each spread, the author shows the readers cards, a picture of a ten-handed poker table, and where the reader is seated in relation to the dealer. The author presents a basic Texas Hold'em poker situation and lets the reader decided his/her move. On the right hand side of the spread, the author will give the correct or best answer to the hand on the table and a brief rationale behind each play.

Comprised of over 100 scenarios, The Illustrated Guide to Texas Hold'em is a beginner's quickest route from novice to skilled player.

Author:

Dennis Purdy

Dennis Purdy left the "working world" and moved to Las Vegas at the age of 35 to undertake a career as a professional gambler. He became an expert card counter at blackjack starting in 1978, eventually forming, teaching and leading several "teams" in Las Vegas, and achieving a winning session rate of 86 percent. Although he retired from full-time professional gambling in 1983, he still uses his skills to supplement his income. Mr. Purdy lives in Tacoma, Washington.