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About This Book	1
The Band and Crew	16
My Terms	19
I. Universal Elements	25

	1. A-Game	25
	2. B-Game	25
	3. C-Game	25
	4. Lopping Off the C-Game	26
	5. Quitting	29
	6. Sets, Sessions, and Breaks	34
	7. Reciprocality	34
	8. Quitting Reciprocality	35
	9. Bankroll	36
	10. The Professional	38
	11. Keeping Score	39
	12. Accounting for the Rake	40
	13. The Price of Poker Does Go Up.	42
	14. The Rules	43
	15. The Profit Premise	44
	16. How to Get Respect	45
	17. How to Give Respect	46
	18. Protection	48
	19. Decisions	49
	20. Defining Mistake	50
	21. The Gray Area	52
	22. Tilt	54
	23. Tilt Reciprocality	56
	24. Hard Tilt	57
	25. Soft Tilt	57
	26. Winning, Losing, and Breaking Even	57
	27. Betting Reciprocality	58
	28. On the Importance of Position	62
	29. Position	62
	30. Position Reciprocality	62
	31. Firstlessness	63
	32. Suitedness and Connectedness	64
	33. Gobsmacked	65
	34. Anticipation	65
	35. The Rating Game	67
	36. Seat Selection	68
	37. Tight and Loose	71
	38. Passive and Aggressive	72
	39. Adaptiveness	73
	40. Inevitability	73
	41. Emotions	73
	42. Poker Addictions	74
	43. Entitlement	75
	44. Fears	75
	45. Running Good and Running Bad	76
	46. Moving Up	76
	47. Going Pro	77
	48. Streaks	80
	49. Low-Hanging Fruit	81
	50. Discretion	81
	51. Object of the Game	82
	52. Kuzzycan	83

II. Table Poker	85
Introduction to Table Poker	85
Information

	53. Information Reciprocality	86
	54. Mum Poker	88
	55. Constructing Your Poker Face	90
	56. Hands on Face	90
	57. The Difference Between Ignoring and Not Reacting	91
	58. The Hierarchy of Fear	91
	59. Reading the Players	92

Mechanics

	60. Get Set	93
	61. Look Left	94
	62. How to Look at Your Cards	97
	63. How Not to Stack Your Chips	97
	64. Changing Seats	97
	65. Tempo	99
	66. Folding	99
	67. How to Check	101
	68. When to Announce Your Action	101
	69. How to Play No-limit with Ruthless Efficiency	102
	70. How to Call, Bet, and Raise at Limit Poker	104

After the Betting

	71. Flowchart of a Hold'em Hand	105
	72. The Showdown	105
	73. Sixth Street	106
	74. Slowrolling and Slowcalling	107
	75. Slowfolding and Fastfolding	110
	76. Fastgrabbing	112
	77. Fastrolling	112
	78. Showing Bluffs	116
	79. Fantasy Poker	117
	80. Shameless Showdowns	119

The Poker Room

	81. Homefield Vantage	124
	82. On the Road	124
	83. Make Your Intentions Known	125
	84. How and How Not to Call a Floorman	126
	85. Don't Push the Button	127
	86. The Dealer Made a Mistake. Should I Speak Up?	129
	87. Moving Up to Mid-Limit at Table Poker	131
	88. Culture	131
	89. A Reminder about Dealers	132
	90. Be the House	132

III. Internet Poker

135

	91. Finger Tilt	135
	92. Number of Tables to Play	135
	93. The Chatbox	136
	94. Notes to Self	136
	95. Comparing Internet Poker and Table Poker	136

IV. Cash Games

139

	96. Fluctuation	139
	97. Take the Blind or Post Behind?	140
	98. Chopping the Blinds	144
	99. Buy the Button	146
	100. Game Selection	146

V. Tournaments

149

	101. Event Odds	149
	102. The Bubble	150
	103. Tournament Time	152
	104. Stack Size Matters (Tournaments)	153
	105. The Dollar Value of a Stack	154
	106. Things to Know	172
	107. Comparing Cash Games and Tournaments	173

VI. Hold'em

177

	108. Acting Last	177
	109. The Preflop Positions	177
	110. The Hijack Seat	179
	111. Universal Starting-Hand Chart	180
	112. The Postflop Positions	190
	113. Blinds and Buttons	192
	114. Shorthanded	192
	115. Pocket Aces	194

VII. Limit Hold'em

197

	116. The Bread and Butter Situations	197
	117. Open-Raising and Open-Limping	199
	118. Suitedness at Limit Hold'em	200
	119. Starting-Hand Groups for Limit Hold'em	200
	120. Game Selection (Limit)	206
	121. Stack Size Matters (Limit)	206

VIII. No-Limit Hold'em	209
A Little History	209

	122. Stack Size Matters (No-Limit)	210
	123. Buying In, Rebuying, and Adding On	213
	124. How to Lose a Big Pot	214
	125. Seat Selection and Game Rejection Based on Stacks	215
	126. Controlling the Pot	217
	127. Suitedness at No-Limit Hold'em	219
	128. Betting or Raising 1/3 of Your Stack	220

IX. Elements of Performance	225
Introduction to Elements of Performance	225

	129. The Path of Least Resistance	228
	130. The Path of Leak Resistance	230
	131. Awareness	230
	132. Results Oriented	232
	133. Poker Funk	233
	134. Table Funk	235
	135. Bliscipline	236
	136. Self-Perpetuating Tiltlessness	236
	137. A Reminder about Odds	237
	138. Cravings	238
	139. Meditation	238
	140. Focus	239
	141. Breathing	242
	142. Sitting	247
	143. Wellness	248
	144. A Process of Illumination	248

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Illustrations and Tables

	1. Varieties and Venues of Poker	10
	2. Lopping Off the C-Game	26
	3. Talk Lines	47
	4. The Gray Area	52
	5. The Slide	70
	6. Doing Minimum Time in the Worst Seat	71
	7. Passive Aggressive	72
	8. Flowchart of a Hold'em Hand	105
	9. Take the Blind or Post Behind?	140
	10. Event Odds	150
	11. Payout Structure of the Sample Tournament	156
	12. The Dollar Value of a Par Stack Before the Bubble Bursts	160
	13. The Preflop Positions	177
	14. Universal Starting-Hand Chart	182
	15. Flops-Seen Percentages by Position	193
	16. Starting-Hand Groups for Limit Hold'em	201
	17. Stack Size Matters (No-Limit)	210