David Sklansky - Seven-Card Stud for Advanced Players

Other Books From Two Plus Two Publishing

Gambling For a Living by David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth is the ultimate book for anyone interested in making a living at the gaming tables. The book includes chapters on horse racing, slot and poker machines, blackjack, poker, sports betting, and casino tournaments. It is designed to show anyone new to this field how to be successful and what it takes to become a professional gambler.

Hold 'em Poker for Advanced Players by David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth is the definitive work on this very complicated game. Some of the ideas discussed include play on the first two cards, semi-bluffing, the free card, inducing bluffs, being beaten on the river, staying with a draw, playing when a pair flops, playing trash hands, fourth street play, playing in loose games, and playing shorthanded.

High-Low-Split Poker, Seven-Card Stud and Omaha Eight-or-Better for Advanced Players by Ray Zee is the third book in the "For Advanced Players" series. Some of the ideas discussed in the seven-card stud eight-or-better section include starting hands, disguising your hand, when an ace raises, fourth street, fifth street, sixth street, seventh street, position, bluffing, staying to the end, and scare cards. Some of the ideas discussed in the Omaha eight-or-better section include general concepts, position, low hands, high hands, your starting hand, play on the flop, multi-way versus shorthanded play, scare cards, getting counterfeited, and your playing style.

Tournament Poker for Advanced Players by David Sklansky is the definitive text on tournament strategies which only a small number of players have mastered. Some of the ideas discussed include the effect of going broke, The Gap Concept, how chips change value, adjusting strategy because the stakes rise, all-in strategy, the last table, making deals, and The "System."

Harrington on Hold 'em: Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments; Volume I: Strategic Play by Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie is the first release from the 1995 World Poker Champion. The emphasis of this book are the early stages of a tournament. Topics include the game of no-limit hold 'em, playing styles, starting requirements, reading the table, betting before the flop, and betting on the later streets.

Harrington on Hold 'em: Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments; Volume II: The Endgame by Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie covers the final stages of no-limit tournaments. Topics include making moves, inflection points, the M and Q ratios, endgame play with multiple inflection points, short-handed tables, and heads-up play.

Harrington on Hold 'em: Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments, Volume III: The Workbook by Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie features 50 full length problems in a quiz format designed to help sharpen your tournament strategy. Many of the problems arc taken from actual tournaments and feature many of the best known players in the world.

No Limit Hold 'em: Theory and Practice by David Sklansky and Ed Miller is the definitive text on this exciting game. Taking a theoretical approach, it covers critical concepts like manipulating the pot size, adjusting correctly to stack sizes, winning the battle of mistakes, reading hands, and manipulating opponents into playing badly. It breaks this complex game down with thorough and easy to follow analyses. It's the ideal read for anyone looking to improve their cash game or tournament play.

Getting Started in Hold 'em by Ed Miller is the best first book on hold 'em. It prepares a new student perfectly for more advanced texts. Covering the rules of the game, limit, no limit, and tournaments, it teaches all the fundamental concepts necessary to start winning right away.

Small Stakes Hold 'em; Winning Big With Expert Play by Ed Miller, David Sklansky, and Mason Malmuth teaches you to win the maximum in today's small stakes games. It covers theoretical topics such as implied odds and pot equity as well as strategic concepts such as protecting your hand, waiting for the turn, going for overcalls, and betting marginal hands for value. If your opponents play too many hands and go too far with them, this book is for you.

The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky discusses theories and concepts applicable to nearly every variation of the game. The book includes chapters on deception, the bluff, raising, slowplaying, position, psychology, heads-up play, game theory, and implied odds. In many ways, this is the best book ever written on poker.

Seven-Card Stud for Advanced Players

21st Century Edition

By

David Sklansky, Mason Malmuth, and Ray Zee

A product of Two Plus Two Publishing

www.twoplustwo.com

FOURTH EDITION

THIRD PRINTING

January 2007

Printing and Binding

Creel Printing & Publishing Co.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Printed in the United States of America

To Jackie Stark