Welcome to the WBZ Book Club. This is Jordan. I'm not one who
frequents casinos and I'm not a poker player, but I found this book pretty
interesting. It's called Essential Poker Math, the expanded edition Fundamental, no limit
hold of mathematics you need to know. The author is Alton Harden. In
the book, you'll find seventy five carefully devised practice and example poker hands with
quite a bit of analysis from the experts. The book teaches you about poker
math, and what you find out is that fundamental poker math is not that
hard to learn, and according to the author, it will transform the game
and allow you to outplay your opponents. When you understand essential poker math,
you learn to calculate the pot odds and implied odds at the table, use
pot equity in the rule of two and four. Understand how to properly set
mine steal and three bet bluff with basic mathematics. Learn the math behind bluffs
and hero calls. Understand how to use expected value or ev both on and
off the table to set your strategy. Basically, to improve your game and
win more hands. Essential Poker Math by Alton Harden, and that's the book
Club. WBZ, Boston's news radio