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Welcome to the WBZ Book Club.
This is Jordan. I'm not one who

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frequents casinos and I'm not a poker
player, but I found this book pretty

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interesting. It's called Essential Poker Math, the expanded edition Fundamental, no limit

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hold of mathematics you need to know. The author is Alton Harden. In

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the book, you'll find seventy five
carefully devised practice and example poker hands with

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quite a bit of analysis from the
experts. The book teaches you about poker

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math, and what you find out
is that fundamental poker math is not that

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hard to learn, and according to
the author, it will transform the game

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and allow you to outplay your opponents. When you understand essential poker math,

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you learn to calculate the pot odds
and implied odds at the table, use

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pot equity in the rule of two
and four. Understand how to properly set

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mine steal and three bet bluff with
basic mathematics. Learn the math behind bluffs

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and hero calls. Understand how to
use expected value or ev both on and

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off the table to set your strategy. Basically, to improve your game and

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win more hands. Essential Poker Math
by Alton Harden, and that's the book

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Club. WBZ, Boston's news radio