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About the Book
Bet when you have it. Fold when you don't. Maybe try bluffing if you think your opponent doesn't have it, either. Everyone likes to talk about showdown value these days, and how you should get to showdown when you have it. But even when taking a showdown is a profitable way to play your hand, turning your hand into a bluff may be an even more profitable option.
In Turn Your Hand Into A Bluff, we show you exactly how to decide how much your hand is worth at showdown and how much it's worth as a bluff. Once you figure that out, it's simple to pick the most profitable play. We give you the mathematical equations to find the numerical truth, but we also supply some broader guidelines for those of you who don't consider yourselves math wizards. Simple logic can often help you determine whether or not to turn your hand into a bluff. For instance, if there's $100 in the pot and you'll win a showdown 50% of the time, but a big bluff will work close to 100% of the time, which option is better? Call us greedy, but we'd rather always win the pot than just half the time.
We use 10 hands from Dusty's own play to illustrate exactly what we're talking about in a variety of situations. If you want to buy the whole series for less, go here: https://leanpub.com/poker-in-practice-critical-concepts
About the Authors
As his poker pseudonym "leatherass" suggests, Dusty Schmidt is the ultimate No Limit grinder. He has played well over 10 million hands and won over $5 million in his 9-year career. Despite putting enough volume in to become one of the first PokerStars SuperNova Elites in 2007, he has posted some of the highest win rates in the game. He later became a member of PokerStars Team Online. In addition to crushing games as high as $25/$50, he has written 2 books (Treat Your Poker Like a Business and Don’t Listen To Phil Hellmuth) and produced hundreds of poker coaching videos. He’s also awesome at golf, but that’s a story for another day. Or you can go read the feature that Sports Illustrated did on him.
Well known in Limit Holdem circles by his screen name "GiantBuddha," Paul has made poker his profession since 2006. He posted outstanding win rates in all formats of mid-stakes Limit Holdem before shifting his focus to No Limit in 2014. In addition to playing poker for a living, he has written two poker books (Way of the Poker Warrior and Don’t Listen to Phil Hellmuth), produced hundreds of poker videos, and coached dozens of poker students. He also teaches martial arts and yoga, writes fiction, and shreds a little lead guitar when time permits.