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Note : Some of these articles are featured at Noted Poker Authority. Articles will open in a new window on their published site 05/07/2012 05:30 PM PRESALES OPEN for Playing The Player by Ed Miller The time is upon us. Presales are now open for my new book Playing The Player: Moving Beyond ABC Poker To Dominate Your Opponents. From now until the e-book release on May 22nd, you can preorder the book. It’s $49.99 for the e-book version [supports PDF, MOBI (Kindle), and EPUB (Apple and other e-readers)], $49.99 [...] 05/03/2012 07:44 PM An Excerpt From Playing The Player—Exploiting The Bet-Fold Below is an excerpt from my new book Playing The Player: Moving Beyond ABC Poker To Dominate Your Opponents. Preordering starts Tuesday, May 8, and the e-book will release on May 22 with the paperback coming out soon thereafter. This excerpt gives you a good feel for exactly what the book is about. My goal [...] 05/02/2012 01:27 PM Playing The Player—Preorder Details and Table of Contents The day is coming. It’s only six more days until preordering begins for my new book Playing The Player: Moving Beyond ABC Poker To Dominate Your Opponents. Preorder Details Beginning on May 8th and up until the e-book release on May 22nd, you can preorder the book. It’s $49.99 for the e-book version [supports PDF, [...] 04/24/2012 01:25 PM Playing The Player—Details About The New Book I’ve got a new book coming out May 22nd. It’s called Playing The Player: Moving Beyond ABC Poker To Dominate Your Opponents. Folks, this one is really good. Ok. It’s not news I think the book is good. I think every one of my seven books has been good and well worth your time and [...] 04/10/2012 01:46 PM Announcing New Book — Playing The Player by Ed Miller It’s been quiet around here for a month or two, but that’s because I’ve been hard at work finishing up a new project. I am now pleased to announce my newest book titled Playing The Player: Moving Beyond ABC Poker To Dominate Your Opponents. It is coming out on May 22nd. E-books will be available [...] 02/17/2012 11:14 PM Why Sharp People Sometimes Fail At Poker In the past few months I’ve been spending a little more time with people from the advantage gambling community. Advantage gamblers are people who win money gambling (sometimes a lot of money) playing games against the casino, in the sportsbook, at online casinos, or sometimes in other venues. For instance, they might bet sports, play [...] 02/11/2012 10:36 PM Million Dollar Winner Credits Small Stakes No-Limit Hold’em This is pretty cool. Someone just pointed me to a monster thread on 2+2 where poker pro “Giev Money??” details his path to winning a million dollars playing no-limit hold’em. Someone asked him if he watches any videos or reads any ebooks, and this was his answer: Nah haven’t watched any videos in a long [...] 01/31/2012 10:52 PM Poker In 2012 And Calling Preflop 3-Bets Out Of Position The first month of 2012 is in the books, and I wanted to share a few of my poker-related thoughts for the upcoming year. The birth of online poker 2.0 I think 2012 is going to be an excellent year for poker. With the recent DOJ statement that online casinos aren’t prohibited by the 1961 [...] 12/07/2011 05:56 PM How To Read Hands Now Available In PAPERBACK Just a quick note to let you know that I’m now accepting orders for the paperback version of How To Read Hands At No-Limit Hold’em. It’s $49.99 plus shipping (and sales tax for Nevada residents). Order here (purchase links at bottom of page). Assuming there isn’t a disruption in the supply chain, the first books [...] 11/28/2011 06:14 PM How To Get Very Good At Poker Think back to a time when you knew very little about how to play poker well. Some of you may not have to stretch the imagination very far. You went to the casino. You chased big hands, you checked back value hands, you had no idea what your opponents had. What have you learned since [...] Five Card Draw - Basic Strategy and Guide This beginners guide should give you a basic idea for the concepts and basic startegy to one of the oldest formats of poker. Because it is old, does not mean that 5 Card Draw is without merit and indeed, there are many online rooms that have now added this classic game to their lobby of tournamnets and cash games ...more A Bonus Whores Guide To The Galaxy Bonus whoring as it's called, is not something done to improve your game. Unless you're already a well established player with deep pockets, this guide is only for the solid player with a smaller bankroll, which is why I recommend ...more The 3/4 Raise You're simply never going to be a regular tournament winner unless you learn how to play a cold deck late on in a game. The blinds are now high and the last thing you want to do is be a calling station or watch your chips get blinded out by the more aggressive players ...more Five Card Draw - The Stand-Pat Bluff For some of you this will be an obvious move but for the newbies to the game, perhaps a play worth considering, especially if the cards aren't running kindly and you have a tight image at the table ...more Smart Moves in Seven Card Stud Seven card stud is a classic poker game, and one in which you can gain a real advantage over your opponents. Texas hold'em remains the most popular poker game, so often times those sitting at a stud table will not be as experienced as you are, provided you have studied the game ...more Omaha Hi/Lo Tips We have had many discussion on the Alternate Poker Forum about the ins and outs of Omaha Hi/Lo, a format of poker which is a particular favourite of mine. Now i do not wish to write yet another piece about the basics of the game ...more