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A PROFESSIONAL POKER PLAYER
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Bluffing & Semi-Bluffing
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The Free Card
Slowplaying
Position
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David SklanskyThe Theory of Poker
By
David Sklansky
A product of Two Plus Two Publishing
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FOURTH EDITION
SIXTH PRINTING
October 2004
Printing and Binding
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Printed in the United States of AmericaTable of Contents
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Chapter One: Beyond ponent Poker .. eb
The Forms of Poker -. 2
Poker Logic ...... 4
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Chapter Two: Expectation and Hourly Rate ........--- 9
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Chapter Three: The Fundamental Theorem of Poker ... 17
Examples of The Fundamental Theorem of Poker .... 18
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Chapter Four: The Ante Structure . 27
Large Antes 2 29
Small Antes ........ 32
Summary .. - 34