• Poker Mit Kill Phil Donahue
• Poker Mit Kill Phil Hartman
• Poker Mit Kill Phil Mickelson
• Poker Mit Kill Philosophy

Kill Phil by Blair Rodman and Lee Nelson (2005) — This book actually changed the way poker was played for a while, especially no-limit hold'em tournaments. Oversimplifying its basic advice, the. These issues aside, Kill Phil is a good book on no-limit poker tournaments. It fulfills its promise of providing a strong tournament strategy that even a beginning poker player can employ to make them a threat in any poker tournament. I expect that successful tournament players will also benefit greatly from reading this book. The Kill Phil strat is pretty simplistic, and can be summed up on a single chart.It's mainly shove or fold poker playing premium (and in some situations spec) hands. Such an aggressive strategy prevents better players from outplaying you, but it's awfully tight until you're short stacked. Kill Phil is poker strategy for people who don't want to learn how to play poker. Good players will recognize what you're doing and be able to play almost perfectly against you. Learn to play post flop. Learn to use your opponents' habits against them.

Author: Blair Rodman, Lee Nelson, Steven Heston

Year: Jun 2009

Print house: Huntington Press

Thanks to television, the internet, and the incredible popularity of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, when Kill Phil was first published in 2006, tournament poker had become the richest sport in the world. The problem was that no-limit hold 'em was dominated by a handful of experienced and skilled professional players. Kill Phil turned the tables on the pros by introducing a strategy that allowed even an absolute novice to compete against the best players in the world. The Kill Phil strategy remains highly effective when used in confrontations with even the world's best players, but tournament play is evolving. This revised edition reflects the new trends in tournament poker by refining the use of the all-in move and providing adaptations that take into account the new style of hyper-aggressive play. At its core, though, Kill Phil remains what it's been from the start--the best method possible for entering the exciting and potentially lucrative poker-tournament arena. As a special bonus, this new edition contains the complete set of strategies formatted as they appear on the Kill Phil strategy cards.

A Texas Hold'em game from a player's point of view. (Courtesy of Peter Hopper on Flickr. License CC BY-NC.)

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Kevin Desmond

Poker Mit Kill Phil Donahue

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15.S50

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January IAP 2015

Level

Graduate

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This course takes a broad-based look at poker theory and applications of poker analytics to investment management and trading.

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