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Bad Beats and Lucky Draws: Poker Strategies, Winning Hands, and Stories from the Professional Poker Tour | |||||||||||
  enlarge | Author: Phil Hellmuth Publisher: Collins Living Category: Book List Price: Buy Used: $0.01 You Save: $14.94 (100%) New (44) Used (68) Collectible (1) from $0.01 Rating:  23 reviewsSales Rank: 207105 Media: Paperback Pages: 256 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6 Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 ISBN: 0060740833 Dewey Decimal Number: 795.412 EAN: 9780060740832 ASIN: 0060740833 Publication Date: November 1, 2004 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: Expedited shipping available Shipping: International shipping available Condition: Buy from the best: 4,000,000 items shipped to delighted customers. We have 1,000,000 unique items ready to ship today! Tell A Friend Add to Wishlist Add to Wedding Registry Add to Baby Registry | ||||||||||
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| Editorial Reviews: Product Description Bad Beats and Lucky Draws is your down-and-dirty guide to the world of high-stakes professional poker. Phil Hellmuth, nine-time World Series of Poker Champion and author of Play Poker Like the Pros, presents a blow-by-blow account of many of poker's "clash of the titans" hands from the World Series of Poker, the World Poker Tour, and the European Tour. Phil provides insights into what the players were thinking and includes his own take on what they (and in many cases what he) should have done differently. Highly entertaining and instructive, Bad Beats and Lucky Draws gives you a seat at the table with the best bluffs, reads, and over-the-top plays such as the hand that won Phil his record-tying ninth bracelet at the 2003 World Series to the heartbreaking play that knocked him out of the "Big One." Bad Beats and Lucky Draws also includes special contributions by
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Customer Reviews: Read 18 more reviews... A decent read February 8, 2008L. Brackin (Sydney, Australia) Doesn't really give much specific and applicable poker advice. Tells the story well though, it's a good read if you're reasonably knowledgable about poker.  olol Phil Helmuth = fish July 16, 2007Christopher Douglass Phil's not an elite cash game player -- most people know that. That doesn't mean he's in any way a bad poker player, and he's inarguably one of the best tournament players to play the game. You don't draw a line between the two when judging a player's ability -- cash games and tournaments don't play the same way. This was an entertaining book because of the ego and the self-aggrandizement. That's what makes Phil so entertaining. I've heard this book described quite aptly as "Phil's gift to himself." And that's not an entirely bad thing.  utterly forgettable April 25, 2007cvnbs (NYC) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful this is strictly a "read-it-at-Borders" book. i give it two because Phil is halfway amusing with his own curiously appealing egomania and it's sometimes an ok read: like reading USA Today--you read a few interesting things but nothing really sticks once you put the paper down. fast food for the mind.  The braclets October 18, 2006Andrew Reed Murray 1 out of 2 found this review helpful There are only three people in this era that have ten wsop braclets and only one with the most cashes and thats phill hellmuth jr. So come corrected and buy every book and buy every dvd the living legand has to offer. This book is good literature and is the only good book by a pro who is sharing actual stories of the highs and lows on the pro circuit. Quite a fun read, not intended to be a strategy book September 6, 2006True Grinder 2 out of 3 found this review helpful I bought this book, read it, and enjoyed it very much. I'm not really getting all the negative commentary directed at this book. It's not all about the bad beats Phil has taken: he does mention some circumstances where he got lucky. I realize Phil acts terrible at the table sometimes, but I find it hard to hold it against him when you consider the good things he does. I have it on good authority that he's one of the few generous tippers at high limit poker (I know dealers who dealt to him when they worked in Vegas). In fact he gives money to almost everyone he comes in contact with, like homeless people and retail clerks. So he wants to act up at the table? So what? Another important consideration is that his antics make good TV. If you're a serious poker player, bear with me and try to look at this from the standpoint of a casual player. If you're watching a poker match, would you rather watch Mike Matusow and Phil Hellmuth play, or Harrington and Ferguson? Those last two are my favorite players, but you have to admit it would be boring to watch them sit there and stare at each other for a couple of hours. With Matusow and Hellmuth you get lots of bleeped dialogue and laughter from the audience. This 'bad attitude' that Phil's got has been worth millions to him in endorsements. Maybe I should try it! | |||||||||||
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