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Kill Phil: The Fast Track to Success in No-Limit Hold 'em Poker Tournaments | |||||||||||
  enlarge | Authors: Blair Rodman, Lee Nelson Publisher: Huntington Pres Category: Book List Price: Buy New: $19.09 You Save: $5.86 (23%) New (4) Used (9) from $14.99 Rating:  40 reviewsSales Rank: 96244 Media: Paperback Pages: 275 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7 Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.7 ISBN: 0929712242 Dewey Decimal Number: 795.412 EAN: 9780929712246 ASIN: 0929712242 Publication Date: October 1, 2005 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: Expedited shipping available Shipping: International shipping available Condition: Book is in great condition. You won't be disappointed!! Tell A Friend Add to Wishlist Add to Wedding Registry Add to Baby Registry | ||||||||||
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| Editorial Reviews: Product Description Divulges the real strategies used by professional poker players to consistently win major (and minor) no-limit hold 'em tournaments. With poker tournaments televised on more than a dozen television networks and internet poker sweeping the nation, the popularity of the game is at an all-time high. Everyone thinks they have a shot, as evidenced by the 5,600+ player field in the $10,000 main event at the 2005 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. If these weekend warriors hope to win, they'd better know the same strategies that the pros use. Authors Blair Rodman and Lee Nelson, both poker professionals, spill the beans about the strategies they (and most of the big-name poker players) use to keep scooping the pots. | |||||||||||
| Customer Reviews: Read 35 more reviews... Push or Fold! October 31, 2008 Ernesto Alcantara Similar to the basic concept of this book (move in or fold) this reading might be love it or leave it but it provides a fresh approach to No Limit Hold'em. Having read "Kill Everyone" - the sequel to this book - prior to this one I must admit that the strategy seemed too simple and I was skeptical at first. However the book states that this strategy is for inexperienced players up against good or even professional players in live tournaments. It provides the ALL-IN move as the big gun to create confusion and frustration against pros who prefer to outplay you post-flop for your chips. The authors make it very clear that the Kill Phil strategy is very vulnerable at the early stages of a tournament when blinds are insignificant compare to stack sizes and there are no antes. It is also stressed that players must have the courage to take risks to preserve and increase their chip count at all costs. This type of move is not for the faint hearted! Initially your limited to a few groups of hands with which you will go All-In with. Post-flop play is discouraged to keep beginners out of trouble but they have to develop a lot of patience. It's difficult to sit at the table waiting for AA or KK to make your move - you only get those every 22 hands or so although there are better chances of that happening online. The strategy does evolve taking other factors into consideration (player style, position, stack size, pot odds). Then it goes into post-flop trapping, mixing up the hands you push vs. the hands you raise or check-raise to get value or trap. It even has an internet strategy modification due to the loose nature of online SNG play. I tried the strategy on several 1 table and multi table SNG and when I stuck to it I made the money almost every time. By the end of the book you'll take away some key concepts that anyone should include into their game. Moving in preflop is a very powerful weapon which takes any skill advantage out of the equation, but it should be used only in certain situations and not base your whole game around it. Since this method will be vulnerable when the blinds are low you'll either need to learn how to play the post-flop with other readings or pick your spots and make your move.  Very good for amauter players September 13, 2008I. Stephanos (Limassol, Cyprus) It's a very good book for amauter players so they will start to learn how no limit texas holdem is been played. Also there are some advanced strategies later at the book. For advanced players I suggest Kill Everyone help in the wsop September 16, 2007N. manley I found the information contained in Kill Phil useful & productive. It can provide another weapon in the arsenal of a serious poker player. No system of play can substitute for hours of practice, lots of reading, and constantly striving for improvement in your game. I experimented with Kill Phil in the recent WSOP Ladies circuit event in Tunica and went from placing 27th last year to placing 18th this year. Aside from the basic Kill Phil system, the book contains advice & a tournament overview from two people who have been there. Of the many poker books I have read, I found this one very worthwhile!  There's a very important concept here. September 13, 2007Del Ritchie (Lamar, MO United States) 1 out of 3 found this review helpful While reading this book, the reviews, online message boards, and playing constant online tourneys, it has occurred to me that there's a very important concept here. Namely, is there a mathematical basis for going all-in anytime you deside to play a hand? I can see how these ideas were derived. For instance, suppose I have AK, and you have QJ, well since the status quo is for me to win, if neither of us improve, I'll win. On the other hand, IF you pair Q or J and I don't pair A or K, then you'll win. The same is true whether or not you hold 8 5. Also, obviously, if either of us draw to a straight or a flush we'll win, but if we both do, I'll win. And so on. So, I can see how there might be some logic to going all-in with 8 5 as easy as one would go all-in with AJ. But here's where it comes back to reality. Even though it's true that if no one has a pair we both have the same odds of pairing something, that doesn't mean that the better hands won't win in the long run. It just throws a giant monkey wrench into the picture in the short run. So, what's the moral of my message? This book presents a legitimate point describing a way to try and win a tournament. Whether or not it works is debatable, so go ahead and try it if you like. I think the better players will come out on top anyway, and shouldn't be so quick to condemn this method. Can't complain July 7, 2007Stephen E. Scott 2 out of 5 found this review helpful The first time I used the strategy in this book, I won a 180 player tournament. Hard to argue with those results! | |||||||||||
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