Product Description

Acknowledged as the poker bible for 25 years, Doyle Brunson's Super System-A Course In Power Poker, brings the proven strategy and wisdom of twice-world champion and Hall of Famer (Brunson) together with the five leading experts in their various specialties including David "Chip" Reese, Mike Caro, David Sklansky, Joey Hawthorne, and former world champion Bobby Baldwin.
Learn to win money from the very best poker players. In 600 power-packed pages, Doyle and his best-in-the-world expert collaborators tell you when to raise, call, bet, and fold at hold 'em (limit and no-limit), 7-stud (high and low), draw poker, and lowball. Brunson's monumental manual on how to win consistently at poker originally sold for £60 in 1978, and previous to this edition, never for less than £30!
This treatise on professional-level poker is the result of over 10,000 hours of labour by the world's greatest players and theorists and has never been equalled in scope or value.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14230 in Books
• Published on: 2003-02-10
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 624 pages

Synopsis
Considered by pros the BEST POKER BOOK EVER WRITTEN. This is the classic book on every major no-limit game played today and is considered by the pros to be one of the best books ever written on poker! Jam-packed with advanced strategies, theories, tactics and money-making techniques - no serious poker player can afford to be without this essential book! For the first time ever in paperback edition, Super System is packed with 608 pages of hard-hitting information and including fifty pages of the most precise poker statistics ever published, this is truly a must-buy for aspiring pros. Super System features chapters written by game's superstars, the best theorists and the best poker players in the world, such as Dave Sklansky, Mike Caro, Chip Reese, Bobby Baldwin and Doyle Brunson. Three world champions and two master theorists cover the essential strategies and advanced play in their specialties and provide no-nonsense winning advice on making money at the tables.

These poker superstars cover the important money games in depth: You'll learn 7-card stud, draw poker, lowball, 7-card low stud (razz), high-low split (cards speak), high-low declare, and the most popular game today, hold'em (limit and no-limit). The important winning concepts and strategies are clearly outlined and explained so that you'll become a big money winner. Serious poker players must have this book. This is mandatory reading for aspiring poker pros, tournament players or those ready to play no-limit and is ideal for players moving to higher stakes games. This is the best poker book every written - period - acknowledged by pros and knowledgeable players alike as the classic book on every major no-limit game played today. Absolutely indispensable reading for any player.

Customer Reviews

Quick note about the below review
He is wrong, it's a great book full stop.
And, what he said about it not actually being a system...you can't have a system in poker. Poker is played at so many levels and game types. you can hardly expect Doyle to cover every type of game with a specific system. You pick up logic from Doyle's experience and incorparate it into hands of your own.

Great book

Very Disappointing
I am sure Doyle Brunson is a nice guy and used to be one of the best Poker players in the World, but this book is extremely disappointing. There is no 'System' detailed in this book. In fact, there is very little strategy at all. It's an interesting read, but that's about it. The reason the volume is so big is because it has chapters by other people about different types of Poker, which pad out the book. The actual chapters on No Limit Holdem are relatively short. Sorry, but this is simply not good value

A classic text
This is a heavyweight volume that delivers. Doyle's no-limit holdem section is pure gold in terms of strategy - albeit quirky and idiosyncratic in places (such as his legendary refusal to play A-Q).

Mike Caro's tables of statistics are excellent, although their presentation is less than wonderful by today's standards.

My one reservation about the book is that whilst Doyle describes his very aggressive playing style in great detail, the book makes it too easy to adopt the style without understanding it. The explanation is generally there (for example, why Q-Q can be a dangerous hand, or why it's hard to win big pots with A-A), but it's frequently buried in the folksy writing style (I get the feeling this book was probably transcribed from interviews).

The playing style requires you to be very aggressive and have the nerve to put all yout chips in the middle and the confidence to keep on doing it when you get beat. The potential problem for inexperienced players trying to follow Super System is working out whether their losses are down to bad luck or bad play.

This is a book you should read, re-read and keep reading - you'll be rewarded.