Championship Tournament Poker (Championship S.) - Softcover

Endorsed by more than five world champions and rated by pros as the best book on tournaments ever written, this is a must for every player's library. Packed solid with winning strategies for all 11 games in the World Series of Poker, with extensive discussions of 7-card high, high-low, lowball and razz, limit, pot limit and no limit hold'em, Omaha high, high-low and pot limit. Also includes re-buy, half-half, satellites, supersatellites, and mixed game, and strategies for each stage of tournaments, big player profiles, and answers to frequently asked questions about handling difficult situations in tournament play.

The 1983 World Champion of Poker, Tom has won four World Series titles. Formerly a 9-to-5 accountant, he quit his day job in 1979 to join the high-pressure poker tournament circuit. In 1995 he wrote the acclaimed Tournament Poker, "one of the most important poker books of all time" according to Gamblers Book Club in Las Vegas. McEvoy also is the co-author of the "Championship Series:" Championship No-Limit & Pot-Limit Hold'em, Championship Stud, Championship Omaha and Championship Hold'em.