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The Times Guide to Poker

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Play to Win with Tips and Strategies

By The Times Mind Games and Byron Jacobs

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Master the strategies and gameplay of this ever-popular card game. Poker is a game of skill, nerve and intelligent aggression. Join Times Poker Correspondent Byron Jacobs as he explains the strategies and thought processes used by winning players and take your game to the next level.... Read More

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Master the strategies and gameplay of this ever popular card game

Poker is a game of skill, nerve and intelligent aggression. Join Times Poker Correspondent Byron Jacobs as he explains the strategies and thought processes used by winning players and take your game to the next level.

Description

Master the strategies and gameplay of this ever-popular card game.

Poker is a game of skill, nerve and intelligent aggression. Join Times Poker Correspondent Byron Jacobs as he explains the strategies and thought processes used by winning players and take your game to the next level.

Poker has never been more popular, whether in your local setting, with friends and family, online or at a casino. Here's what you will pick up here:

· Get an overview of the rules and basic strategy.

· Master the fundamentals of ranges, betting, hand-reading, bluffing and bluff-catching.

· Study real hands from cash games and high-level tournament poker.

· Improve your decision-making, sharpen your instincts and understand poker psychology.

· Digest in-depth commentary on every scenario through hundreds of articles previously published in The Times.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008821050

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 August 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Times Books

Contributors:

Foreword by Chris Moorman

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 160g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

Byron Jacobs is a successful online poker player who has also worked as a poker coach and content provider for numerous poker websites. He runs a poker publishing company, has written four poker books and continues to write extensively on all aspects of the game. He has had a weekly poker column in The Times for the past number of years. The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785. A daily cryptic crossword is published in the main newspaper, and the Mind Games section in the Times2 supplement contains sudoku, Killer Sudoku, KenKen, word polygon puzzles, and a quick crossword.

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