Final Table
A Winning Poker Approach from a WSOP Champion
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- ¥1,000
Publisher Description
A poker champ shares the story behind his biggest win
What makes a World Series of Poker Main Event champion? Is it knowledge of math or psychology? Is it the ability to determine other players’ hands?
In Jonathan Duhamel’s Final Table, discover what it takes to win $8.9 million in one tournament. Duhamel takes readers through crucial game moments and traces his strategic thinking. Should he go all–in? Should he fold? What is the right balance between risk and caution? Duhamel reveals the specific qualities winning poker players need.
Learn about Jonathan’s development as a poker player from his earliest days through to his online playing, into tournaments and the decision to go pro. Whether you’re a Friday night player or a professional, Final Table will entertain and educate you.
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The first Canadian to win the main event of the World Series of Poker, the world's most famous and most lucrative no-limit Texas Hold 'em tournament, Duhamel presents short essays on the 18 skills or qualities that all players need to win, since "luck plays a much smaller role than people think." These "skills," ranging from passion ("an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and self-improvement") to taking risks, seem at first glance to be fairly standard self-motivational topics that can be seen in sports and business books alike. The difference is that once Duhamel has dismissed with generalities, he shows specifically and precisely how to use the skills in the four betting rounds of a hand of Texas Hold 'em, where the "goal isn't to win the most hands" but to help players make mathematical and psychological decisions "that might allow them to win on a regular basis." And while it is not the focus of his book, Duhamel makes a provocative and compelling argument about how the Internet has influenced the world of poker by allowing younger players "to play the same number of hands in a few months that their predecessors took their lifetime to work up to," as well as giving them an "acute instinct for innovation and creativity that is sometimes lacking in older and more experienced players."
