World Poker Tour(TM): Making the Final Table

World Poker Tour(TM): Making the Final Table
by Erick Lindgren

World Poker Tour(TM): Making the Final Table
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Author: Erick Lindgren
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-11-01
ISBN: 006076306X
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks

Book Reviews of World Poker Tour(TM): Making the Final Table

Book Review: Great content for what is essentially an infomercial
Summary: 5 Stars

This book is solid and I have learned a lot from it. Some I already knew, but great ideas can always bear repetition: 1. Be aggressive, not passive. 2. Play to win, not to finish in the money. Etc.

Lindgren is personable, though his egotism does show through in many passages. I don't hold this against him, as he has won a lot of money and it would be stupid to be too modest about that fact. And at least he hasn't let his ego totally overcome him, as Mike Matisow and Phil Helmuth have.

Like Doyle Brunson, Lindgren believes you should see a lot of flops. That makes his starting hand selection much looser than the guidelines provided by many books. He also puts a lot of emphasis on "taking control of the table." I would quibble a bit with the importance of always having the lead. I have often found the rope-a-dope to be very effective.

I especially liked his discussion of newbies overbetting or underbetting a pot and how to take advantage of them.

That being said, this book is also an infomercial for the World Poker Tour. WPTE should give it to their shareholders as a dividend. I found the emphasis on the WPT and the PPT, combined with the scarcity of mentions of the World Series of Poker, to be a bit irritating. It reminds me of the days when The National Football League tried to pretend there was no American Football League. Any time I read such a biased approach, it makes me more skeptical of the other information in the book

But the book is excellent overall and you have to just grit your teeth while you are shilled about the WPT.

Summary of World Poker Tour(TM): Making the Final Table

Erick Lindgren, one of the most recognizable and successful players on the World Poker Tour, presents No?Limit Hold'em tournament strategies for surviving and thriving at the tables.

This follow?up to WPT: Shuffle Up and Deal from poker professional Erick Lindgren with contributions from other stars of the World Poker Tour provides the next level of poker strategies and insights for today's poker players. The popularity of the World Poker Tour has driven the huge spike in amateur players entering No?Limit Hold'em Tournaments. As a result the old strategies of conservative slow play are no longer effective. Only the strongest and most aggressive players like Lindgren are reaching the final tables. In this book he will share what it takes to be the last one standing. This will be a must have for all poker enthusiasts.

Perfect for fans of the World Poker Tour as aired on Network Ten and is a hot Foxtel favourite

Australian poker champion Joe Hachem has just been all over the media after he won $10 million.

Erick Lindgren has won almost $2 million on the World Poker Tour, including two first place finishes.

The World Poker Tour television series has revolutionized televised poker by offering expert analysis, and varying camera angles and close?ups of the players' hole cards, creating a whole new brand of high?tech, high?stakes, high?anxiety entertainment.

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