文档介绍：Play.
Get Paid.
Simple.
Get the edge that the Pros have.
by Richard D. Harroch and Lou Krieger
Foreword by Chris Moneymaker
Winner of the 2003 World Series of ER
About the Authws
Lou Krieger learned poker at the tender age of 7, while standing at his
father's side during the weekly Thursday night game held at the Krieger
kitchen table in the bluecollar Brooklyn neighborhood where they lived.
Lou played throughout high school and college and managed to keep his
head above water only because the other players were so appallingly bad.
But it wasn't until his first visit to Las Vegas that he took poker seriously,
buying into a low-limit Seven Card Stud game where he managed - with a
good deal of luck -to break even.
"While playing stud," he recalls, "I noticed another game that looked eved
more interesting. It was Texas Hold'em.
"I watched the Hold'em game for about 30 minutes, and sat down to play. One
hour and $100 later, I was hooked. I didn't mind losing. It was the first time 1
played, and I expected to lose. But I didn't like feeling like a dummy so I
bought and studied every poker book I could find."
"I studied; 1 played. I studied and played more. Before long I was winning reg-
ularly, and I haven't had a losing year since I began keeping records."
In the early 1990s Lou Krieger began writing a column called "On Strategy"
for Card Player Magazine. He has also written two books about poker,
Hold'em Excellence: From Beginner to Winner and MORE Hold'em Excellence:
A Winner For Life.
When not writing about poker, Lou (who lives in Long Beach, California) can
be found playing poker in the card casinos of Southern California.
Richard Harroch is an attorney with over 20 years of experience in repre-
senting start-up and panies, entrepreneurs, and venture
capitalists. He is listed in "Who's Who in American Law" and is a corporate
partner in a major law firm in San Francisco,