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Essential Poker Math, Expanded Edition (3D book)

Essential Poker Math
Expanded Edition

4.5
Rated 4.5 out of 5
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Essential Poker Math, Workbook Edition (3D book)

Essential Poker Math
Workbook Edition

4.5
Rated 4.5 out of 5
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Essential Poker Math, Original Edition (3D book)

Essential Poker Math
Original Edition

4.2
Rated 4.2 out of 5
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Master Micro Stakes Poker (3D book)

Master Micro Stakes Poker

4.7
Rated 4.7 out of 5
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Fundamentals of Exploitative Online Poker (3D book)

Fundamentals of Exploitative Online Poker

4.3
Rated 4.3 out of 5
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Nathan W.

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Rated 5 out of 5

This book launched my poker career. I just started playing poker two years ago and was a losing player until I came across this book. It offers a simple and effective strategy for winning at the micro stakes. This book walks a beginner through all the fundamentals of NLHE poker, covering everything from pre-flop to the river. It also teaches you how to study poker, how to use a HUD and bankroll management, which itself can make or break a poker career. If you’re a losing, breakeven or even slightly winning poker player, this book will definitely help your win rate and pay for itself many times over.

Master Micro Stakes Poker
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Rick P.

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Rated 5 out of 5

Excellent! Breaks the math concepts down so it’s easy to understand. Good examples with clear illustrations and explanations. Once I grasped the concepts and began to implement them into my game I saw improvement. The more I study and play, the easier the math becomes. The book offers one of Alton’s poker courses for no charge along with access to an array of tools to study hand equity, odds, etc. The book covers basic player types, position, betting, bluffs and more as well. One of the best poker books I’ve studied to improve my game. Strongly recommend!

Essential Poker Math, Expanded Edition
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B. Mann

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Rated 5 out of 5

I have read both of Alton’s books on poker math, basic and expanded edition, multiple times. But this workbook takes it to another level. It’s definitely more work and hands on but you learn so much more. There are lots of quizzes to do and there was even a great thing I never thought to do but was eye opening. Comparing AK to QQ, which wins? Well he had me deal it out 20 times and see actual results like I was playing live. There is so much more I’m looking forward to. If you really want to learn poker math and you are a book learner, this is for you.

Essential Poker Math, Workbook Edition
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Zachary M.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I have finally finished this book and I can say it has created a strong and solid foundation for my play today. Without it, I surely would not be here. Alton Hardin details everything from start to finish incredibly well. It’s presented in an easy to learn manner that builds upon each subject. I would recommend anyone to not rush learning this material as it is a lot. I found it worth to really learn each concept before moving onto the next. I don’t know of any better guide to go from a losing or break even player to a winning one, literally as advertised!

Master Micro Stakes Poker
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Domingos I.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I’m a beginner at poker, and I’d heard about a lot of the math concepts from friends and websites, but I never really understood them or knew how to apply them in my games. To me, they always felt like interesting poker “lore” rather than something practical. This book changed that. The explanations are clear, simple, and easy to follow. What I really liked is that you do not need to be especially good at math to understand the concepts. That was a surprise to me, because a lot of people make poker math sound like rocket science, when it really isn’t. This book made it feel approachable and useful.

Essential Poker Math, Expanded Edition
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RS

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Rated 5 out of 5

Getting back into Hold’em after a decade + of focusing on chess and this workbook and the accompanying resources are outstanding. No need to surf YouTube looking for poker math content, this has everything most players will ever need. Great value, well-written and worth the small investment. Highly recommended.

Essential Poker Math, Workbook Edition
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G Brad H.

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Rated 5 out of 5

Great book. I hope nobody buys this book cause I will have a great advantage over them. The author is well organized. There are great courses in the book. Probability, odds, ratios, risk reward issues, calls, bets, bluffs math issues are tough. This book deals with poker math like nobody else. It is a must to have if you play poker. I will buy Alton Hardin’s next book for sure.

Essential Poker Math, Original Edition
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Alexander B.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I’m a 41 year old man and for the first time in almost a decade I feel like I’m learning something useful, which happens to be fun. Part of it comes from the way Mr. Hardin speaks to the reader, employing a collaborative voice to help me feel like we’re all in this together. You will notice your confidence in micro stakes improving if you read this book, which in turn will get you profits.

Master Micro Stakes Poker
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Pam N.

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Rated 5 out of 5

Over the last two years, I have been studying poker and reading a lot of books. I have read 30-plus, and this book is better than all of them combined. I learned more from this book; it has improved my game more, and it was explained better than any other book. I wish I would have read this one first. I can’t recommend this one enough; it will save you a lot of time and money if you start with this one. I will guarantee if you read this book and do the examples your game will improve.

Essential Poker Math, Expanded Edition
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Jason S.

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Rated 5 out of 5

I have played poker professionally for about 30 years yet I still learned from this book and also pass that knowledge down to my students! Worth every penny!!

Essential Poker Math, Workbook Edition
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Chris W.

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Rated 5 out of 5

For those that are wanting to gain a grasp on beginning to understand exploitive poker without all of the technical and hard to understand vocabulary that is associated with most of the books out there, then this is a great book to begin with. Easy to understand and breaks it down for any layman to grasp. I highly recommend this book for beginners looking at grasping the fundamentals of exploitive poker.

Fundamentals of Exploitative Online Poker
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Essential Poker Math, Expanded Edition (3D book)

Essential Poker Math, Expanded Edition

4.5
Rated 4.5 out of 5
(1,416 ratings on Amazon)

Amazon’s #1 best-selling poker math book from 2016 to present. This edition adds more than 150 pages of new material across four new chapters, plus over 75 practice hand scenarios.

  • Over 60,000 copies sold worldwide
  • Included: Access to our 8-hour Essential Poker Math course and RangeLab Basic app
  • Featured in: PokerScout, PokerListings and The Poker Mindset best poker book lists
  • Formats: Kindle, paperback and audiobook

What You’ll Learn

  • Pot odds and implied odds
  • Pot equity with the Rule of 2 and 4
  • Expected value for any call, bet or bluff
  • Hand combinations with combinatorics
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Essential Poker Math, Workbook Edition (3D book)

Essential Poker Math, Workbook Edition

4.5
Rated 4.5 out of 5
(58 ratings on Amazon)

Released in 2024, this paperback workbook turns poker math into a skill. Work through more than 190 hands-on exercises and scenarios until pot odds, equity and expected value feel automatic.

  • Included: Access to our 8-hour Essential Poker Math course and RangeLab Basic app
  • Featured in: Cardplayer Lifestyle’s 12 Best Poker Books of 2024
  • Format: Paperback

What You’ll Learn

  • Pot odds, equity and expected value
  • Bluff-to-value ratios
  • Minimum defense frequency
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Essential Poker Math, Original Edition (3D book)

Essential Poker Math, Original Edition

4.2
Rated 4.2 out of 5
(608 ratings on Amazon)

The book that started it all. Amazon’s #1 best-selling poker book of 2015 teaches the core math behind every poker decision, from pot odds and equity to how often a bluff needs to work.

  • Want more? The Expanded Edition adds more than 150 pages of new material
  • Formats: Kindle, paperback and audiobook

What You’ll Learn

  • Pot odds, implied odds and equity
  • Expected value and the Rule of 2 and 4
  • Bet sizing and how often bluffs must work
  • Card combinations
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Master Micro Stakes Poker (3D book)

Master Micro Stakes Poker

4.7
Rated 4.7 out of 5
(426 ratings on Amazon)

The most comprehensive guide to six-max micro stakes cash games. Across 416 pages, learn a tight-aggressive strategy for the 5NL, 10NL and 25NL games, with over 140 practice and example hands.

  • Included: Access to our Pre-Flop Mastery Game Plan course and Range Viewer Basic app
  • Featured in: How to Play Poker Info’s 2025 Best Poker Books, highest rated at 9.6 out of 10
  • Formats: Kindle, paperback and audiobook

What You’ll Learn

  • Pre-flop strategy, from raising first in to isolation raising
  • Post-flop play and continuation betting
  • Heads-up display stats and player types
  • The essential poker math
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Fundamentals of Exploitative Online Poker (3D book)

Fundamentals of Exploitative Online Poker

4.3
Rated 4.3 out of 5
(110 ratings on Amazon)

Learn to exploit your opponents through heads-up display (HUD) stats, player tendencies and table selection. Written for beginning and intermediate players.

  • Formats: Kindle and paperback

What You’ll Learn

  • The most useful heads-up display stats
  • Identifying player types
  • Using poker tracking software
  • Choosing the best tables and seats
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