David Sklansky

Small stakes no-limit hold 'em games usually feature several players who play quite poorly. To achieve best possible results in these games it becomes necessary to exploit your opponents to the maximum, which is much different from the Game Theory Optimal (GTO) approach that is advocated by most players and poker instructors. This doesn't mean that a GTO approach won't win in today's small stakes games, but it does mean that a highly exploitive player, providing he follows the right strategies, can do even better. Topics include "Making Them Play Bad," "Smallish Stacks/Buy-Ins Are Often Best," "Limping First-In," "Rating Starting Hands," "When They Don't Bluff," "The Power of Aces," "Overcharging Drawing Hands," "Pot Sweeteners On The Flop," "Top Pair, Bad Kicker," "Bet Sizing When First On the River," "Betting Strategy When Someone is All-in," and much more.

A semi autobiography that combines juicy anecdotes, sometimes about well known, (occasionally nasty) characters, gambling and other advice, and a psychological self profile of a "math nerd" who overcame mild autism by taking on Las Vegas.