Fundamentals of Poker (Fundamentals) | 
| Authors: Mason Malmuth, Lynne Loomis
Publisher: Two Plus Two Pub.
Category: Book
List Price: $5.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 340794
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 72
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.3
ISBN: 1880685248
Dewey Decimal Number: 795.412
EAN: 9781880685242
ASIN: 1880685248
Publication Date: January 2000
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Product Description
A hard-hitting guide to the best strategies for the most popular casino poker games -- seven-card stud and Texas hold 'em -- plus insights into winning at Omaha, Omaha eight-or-better, seven-card stud eight-or-better, razz, and lowball.
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 Simple and usefull June 29, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The "Fundamentals of Poker" is a great book for begginers. It gives the basic rules of different games (hold'em, omaha, omaha h/l, stud, stud 8) and the basic strategy for you to beggin at micro limit games. I'm a Hold'em player and this book helped me to start playing omaha, razz and others
A Solid, Crisp Overview. April 22, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Well, the time has long passed since I needed a book like this, but I think Malmuth and Loomis have put together a concise, efficient summary of what poker is with novices in mind. They cover all of the basics and that's about it which is why they dub it the "fundamentals." It won't have any value for advanced players though. Specifically, I liked the General Advice and Poker Etiquette questions best. They were thoughtful and unique in my opinion. Also, a lot of players nowadays are like me and really only play Hold'em. With that being the case, they may profit from the 15 page summary of stud offered here should they ever decide to play it. A shorter overview is put forth for Omaha as well.
 OK for ABSOLUTE beginners November 12, 2003
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
Cover to cover, this book will take you about an hour to read. It has good *basic* poker information. If you understand the basics of 7 card stud and hold'em, then there's not a lot of info in here. It breezes over some odds and gives some basic strategy pointers that are VERY conservative (which is good for keeping beginners from being slaughtered when they first take part in a game), but it is mostly "high level" info about the games. It covers other variations of poker as well, but in even less depth.All that being said, I bought it because it qualified me for free shipping. Shipping would have been about $5, the book was $6, so I essentially spent $1 on the book - it was worth the $1. It's worth the $6 if you want a basic primer to get you started - simple to read, easy to understand. But, if you plan on trying to develop your game, there are other books that will give you the primer as well as give a little more depth (not for $6, of course...).
Very Good for starting a game but very shallow November 3, 2003
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book will help you start your home game. It has the rules and basic strategies for the major games. It won't make you a pro but its very effective for such a small book and a small price. You could not expect much more from a 75 pages booklet.
 eh November 27, 2002
0 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is an okay primer, but there's not enough to it.
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