Welcome to the WBZ Book Club. This is Jordan. I'm not one who frequents casinos and I'm not a poker player, but I found this book pretty interesting. It's called Essential Poker Math, the expanded edition Fundamental, no limit hold of mathematics you need to know. The author is Alton Harden. In the book, you'll find seventy five carefully devised practice and example poker hands with
quite a bit of analysis from the experts. The book teaches you about poker math, and what you find out is that fundamental poker math is not that hard to learn, and according to the author, it will transform the game and allow you to outplay your opponents. When you understand essential poker math, you learn to calculate the pot odds and implied odds at the table, use pot equity in the rule of two and four. Understand how to properly set
mine steal and three bet bluff with basic mathematics. Learn the math behind bluffs and hero calls. Understand how to use expected value or ev both on and off the table to set your strategy. Basically, to improve your game and win more hands. Essential Poker Math by Alton Harden, and that's the book Club. WBZ, Boston's news radio