Learn How to Play Mid-Limit Holdem Poker From Ciaffone & Brier

Bob Ciaffone and Jim Brier are both columnists for poker magazines. Aside from being a columnist, Bob Ciaffone is also an author of poker books while Jim Brier is known for his skill in creating quizzes about poker, particularly the game of middle limit Texas Holdem. These two authors decided to collaborate for the completion of their poker book "Middle Limit Holdem Poker."

Bob Ciaffone and Jim Brier begins "Middle Limit Holdem Poker" with a discussion of the basics of Holdem poker. Beginning and intermediate players may read this poker book if they want but we do not recommend it to them because the authors have intentionally created this poker book for experienced poker players.

Beginners and intermediate poker players might somewhat find "Middle Limit Holdem Poker" difficult to understand because Bob Ciaffone's and Jim Brier's writing style seems to assume that the readers are very familiar of the game of mid-limit Texas Holdem and that the readers are knowledgeable of several poker strategies. Therefore, more than anything else, we recommend this poker book to experienced poker players.

The following sections of "Middle Limit Holdem Poker" speak of the different decision points in a Holdem hand. Among the topics covered by these sections are river play, turn play, flop play, and pre-flop play. After these sections, Bob Ciaffone and Jim Brier dedicate a section that discusses such topics as free cards, slow playing, and bluffing. Such section is titled "Special Topics."

Furthermore, Bob Ciaffone and Jim Brier have also included a section titled "Non-Standard Games," wherein the topics discussed include games of Holdem that feature unorthodox structures, hands wherein poker players post, and short handed play. In these sections, Bob Ciaffone and Jim Brier educate readers about basic strategic concepts prior to providing quizzes related to those topics.

Tabular representations of mathematical expected results of several confrontations as well as a glossary of terms commonly used in the game of mid-limit Texas Holdem are also featured in this poker book.

The questions included by Bob Ciaffone and Jim Brier in "Middle Limit Holdem Poker" are approximately more than a hundred. "Middle Limit Holdem Poker" has three hundred thirty two pages which is actually thick for a poker book. There is no doubt that readers might take a long time to finish reading this poker book unless they devote all their time to reading it.

"Middle Limit Holdem Poker" costs US$25.00 in bookstores in the United States. Some may find it expensive but once they start reading this poker book, they will realize that "Middle Limit Holdem Poker" is worth every penny.

Some readers may also find some of the contents of "Middle Limit Holdem Poker" disagreeable, especially the parts written by Bob Ciaffone. Nevertheless, the overall result of the book is satisfactory. Despite some flaws with the way Bob Ciaffone and Jim Brier have written this poker book, we still believe that readers will learn a lot from "Middle Limit Holdem Poker."