This is one of the most well known and best books for people who are going to play low limit hold 'em poker. Lee Jones walks the reader through the basics of why low limit hold 'em plays differently than middle and higher limit games, how to play hold 'em poker and lots of examples of what cards to play and how to play them. The book is broken into three sections:
Section I: The Game
- Winning low-limit hold em is not about playing fancy, it is about playing good solid fundamental poker. This is the best book for low-limit hold 'em. Most of this book resembles a typical introductory book.
- Lee Jones is an online poker executive and the author of Winning Low-Limit Hold 'em. In 2019, Lee partnered with Tommy Angelo to create the video series called PokerSimple. He also contributes a monthly column to Bluff Magazine.
Here we are introduced to the game of hold 'em. The basic rules of the game, reading the board, odds, pot odds, and implied odds, and identifying the type (loose, tight, passive, aggressive) of game you are joining. If you are new to hold 'em this section is a great introduction (and a good primer to understanding the information we provide on this site).
Section II: Play of the Hand from Deal to Showdown
The game of Low-limit holdem is so characteristically different from even middle limit or high limit and this book is designed for specifically low limit games. I really enjoy how Lee Jones not only tells you what move is the best move, but he many times will explain why this is the best move.
This is the meat and potatoes of the book, where lots of good information and advice is given about playing in a loose game, from pre-flop card selection through every betting round. Not only does the author cover what sorts of cards you should play and what position you should play them in, but he covers post-flop topics like how to play a flopped set, a made straight, draws, big pairs and many other examples from pre-flop to river.
Mr. Jones breaks cards into 4 categories: Pocket Pairs, Connectors, Suited Aces and Kings, and Big Cards, subsequent sections include what subsets of these 4 categories to play in which situations taking into consideration your absolute position (nearness to the dealer button) and relative position to other players (those that are especially aggressive or especially passive). He makes the very good point that although position isn't quite as important as it is in middle and high limit games it still plays an often underestimated role in the quantity of money you win or lose with a particular hand.
About the only advice we take exception to is his suggestion to raise only with AA, KK and AKs in early position. If you play this way you are giving way too much information about your hand and your opponents will pick up on this. Yes, you are still the favorite vs. any one of them to win with AA but there's no need to broadcast the fact that you have it--you'll only cost yourself money in the later betting rounds from people like AJo when the high card is a jack on the board. You should always be thinking about what kind of hands you want to force out and what kind of hands you want to keep in when you raise. With AA you should be quite happy to have A5 and A7 join you for a few betting rounds!
Section III: Miscellaneous Topics
Player stereotypes, bluffing and implicit collusion and playing in spread limit and jackpot games are discussed in this section. Overall there are some interesting pieces of information in this section, but by far the best reason to buy the book is the densely packed Section II where you'll find several hundred dollars of excellent advice in this $20 book.
Summary
Winning Low Limit Hold 'Em by Lee Jones is literally worth its weight in gold for beginning players and even for experienced players who are not used to playing in loose/passive and loose/aggressive games. A must-have for anyone who plays low limit hold 'em.
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Lee Jones is an online poker executive and the author of Winning Low-Limit Hold 'em.[1]
In 2019, Lee partnered with Tommy Angelo to create the video series called PokerSimple.
He also contributes a monthly column to Bluff Magazine.[2]
Jones earned his B.S. in Computer Science from Duke University in North Carolina in 1978, and his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland in 1983.
From October 2003 to April 2007, Jones worked as the cardroom manager of the PokerStarsonline poker cardroom.[3] As the poker room manager, Jones decided which poker tournaments and games to offer the players. In April 2007, Jones retired as the poker room manager of PokerStars and began work with the European Poker Tour.[4] Jones said that he was making the change 'to expand [his] horizons and stretch some new muscles.' Jones organized, hosted, and provided television commentary for EPT events, while also still serving as a consultant for PokerStars.[5]
Lee Jones Winning Low Limit Hold Em
In April 2008 Jones announced he was leaving EPT to become COO of CardRunners, a poker instructional website.[6] He left Cardrunners in 2009.
In May 2009 Jones signed on with the Cake Poker Network's flagship member Cake Poker as the Card Room Manager.[7] He was also acting as a player advocate at Cake Poker.[8] He resigned from Cake Poker in December 2010 citing 'strategic decisions with which I'm not comfortable' [9]
In 2012, Jones returned to work with PokerStars when they acquired FullTiltPoker.
In 2014, Jones earned 14th place in the Isle of Man stop of UKIPT (United Kingdom and Ireland Poker Tour)
In 2006 Jones and a former math lecturer named James Kittock (now at Google) developed a system for playing heads-up that they called the Sit and Go Endgame System (SAGE). This drew a mention in the New York Times poker column.[10]
Notes[edit]
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- ^Schechter, Bruce. 'Poker Book Reviews: Winning Low Limit Hold'em'. Poker Pages. Archived from the original on November 6, 2007. Retrieved November 6, 2007.
- ^'Bluff Magazine'. 2008. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2008.
- ^Ian Urbina (March 19, 2004). 'Hold 'Em and Hide 'Em; The Profits and Problems With Online Poker'. New York Times.
- ^Lee Jones Stepping Down from Position at PokerStars
- ^Green, Shawn Patrick (March 26, 2007). 'Update: Lee Jones writes about departure'. Card Player Magazine.
- ^Pokernews.com: Lee Jones Named New CardRunners Chief Operating Officer
- ^Pokernewsdaily.com: Lee Jones Signs with Cake poker
- ^Pokernews.com: Lee Jones Discusses the Future of Cake Poker
- ^Pokernewsdaily.com: Lee Jones Resigns from Cake Poker
- ^James McManus (January 28, 2006). 'Pump it or dump it? Ask the system'. New York Times.
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