Lee Jones – Winning Low Limit Hold’em

Amongst many professional players, this book is a library staple. Lee Jones set the stage for a lot of other writers in addressing a need for a reference book for new and low limit players. This book was the first to actually explain (for example) why it sometimes is a good idea (or mathematically correct) to hang around for that gut-shot straight draw.

Lee Jones really opened the door here for amatuers who frequented the casinos only to see their buy-in depleted in a regular fashion. What was missing was the “why” in thier game. Why should I be in or out of this pot? Why shouldn’t I be playing my 2 suited cards? Why shouldn’t I be the first in the pot with 57os? Why should I wait around to see if i hit that jack?

Some other necessary concepts here are the free card play, check raise, positioning, turn and river play. Most topics here are analysed with a presumption that requires you to show down the best hand. Inherent in that, is solid, aggressive play and strict adherence to pot odd calculations. After many personal hours of low limit play, understanding this dynamic is critical, and Jones executes this very well.

Accompanying the many hand comparisons and pertinent chapters are a slew of effective test questions that the best of players will be challenged to answer all correctly. This is a small book and a quick read and Jones’ writing style may not be flamboyant, but it’s definitely packed full of the “nuts” .

most players can’t stomach being called beginners, novices or newbies, and the bottom line is that it’s true. Otherwise, it would probably pose much more difficulty for me to make money in my home games.

In reference to some of the idiocies posted below, a game played for relatively small betting increments could possibly have players of significant skill and ferocity, or cheaters who will use tricks to get your money. Jones points out that in moving past $10 big bets, you need a new set of skills. However, you should be able to know when you’re making too many uncertain decisions, against players that you don’t know you can beat. Selection of the right game is the first assessment any player should make, and it just happens that people are less likely to be skilled or cheaters at low levels because the stakes don’t justify it.

I’ve read most of the significant works on poker in general, and Hold’Em in specific. Lee Jones basically writes the most accessible book on Hold’Em: he discusses starting standards, position, betting for value, and play of the straight and flush draw in Hold’Em. The worst that I can say (having read David Sklansky’s first and second books on Hold’Em in addition to _The Theory of Poker_, plus Bobby Baldwin and Doyle Brunson’s sections on Limit and No-Limit in _Super/System_) is that he doesn’t necessarily show you all of the mathematics behind the principles, or give you helpful anecdotes to frame the lessons in your mind. If you like playing the game, you can buy those too.

The wisdom from each book on the game really doesn’t change that much. Play fewer hands. Play bigger cards. Tighten up when you’re the first to bet, and play draws from the blinds. Each one has a different way of communicating their insights to you, but Lee Jones does so in a conversational, easily remembered way – and the difference will show in your game.

 

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