If you've seen Poker tournaments on TV, you've seen amateurs and poker-unknowns battle it out with top professionals for millions of dollars. If you've played poker online, chances are you've played for much, much less than that.This is YOUR strategy book.All the top strategy books have worthwhile information and are great for top-line players, but for the rest of us (the small stakes 90%), we are in need of something a bit different, because the conditions at those $10,000 buy-in tournaments don't exist in our $5 Sit 'n' Gos. So in the vein of "it takes one to know one," a winning small-stakes Hold 'em player (and gambling writer) shares insights as to how you, too can "Be the King" (of small stakes tournaments.This easy-to-read guide is specifically designed for "the poker novice and the nervous." It contains real-world ideas and strategies to so that players can play aggressively (but not like a maniac), understand opponents' thinking (and lack thereof), and make the final table. And win!If you're going to plop down what this book costs in entry fees without a second thought, why not "invest" that money instead on a way to actually win some of your money back?Be the King! I wrote my first short story while in first grade, and it was actually published in the school paper. How long ago was that? The newspaper was mimeographed – that's your clue.Since then, I've been writing on and off, both fiction and non-fiction-sometimes for a living, sometimes for fun. I've written more than 100 articles in a variety of places, including a variety of gaming publications such as Casino, Casino Executive, Card Player, Dalton's Blackjack Review, Double Down, Thoroughbred Times, American Turf Monthly, and HorsePlayer, along with in-flight magazines, and local newspapers. I even won a writing contest with a $1,000 first prize.Since then-under my own name-I've written four how-to books for beginners on the most popular casino games like Craps, Blackjack, and Poker, plus one on horse racing. I also collected some of the short stories and essays I wrote about gambling "back in the day" into a small book.In addition, I write weird and unintentionally humorous stories under my pen name, Buxton Manning.BTW, that's a portrait of me with the $1,000 check. Helluva time cashing it at the bank…
