Questo libro non è prevalentemente incentrato sul gambling, o sul poker. L'obiettivo degli autori è di migliorare le vostre capacità di ragionamento e i processi decisionali. Saranno utilizzati molti esempi legati al gioco ma anche situazioni che non centrano con il gambling, così come aneddoti personali, per insegnarvi ad analizzare al meglio le situazioni prendendo decisioni corrette. David Sklansky ha aiutato centinaia di migliaia di gambler a prendere decisioni sempre migliori. Le idee che verranno illustrate vi aiuteranno a ragionare anche relativamente a problematiche molto più importanti, come scegliere una carriera, mandare avanti un business, far lavorare al meglio i propri subordinati, gestire grossi acquisti, valutare investimenti ed educare i figli. Pescando spunti dalle abilità inusuali di Sklansky e dagli interventi/commenti di Alan Schoonmaker, vedrete come il combinare matematica, creatività, logica, probabilità e psicologia possa generare decisioni di gran lunga migliori rispetto a quelle prese con approcci più focalizzati/emotivi.

Poker is much more than knowing the right strategies; it's also knowing how to actualize those strategies. The game is full of losing players who know how to play, yet can't seem to induce themselves to consistently make the right plays. 'Black Friday' and the current state of the U.S. economy have changed the sub-culture in which we live and play. The dynamics of the poker world have drastically changed. Internet poker is not the cash cow it used to be, thereby changing the face of live poker. The games got tougher as Internet pros gravitated to the live action, the only action they can currently find. A player looking to become a major winner in live poker this involves changes in skill sets and mindsets. For the B&M players it involves adjusting to the skills and styles of former online players.The Internet game and the live game, though related, have very different fundamentals, not to mention all the innumerable different nuances. And, because there are fewer weak players, everybody must adjust to tougher games.This book will show you how to adjust to today's tougher games and create a new understanding about yourself and your opponents' minds. Being in tune with yourself will greatly improve your poker game. Being in tune with your opponents' minds will cause you to crush them.

When Jim McManus, author of the New York Times best-seller, Positively Fifth Street, read our manuscript, he wrote, “Whenever I read something by David, I never fail to learn new things about the world. The book is fantastically illuminating, well written, works as a kind of autobiography, and Al's input is effective as commentary.” You will probably feel the same way by seeing how creatively combining math, logic, psychology, and probability theory can solve problems you might have previously regarded as unsolvable. Your ability to identify and even manipulate other people's thoughts and desires should improve, as well as your ability to understand and resist other experts who attempt to do the same thing. And this book will almost certainly put money in your pocket.The title, DUCY?, was taken from our forums at www.twoplustwo.com's. To encourage people to think better, David would often ask, “Do you see why?” before fully explaining his conclusions or advice. Forum participants created the acronym and started using it themselves, and it became so popular that the following definition now appears in the Urban Dictionary: “Abbreviated form of 'Do you see why?' Commonly used on online forums; originated from the Two Plus Two Poker Community.” We believe that the term does a good job of capturing the essence of this book.

Il poker richiede molte abilità e la corretta applicazione di strategie ottimali. Per avere successo devi padroneggiarle tutte e poi applicarle nei momenti adatti. Esse includono una appropriata selezione delle mani, una calcolata aggressività, il bluff, il semi-bluff, comprendere i segnali non verbali ed i messaggi lasciati appositamente trapelare, scegliere le partite giuste e leggere le mani. Queste abilità non arrivano facilmente dal momento che richiedono azioni per certi versi innaturali. Non puoi vincere semplicemente 'facendo quello che ti viene naturale.' Il Dr. Schoonmaker tratta solo il modo in cui molti fattori psicologici influiscono sulla tua abilità e su quella dei tuoi avversari. Per esempio, ti sei mai chiesto perché alcuni giocatori sembrano estremamente aggressivi e altri passivi? Perché alcuni sono tight ed altri loose? Inoltre, ti sei mai chiesto perché alcune tattiche sembra che ti vengano naturali ed altre no? Questo testo risponderà a molte di queste domande. Spiegherà perché tu ed i tuoi avversari giocate in un certo modo.

AT THE TABLE, YOU'RE YOUR OWN WORST ENEMY. --Stu Ungar, the world's greatest poker player

Do you play hands you should fold? Do you sometimes go too far with hands, hoping to get lucky while knowing that the pot odds don't justify calling? Ever kept playing even when you knew you were off your game because you were losing and wanted to get even? Have you let anger or destructive urges affect the way you play even though you know better?

Don't despair! Now, in Your Worst Poker Enemy, psychologist Dr. Alan Schoonmaker shows you how to reap the full benefits of the poker knowledge you already have by helping you to identify and stop psychologically based mistakes. This must-have book also features detailed sections that examine crucial points far beyond the scope of most other poker strategy guides, including:



• Using Intuition vs. Logic


• Evaluating Yourself and the Opposition


• Understanding Unconscious and Emotional Factors


• Adjusting to Changes


• Handling stress


Dr. Schoonmaker will help you to recognize and defeat the often crippling psychological factors that distort your perceptions about yourself, other players, and the game itself and send you on your way to becoming the best poker player you can be!

Alan N. Schoonmaker, Ph.D, is the author of the top-selling The Psychology of Poker and is a columnist forCard Player magazine. He received his Ph.D. in Psychology from UC Berkeley and has conducted research and taught at UCLA, Carnegie-Mellon, and Belgium's Catholic University of Louvain. He lives in Las Vegas.