Comments on: Winning 7-Card Stud: Transforming Home Poker Chumps into Casino Killers (Paperback)

By: Wilmer

Wilmer — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:54:06 +0000

Winning 7-Card Stud is a good book for players up to the 10-20 limit. Adams gives advice on how to play a tight and aggressive game. If his advice is followed, the player is likely to at least hold his own against the average talent at the 5-10 and 10-20 level. Chapter 2: Winning Basic Strategy gives a rundown on how to play a tight game that one should play against typical players. It describes the type of starting hands you want to play, and how to play them. It also describes each of the ensuing streets, and how one should proceed. Chapter 5: Expanding Your Repertoire explains more advanced techniques, ideas and moves a player can use once the player has the basic strategy down. Overall, this is a solid book for someone new to the game and any player that plays too loose. I recommend it as one's first 7-Card Stud book.

By: Riona

Riona — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:54:06 +0000

I am a frequent Hold 'Em (HE) player, both in the casino and online. A recurring problem for me is the wait. At the casino, I frequently have to wait over an hour to get a seat at an HE table. Online, it's not as bad, but just as irritating.

I decided one way to start passing the time was to play Stud, which always seems to have seats open. Unfortunately, Stud and HE are VERY different games, and I wasn't making the right adjustments.

This book outlines a good basic strategy that I was quickly able to implement with pretty good success. Unlike HE, Stud doesn't allow for a strict set of playable "starting hands", but this book did a good of explaining guidelines to consider when making the most critical decision: what to do on 3rd street.

This book does not, and was not intended to, get into advanced and aggressive play. That's for further reading, but this was a good starting point for me. For more experienced poker players, some of the advice might be considered weak-tight, but it's still a good foundation.

Warning - this book has a few typos in it. In particular, there is at least one diagram that in no way corresponds to the text beneath.

By: Hailey

Hailey — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:54:06 +0000

If you're looking to learn the basics of 7-Card Stud, I can't imagine you'll find a better book (or a better value) than this one. Unlike most poker books, it's actually a pretty entertaining read and all the material is well-presented and organized.

I was already a profitable low-limit online Stud player before reading this book, but this book still helped my game quite a bit. There's some good advice in here regarding how to play in live casino games (especially if you're a newbie), game selection, identifying and playing against different types of players, etc.

As one of the reviews below mentions, this is a book for beginning and intermediate-level players and the advice is really only applicable for lower-limit games. You may also find that some of the advice on third street play in particular isn't really applicable to certain types of low-limit online games due to their betting structure.

But these are just minor nitpicks. Overall, this is an excellent book and a wonderful introduction to the game. If you're a new player, start with this book!