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Kill Phil: The Fast Track to Success in No-Limit Hold 'em Poker Tournaments


by Blair Rodman, Lee Nelson

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Sales Rank: 19474
Studio: Huntington Pres
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 275
Publication Date: October 01, 2005
Publisher: Huntington Pres


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Product Description
Divulges the real strategies used by professional poker players to consistently win major (and minor) no-limit hold 'em tournaments. With poker tournaments televised on more than a dozen television networks and internet poker sweeping the nation, the popularity of the game is at an all-time high. Everyone thinks they have a shot, as evidenced by the 5,600+ player field in the $10,000 main event at the 2005 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. If these weekend warriors hope to win, they'd better know the same strategies that the pros use. Authors Blair Rodman and Lee Nelson, both poker professionals, spill the beans about the strategies they (and most of the big-name poker players) use to keep scooping the pots.


CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 38 reviews)

help in the wsop  
I found the information contained in Kill Phil useful & productive.
It can provide another weapon in the arsenal of a serious poker player.
No system of play can substitute for hours of practice, lots of reading,
and constantly striving for improvement in your game. I experimented with Kill Phil in the recent WSOP Ladies circuit event in Tunica and went from placing 27th last year to placing 18th this year. Aside from the basic Kill Phil system, the book contains advice & a tournament overview
from two people who have been there. Of the many poker books I have read,
I found this one very worthwhile!
September 16, 2007

There's a very important concept here.  
While reading this book, the reviews, online message boards, and playing constant online tourneys, it has occurred to me that there's a very important concept here. Namely, is there a mathematical basis for going all-in anytime you deside to play a hand?

I can see how these ideas were derived. For instance, suppose I have AK, and you have QJ, well since the status quo is for me to win, if neither of us improve, I'll win. On the other hand, IF you pair Q or J and I don't pair A or K, then you'll win. The same is true whether or not you hold 8 5. Also, obviously, if either of us draw to a straight or a flush we'll win, but if we both do, I'll win. And so on.

So, I can see how there might be some logic to going all-in with 8 5 as easy as one would go all-in with AJ. But here's where it comes back to reality. Even though it's true that if no one has a pair we both have the same odds of pairing something, that doesn't mean that the better hands won't win in the long run.

It just throws a giant monkey wrench into the picture in the short run.

So, what's the moral of my message? This book presents a legitimate point describing a way to try and win a tournament. Whether or not it works is debatable, so go ahead and try it if you like.

I think the better players will come out on top anyway, and shouldn't be so quick to condemn this method.
September 13, 2007

Can't complain  
The first time I used the strategy in this book, I won a 180 player tournament. Hard to argue with those results!
July 07, 2007

Phil Killers  
I found this book very interesting. Not a bible, however, an interesting read that may well help me in future, I don't think it's the ultimate info, but another piece of artillary!

Like all 'how to' books, no one, no one would give up 'the nuts' of a system. They would keep it too themselves!
June 12, 2007

Its original, thats for sure  
For those that say this works in on-line SNG's, don't buy into the hype. It doesn't. I tried it in one table, 5 table, and 10 table SNG's and cashed once at a one table out of 5 tries and NEVER at the 5 or 10 tables. I play mostly low buy-in tourneys ($5 and $10) and people are too loose when you finally play a hand.

Generally you only play hands when you are down to medium and low stacks, when the criteria to play a hand are relaxed. By then, you are one of the small stacks and the large stacks will find it easy to call you. If you do happen to get a playable hand early, even if you follow the 1/6th rule and don't go all-in, its still uncommon to get a call because you've already established yourself as a tight player.

Lastly, if your strategy for winning tournaments is to win a bunch of coin flips, think about your odds. The odds of winning 3 consecutive coin flips are one in eight. You'll need to win a lot more than that to have any kind of success. You need to have a better strategy than going all-in every time you play a hand.
January 08, 2007


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