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This book is worth more than the $24.95 it retails for even if you only learn one thing from it, that you should only bet a made hand on the river when you want to be called and, at the same time, you should be betting any hands you think are the best and that have a good chance of being called by a worse hand. Squeeze as much as you can out of your hands, but don’t make your bets in situations where you can lose, but can’t gain. This was one of the first books I read when I started playing limit hold’em and I had a minor revelation when I read this part. Lee Jones explains in simple terms a concept that will increase a novice players profit per hour. Most low-limit players don’t think about this when making a bet on the river. You have an advantage over those opponents. Of course there’s more to this book than the final three pages of the section on how to play the river. Jones explains the fundamentals of the game and concepts like pot odds and probability at the beginning of the book. He then goes on to show what hands are playable in what positions and how you should play them on each street. Each section ends with a hand quiz that reinforces the lessons. This book is a great learning tool for the low-limit hold’em player. Jones’ message is a solid one for low-limit hold’em games, which are often characterized by loose play. That message is to play only premium hands most of the time and to almost never slow-play your hand. You get the best of your opponents over the long run by waiting for stronger starting cards than they have and putting in all the bets and raises that you see fit. Punish your opponents’ looseness. It might be tempting to slow-play a flopped straight on a two-toned flop, but Jones shows why that’s the wrong approach when there are five or six other hands out against you. This book should be one of the first ones you read on hold’em if you are just starting out. It is written in a way that a new player can understand, but that isn’t excessively dummed down. This book is not good for you if you are primarily a no-limit or tournament player, although much of the advice can apply to the early stages of limit tournaments. But if you are looking for a good tournament book, look elsewhere. Bottom Line: If you are just beginning your limit hold’em career you have to buy this book. It will give you an edge over most other low-limit opponents. 
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