Comments on: Calculating Texas Hold’em Poker Odds Made Easy

By: J. Wanklyn

J. Wanklyn — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:07:04 +0000

As a beginning Texas Hold’em player, I found Roe’s book to be right

on the money. I wasn’t exactly clear what my odds were in certain

situations but Roe cleared it up for me in his book. This is an easy

to read book that gives the reader the tools he or she needs to

calculate any hypothetical odds in a matter of seconds. The greatest

part about this book is that you take the “program” with you. Sure

there are computer programs that you can run while playing online,

but you can’t take a computer program with you to a live game. You

can take Roe’s practical guide to calculating odds to any live game

in the world and no one at the table will know you are running it!

I give Calculating Texas Hold’em Poker Odds Made Easy by Steven C.

Roe five stars!
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Windy City

Windy City — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:33:09 +0000

I am a relatively new Texas Hold’em Poker player and I wanted to cut

down on the learning curve so that I could quickly learn what my

opponents have learned from their playing experiences. I found

exactly what I was looking for in Steven C. Roe’s book, Calculating

Texas Hold’em Poker Odds Made Easy. This book is right on point,

easy to understand and it really works! There is a lot more to

calculating odds than just the rule of fours and Roe explains it

thoroughly. He also takes on pot odds and betting patterns so that

you are always asking your opponent to make the wrong decision by

making a call. What I like most is that there are no charts to

memorize because Roe’s techniques are so accurate and easy to use

that you can make your mental calculations in a matter of seconds,

not minutes, while playing at a live game.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: B. Pittman

B. Pittman — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:19:07 +0000

I have been playing Texas Hold'em for some time
but I thought that I would brush up on my odds theory and I found
just what I was looking for in Roe's book. This book is well written
and free of obvious grammatical errors. It is an easy book to read.
If you can add, subtract, multiply and divide, then you can follow
the logic of this book from beginning to end. The book was also
short but right on point. If there was more to the book, I think
that it would have taken away from the points that Roe was trying to
make. It is the perfect book for a flight to Las Vegas and when you
get there you will have all of the ammunition that you need to come
to the right decisions about your odds to win the hand, your pot
odds, and whether or not you should stay in the hand.

I would recommend this book from the beginning hold'em poker player
to the professional hold'em poker player.

I rate Roe's book five stars without hesitation!! Rating: 5 / 5

By: Willy Dog

Willy Dog — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:03:40 +0000

Some good pointer in the book but I think I need to understand the basis of how statitics works for poker. Will find another book and then read this one again.
Rating: 3 / 5

By: J. R.

J. R. — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:06:17 +0000

This is a review of the book titled “Calculating Texas Hold’em: Poker Odds Made Easy” by Steven Roe.

The book is very short, and very simple. There are occasional errors, and some strange reasoning. I don’t know who Steven Roe is, but I had not heard of him before glancing through the book. Save yourself time and money and get the Poker Stove software instead.
Rating: 1 / 5