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Championship No-Limit & Pot-Limit Hold'em

(On the the Road to the World Series of Poker)

by T.J. Cloutier and Tom McEvoy

First printing: 1997

Second printing: 1999

Third printing: 2001

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 97-67348

ISBN 1884466311

Editorial Consultant: Dana Smith

Cover Design: Jo Vogelsang

Cover Photo of T.J. Cloutier at the 1996 World Series of Poker

courtesy of Larry Grossman, author of You Can Bet On It!

Title page photo: T.J. Cloutier and Tom McEvoy, winner and

runner-up at Foxwoods Casino pot-limit hold'em tournament

Cardsmith Publishing

4535 W.Sahara #105

Las Vegas, NV 89102

www.poker books, com

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword, by Mansour Matloubi................................4

World Series of Poker Champion, 1990

Introduction, by Tom McEvoy....................................7

World Series of Poker Champion, 1983

A Conversation with T. J., by Dana Smith.................9

Chapter One

Getting to Know Your Opponents.........................28

Chapter Two

Pot-Limit Hold'em Strategy.................................40

Chapter Three

How to Win Pot-Limit Hold'em Tournaments.......84

Chapter Four

How to Win No-Limit Hold'em Tournaments......104

Chapter Five

No-Limit Hold'em Practice Hands.......................172

Chapter Six

Tales From T. J................................................... 194

Cardsmith Publishing........................................210

FOREWORD

by Mansour Matloubi,

1990 Champion,

World Series of Poker

T. J. Cloutier and Tom McEvoy have written a book that

is very much needed by poker players. They may be giving

too much away in Championship No-Limit Hold'em and Pot-

Limit Ho Id'em ... but that's OK with me! In fact, I was very

surprised when T. J. told me that he and Tom were writing

this book because in the past, there have been times at the

poker table when I would say something to another player

that I thought might help him, and T. J. would go ballistic

about not wanting to "educate" the opposition. I am very glad

that he has changed his mind.

All of the top poker players think that if they get lucky,

they are unbeatable. But during the World Series of Poker, or

in any other big no-limit tournament, if there is any player in

the world that I would like to trade a piece with, it is T. J.

Cloutier. When I first met him in 1989 in Malta, it was the first

time that he had ever played against Europeans. After just a

few hours of play, he basically knew everything about every-

body who played poker in Europe. All he had to do was play

you for a few hands and he knew exactly what you were made

of and who was capable of doing what.

He sits in a tournament and moves from one table to

another table and he soon knows every poker player in the

world; and if he doesn't, he will find out in a few minutes ...

quicker than anybody else that I know. Sometimes, I can't

figure people out as quickly as he does, but the way that he

plays them is a good enough example for me to follow. I have

never seen anybody so strong.

We played head-up at the Diamond Jim Brady tourna-

ment in 1990 just after I had won the World Series of Poker. I

was running good at the final table, making hands, betting and

raising ... but I never bluffed because basically, I didn't need

to. When the final hand came up, T. J. had a small pair and a

flush draw, 7 ¥ 3 ¥. My hand was 6 ¥ 9 ¥. Two overcards were

on the board. There was no movement to this pot until the

turn. A seven came on the turn, which gave T. J. a pair and

gave me a straight draw. The river card was another over-

card. He checked it and I bet all my chips. It was the first time

at the final table that I had bluffed at the pot. With no hesita-

tion, he called me with two sevens. No other player in the

world would have done that! Later, we were joking about it.

This was the last $10,000 tournament at the Diamond

Jim Brady; the first prize was $250,000 and second place was

$160,000. There hadn't been a deal — we were playing for it

all. How could this guy have read his opponent like that? I

will never foget that hand ... and I have told him many times

that he made the greatest play that I have ever seen. He is the

only player in the world that is capable of calling a pot like

that. I think that T. J. is the best psychologist in the world!

Some of us might miss things at the poker table... we get

involved in conversation and other things that are going on.

But it seems to me that when T. J. is involved in conversation

at the table, he still isn't missing a thing. Somehow, as he is

talking, he is still playing his opponents correctly. It comes so

naturally to him. I think the rest of us have to work hard at it.

Sometimes, when we are making decisions about calling or

not calling, we think about it for a few minutes and then we

might change our minds. But T. J.'s decisions are based on his

first instinct — The first thing that crosses his mind is his last

action. He acts more quickly than anyone else I know.

Tom McEvoy and I are more logical, mathematical, and

theoretical in our style. Basically, we are looking more at the

value of the hand than the value of the opponent... and that

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