Back around the year 2002, during one of the many dice workshops we would share together, Bill Burton, an accomplished dice instructor, gave me an autographed copy of his book, "Get the Edge At Low-Limit Texas Hold 'em," On the title page he wrote:  "Debbie, You will do well with this game as you are already a winning player.  Bill Burton." Hmm, I thought, what made him feel I would make a good poker player? All my energy had been devoted to playing craps and teaching students how to toss the dice.  When would I ever have the time to learn another game? 

Flattered that he would consider me having the potential to do well at a game outside of craps, I graciously accepted his book and placed it in my gaming library among all my craps books. Little did I know that a few years later I would be referring to his book and many others to learn theory and strategy to the game of No Limit Texas Hold 'em.

Well, remembering his words, I decided over a year ago, to seriously explore the game of Texas Hold 'em. During this past year ..read more