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My 50 Most Memorable Hands |  | Author: Doyle Brunson
Publisher: Cardoza
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 602394
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 168
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 1580422020
Dewey Decimal Number: 795
EAN: 9781580422024
ASIN: 1580422020
Publication Date: March 27, 2007
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Product Description
This instant classic relives the most incredible hands by the greatest poker player of all time. Great players, legends and unforgettable events in the history of poker march in and out of fifty years of momentous hands. Sit side-by-side with Doyle as he replays the excitement and life-changing moments of the most exciting and crucial hands in the history of poker—his early games as a rounder in the rough-and-tumble ?Wild West? years where a man was as likely to get shot as he was to get a straight flush, to the nail-biting excitement of his two world championship titles. Doyle brings to life the high stakes tension of sidestepping police, hijackers and murderers, competes for hands worth more than a million dollars, and sweats out situations where his last dollar relies on the outcome of a card. Engrossing, captivating, riveting, and ultimately, educational, this is a momentous and thrilling collection of great stories and sage poker advice from the living legend himself.
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 Nothing worth remembering here! February 25, 2010
Happy with it! (Queens, NY)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book hoping to learn how Doyle analyzes his hands.
Only thing I learned is he played a hand with a guy who drops dead at the table, and so on!
It is 50 very brief stories of hands he played with absolutely no insight into how
his brain works.
Forget about it!
 A fun, fast read -- read it before a night at the tables August 4, 2009
L. Aiello (West Coast, USA)
A well laid-out book, told as if Doyle is sitting there next to you recalling everything in person. He doesn't start out explaining everything, so when you get this be ready to know the basics of Texas Hold 'em. There are about 10 hands of the 50 that are not hold 'em hands so be aware of those.
When he talks about many of the hands, there are nicely detailed photos of the cards so that you can really get a feel of what was shown on the table as the story is being told. This is the greatest aspect of the book - being able to see the cards and take it all in. The hole cards as well as the flop, turn, and river are shown almost all the 40 or so hold em hands; there are a few times where he goes on to tell the story without the pictures of the cards. A minor inconveinence.
Doyle is a poker legend, and it's neat to hear his memories of these hands. A great book, and I know he can come up with 50 more someday!
This book is NOT +EV May 26, 2009
T. Frost (Boston MA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I can barely express how disappointed I was with this effort. Each hand description is maybe 3-4 paragraphs of setup and follow up. Little or no thought went into the description of each hand, and FOR THE $12 tag, I felt completely ripped off. Save your money, its a terrible value.
 Great book for the poker fan-atic in your life! September 3, 2007
bryan12603 (Poughkeepsie, NY USA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is a review of _My 50 Most Memorable Hands_ by Doyle Brunson.
This book consists of a series of very short chapters (typically 2-3 pages) describing hands from all over Brunson's career, from a family game to the WSOP Main Event final table. Brunson says that the hands are not in any particular order (p. 9). Some readers will enjoy this book an immense amount, but others will find it completely uninteresting. Do you know who Doyle Brunson is? Have you heard of Johnny Moss, Stu Unger AND Phil Ivey? Are you amazed that anyone would re-raise pre-flop and then bet out on the flop, turn and river with 22 and a board of KK767 (hand no. 30)? Do you even understand what that last sentence meant? If you answered "Yes" to all these questions, you will probably really love this book. (If you answered "No" to any question, don't even bother finishing this review.)
I have to admit that, prior to reading this book, I had a sort of romanticized image of the life of Doyle Brunson. I guess I really bought into the persona he projects in televised games. I assumed that he was born into some Bible-belt community where gambling was frowned upon, and had to hide his new profession from his family. I imagined that he had gambled in seedy places where people did things like pull a knife on him for having a higher flush. I fantasized that he had seen people literally drop dead of exhaustion at the table during marathon multi-day gambling sessions. I even supposed (don't laugh at me here) that Brunson had seen someone shot dead right at the poker table. Yes, that was my silly, unrealistic vision of the gambling career of the man known as "Texas Dolly."
Well, guess what? That's all true, and much more equally amazing stuff. (For the particular stories I just adverted to, see hands no. 22, 24, 10 and 2.)
But true poker fans will be even more interested in the details of the hands that Brunson played. The famous hands are certainly here, including Brunson's stunning back-to-back 1976 and 1977 WSOP Main Event wins with the same hand: 10-2 (nos. 3 and 6). He also includes his second-place finish to Stu Unger in 1980, a hand he admits he misplayed (no. 17). But for me, the single most spectacular hand was the one in which Brunson had AA, the board was A4224, no flush (hence no straight flush) was possible, and he folded to a bet on the river. Did you get that? Brunson had the nut full house, aces full of fours, he folded on the river - and it was the correct laydown! (See no. 7 for this one.)
This book is not perfect, even for its target audience. Sometimes I would have liked more information about the details of each hand. How large was the pot? Who bet how much pre-flop, and on the flop, turn and river? Sometimes this information is provided, but not always. But overall this is a terrific book for any big poker fans you know.
Doyle Brunson is a universally acknowledged legend of the game June 9, 2007
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
A two-time world series champion poker player and winner of ten bracelets from the World Series of Poker (as well as the winner of a 'Legends of Poker' tournament on the World Poker Tour), Doyle Brunson is a universally acknowledged legend of the game who brings more than half a century of experience to bear in "My 50 Most Memorable Hands". Doyle began playing as a young man in Texas when poker was an illegal pastime involving dodging the cops and avoiding being robbed, all while constantly moving on the road from town to town and city to city in search of a game. In this fascinating little book Doyle offers a collection of terrific stories combined with practical advice connected to some truly remarkable poker hands he's played out against some of the finest poker players to ever play the game. Each poker hand cited begins with a biographical anecdote providing an historical context, then follows Doyle's hand along with a paragraph or two of description as to how it was played out. Very highly recommended reading and a simply superb addition to the growing library of books about poker, each of these individual hands will be read with interest border on fascination by both novice poker players and those with more seasoned experience at the game.
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