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 This Universal Pictures, UK DVD was released in 2005 and has since received mixed reviews. "Learn to Win" sways greatly from the typical step-by-step, "demonstration with narration" type instructional poker DVD’s that many of us are accustomed to. "Learn to Win" actually plays out in the form of a short film in which Lee Jackson - banned from the world’s classiest casinos - creates his own poker academy. |
 Despite the fact that much of the material he covers deals with seven card stud, there is still value here for the most ardent of Hold’em players. Not only does some of the theory and probability examples cross over between the two games, but he stresses the idea of playing well despite the outcome. Quite simply, good play will win in the long run. |
 Does anybody remember when Geraldo Rivera was doing his special on the “The Secret of Al Capone’s valut”? At the end of the show he opened the thing up and the big secret is that it was empty. That is the feeling most people will walk away with after watching this DVD. |
 This video is the product of World Poker Tour power players Andy Bloch, Gus Hansen, Antonio Esfandiari, and Phil "Unabomber" Laak. The personalities and production values on this DVD are excellent. In short, it looks great. It’s almost as if it is a poker instructional that really wants to be a Gwen Stefani music video. |
 This DVD is actually a video shot at the World Poker Players Conference. For those of you who have not had the pleasure of being introduced to this even, it is an annual event that involves experts presenting a full day’s seminar geared toward improving the poker skills of the folks who are in attendance. In many ways this is the card player’s equivalent of a Star Trek convention. |
 Love him or hate him, Phil Hellmuth has established himself as a top poker tournament player having won and placed high in many World Series of Poker games. That being said, his "Million Dollar Poker" series falls short of its goals of teaching viewers how to become better poker players and win more championships (and more money). |
 Too many other poker DVDs spend a lot of time on starting hand selection and other beginner info. This DVD does what it says it will do in the title, which is actually review advanced strategies. Here Duke puts a lot of information on the table enabling the viewer to learn an assortment of strategies. The hand demonstrations are on the money and her teaching style is a refreshing change from other poker DVDs that are on the market. Moreover, Duke does talk about and illustrate those coveted poker secrets the pros always say they’re going to tell you in their DVDs but rarely do. Advanced and intermediate players will learn a lot from this portion of the DVD. |
 As its title implies, this DVD is a compilation of advice, suggestions, tips, and miscellaneous information presented by a variety of now-famous poker pros. |
 When the World Poker Tour began airing their televised final table events, they struck a note with a poker viewing public and became popular for many reasons. |
 Listing for $44.98, the World Poker Tour - Season Two can be found online for as little as $27.99 and stars Mike Sexton, Vincent Van Patten, Courtney Friel, Shana Hiatt and a host of professional and amateur poker players who appear at various final tables during the World Poker Tour season 2. |
 This DVD showcases Gus’ amazing ability to remain unreadable at the poker table, as his fans have seen in repeat performances at the tables on the World Poker Tour, the popular TV show that made Hansen a star poker player. |
 The name Mike Caro is an industry standard of the poker world. Caro offers a dose of his unique, wildly eccentric style in his 2005 DVD Texas Hold ’em: The Winning Strategy. Watch Caro’s "mad genius of poker" personality shine throughout this DVD and you will quickly learn why his poker prowess has made him famous. |
 Poker fans rejoice! Eleven years in the making, the legendary Mike Caro’s highly anticipated DVD Pro Poker Tells is now available. This is the crown jewel resource for poker tells. |
 Wouldn’t it be great to get inside the mind of a poker pro to learn how they think and develop strategies? We can watch the players, read their books, and hope to learn from it. A better idea would be to grab Final Table Poker with Phil Gordon. Gordon’s DVD show you how to think like a professional. |
 Wouldn’t it be great to be a fly on the wall - watching a group of poker pros share their best kept secrets? Well - that dream is possible now. At least in a pre-recorded sense. The Poker Insight DVD series now offers Poker Insight: Hold ’em Basics. This DVD is packed with insight, strategy, and tips from several top notch poker pros. |
 If you play No Limit poker, chances are you are always looking to improve your game. Look no further than this DVD in a series of educational poker DVD’s offered by Poker Insight. |
 Now you can learn the poker-winning secrets of the champions. Poker Insight: Championship Secrets is the third poker DVD offered by Poker Insight that aims to help you become the best poker player you possibly can. |
 Pop some popcorn, get comfy in your recliner, and prepare to soak up some excellent poker advice. The title of the DVD says it all - Expert Play. |
 This 2004 released DVD is a better resource for basic No Limit Holdem strategy and rules. The section covering tells is much more brief than anticipated based on the title of the DVD but provides easy-to-follow advice for amateurs looking to boost their poker skills. |
 Win at Poker with Phil Tufnell offers a healthy selection of tips and professional advice to help you do just what the title suggests - win at poker. Tufnell teams up with Barny Boatman of the Hendon Mob taking viewers through professional explanations of the sport. |
 Annie Duke’s latest DVD "Conquering Online Poker" is an excellent instructional tool for beginning online poker players. Throughout the DVD she shares her highly regarded opinion in her typical soft-spoken, pleasant tone. |
 Who better to offer up poker tips than Laak - with his stunningly coy tactics - he’s the perfect poker great to show the rest of us how he wins at Holdem. |
 Are you looking for a DVD to help you run with the big dogs? This one wants to help you do just that. "How to Make Money Playing Texas Hold’em Poker", hosted by the Hollywood Poker Academy’s Joe Fortin - wants to prime you for the big time. |
 Now Daniel Negreanu’s ventured into the realm of instructional poker DVD production with "Learn to Win at Texas Hold’em". Negreanu seems to be a natural for the role - instructing with a conversational style that makes the DVD feel very natural and personal. |
 Poker players can be a serious lot. So if you’re one of those studious types who has watched every instructional poker DVD and read all of the books, maybe it’s time to lighten up a bit with something a bit less serious - but equally entertaining. |
 You may have heard of John Patrick - for a number of years he hosted the highly popular "So You Wanna Be a Gambler" show on cable’s Financial News Network. Patrick has been sharing his poker and gambling know-how for years. |
 If Ashton Kutcher was quite willing to fork out $14,000 during an auction for a one-time poker training session with the beautiful and legendary poker pro Annie Duke, then certainly spending about $20 on Duke’s "Beginner’s Guide to Texas Hold’em" should be well worth the small investment you’ll make to add this "must have" to your poker resources library. |
 Many consider Tom McEvoy to be one of the absolute best poker instructors ever. As the four-time WSOP winner and 1983 world champion - he certainly has the credentials to share his insight on the game of poker. His 2005 DVD from the Poker Think Series, "How a Poker Champ Thinks His Way to Success" offers nearly 60 minutes of professional instruction that is suitable for any level of poker player. |
 Rolf Slotboom’s four DVD set is perfect for poker enthusiasts who are interested in No Limit cash games. Slotboom specifies early in the series that he does not play tournaments so consider this fact if you are looking for tournament advice because you will not find it here. |
 "Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament, Season One" offers viewers a front row "seat" to some serious poker action. All of this action took place during the first season of the Poker Superstars tournament which is often remembered by the fact that Gus Hansen pulverized his opponents to win the entire event. |
 If you are in the market for tons of poker playing action that you can view time and again - perhaps to pick up a few tricks of your own as you watch poker’s best, then consider purchasing "National Heads-Up Poker Championship, Season II." |
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