But what established Brunson in the public eye was a combination of two further factors. The first being his second world title success the following year in 1977 when he strangely won the title again while holding the same hand (10-2) and making a full house with it on both final hands in 1976 and 1977.

But I think that another hugely contributing factor towards the fame that Brunson enjoys now was the launch in 1978 of the book that went onto achieve legendary status amongst poker books.

That book was called Supersystem or as many people are unaware, How I made over $1,000,000 playing poker which was its original title before it actually became known as Supersystem. This was a hugely adventurous book to attempt to compile at the time, in fact the sheer size of the book to anyone who has ever seen it is still very impressive even now…..a full thirty years later.

But for me, the most distinguishing features of the book was the sheer ground breaking knowledge that was incorporated into Brunson’s section on no limit Texas Holdem and the fact that he had somehow managed to gather five of the top poker minds in the world to help him compile the book.

Non other than the then reigning world champion Bobby Baldwin, David “Chip” Reese who went onto to become arguably the greatest poker player who ever lived, David Sklansky who is perhaps the foremost poker theorist in the world, Mike Caro and Joey Hawthorne.

Even the legendary Amarillo Slim wrote the preface for the book so Supersystem was literally compiled by the who’s who of the poker world at that time. But it was the sheer power of the information that Brunson packed into his section on no limit hold’em that had the entire poker world talking for years to follow.

Brunson’s associates were also writing excellent sections on Draw Poker, Seven Card Stud, Lowball, High Low Split and Limit Hold’em in the book. However as the years have progressed, much of the information in many of those sections is now out of date.

For instance the blind structure in the limit games has changed and the split games now use a qualifier for low and Draw poker is rarely played these days.

But despite that, the quality of the information inside this one poker book has led to various people quoting all sorts of superlatives with regards the book. Words like “great”, “ground breaking”, “legendary”, “unique” and “the poker bible” have been used frequently and in this particular case were well deserved. Look out for part two of this multi-part series.

Carl “The Dean” Sampson

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Once, I was playing with a few friends and I am on the button. I noticed that there were a lot of actions around before I’m up. When my turn arrived, I slowly looked at my hole and surprisingly I’ve seen two-seven off suit. As a result, I immediately folded.

To make the long story short, the flop came up two sevens and a deuce. The guy in the table who was picking pair of kings since the start of the game, won for having kings up.

Well, I needed a quick break after that incident. But eventually my sort of a break didn’t last for long as I’ve returned to my old, calm self in just a short time.

My question now is:

Does forgetting your folded hands really make sense? And that if you drop out early, can you really look for some tells?

Any response from you will be appreciated. Thanks!

JR
JR,

Once you fold a hand, the best thing to do is to wait for the next hand and not worry about what might have been. You can’t change the past. The best thing to do is forget about the fold. If you played well, take solice in the fact that you played well.

If you drop out of the hand early, you can use the time to pick up information on other players. There is nothing wrong with that. In fact that will help you to forget about the cards that you folded.

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I’ve been checking a lot of websites for some time now, and as of this moment, it’s your site I think is the most interesting.

Well, the reason why I’ve been looking for the top dog site supposedly, is all because I wanted to find some significant information about tells that take place before the first three community have been dealt.

Fortunately, by going over on some sites, I’ve learned that the time spent looking at pocket cards can be a tell, but I’ve also learned that it could also imply something else. That when you look for a longer time than the usual, it signifies nothing else but poor cards trying to act strong.

Any advise, info or the like about tells or even pre-flop? Thanks in advance!

Lance
Lance,

Someone that looks at their cards and then glances at their chips or at yours usually has a strong hand. Someone that looks at their hand and looks around to check their position is usually playing an inferior hand. Someone that looks at their cards and then intently watches all action or leans in to check out the action will usually have a strong hand. If they look at their hand and then start checking out the tv, looking around, etc, they will probably fold. If they look at their hand and start talking to their neighbor, they are probably going to fold too.

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By the way, I’ve memorized Caro’s Book of Poker Tells. I understand that you have nothing to do with it, but I’m wondering if it’s something really reliable.

Any feedback will be much appreciated.

Thank you,
Ram
Ram,

Yes, his book is very reliable, but also realize that some people may use these tells against you too. These are known as false tells. Howard Lederer has a DVD about tells as well that I think you should look at. Annie Duke in her set of DVD’s goes over tells as well and I know for a fact that the advice is solid as a few days after watching, I was able to spot a couple of the tells she mentioned and won a big pot in a tournament.

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