{"product_id":"beyond-the-hole-cards-anton-black-9798258010674","title":"Beyond the Hole Cards: The Expert's Guide to Poker Strategy, Psychology, and Mastery","description":"\u003cb\u003ePoker is not a game of luck. It is a fusion of Bayesian inference, range construction, and emotional discipline.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost players know hand rankings and a few aggressive lines. Experts think in ranges, exploit opponent psychology, and control pot size before the turn even arrives. Beyond the Hole Cards strips away the amateur's myths-including the \"online rigged\" conspiracy and \"live tells as magic\"-and delivers a data-driven, battle-tested methodology used by high-stakes professionals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis guide begins with the game's evolution from riverboats to the GTO solver era (2015-present), then moves into preflop range mastery, postflop decision trees, and multi-street pot control. A substantial section on competitive psychology covers a detailed tilt taxonomy (beat tilt, entitlement tilt, revenge tilt), opponent profiling (calling station, maniac, nit, LAG), and live versus online emotional regulation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe appendices form a strategic reference library: playability-based hand charts ranked by EV (not \"prettiness\"), reverse implied odds traps, short-stack vs. deep-stack hand inversions, and annotated solver study methods. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether defending a short stack on the bubble or chasing a three-street bluff against a calling station, this book gives the expert player the tools to think two streets ahead-and inside the opponent's head.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anton Black\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798258010674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d","brand":"Anton Black","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997616779519,"sku":"9798258010674","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-the-hole-cards-anton-black-9798258010674","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}