Matthew Hilger has been playing poker online successfully for the last few years. He has done well in live tournaments, 9️⃣ too. He made the money and placed 33rd in the 2004 World Series of Poker and won the 2002 New 9️⃣ Zealand Poker Championship. He started playing poker in college and improved his game while in graduate school.

When he took a 9️⃣ job with Chiquita Foods in Costa Rica, he began playing in weekly tournaments at the local casino. Little did he 9️⃣ know he played and even won against some of the best players in the world like Humberto Brenes. He started 9️⃣ to play online after he transferred to Argentina, where gambling is illegal.

From those experiences to today, he shares what he 9️⃣ has learned from playing over seven thousand hours online in his book, Internet Texas Hold'em: Winning Strategies from an Internet 9️⃣ Pro, which specifically focuses on limit Texas Hold'em. If you are thinking about playing on the internet, this is the 9️⃣ book for you.

Hilger's book is roughly broken into nine sections. During the first three, "The Introduction," "Poker Concepts," and "Starting 9️⃣ Hands," he gives a general overview about poker which is beneficial to any new player. He includes a few definitions 9️⃣ and familiarizes the reader with internet jargon. The charts and graphs he includes are easy to read and he suggests 9️⃣ printing them out and keeping them next to the computer while playing.

Hilger spends almost 100 pages discussing the flop. He 9️⃣ breaks down the concept further by discussing flopping the nuts, sets/trips, two pair, top pair/overpair, middle/bottom pairs, flush and straight 9️⃣ draws, overcards, and my favorite... trash hands.