Why You Lose at Poker, by Russell Fox and Scott T. Harker, is a book designed to either increase your winnings playing poker or to decrease your losses.  Written in a unique conversational voice, this book focuses on the 16 main reasons that players lose money while playing poker:

Play Topics:

1. The Money You Lose Playing Too Many Hands
2. The Money You Lose Not Taking the Initiative
3. The Money You Lose Not Recognizing When You Are Beat
4. The Money You Lose Not Considering Your Opponents
5. The Money You Lose Making Incorrect Bet Sizes in Pot-Limit and No-Limit Games
6. The Money You Lose With Poor Bluffing Habits
7. The Money You Lose Making Mechanical Errors
8. The Money You Lose Playing for Only Half the Pot

Other Topics:

9. Losing Because You Don’t Have an Adequate Bankroll
10. Losing Because You Shouldn’t be Playing
11. Losing Because You Are Not Properly Educated
12. Losing Because You Don’t Understand the Math of Poker
13. Losing Because You’re Playing in Tournaments
14. Losing Because of Bad Luck
15. Losing Because You Don’t Use Game Selection
16. Losing Because You’ve Forgotten the Goal of Poker

The book takes its voice through ten characters—players you will relate to that range from a near expert to one that has no idea what they’re doing.  The book concludes with twenty hands at the cardroom among the ten characters, along with detailed analysis and commentary.  Included is a “what if” that replaces the poor placers with a good, but not great, player to see what would have happened.

You can purchase this book at leading book stores like Barnes & Noble, from Amazon.com, and through our publisher ConJelCo.

Autographed copies are available by contacting Russ or Scott via email.

Be sure to check out our first book, Mastering No-Limit Hold'em.