The joke? Toronto thinks it s the centre of some multicultural universe, always bragging about how people come from every part of the world to live there. The punch line? Some of them are coming to commit crimes. So yeah, Sharon MacDonald's got a problem. And no, it s not being trapped in her apartment, tethered to a court-ordered tracking device. It s not the guy who just fell 25 stories and through the roof of a car. Not the cops preventing her from getting to the grow rooms. It s not even the mystery man who shows up with a life-saving plan that just might work. Sharon s

The joke? Toronto thinks it s the centre of some multicultural universe, always bragging about how people come from every part of the world to live there. The punch line? Some of them are coming to commit crimes. So yeah, Sharon MacDonald's got a problem. And no, it s not being trapped in her apartment, tethered to a court-ordered tracking device. It s not the guy who just fell 25 stories and through the roof of a car. Not the cops preventing her from getting to the grow rooms. It s not even the mystery man who shows up with a life-saving plan that just might work. Sharon s

ContentsAbout Angel Largay:Acknowledgements:Table of Contents:&&&&&&&&&&&&&&iIntroduction&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&..1Where are all the books?...2So, is this low-limit or no-limit&&&&&&3The low-limit no-limit difference&&&&&4Structural difference&&&&&&&4Non-structural differences&&&&..6Section 1Basics and review&&&&&&&&.8Reading the board&&&&&&&&&&..11Quiz 1&&&&&&&&&&&&..15Recognizing draws&&&&&&&&&&.16Quiz 2&&&&&&&&&&&&..21Outs&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&.22Quiz 3&&&&&&&&&&&&..25Raise, call or fold&&&&&&&&&&&27What if theyre bluffing&&&&&&&&.32The object of low-limit no-limit&&&&&34Choosing the right game&&&&&&&&35Qualities to look for in choosing a game&..35The game selection gap concept&&38Section 2 Mathematics&&&...40Card odds&&&&&&&&&&&&&&40Quiz 4&&&&&&&&&&&&..42Pot odds&&&&&&&&&&&&&&..44Quiz 5&&&&&&&&&&&&..46Combining card odds and pot odds&&&.48Quiz 6&&&&&&&&&&&&..51Implied odds&&&&&&&&&&&&...53Quiz 7&&&&&&&&&&&&..58Reverse implied odds&&&&&&&&&61Quiz 8&&&&&&&&&&&&..63Expectation&&&&&&&&&&&&&.64Quiz 9&&&&&&&&&&&&..72Pot equity&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&75Quiz 10&&&&&&&&&&&&80Section 3Meet the people&&&&&&&&..82The four basic player types&.&&&&&.84Adjusting to the player types&&&..&&.86 The loose-aggressive player&&&&&&.88The loose-passive player&&&&&&&&94The tight-passive player&&&&&&&..103The tight-aggressive player&&&&&&.108Final thoughts&&&&&&&&&&&..112Section 4 RIF reading is fun&&&&&.&114Reading players&&&&&&&&&&&114Reading the cards&&&&&&&&&&.127Quiz 11&&&&&&&&&&&..134Section 5Pre-flop&&&&&&&&&&&..137General guidelines by game type&&&&137Loose-passive games&&&&&&137Loose-aggressive games&&&&...138Tight-passive games&&&&&&.139Tight-aggressive games&&&&&139Strategy&&&&&&&&&&&&&&.141Hand strength criteria&&&&&&&&.142Playing big pairs &&&&&&&&&&.150Playing other pairs&&&&&&&&&...153Playing AK and AKs&&&&&&&&&155Suited connectors&&&&&&&&&&.157Trouble hands&&&&&&&&&&&..160Size counts&&&&&&&&&&&&&163Section 6Post-flop&&&&&&&&&&&167Whos more likely to go broke?...167The twelve mistakes&&&&&&&..&..170Parlaying decisions When to get the money in&&&&&&&180When the situation is close&&&&&.&.185Building a stack&&&&&&&&&&&187Small-bet poker&&&&&&&&&...&.194Flopping a draw&&&&&&&&&&...198When youre both on a draw&&&&&..205When an overcard comes&&&&&&...207Coordinated boards and an overpair&&.208JT on the flop&&&&&&&&&&&...209Beware the blinds&&&&&&&&&&.211The double-paired board&&&&&&&.213Avoiding situations in which you are drawing dead&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&...217Nuts with a free-roll&&&&&&&&&.218Follow-through is critical&&&&&&&221Minimizing risk against a calling station...224The semi-bluff&&&&&&&&&&&...228When to slow-play&&&&&&&&&&233When to give a free card&&&&&&&..238The check-raise&&&&&&&&&&&240Playing against a short-stack&&&&&..242Playing against a big stack&&&&&&..246Playing a short-stack&&&&&&&&...250Playing a big stack&&&&&&&&&...252Short-handed play&&&&&&&&&&255Section 7Four-way examples&&&&&&..2577c6c&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&258AsKd&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&..264KsQc&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&..267 Appendix AAnswers to quizzes&&&&&&...271Quiz 1&&&&&&&&&&&...271Quiz 2&&&&&&&&&&&...274Quiz 3 &&&&&&&&&&&...275Quiz 4&&&&&&&&&&&...277Quiz 5&&&&&&&&&&&...278Quiz 6&&&&&&&&&&&&279Quiz 7&&

The seedy massage parlors, gang-ridden housing projects, and expensive mafia-run clubs of Toronto provide the backdrop for this riveting crime story featuring Detective Gord Bergeron. Plagued by unanswered questions in his personal life and at work, Gord immerses himself in the investigation of a death that may be terrorist-related. Did the Arab-looking man who fell 25 floors to his death jump, or was he pushed? Sharon MacDonald may know the answer, but she is knee-deep in her own problemsnamely, her house arrest, the impending arrival of her drug lord ex-boyfriend, and the attention of the preternaturally good-looking Ray. Its only a matter of time until Sharon and Gords paths cross in this fast-paced mystery.