Poker Kill Phil
Kill Phil allows beginners to compete immediately in no limit hold ’em poker tournaments, even against seasoned pros! By poker pros Lee Nelson and Blair Rodman. The first edition of Kill Phil took no limit hold ’em tournaments by storm — with the Kill Phil Strategy, the big guys could no longer out-maneuver the newbies. TightPoker.com thanks AJ for providing this review of Kill Phil. If you'd like a free copy of Kill Phil, sign up at our partner site PSO for a free $50 Amazon Gift Certificate. Or sign up directly at sites such as Ultimate Bet and play directly with your favorite UB sponsored poker pro, Phil Helmuth. More Poker Book Reviews.
‘Kill Phil’ by Blair Rodman and Lee Nelson does pretty much what it says on the book’s subtitle, and provides inexperienced players with a ‘Fast Track to Success in No-Limit Hold’em Poker Events’.
As 1994 World Series of Poker main event champion Russ Hamilton explains: “The Kill Phil strategy is designed to take advantage of what we, and many others, feel is a weakness in no-limit hold’em tournaments — the overemphasis on the all-in move in the later stages.”
More specifically, the “Phil” mentioned in the title relates to any player better and more experienced that yourself in a tournament, whose edge you can narrow down by employing a simple fold or all-in strategy.
This simplistic approach has appeared in other poker books too, such as David Sklansky’s ‘Tournament Poker for Advanced Players’. However, Rodman and Nelson have further refined the strategy and highlighted many important points including making a distinction between “small ball” and “long ball” poker.
Many exceptional tournament players are small ball specialists and will try to win a number of small pots while avoiding big confrontations, in order to take advantage of weaker players at a minimum risk to their own stack. Therefore, many good players will simply be unwilling to risk their tournament life to a pre-flop all-in without first holding an exceptional starting hand.
However, long ball players will tend to apply their skills pre-flop and so this will have to be taken into account when deciding whether to go all-in or fold. Other factors to consider before making a decision are discussed in the book, such as starting hands,the CSI (chip status index), calculating the CPR (cost per round), as well as your stack size, the power of the re-raise and table image.
Despite being more suited to live tournaments than online play, the book fulfills its promise of providing a threatening strategy for beginners to adopt in order to narrow the gap between them and the more experienced players during the later stages of tournament. It is written in an easy to follow format and I would recommend it for amateur and novice players looking to bring their tournament play up to speed.
Author: Blair Rodman, Lee Nelson, Steven Heston
Read 7 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Presents the strategies used by professional poker players to consistently. Kill Phil: the Fast Track to Success in No Limit Hold'em Poker Tournaments by Blair Rodman and Lee Nelson. I had the pleasure of playing with Blair Rodman at my first table at the Bellagio Five Diamond main event, and after only 12 hours of begging, I managed to guilt him into giving me a free copy of his and Lee Nelson's new book – cleverly titled Kill Phil. Kill Phil: The Fast Track to Success in No-Limit Hold 'em Poker Tournaments Paperback – Illustrated, July 1, 2009 by Blair Rodman (Author), Lee Nelson (Author), Steven Heston (Author), 3.9 out of 5 stars 82 ratings.
Year: Jun 2009
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Thanks to television, the internet, and the incredible popularity of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, when Kill Phil was first published in 2006, tournament poker had become the richest sport in the world. The problem was that no-limit hold 'em was dominated by a handful of experienced and skilled professional players. Kill Phil turned the tables on the pros by introducing a strategy that allowed even an absolute novice to compete against the best players in the world. The Kill Phil strategy remains highly effective when used in confrontations with even the world's best players, but tournament play is evolving. This revised edition reflects the new trends in tournament poker by refining the use of the all-in move and providing adaptations that take into account the new style of hyper-aggressive play. At its core, though, Kill Phil remains what it's been from the start--the best method possible for entering the exciting and potentially lucrative poker-tournament arena. As a special bonus, this new edition contains the complete set of strategies formatted as they appear on the Kill Phil strategy cards.