Table of Contents

The History of Poker Tournaments; Understanding No-Limit Hold Em; The Benefits of Big Pot Poker; Characteristics of Winning No-Limit Tournament Players; The Basis for the Kill Phil Strategies; Kill Phil Rookie; Kill Phil Basic; Kill Phil Basic Plus; Fine-Tuning Kill Phil Basic Plus; Kill Phil Expert; Kill Phil in Practice; Attitudes & Latitudes; Phil is Dead; Long Live Phil.

About the Author

Blair Rodman made it into the prize money six times and played at three final tables in the 2004 WSOP. He topped it off finishing 54th out of 2,576 players (one spot behind the legendary Doyle Brunson). Blair continued the pace in 2005, making two final tables on the WSOP circuit, finishing second in the World Poker Tour finale at the Reno Hilton for a $327,000 payday, as well as second place at the Ultimate Poker Challenge at the Union Plaza. Lee Nelson's style is opponent-dependent and varies according to table composition, psychological factors, and the meta-game. Lee, a retired doctor, is skilled at picking up tells and exploiting them. Lee is also a prolific poker-book writer, having co-written Kill Phil, Kill Everyone, and The Raiser's Edge. Steven Heston is a professor of finance at a prestigious East Coast university who developed option and quantitative-investment models used on Wall Street. He designed the computer models used in Kill Phil and did the optimal departure analysis for Don Schlesinger's Blackjack Attack.