Swayne's Advanced Degree In Hold'em
Economics Adult Education Self-Improvement Poker Gambling Mathematics Vocational Skills
Swayne’s Advanced Degree in Hold’em is the 423-page master-class that serious No-Limit players have been hunting for since ECW Press released it in 2009. Charley Swayne—nicknamed “the professor of poker”—applies graduate-level math, economics and adult-learning theory to the game, turning each chapter into a self-contained lesson on expected value, hand-range construction, and exploitative play. The result is a textbook that reads like a high-stakes lab manual: dense with charts, quizzes and real-world hand histories, yet written in plain English that invites repeated study. If you have already burned through the primers and want the next rung on the ladder, this is the volume that bridges the gap between “winning at the local room” and “crushing online midstakes.”
What separates this book from the crowded poker shelf is its academic rigor. Swayne demands that readers treat poker like a vocational skill set: track results, manage bankroll variance, and iterate strategy the way an engineer refines a process. Sections on GTO vs. exploitative balance, blockers and card-removal effects, and river decision trees are laid out like syllabi, complete with end-of-chapter tests that force you to prove mastery before moving on. The scope goes beyond cards—chapters on tilt control, table presence, and negotiation skills give you the mental-game armor that usually takes years of expensive trial-and-error to acquire.
Collectors value this 2009 first-edition paperback for its scarcity; few copies were printed and even fewer survived in clean, unmarked condition like this one. At 1 kg and oversized 10" x 8" format, it sits like a textbook on your shelf, signaling to anyone who spots it that you study poker at an advanced level. Whether you are a young adult aiming to go pro, a finance type who loves EV calculations, or a casual home-game crusher ready to step up, Swayne’s Advanced Degree delivers the postgraduate toolkit in one comprehensive, highly re-readable package.
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