Last updated: 10/2008

Welcome Holdem Poker Players!

Do you want to play a better game of TEXAS HOLDEM? Maybe you'd like to win more money (or just stop losing.) Maybe you'd like to improve your finish level in tournaments?

Whatever your reason and whether you are a novice, intermediate or, dare I say, even a pro player, I can improve your Holdem game. In my new eBook, the "MIT Holdem Point Count System," I outline a simple and easy to use point count system that will mean you will NEVER AGAIN guess whether to CALL, RAISE or FOLD before the flop.

Impossible? That's what they said when Professor Edward Thorpe revolutionized the Blackjack world with HIS point count system. The publication of his book, "Beat the Dealer," caused Las Vegas casinos to change their rules for blackjack because the system was so successful for the players.

Like Thorpe's system, my MIT Holdem Point Count System is based on the mathematical percentages of each two-card hand winning against a table of opponents. It adjusts for table position, number of players and how many opponents fold ahead of you.

Using the MIT System will have an immediate and profound impact on your game. You will win more and play with discipline – the key to being a successful poker player.

OK, who am I to tell you I can make you a better Holdem player?

My name is Ray Seakan. I've been a professional poker player for the past 18 years. In 1986, I sold a business I started while earning by Masters degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (I could never have guessed then how I would be using my courses in probability and statistics!)

I was only 37 when I "retired" to Las Vegas in 1988. Looking for a recreation that offered a challenge and some money, I became a blackjack card counter. I used the count of the deck to determine profitable plays with my blackjack hand. However, after being barred from several casinos for card counting, (not illegal but decidedly irritating to the casinos) I decided to try a more acceptable method (at least as far as the casinos were concerned) of making some money.

I started playing Holdem Poker. It seemed simple at first. After all, your starting hand consists of only two cards and, since you see the five community cards that are face up on the table, it's easy to figure out the best hand possible. It was after many hours of playing did I realize just how complex the game really was.

The key is successfully playing those two starting cards. Call, fold or raise? How do you know the best strategy? How does your position at the table affect your decision? What impact does fewer players in the hand make or the number of players that fold in front of you?

I discovered a simple count system that tells you whether to call, fold or raise before the flop. Some players will say that this decision alone contributes more than 70% to the success or failure of you as a Holdem player.

With my MIT Holdem Count System, you will, in seconds, be able to value your hand based on the strength of your two-card starting hand, your table position, number of opponents and the number of players folding in front of you. With my

MIT Holdem Poker Count System

You will know exactly when to call, raise or fold.

If you follow my MIT Count System, you will NEVER need to guess whether or not to play a hand in any given position around the table. If my system can win you one pot you would not have won or save you from playing one pot that you should not have been in, you'll recover the entire cost of the system. In one pot!

The fact is, my MIT Count System will return your investment many times over. Depending on your amount of play – maybe hundreds of times over. After all, how many pots do you play in a session? In a year? In your lifetime? This is an investment in your poker game you can't afford not to make.

Here's some of the comments I've received from the first readers of the book:

"Ray, well, I played in my first tournament since reading and applying your e-book. I won the tournament. Obviously, your book is not the only reason why, but it certainly helped. There were definitely hands I would have played had I not read your book. Almost all of those hands that finished out would have cost me chips. I mucked small pairs and low connectors that I usually played. I see now how much trouble they would get me into." – Mike M., Lancaster, PA

"Hi Ray, I read your book. Very Impressive! - Larry A., Las Vegas, NV

"I just thought you'd like to know that I played in my first poker tournament last night, a freeroll from party poker, and I finished 228 out of 2100 and made a cool $5.50 …... for the most part I employed your strategy. I also won about $30 dollars in a 0.25/0.50 NL money game after about 45 minutes. I only played seven hands, but I ended up winning six of them! Your book truly has paid for itself already. Thanks again, Tom Q., St. Petersburg, FL

"I have read your book and have played within the parameters that are set forth in the book, and as long as someone plays within the guidelines set forth, that person will statically win more often than they will lose." – Robert Y., Las Vegas, NV

"Very nicely done. Seems well laid out to me, easy to follow and easy to read. – John W., Coldbrook, NY

Ask yourself, how well can you answer these questions?

If you are on the button and have a 4-3 suited, do you call if there are no raises in front of you?

How do you play a pair of 5's in middle position at an eight-handed table when two people have folded in front of you?

If you are in the small blind in an unraised pot and you hold J-10 suited, what is your best move?

You have the A-10 unsuited in late position in a raised pot. Do you call or fold?

If you have a K-Q unsuited in early position, should you raise?

You are in middle position with the Q-10 suited. How do you play it?

You have a pair of Q's in late position, five players have folded in front of you and the pot's been raised. Do you fold, call or re-raise?

You have been dealt a pair of 10's in early position. Should you fold, call or raise?

If the table is aggressive with lots of raising and players in the pot, how do you adjust your starting hand requirements?

If you find yourself at a passive table full of "rocks," how do you maximize your profits?

If you can't answer all these questions correctly, I assure you that my system will make you more money.

One of the common dangers I see at the poker table is when players change their strategy if they are winning or losing. You lose with a big pair a couple of times and, all of a sudden, you start calling instead of raising. This allows more opponent in the pot and more of a chance you'll be beaten by two small pair, flush or straight.

In spite of your inclinations, remember: The cards have NO MEMORY. Except for a deliberate bluff/steal or the occasional need to disguise your play, you must play like a machine, a computer. No emotion. No superstition. Count the strength of your hand and you'll know the play to make. Consistently.

Using my MIT Count System, you will fold the hands that are too weak for your table position. You WILL play strong hands aggressively to maximize the size of your winning pots.

Here are the chapters you'll find in my MIT Count System book:

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. How the System works

Chapter 3. The System Counting Rules

Chapter 4. Applying the Count to the Blind Hands

Chapter 5. Advanced System Concepts

Chapter 6. Tight/Aggressive Table Adjustments

Chapter 7. Summary

Appendix A. Test counts

Appendix B. Test Answers

I include a set of drills with sample hands that allow you to practice your counting.

Whether you play limit, pot limit or no limit; live games, online or tournaments, my MIT Count System will make you a better player. I use this System like a religion in my own Holdem play and sticking to it brings me consistent profits.

I won't say "good luck." With my MIT Count System, you won't need it.

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