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Endgame Poker Strategy: The ICM Book (The Poker Solved Series) Paperback – September 26, 2021

by Dara O'Kearney (Author), Barry Carter (Author)
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Most poker players don't think they need to study ICM until they make a costly mistake at a big final table - don't be one of those players.

The Independent Chip Model (ICM) is the most important strategy concept in multi table tournaments, yet very few players understand it, other than knowing they should play tighter on the bubble. Not only does ICM impact the single biggest monetary decisions you make in poker, it also influences everything in a tournament from game selection, staking, when to register, playing the early levels, the bubble, the final table and much more.

Endgame Poker Strategy is the first book to take a deep dive into the subject of ICM and how it impacts how you should play in tournaments. This book contains groundbreaking insights that most professional poker players are not aware of, including:

• How to adjust your play in the late stages of tournaments

• When to ladder and when to play for the win

• How to negotiate profitable final table deals

• The optimal game selection, rebuy and late registration strategies

• How to play short, average and big stacks at the end of tournaments

Dara O’Kearney is a professional poker player, sponsored Unibet Pro and co-host of The Chip Race Podcast. He is regarded as one of the best satellite grinders in the world and professional poker players seek out his advice on ICM whenever they prepare for a big final table. He is the co-author of the best selling books Poker Satellite Strategy and PKO Poker Strategy.

“In an era of solvers and preflop charts, game states involving ICM pressure remain one of the few unsolved and untapped areas of poker. Endgame Poker Strategy does an excellent job of clearly explaining the most important ICM ideas and effects. Whether you are a beginning player looking to build an understanding of how ICM works, or a more advanced player looking to better internalise ICM concepts, there is something in this book for you.” - Daniel Dvoress, high stakes poker player

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    September 26, 2021
  5. Dimensions
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    1399905007
  7. ISBN-13
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Barry Carter (September 26, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 292 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1399905007
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1399905008
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.66 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 97 ratings

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    Barry Carter is a writer from Sheffield, United Kingdom. He is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy and Endgame Poker Strategy: The ICM Book.

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    Dara O'Kearney is a professional poker player from Ireland with a long standing reputation as the best satellite specialist in the game. He has won over $1 million in satellite tournaments alone and twice won the PokerStars UKIPT satellite leaderboard. He is sponsored by Unibet Poker and is the co-host of The Chip Race Podcast.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best poker author out there!
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2023
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I went from a break even tournament player to a winning one after reading this book!
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Josh Stevens
5.0 out of 5 stars Phenomenal book, highly recommend
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2023
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Fairly savvy tournament player here. This is definitely going to level up my game significantly and I highly recommend it to anyone I’m not playing against.
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Barrett Lipkin
5.0 out of 5 stars Mind-blowing third installments from the legends
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2022
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As a professional MTT grinder who came up on SNGs i thought I had a really clear grasp of ICM but this book does for late-game strat what the previous books by the authors did for sattys and PKOS: use clear style, logical structure, and potent math examples to illuminate deep truths. I'm going through this book for a third time and I must say I approach late game play so much differently.

These author's dont miss: it's gotten to the point where if you tell me Dara and Barry wrote the bible I'll be like oh wow, really?, ok, guess I'm studying it.
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Santiago Garcia Mansilla
4.0 out of 5 stars One of the best poker books from 2021
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2021
Another great book by Dara and Barry. Fortunately they select aspects of the game that haven't been written before and the players should be thankful for that.

This is the first book on ICM and the authors have done an exellent job to describe the most important aspects with lots of hand examples to clarify the topics explained.

It's one of the best poker books from 2021 for sure. Hoping for more books from Dara and Barry in the future.
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Breyer
5.0 out of 5 stars Show Me the Money (edit to initial review after the book made me an additional $20K)
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2021
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The endgame has most often been an afterthought in most poker books, and yet it is where most of the profit or loss of profit occurs in an MTT. The authors once again do a fantastic job of taking a very complex subject and explaining it in an easy to understand way with solid examples of how to implement. What a great primer for the fall WSOP.
Already looking forward to their next title.
AFTER READING THE BOOK WAS ABLE TO LADDER MY WAY FROM A SHORT STACK WITH 15 LEFT TO A 5TH PLACE FININSH AT THE VENETIAN SR EVENT.
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Jan Suchanek
5.0 out of 5 stars First book on ICM in almost 15 years
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2021
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Ever since Kill Everyone was published in 2007 there has been virtually no reliable literature on endgame tournament play, which is odd since that's arguably the most important adjustment a cash player must make if they want to transition to a tournament player.

Decisions deep in a tournament can have massive amounts of equity at stake. Even correcting one decision based on the advice in The ICM Book can be worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars. It's simply a mandatory read for anyone who is serious about improving their poker tournament play.
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Jason Curtis Bullock
5.0 out of 5 stars Must have for any serious MTT player
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2023
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Helps you understand how ranges change based on where you are in a tournament and how much your stack is worth.
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Richard Blumenthal
5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely +EV
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2021
Bought the digital version. It is well written and understandable. Explanations are geared toward understanding principals rather than memorizing tables. It is meant to be studied, rather than consumed rapidly. Read the first 3 chapters so far and I can see spots differently now. Not that one tourney after 3 chapters is a guarantee, but I finished in the $, 21st out of 212 after my first study session. Highly recommend !!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great return for the cost
Reviewed in Brazil on April 14, 2024
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This book was a nice surprise, many new insights.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Gift
Reviewed in Germany on November 18, 2023
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Hasn't help me improve my game..... or has it ??? ;)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great addition to Dara & Barry’s previous work, and essential to maximise your MTT results
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 3, 2021
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As someone who cut my teeth playing single table SnG tournaments I used to find having a good grasp of ICM paid dividends in FT situations, however that was many moons ago and more recently I’ve found myself failing to maximise (or blundering!) deep runs and final tables in MTTs. The release of this book could not have been timed better!

If you’ve read Dara and Barry’s previous work you’ll be reunited with a similar format, covering off a primer of essential concepts before going deeper. It makes complex topics much easier to consume and allows you to dip back in on an ongoing basis rather than needing to binge in one sitting.

Finding myself deep in a FT on Saturday evening with only 5bbs and still five players left it’s safe to say the book has already paid for itself. Instead of dusting off my stack in a hurry to chip back up I was able to stay far more selective with my spots, laddering twice due to blunders made by others then knocking out 3rd place to get heads-up and finishing off the win. I’m confident in the same spot last week I’d have finished 5th.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great addition to Dara & Barry’s previous work, and essential to maximise your MTT results
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 3, 2021
As someone who cut my teeth playing single table SnG tournaments I used to find having a good grasp of ICM paid dividends in FT situations, however that was many moons ago and more recently I’ve found myself failing to maximise (or blundering!) deep runs and final tables in MTTs. The release of this book could not have been timed better!

If you’ve read Dara and Barry’s previous work you’ll be reunited with a similar format, covering off a primer of essential concepts before going deeper. It makes complex topics much easier to consume and allows you to dip back in on an ongoing basis rather than needing to binge in one sitting.

Finding myself deep in a FT on Saturday evening with only 5bbs and still five players left it’s safe to say the book has already paid for itself. Instead of dusting off my stack in a hurry to chip back up I was able to stay far more selective with my spots, laddering twice due to blunders made by others then knocking out 3rd place to get heads-up and finishing off the win. I’m confident in the same spot last week I’d have finished 5th.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good one
Reviewed in Germany on December 14, 2022
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I only didnt read pko strategy from this series yet
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Widdrington Swann
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely recommended
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2021
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Delighted to have received the 3rd book in Dara's trilogy. Three weeks after buying his Satellite book I entered and won my first satellite into a $107.50 tournament in which I came 55th and won $514. Not bad for someone quite new to the game, and from a $5.50 buy-in. If I'd come 53th I'd have won another $130, but I was clueless on laddering up (Chapter 5 in this book) and completely out of my depth (1st prize was $25k). With the knowledge in this book I doubt I'd have won, but I'm convinced I'd have got much further than 55th. If you satellite into MTTs, or just play them, then the ICM knowledge covered in this book is pretty much a prerequisite. Recommended.
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