You know the rules. You have played for a year, or ten. You are not confused about what beats what. And yet most of what you lose at a one-two game goes out the door in the same handful of spots: the call you make from early position because the hand looked pretty, the limp that turns into a five-way pot, the river bet you pay off because you have come this far, the continuation bet you fire out of pure habit. This book is about those spots. Not everything in poker, and not the parts you already have. It teaches you to make better decisions and to stop giving money away for no reason. It does not promise you will win, because nobody can promise that and mean it. 178 pages. 6 parts. 32 chapters. 9 charts and 17 reference tables. Instant PDF + EPUB download, yours forever. What you get The complete book, 178 pages, in two formats. A large-print PDF set at 6 by 9 inches for reading on a computer or printing at home, and an EPUB for a phone, tablet, or Kindle. 32 chapters across the whole hand, in the order a hand actually happens: the frame, preflop, the flop, turn and river, the people at the table, and the long game. Opening ranges you can memorise, given as actual hand lists by seat, in plain notation. No charts to squint at, no solver output, no jargon. Every number worked out in front of you. Pot odds, outs, breakeven bluff frequencies. The arithmetic is shown so you can check it rather than take it on faith. 9 charts built from real arithmetic — the price of a call by bet size, exact equity by outs against the rule of 2 and 4, what a bluff has to buy, what the rake actually takes. 17 reference tables, including the opening ranges, the equity table, the sizing table, and the player-type table. A Quick Reference section at the back: the key numbers, a pre-decision checklist, a before-you-sit-down checklist, a when-to-stand-up list, a hand-review method, and a twelve-month tracker. A bankroll chapter written about surviving downswings, not about growing a stack. What is inside Part One: The Frame. Five chapters that set up everything after them. The same four or five spots that cost you the most. The difference between the decisions you control and the results you do not. Expectation, variance, and why results lie, which is the spine of the whole book. Choosing the game before you choose the hand. And a bankroll that lets you keep playing. Part Two: Before the Flop. Six chapters on the street where the cheapest mistakes get made. Why position is the whole argument. What an opening range actually looks like, seat by seat, written out in hands. Raise sizes, and what limping costs you. Defending the blinds without bleeding. Three-betting: when, why, and how much. And facing a three-bet, which is where most players either fold too much or never fold at all. Part Three: The Flop. Five chapters on reading the board before you read the player, the continuation bet honestly assessed rather than fired automatically, what to do when you miss, playing draws without paying too much, and how to play a big hand on a board that can beat it. Part Four: Turn and River. Six chapters on the streets where the pots get big. The turn is where the money moves. Bet sizing as a language. Thin value on the river, and how the rake changes it. Bluffing less, and better. The river call, which is probably the single most expensive recurring decision you make. And pot control with the hands that are good but not that good. Part Five: The Table. Five chapters on the other nine people. The five players you will meet tonight and what each one should change about your decisions. What live tells are actually worth, which is considerably less than the folklore claims, and the book says so plainly. Why betting patterns beat physical reads. How multiway pots change everything. And the limped pot, and what the rake takes. Part Six: The Long Game. Five chapters on staying steady. Tilt described mechanically rather than as a character flaw. Session discipline: starting, stopping, sitting out. Reviewing hands without a solver, with the actual questions to ask. What to work on between sessions, one leak at a time. And a closing chapter that says the quiet part out loud. The honest version This book teaches decision-making, not winning. It will not tell you a win rate, promise you a profit, or suggest that poker can be an income, because none of that would be true. Variance means that good decisions lose constantly in the short run, and losing months happen to players who play well, which is stated plainly in Chapter 3 and again in Chapter 32 rather than buried in a disclaimer. What it will do is name the spots where recreational players give money away, explain the reasoning in plain words, and show you the arithmetic so you can check it yourself. If you want guarantees, no poker book can honestly give you one, and you should be suspicious of any that tries. Who it is for You know the rules and have played for a while, live, at one-two or one-three You keep losing in the same recognisable situations and you know it You have never opened a solver and have no intention of starting You want the reasoning explained in plain words, with the numbers shown You play a few times a month and want those sessions to be better played Who it is not for Complete beginners. This book does not explain what a flush is. Anyone looking for a system, an edge to exploit, or a route to an income Tournament specialists. This is a cash game book, front to back. Online multi-tablers who want solver outputs and frequency work Anyone who wants to be told they will win About Ted Ted Harris has played low-stakes live poker for most of his adult life, mostly one-two and one-three no-limit hold’em in ordinary card rooms, and he is not a professional and has never claimed to be. He wrote this book because the same handful of decisions kept costing the people around him more than everything else combined, and nobody was explaining those decisions in language a recreational player could use on a Tuesday night. Questions What exactly arrives after I buy? Two files, immediately. Play the Decision as a PDF, 178 pages, set at 6 by 9 inches in large readable type, and the same book as an EPUB. You get a download link on screen the moment the payment clears, and the same link by email. Both files are yours to keep, and you can download them again whenever you like. Which file should I use? The EPUB for a phone, a tablet, or a Kindle, because the text reflows to fit the screen and you can change the size. The PDF for a computer, or for printing. Most people end up using both. Can I read it on a Kindle? Yes. Send the EPUB to your Kindle using Amazon’s Send to Kindle, by email or through the app, and it will appear in your library like any other book. Is checkout secure? Yes. Payment is handled entirely by Gumroad, which processes the card and sends the receipt. The card details never reach this site and are never seen by Ted. Is this a beginner’s book? No. It assumes you know the rules, the hand rankings, and how a betting round works. It starts from there and explains the reasoning behind decisions, not the mechanics of the game. Does it use solvers or GTO theory? No. The concepts that matter are explained in plain words, and there is no solver output, no jargon, and no notation to decode. Ranges are written out as lists of hands. Will this make me a winning player? No book can tell you that honestly, and this one does not try. It will make your decisions better and your avoidable losses fewer. What your results do after that depends on the games you sit in, the rake your room takes, and a great deal of variance. Is it about tournaments? No. It is about live no-limit hold’em cash games at one-two and one-three, which is what it says throughout. How long is it? 178 pages, 32 chapters across 6 parts, with 9 charts and 17 reference tables. Refunds All sales final — but if a technical problem stops you from opening the file, reply to your receipt and we’ll make it right.