Poker eBook Review: Texas Hold'em Secrets by Roy Rounder
aka Rory Monahan

A self proclaimed poker professional, Roy Rounder is very busy these days marketing via the internet being involved with email campaigns, poker calculators and Sit and Go Shark.

So you might ask... Who is Roy Rounder and what does he know about poker? Good question. And Roy answers that right at the beginning of the most thorough poker eBook on the market. A self proclaimed professional player of more than 15 years, Roy Rounder (aka Rory Monahan) says he has played for a living since he was 21 - playing a lot of Hold "em No Limit style.

What Roy Rounder offers in this ebook is basic ring game advice. The tight aggressive type of play that so many pros live by. The material covered is wide ranging, played at different levels, online and live. Roy touches on many key factors such as the type of player you are up against, odds and outs, how to play specific hands, and managing your emotional state. Basic poker stuff to be sure.


As far as internet ebooks on poker are concerned, this one is hands down, the one with the most content, although the value of that content is not exaclty premium, or game changing as the writer would have you believe.

Roy Rounder's eBook seems real. (Although we could sure do without the "Chip Tricks" chapter). He knows how to write, and he knows poker. I think however, his best work is done marketing his ebooks, which in itself, I agree is fair play. In saying that, since this ebook is focused on ring games a much better buy is Matthew Higler's Internet Texas Hold 'Em.

by Marty Smith @ PokerStrategyArticles.com .


Below is an excerpt from PokerCalculatorReport.com relating to Roy Rounder

Unfortunately, this Poker Calculator is just Calculatem Pro in disguise.

Roy Rounder , a self proclaimed professional poker player, is quickly becoming an Internet Poker Guru . With several EBooks, and what must be a monster email list, if nothing else, he is certainly an excellent internet marketer. Witness the release of Sit and Go Shark . No longer content with promoting Hold'em Genius, Roy Rounder set out to take advantage of the immense popularity of Online Sit and Go poker. The result is one of the most cleverly marketed tools designed to take advantage of a market segment in the fiercely competitive poker business.

I say marketed, because if you take your basic Mathematic Poker Calculator, and add some way cool phrases to certain hands - viola - there you have Sit and Go Shark. Yes the Sit and Go Shark window looks good, and makes you feel like you are getting superior information, but you simply are not. After seeing contradictory recommendations in numerous hands I started to notice a pattern about the messages. Each of them were accurate, and each of them were not. For example - One section of the program would be telling you to stay out of the play at this stage of the tournament, while another is saying call with your KQ, and yet another indicating that your stack is getting low and you should consider making a move. What should be a program that gives straight advice is a confusing, contradictory set of automated messages that serve as angel, devil, angel, devil.. well you get the picture.

If you actually like what Roy Rounder writes then you might also enjoy some of the crap from these writers as well:
Antonio Esfandiari
Tom McEvoy
Matt Matros
Richard Sparks