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  Tom McEvoy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tom McEvoy (born November 14, 1944 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA) is a professional poker player and author.
McEvoy was an accountant but after he was laid off from his job he took up poker full time in 1978.
McEvoy has authored or coauthored over a dozen books on poker with other players such as T.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tom_McEvoy   (276 words)

  
 Welcome to PokerStars.com
Tom’s poker books are required reading for serious poker players, covering a wide range of topics from general poker strategy, starting hands and money management to reading players and taking poker thinking to higher levels.
Tom is also an avid stamp collector, history buff and collector of dragons.
Tom is a true gentleman of the game, with an unquestioned reputation for integrity as well as world-class poker.
www.pokerstars.com /mcevoybio.html   (382 words)

  
 Poker News: Legends of Poker: Tom McEvoy
Tom McEvoy's name became a household word in the early summer of 1983 as hundreds of newspaper articles across the United States trumpeted his success at the just completed World Series of Poker.
Tom was born on November 11th, 1944, and swears he learned to play poker at the age of five, sitting on his grandmother's knee.
McEvoy knew better than the newspapers did, he wasn't some lucky amateur, he was Champion of the World, and it was just the time to try his poker prowess in far away places.
www.pokernews.com /news/2005/06/poker-legends-tom-mcevoy.htm   (1132 words)

  
 Tom McEvoy - TheBestLinks.com - Michigan, Nevada, November 14, Poker, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Tom McEvoy (born November 14, 1944 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is a professional poker player.
McEvoy was an accountant but after he was fired from his job he took up poker full time in 1978.
McEvoy has authored or coauthored over a dozen books on poker with other poker greats such as T.
www.thebestlinks.com /Tom_McEvoy.html   (291 words)

  
 Two Poker Players that Beat Tom McEvoy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
After all, they don't need to know the truth, that Tom McEvoy got his whole stack in on the turn as a huge favorite, only to succumb to that devilish flush card on the river.
Tom was getting hands, playing them and playing them well, while I was sitting behind my cold run of cards, not finding anything to get my fingers dirty with.
Eventually, Tom McEvoy was eliminated, and the player that knocked him out received a t-shirt.
www.canadianpokerplayer.com /pokerarticles/article.asp?article=50   (1213 words)

  
 Review of Tournament Poker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
McEvoy begins his book with some general poker tournament strategies.
For example, the reader is advised not to play smaller suited connectors in the early stages of a Limit Hold'em tournament unless the pot is multi-way.
As another example, in late stages of a tournament McEvoy suggests playing very good draws on 5th street in Razz aggressively against a mediocre but possibly made hand, like a 9 or rough 8.
www.jetcafe.org /~npc/reviews/gambling/tournament_poker.html   (660 words)

  
 Rules to live by
McEvoy, president of High Concrete Structures Inc., a maker of precast concrete parking garages, commercial structures, and architectural panels based in Denver, Pa., graduated from Williams College with an economics and geology background.
Relationship building and negotiating have always been a large part of McEvoy’s career, and he recalls a finance class at Goizueta in which he learned a lasting lesson in negotiation.
Above all, McEvoy’s golden rule is this: “Treat people the way you want to be treated.” And lead by example.
goizuetamag.emory.edu /fall2003/network8.html   (506 words)

  
 Student Life
Tom McEvoy is Dean of Residential and Campus Life.
Tom likes to eat and will happily take you to lunch to talk about issues of the day.
Tom enjoys family life with his wife and three sons and their miniature schnauzer
www.union.edu /StudentLife/Dean_of_Students/mcevoy.php   (254 words)

  
 World Series of Poker (Event 15, May 6-7, 1997)
Before besting Tom McEvoy in a short heads-up match, Phil told Tom that he wasn't going to be doing too much big stack pre-flop raising, and although I haven't done the hand by hand transcribing data yet, I don't recall Phil making a single raise pre-flop on the button.
Phil also reminded Tom several times during their encounter, that he (Phil) was being nice, and he chided Tom on the occasuions that Tom "didn't act nice" by raising on the button pre-flop.
McEvoy survived the next hand all in with pocket eights, which stood up against Hellmuth's pocket fives with a board of A-K-10/J-10.
www.conjelco.com /wsop97/event15.html   (4360 words)

  
 How Many One-Table Satellites Should You Play? By Brad Daugherty, Guest Columnist, and Tom McEvoy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Tom and I both prefer playing a satellite or two the day before a tournament that we know we’re going to play anyway.
Tom believes that if you’re going to play a tournament whether or not you win a satellite for it, you should play only two satellites.
McEvoy’s other books include Tournament Poker and Championship No-Limit and Pot-Limit Hold’em (with co-author T.J. Cloutier), which are available through Card Player.
www.cardplayer.com /poker_magazine/archives/showarticle.php?a_id=13398   (953 words)

  
 Paul's Ichiban Poker Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
He decided to place Tom directly to my left to apply maximum pressure on me, much to the delight of Tom who knew that would place me in the toughest of situations.
Tom started slowplaying his big hands and caught me and a number of other players with our pants down.
Tom is knocked out when David shows his QQ for Queens Full.
www.ichibanpoker.com /new_yrs_2002.htm   (1156 words)

  
 Paul's Ichiban Poker Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Late into the tourney that was bettered by AAAJJ of Joe beaten by Quad Aces AAAA10 held by Tom McEvoy.
Gerry was defending his title valiantly but Tom eventually broke him down to the felt to win the 2002 tournament.
Tom won the tournament and the $750 prize, a bottle of Asti, the annual Two Nights in Big Bear package, and the trophy for the next year.
www.ichibanpoker.com /ichiban_tourney_palindrome.htm   (377 words)

  
 Pace Miata auto club Tom McEvoy , Joan McEvoy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Tom and Joan cruise about the Lititz countryside in a 1994 Montego blue (M edition) chariot.
Tom also enjoys golf, golf and then there's golf.
They've had fog lights installed and Tom has also installed a woodgrained dash, CD player and mud flaps.
www.miata.pace.net /members/img059.htm   (105 words)

  
 Cardoza Publishing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
T.J. and Tom give you killer advice on how to win more money in rammin'-jammin' games, kill-pot, jackpot, shorthanded, and other types of cash games.
You will learn the thinking process before the flop, on the flop, on the turn, and at the river with specific suggestions for what to do when good or bad things happen, plus twenty illustrated hands with play-by-play analyses.
Tom McEvoy teaches you how to win each of the eleven games in the World Series of Poker, including No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Hold‘em, Limit Hold‘em, Seven-Card Stud, Omaha and Omaha High-Low.
www.cardozapub.com /new/poker.htm   (2064 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Championship No Limit & Pot Limit Hold 'Em (Championship Series): Books: Tom McEvoy,T.J. Cloutier   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
McEvoy is also the co-author of the "Championship Series:" Championship No-Limit & Pot-Limit Hold'em, Championship Stud, Championship Omaha and Championship Hold'em.
McEvoy and Cloutier spend many pages talking about their wonderful careers and, as great as they may be, I'll buy a biography if I really want to know.
Now this book, independent of the other, was quite useful when I sat at the 1-2 No Limit game at the MGM Grand and also when I played the 2-4 at the Tropicana in their Poker Room.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/158042127X?v=glance   (2373 words)

  
 eBay - tom mcevoy, Tournament Poker, Nonfiction Books items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Championship Table - by Dana Smith, Tom McEvoy,...
No-Limit Texas Hold'em by Brad Daugherty and Tom McEvoy
No-Limit Texas Hold'em by Brad Daugherty & Tom McEvoy
search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=tom+mcevoy&newu=1&krd=1   (486 words)

  
 Tom McEvoy's Championship Tournament Poker Review
Tom McEvoy, the 1983 World Champion of Poker, is widely recognized as a foremost poker author and a player of the highest integrity.
In 1985 McEvoy wrote the first book ever published on how to win poker tournaments, but the publisher went out of business and the book went out of print.
McEvoy also defines strategies for winning super satellites and multi-game tournaments.
www.flopturnriver.com /reviews/Poker-Books-McEvoyChampionshipTournament.php   (457 words)

  
 Poker Articles by Tom McEvoy
Tom hangs in there during the early rounds of the Festa al Lago III tournament with cautious play...
Shane Smith, Tom McEvoy’s guest columnist for this issue, presents a roundup of some of the worst Omaha high-low trap hands to avoid.
Note: Through Nov. 18, Tom McEvoy is hosting one of his favorite tournaments, Tom McEvoy’s Poker Spectacular at Hollywood Park Casino, where he hopes to meet you in the winner’s circle.
www.cardplayer.com /poker_magazine/writers/view/name/Tom_McEvoy   (4406 words)

  
 Poker Book Review: Tom McEvoy/Shane Smith, Beat Texas Hold'em; Phil Hellmut, Texas Hold'em
Obviously, as far as the authors are concerned, all you have to do to be a successful Texas hold’em player is to choose the right starting hands.
If you know McEvoys column in the Card Player magazine the last subchapter “How Would You Play This Hand?” should be familiar to you.
In his column McEvoy usually answers questions about how to play a particular hand (“I recently received an e-mail from Stanley, who has been having some difficulty in the play of A-K in both tournaments and cash games.”) A collection of his columns has been reprinted in this book.
www.poker-soft.com /pages/Reviews/McEvoy-Hellmuth.htm   (1693 words)

  
 Poker Books (McEvoy / Cloutier / Dougherty Collection)
Many of their books that have different cover designs and in some cases slightly different titles are really the same books inside.
Brad Daugherty and Tom McEvoy, World Champions of Poker, show you how to join the elite ranks of million-dollar, no-limit hold’em tournament winners and cash game players.
In these pages, Tom McEvoy teaches you how to win each of the eleven games in the World Series of Poker, including No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Hold‘em, Limit Hold‘em, Seven-Card Stud, Omaha and Omaha High-Low.
www.bjrnet.com /shop/cat_pok_McEvoyCloutier.htm   (1554 words)

  
 WSOP News live from the event
The people's poker champion, he suffered some harsh cards in the end and should be happy to walk home with $1.75M and to have made his mark as 'the' poker player of the 2005 WSOP $10,000 Championship event.
We wish Andy all the best in the future and although it may hurt to get so close he can console himself with the fact that he has been universally acclaimed as the best player at the final table and also the $1.75M won't hurt either.
Tom McEvoy is announced, the clapping is louder than for Hellmuth.
www.antesup.com /wsop/wsopnews.php   (3776 words)

  
 Tom McEvoy -- Professional Poker Player Biography
Bio: Tom McEvoy is one of poker true gentleman.
Tom has found much success at the poker table and he is also the most prolific poker book author with eleven books in print.
Tom begin playing poker as a profession in 1979 when he quit his accounting job in michingan to move to Las Vegas and pursue poker full time.
www.lasvegasvegas.com /poker/bioview.php?image=1   (439 words)

  
 Championship No-Limit & Pot-Limit
Cloutier and Tom McEvoy have won millions of dollars playing no-limit and pot-limit holdem in cash games and major tournaments around the world.
Tom McEvoy is the foremost author on tournament strategy.
Together they give you the winning formula that has made them two of the most recognizable figures in poker -- advice that you can bank on -- strategies that only the champions know.
www.pokerthreads.net /product_details.htm?product_id=460   (374 words)

  
 Audio Vegas
AudioVegas.com is proud to announce that Tom McEvoy will be added to its' great roster of website professionals.
Tom McEvoy, 1983 World Series of Poker Champion is one of the most respected people in poker today.
Phil Hellmuth, Jr., 1989 World Series of Poker Champion says, "I begged Tom not to write Tournament Poker because I knew that once this information leaked out to poker players, it would be a lot tougher to win a tournament".
www.audiovegas.com /Search/SearchResults.asp?StartRow=1&keyword1=&keyword2=&keyword3=&AudioDate=&Section=P   (529 words)

  
 PokerSmarts.com - Be a Winner at Texas Holdem
This book combines winning tips from the top poker champions and poker authors, including Tom McEvoy, T.J. Cloutier, Mike Caro, Bobby Baldwin, Doyle Brunson, Bob Ciaffone and others.
Tom McEvoy and T.J. Cloutier, two of the most widely recognized poker authors and poker champions, offer their proven advice for winning cash games and tournaments for Omaha high-low, pot-limit Omaha, and high Omaha.
In this book Tom McEvoy, World Champion of Poker, outlines the strategies for winning at all 11 games of the World Series of Poker.
www.pokersmarts.com /bookStore.php?ts=a1&kw=texas&ac=1001   (902 words)

  
 "Championship Stud" by Dr. Max Stern, Linda Johnson, and Tom McEvoy (Book)
Max Stern, Linda Johnson, and Tom McEvoy have earned millions of dollars in major tournaments and cash games.
In this book they put their heads together to bring you their best advice on how you can make more money at seven-card stud, stud 8/or better and razz.
Johnson, McEvoy, and Stern present advanced strategies in easy-to-read language that is generously sprinkled with give-and-take conversations between the authors to give you more than one point of view on how to play poker.
www.onlinesports.com /pages/I,TMP-10-CP77.html   (386 words)

  
 Beat Texas Hold'em - Book by Tom McEvoy and Shane Smith - 1-58042-150-4
In each of the four sections: no-limit, limit, online and tournament hold'em, the authors cover the basics of play, the top 10 winning tips, and 10 essential practice hands, followed by review questions.
Tom McEvoy: Tom is the 1983 World Champion of Poker.
He has won millions of dollars playing poker tournaments and is considered one of the best tournament players in the world.
www.chipsandgames.com /index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=583   (276 words)

  
 Ursinus vs Gettysburg (Oct 19, 2002)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
G 2-16 G36 Joe Gossweiler pass incomplete to Tom McEvoy.
G 3-8 G25 Joe Gossweiler pass incomplete to Tom McEvoy.
McEvoy uncovered on left sideline G 1-10 U13 Mike Schwalb rush for loss of 2 yards to the URSINUS15 (Kieran Cavanagh).
www.gettysburg.edu:8080 /athletics/football/02/101902UC.HTM   (4165 words)

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