This book is written on the basis of the special methodical developments of authors and called to give to the reader necessary and sufficient theoretical preparation both for the independent mastering of playing a poker and for further perfection of his poker mastery. Playing a poker requires from the player of intellectual efforts of three types - logical, analytical and psychological, thus role two last substantially anymore. Exactly to the analytical constituent of poker and this book is devoted mainly. Working on her, authors pursued an aim to give possibility independently to capture bases of successful game in Texas Холдем to the reader - to the most popular variety of poker. It is nevertheless assumed that the initial acquaintance of reader with a poker happened already, and he knows the rules of game in general and Texas Холдема in particular.