{"id":465,"date":"2015-04-01T14:37:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T21:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lva.local\/secure\/shop\/products\/kill-phil-second-edition\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:17:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:17:58","slug":"kill-phil-second-edition","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/kill-phil-second-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Kill Phil &#8211; 2nd Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"bios\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1935396315\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1935396315&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=huntingtonpre-20&amp;linkId=0413342cc16a4c75ea4bdecf29a51fd6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-609763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Amazon_button1.png?resize=100%2C30&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/th>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/kill-phil-blair-rodman\/1111391529?ean=9781935396260\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-609763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Nook_button1.png?resize=100%2C30&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Kill Phil<\/em> allows beginners to compete immediately in no limit hold &#8217;em poker tournaments, even against seasoned pros!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">By poker pros Lee Nelson and Blair Rodman.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">The first edition of <i>Kill Phil<\/i>\u00a0took no limit hold \u2019em tournaments by storm\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0with the Kill Phil Strategy, the big guys could no longer out-maneuver the newbies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Then, the big guys caught on and changed their game\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0so <i>Kill Phil<\/i>\u00a0adapted. In this 2nd edition, the authors (Aussie Millions champ Lee Nelson and <span class=\"caps\">WSOP<\/span> bracelet-winner Blair Rodman) take into account the effects of evolving strategies. Still, the essence of <i>Kill Phil<\/i> remains the same, and reading this book will allow new players to compete immediately in poker tournaments, even against seasoned pros. Highly recommended for all no-limit hold \u2019em tournament players.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> As a special bonus, this new edition includes the complete set of strategies, formatted as they appear on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/kill-phil-strategy-cards-set-of-4\/\"><em>Kill Phil<\/em><\/a> strategy cards &#8212; an added $14.95 value!<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"bios\">About The Authors<\/h4>\n<table class=\"bios\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Blair Rodman<\/strong> made it into the prize money six times and played at three final tables in the 2004 WSOP. He topped it off finishing 54th out of 2,576 players (one spot behind the legendary Doyle Brunson). Blair continued the pace in 2005, making two final tables on the WSOP circuit, finishing second in the World Poker Tour finale at the Reno Hilton for a $327,000 payday, as well as second place at the Ultimate Poker Challenge at the Union Plaza.<\/p>\n<p>At the height of his career, <strong>Lee Nelson<\/strong> was the top-rated poker tournament player in Australia and New Zealand. In 2006, he won the main event at the Aussie Millions and its US$1 million prize. Lee also won the 2005 Party Poker World Open ($400,000) prize and the pot-limit Omaha event at the 2009 Aussie Millions. An original member of the Australian Poker Hall of Fame, Lee is also the author of <em>Let&#8217;s Play Poker,<\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/raisers-edge\/\">The Raiser\u2019s Edge<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/flop-turn-river-a-hand-by-hand-analysis-of-no-limit-hold-em-tournament-poker-strategies\/\">Flop Turn River<\/a>,<\/em> and co-author of the highly acclaimed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/kill-everyone\/\"><em>Kill Everyone<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/kill-phil-2\/\"><em>Kill Phil<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steven Heston<\/strong> is a professor of finance at a prestigious East Coast university who developed option and quantitative-investment models used on Wall Street. He designed the computer models used in <em>Kill Phil<\/em> and did the optimal departure analysis for Don Schlesinger\u2019s <em>Blackjack Attack<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Phils rose from the dead after adjusting to the first edition of <em>Kill Phil<\/em>, which prompted this second edition\u2014killing them again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"product_cat":[27,33,1918,378],"product_tag":[174,148,297,284,149,277,275,296,291,295,294,554,293,226],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/465"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=465"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}