Lee Jones (author)

Lee Jones (author)

Lee Jones is the author of "Winning Low-Limit Hold 'em". [cite web
url= http://www.pokerpages.com/articles/bookreviews/bruceschechter01.htm
accessdate= 2007-11-06
title= Poker Book Reviews: Winning Low Limit Hold'em
first= Bruce
last= Schechter
publisher= Poker Pages] This book is considered the authority on low-limit poker. He also contributes a monthly column to Card Player Magazine [cite web|url=http://www.cardplayer.com/magazine/author/41|title=Columns by Lee H. Jones|journal=Card Player Magazine|date=2007] .

Jones earned his B.S. in Computer Science from Duke University in North Carolina in 1978, and his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland in 1983.

From October 2003 to April 2007, Jones worked as the cardroom manager of the PokerStars online poker cardroom. [cite journal
author= Ian Urbina
date=19 March 2004
title= Hold 'Em and Hide 'Em; The Profits and Problems With Online Poker
url= http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE6D91331F93AA25750C0A9629C8B63
journal=New York Times] As the poker room manager, Jones decided which poker tournaments and games to offer the players. In April 2007, Jones retired as the poker room manager of PokerStars and began work with the European Poker Tour. [ [http://www.pokersourceonline.com/news/lee-jones-stepping-down-pokerstars.asp Lee Jones Stepping Down from Position at PokerStars] ] Jones said that he is making the change "to expand [his] horizons and stretch some new muscles." Jones organized, hosted, and provided television commentary for EPT events, while also still serving as a consultant for PokerStars. [cite journal
url=http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/article/8569/update-lee-jones-writes-about-departure
title=Update: Lee Jones writes about departure
author=Green, Shawn Patrick
date=26 March 2007
journal=Card Player Magazine]

In April 2008 Jones announced he was leaving EPT to become COO of CardRunners.com, a poker instructional website. [ [http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/04/lee-jones-becomes-cardrunners-coo.htm Pokernews.com: Lee Jones Named New CardRunners Chief Operating Officer] ]

In 2006 Jones and a math professor named James Kittock developed a system for playing heads-up that they called the Sit and Go Endgame System (SAGE). This drew a mention in the New York Times poker column. [cite journal
author=James McManus
title=Pump it or dump it? Ask the system
date=28 January 2006
url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/28/sports/othersports/28poker.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
journal=New York Times]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.biggerdeal.com/author/jonesl/ Profile and blog at Biggerdeal.com]


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