Reviews of ITH and Middle Limit Poker (Mason reviewed?)

[pipes]

Hello,

I have read (and will reread most of 2+2 books like TOP, SSH, HPFAP etc), but was wondering what people thought of ITH and MLP.

I believe I remember hearing that Mason felt MLP was "weak-tight". This would be saying something because he has always given Ciaffone's books high ratings in the past.

Thx

[Rudbaeck]

It is a bit weak-tight, and so is ITH. And the MLH title implies that it's an intermediate book, which I kinda disagree with.

The now famous Clarkmeister Rotation (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=929929&page=&view=&sb =5&o=&vc=1) has it as the second book. And if I'd make one adjustment to that list for new players it would be to replace WLLH with ITH.

[eMarkM]

Mason's review of Middle Limit Poker (http://archiveserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=books&Number=218501&Forum= f19&Words=Brier&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Main=218499& Search=true&where=bodysub&Name=3&daterange=1&newer val=5&newertype=y&olderval=&oldertype=&bodyprev=#P ost218501)

[Lost Wages]

Interesting how his review make a lot more sense to me in light of SSH.

Lost Wages

[pipes]

I actually already have this book. I think it would be a valuable exercise to go through it problem by problem and highlight where there is probably a better play.

[npc]

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http://www.jetcafe.org/~npc/reviews/gambling/internet_texas_holdem.html

http://www.jetcafe.org/~npc/reviews/gambling/middle_limit_holdem_poker.html

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I believe I remember hearing that Mason felt MLP was "weak-tight". This would be saying something because he has always given Ciaffone's books high ratings in the past.


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IMHO, if you take each example in MLH in a vacuum, the play is usually pretty sensible. If you take all the plays in the book as a pattern, then it risks being weak-tight and gives too much credit to the check raise. Good players could easily exploit your play if you always played this way.

Still, I think it's well worth reading.