Al Mirpuri
11-02-2004, 11:52 AM
My Background
I have played a few S&Gs and a few MT freerolls best results so far:
11/3057
18/500+
32/742
In the freerolls I finish in the money very regularly though the number I have played is not statistically; significant.
I have read TPFAP, Supersystem, Pot Limit And No Limit Poker by Ciaffone and Reuben and Poker Tournament Strategies by Sylvester Suzuki. I have also picked up some ideas from playing and peripheral reading. I have played no limit Hold'em.
My Review
The text is good for beginners/intermediates only. Even with my limited experience I found little that I had not figured out for myself. However, it does pass the "one good idea" text. It also helps to sharpen the details of my play.
Part of the problem with the text is that the more poker you have read and played the less you will get from this. Sklansky's TPFAP is also a flawed book. I read it first so got more from it. However, it is not that much better, if better at all, than this text. There is also some value in having read a text that much of the poker playing public has read. It is a good jumping off point for tournament newbies. If someone needed a first tournament book then this would be it.
I also think that TJ is right about 65 unsuited versus suited. He has usually been taken out of context. He said it was easier to let go off and this meant you would not be busted out drawing to a flush that would be second best to some other flush. For all the Sklanskites, both hands 65o & 65s are garbage.
I have played a few S&Gs and a few MT freerolls best results so far:
11/3057
18/500+
32/742
In the freerolls I finish in the money very regularly though the number I have played is not statistically; significant.
I have read TPFAP, Supersystem, Pot Limit And No Limit Poker by Ciaffone and Reuben and Poker Tournament Strategies by Sylvester Suzuki. I have also picked up some ideas from playing and peripheral reading. I have played no limit Hold'em.
My Review
The text is good for beginners/intermediates only. Even with my limited experience I found little that I had not figured out for myself. However, it does pass the "one good idea" text. It also helps to sharpen the details of my play.
Part of the problem with the text is that the more poker you have read and played the less you will get from this. Sklansky's TPFAP is also a flawed book. I read it first so got more from it. However, it is not that much better, if better at all, than this text. There is also some value in having read a text that much of the poker playing public has read. It is a good jumping off point for tournament newbies. If someone needed a first tournament book then this would be it.
I also think that TJ is right about 65 unsuited versus suited. He has usually been taken out of context. He said it was easier to let go off and this meant you would not be busted out drawing to a flush that would be second best to some other flush. For all the Sklanskites, both hands 65o & 65s are garbage.