middle limit holdem

[bigmac366]

anyone out there read middle limit holdem by bob ciaffone. masons review was helpful, but i was wondering what some of my peers thought about it. i doubt it will be as good as SSH, but i'm always looking to improve. thanks for the input

[amulet]

i think "middlle limit holdem" is a terrific book, that will help your game. but it.

[MHarris]

Fantastic book. Lots of practice problems that will help you in tougher games.

[onegymrat]

Very well written and easy to understand. Helps a lot with hand reading. Be sure to read all the intros so it will help explain their position on their style of play.

[BradleyT]

I agree with amulet, go ahead and but it.

[MattC]

atm this book has helped me more then any other book in my limit game, maybe its because i read stuff like HEFAP TOP a few times, played some, reread them, played some more then read middle limit holdem which really seemed to clear my mind on a lot of things. It's easier to read and its mostly just a huge amount of examples which lets you just think and reflect. The best thing that i found about this book, however, is there are so many times that i came across an example in the book that related to some hand i played at some earlier point in time that i wasnt really sure what to do yet the example posed nearly the exact same problem. Seeing a solution to a specific problem i wasnt sure about before, not just once but over and over really made me like this book. I recommend it strongly.

[Chairman Wood]

Where can I find Mason's book reviews?

[kiddo]

http://archiveserver.twoplustwo.com/...art=all&vc

[kiddo]

I agree, its a good book. But I think that "Improve your Poker" was better. Many of the introductions before the hand examples in "middle limit" comes from this book.

My main problem is that I dont think that Ciaffone has played a lot of shorthanded fixed limit (my game). Caiffone prefers bigbet poker and playing nolimit its a deadly sin to get dominated (AT against AK and A on board) and a deadly sin to get aggressive with 2nd best hand.

Fixed limit - and especially shorthanded - is much more about: "Well, this raise is good 65%, its ok if I am dominated/got 2nd best hand 35%".

If u are dominated in fixed limit u lose a few bets, not your stack.

[BarronVangorToth]

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I can't recommend this link enough -- Mason's viewpoints are complete shoots on the authors and, I have to say, having read just about every book reviewed, he's dead-on with his opinions. It's just hysterical to read a reviewer be so blunt in a day and age where many reviews are complete snowjobs.

Barron Vangor Toth
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