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Old 08-02-2005, 11:37 PM
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Default Ace on the river

Is it a good book that can help a played or is it nothing ?
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Old 08-03-2005, 12:18 AM
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Can someone who read it please answer.
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Old 08-03-2005, 12:41 AM
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Default Re: Ace on the river

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Is it a good book that can help a played or is it nothing

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Well, given the two choices, it's more like a good book than "nothing."
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Old 08-03-2005, 12:41 AM
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Default Re: Ace on the river

Here you go, several people who read it :

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Old 08-03-2005, 12:45 AM
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Default Re: Ace on the river

There was so much discussion about this book, you don't even have to search for it. Click on either Replies or Views to sort the forum and the threads will bubble to the top.
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Old 08-03-2005, 12:48 AM
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Default Re: Ace on the river

Thanks for the answers.

Reading:Review of Ace on the River now.
And checking on amazon it looks like it is some
interesting chapters in it.
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Old 08-03-2005, 12:54 AM
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Default Re: Ace on the river

Change my mind when i see what he thinks about the book i thought it would be much money mangement and some ather good thing.

It dosnt look like i want that kind of book.
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Old 08-03-2005, 12:56 AM
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Default Re: Ace on the river

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Change my mind when i see what he thinks about the book

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Who are you talking about?

[EDIT]Nevermind, I see who you were talking about now.[/EDIT]

There are a lot of extremely different opinions about Greenstein's book.

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Old 08-03-2005, 01:08 AM
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Default Re: Ace on the river

I know that but wtf what can i do?
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Chapter 2-- "The Poker Society"

A very brief synopsis of the types of people you will run into in a B&M casino. This did not give me any new information.

Chapter 3-- "How to Behave in Poker Society"

Nothing of value here. Basically says do not be a whiner when you get outdrawn and etc.

Chapter 5-- "Attitude of a Poker Player"

This chapter attempts to ask you 10 questions about your attitude and then tries to explain what your answers may mean. Very short chapter.

Chapter 6-- "Traits of Winning Poker Players"

25 cliches and a brief summary which attempt to explain what traits winning poker players have.

Chapter 7-- "Psychology of Gambling"

This chapter tries to characterize the types of gamblers which has been covered in other books. Again, a VERY short chapter with hardly any content.
Chapter 19-- "Mathematics of Poker"

This chapters starts the section of AVANCED PLAY.

Here is direct quote from page 146: "It will occasionally be helpful if you can count the number of outs you have and are able to figure out pot odds in simple situations. In limit poker, you will generally cointinue on in a hand when you have eight outs or more."

This chapter is about 8 pages long (again that is not taking into account the high glossy photos) and its very high level. Not much in way of details. He states on page 147, that if you have 14 outs on the flop then you are a slight favorite in holdem.

He explains the Martingale strategy.
Chapter 20-- "Game Theory"

There is about one nugget of useful information in this chapter. I will let you find it...think of it as a treasure hunt.

Chapter 23-- Money Management"

discusses reasons for min and max buyin strategies.
Not much content.

Chapter 25-- "Play Lessons"

Now this chapter has some meat to it. It presents hands from different forms of poker and the thinking process involved in each one. This is very good but if you only play NL then there are only couple of hands that are reviewed at this form of poker.


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Looks like interesting chapter but i sounds like it is nothing speciell in them only 1-5 pages and photos?
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Old 08-03-2005, 01:14 AM
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Thanks.
Know i really dont know what i should do [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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