Re: HPFAP or Weighing the Odds - which one first?
 

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What in specific did you not like about it?

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I guess I was just looking into something a little more - well - advanced. From all the hype it sounded like it would be a mathematical-based look at hold 'em. There are some good parts to it (i.e. the Flop and Turn sections), but I was quite disappointed with the Shorthanded chapters and the first 100 pages of the book. It just seemed like TOP/SSHE with a few extra chapters inside it.

Now don't get me wrong - if I had the chance again I'd buy this book in a second. I think my expectations were just too high.

Re: HPFAP or Weighing the Odds - which one first?
 

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I have read SSH and I am rereading it now. I have read TOP and need to reread it, but I will wait a couple of months for that. I have HPFAP and Weighing the Odds on their way right now. Which of these two should I read first, given that I am currently playing 3/6 online?

Thanks.

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I would skip HPFAP, it's really not very well written or all that useful except for the section on shorthanded play. Ciaffone's Middle Limit Hold'em is much more useful.

Re: HPFAP or Weighing the Odds - which one first?
 

For the limits you are playing, read Weighing the Odds. I was a little disapointed by it, but I found a lot of the concepts in HPFAP don't apply to the low limit online games