Forum: Books and Publications
12-14-2005, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 153
Re: mastering no limit hold em by rusell and fox
The book has received a lot of flames on this board, but I think it's a fine book for beginners at contemporary no-limit cash games. Admittedly, there's not much exciting here for experienced...
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Forum: Books and Publications
12-14-2005, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 865
Re: Book of the Year Nominations
You may want to define the year to determine which books are eligible. Two reasonable ways would be to go by the copyright year or the date of release as listed at Amazon.com. I would expect these...
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Forum: Books and Publications
12-12-2005, 07:49 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 295
Re: Taxes
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I don't know too much about taxes in general, so obviously I plan to discuss this all with my tax preparer, but I don't know yet how much he knows about gambling.
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This...
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Forum: Books and Publications
12-11-2005, 06:21 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 180
Re: Two Books
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I'm thinking of getting Mike Caro's Book of poker tells and Johnny Chan's book. Are they worth it?
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Yes, and by all accounts, no, respectively.
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Forum: Books and Publications
12-09-2005, 04:51 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 463
Re: Anyone have a good game theory reference?
Chen and Ankenman have a book called "The Mathematics of Poker" in the works that is scheduled for publication (by forum host ConJelCo) sometime in 2006. While I haven't read any portion of it, I am...
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Forum: Books and Publications
12-09-2005, 04:48 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 150
Re: Killer Poker
A number of people have said bad things about Vorhaus' "Killer Poker" series on this forum. I don't think these are bad books, but they're books that are useful for a very specific audience and not...
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Forum: Books and Publications
12-08-2005, 06:44 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 463
Re: Anyone have a good game theory reference?
Poundstone's book is for a non-technical audience. It's kind of cool, but it contains essentially no math and no concrete application to poker. It is to game theory what Alvarez' "The Biggest Game...
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Forum: Books and Publications
12-08-2005, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 463
Re: Anyone have a good game theory reference?
As I recall, the books by Thorpe and Epstein don't have any game theory content. The book by Packel has one chapter on the subject.
Ankeny's book is worthwhile. I haven't read Dixit and...
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Forum: Books and Publications
12-03-2005, 02:39 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 139
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Forum: Books and Publications
12-02-2005, 05:20 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 139
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Forum: Books and Publications
11-30-2005, 02:44 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 231
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Forum: Books and Publications
11-22-2005, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 302
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Forum: Books and Publications
11-17-2005, 11:03 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 272
Re: Tales from the Tiltboys
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anyone read this book.
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Yes. My review is here:
http://www.jetcafe.org/~npc/reviews/gambling/tales_from_the_tiltboys.html
Howard Schwartz has also reviewed this book...
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Forum: Books and Publications
11-17-2005, 06:01 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 201
Re: Zen and The Art of Poker
This always comes up when this book is discussed. Even those who like this book do so with the proviso that one ignore what Phillips has to say about playing streaks.
I said this in print over...
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Forum: Books and Publications
11-15-2005, 03:35 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 155
Re: Erick Lindgren\'s Book
I've read the book, a full review will be forthcoming at some point.
The advice this book contains is very general, although worthwhile. As you point out, the book is short and contains a few...
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Forum: Books and Publications
11-13-2005, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 338
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Forum: Books and Publications
11-12-2005, 05:11 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 173
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Forum: Books and Publications
11-06-2005, 11:18 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 152
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Forum: Books and Publications
11-01-2005, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 271
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Forum: Books and Publications
10-27-2005, 06:48 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 415
Re: Phil Gordon\'s Little Green Book
I wanted to quote from the previous message, but cutting and pasting from the (tiny) Post window is a real PITA using firefox on MacOS. I'm not a big fan of the forum software being used here, but...
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Forum: Books and Publications
10-27-2005, 03:53 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 415
Re: Phil Gordon\'s Little Green Book
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Please cite a specific example of substandard English and I will be happy to discuss it.
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P. 35, 3rd paragraph, 3rd and 4th sentences:
"But with 8-6 suited, it is very...
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Forum: Books and Publications
10-27-2005, 02:11 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 415
Re: Phil Gordon\'s Little Green Book
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"It is horribly written. It seems like every fifth or sixth word is "I," and probably 20 percent of the words could be eliminated. I find it amazing that these major publishers don't do...
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Forum: Books and Publications
10-23-2005, 07:05 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 131
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Forum: Books and Publications
10-23-2005, 07:01 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 178
Re: The Book on Bluffs by Matt Lessinger Review
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If anyone have picked up a copy of this book feel free to share your opinion.
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I've read it, a full review will be forthcoming.
Briefly, I found the book interesting....
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Forum: Books and Publications
10-23-2005, 03:56 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 131
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