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Byron,

What do you think is a good score for a winning player?

BTW, in my opinion, HGYLHE is the 2005 cash game book of the year. HOH2 and the Little Green Book win for NL Tourney and possibly cash play. Congratulations.

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Thanks very much for the positive feedback.

I would say that anything over 90 is a very good score. Players who favour 6-max and short handed play will probably score better than full ring players. Many of the hands see action based around a fight for the blinds from late position - a scenario more typical of 6-max play. Also some of the favoured plays involve aggressive handling of moderate holdings - again typical of short handed play.

I think that in many of the hands a score of 90 is much the same as a score of 100. Some of the suggested plays are controversial and a strong case can be made for alternative methods. However, I don't think there are any hands where a strong case can be made for a sequence of plays which ends up scoring much less than 90.

I suspect that anyone who averages less than 80 will struggle in games above 5-10.

Finally, I think there are certain hands in the book that are more important than others. I think it is essential to score well on hands 2, 6, 14, 15, 18 and 23. These hands feature many fairly common situations that are frequently misplayed by weaker players.