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Matt Matros\'s book
I haven't seen this book----"The Making of a Poker Player"----mentioned anywhere in this thread.
Am I the only one who thought this was a great book? |
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Re: Matt Matros\'s book
I liked it a lot. Very 'well-written' from an aesthetic standpoint. An easy read, and you just might learn a little bit of poker on accident.
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Re: Matt Matros\'s book
I started a thread that had some action a while back. See below.
--Nate http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...mp;o=&vc=1 |
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Re: Matt Matros\'s book
i liked it, got it for 5 bucks and there was a thread about it b/c I read it and decided to check it out
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Re: Matt Matros\'s book
Nate, I stand corrected. Well written review; interesting thread.
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Re: Matt Matros\'s book
Yes..I read the book too and I really enjoyed it as well.
Interesting that he recommends Ken Warren's book for Hold'em..very interesting indeed. |
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Re: Matt Matros\'s book
Another vote in favor; excellent book. A modern version of Yardley's "Education of a Poker Player", except maybe minus half a point because Matros doesn't have any "player having a heart attack at the table" stories to share [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]. Definitely pick it up, though.
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Re: Matt Matros\'s book
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Yes..I read the book too and I really enjoyed it as well. Interesting that he recommends Ken Warren's book for Hold'em..very interesting indeed. [/ QUOTE ] Yes - Matros is a RGP guy who apparently feels some sort of rivalry with 2+2 I guess. He makes some snide comments about 2+2 ("groupthink"), and makes some weird recommendations (Warren book). Overall, however, the book is entertaining. |
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Re: Matt Matros\'s book
I didn't care for it. One of the problems with the book I felt is it can't decide if it's an instructional book or "story". For some reason I never like the poker "story" books, ( not Alvarez, not Holden, not McManus) so maybe it's just me.
Also, I thought he is a little close minded, he spouts he standard RGP stuff, -ARG is great, yada, yada (and where's Abdul in all this RGP talk? wasn't he the god of RGP in those days? I certainly thought so) and slams 2+2 about group think, etc. But there are thousands of posters on 2+2 and I think this is just an urban myth started because RGP has lost out/it's way. If you want to improve your poker nowadays, you come to 2+2 not RGP and it's not close. (He's not shy about putting a blurb from 2+2'er Greg Raymer on the cover, guess that kind of group think he can get behind) |
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One of the few poker books I\'ve thrown away
Just shows how tastes differ. To me, it was poorly written, boring, and unenlightening. I thought it likely that it only got published because poker is such a hot topic at the moment.
To compare it to the Yardley book is an act of sacrilege! Yardley is dated, and he wasn't a professional writer, but he was a very smart man who'd done a lot of interesting things in his life. Nothing against Matros, but by comparison he's done very little. |
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