Book Group Formation: Ciaffone and Reuben: Pot Limit and No Limit

[1p0kerb0y]

Here is a proposed schedule. I will leave it up to TomCollins to accept/decline/edit with, of course, everone else's input.

DECEMBER 1&2
1-Why Play Pot-Limit?
2-Comparing Pot-Limit to Limit
3-Poker's Ten Commandments
4-Your Playing Style

DECEMBER 3&4
5-How Deep are You?
6-How Much to Bet
7-Taking the Initiative
8-Drawing Hands

DECEMBER 5&6
9-Psychology
10-Reading the Opponent
11-The Art of Bluffing
12-Beating the Bully

DECEMBER 7
13-No Limit Play
14-All-In Coups

DECEMBER 8-9
15-Using the Material
16-Pot-Limit & No-Limit Hold'Em
17-Big Bet Hold'Em Quiz

DECEMBER 10-11
18-Pot-Limit Omaha
19-Pot-Limit Omaha Quiz

DECEMBER 12-13
20-Seven-Card Stud
21-Seven-Card Stud Quiz

Skip London Lowball Sections

DECEMBER 14-15
27-High-Low Split
28-High-Low Split Quiz
29-Strip Deck Poker

DECEMBER 16-17
30-Tournament Strategy
31-Shorthanded Play
32-Poker History
33-Business

DECEMBER 17-18
34-Pot-Limit Rules
35-Dealing Big-Bet Poker
36-The House Charge
37-Ethics and Courtesy

December 19-20
38-Cheating
39-Internet Poker
40-Probability Concepts
41-Figuring the Odds

Done before Christmas! What do you guys think? Too fast/slow? I tried to evenly distribute the material, and provided 2 day blocks because not everyone can participate on a day to day basis. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[pastabatman]

Good pace (I think - haven't read the book yet). I'm just wondering if there is much interest in discussing anything other than the general stuff and holdEm-specific chapters. Are there a lot of Omaha/7CS/HiLo/StripDeck fans who plan to participate?

Pasta

[allenciox]

I would like to participate... I recently re-read this book for the third time, I have gained something on each reading. I am not interested in the SSHE book, as I play no-limit exclusively.

[TomCollins]

I like the schedule. Let's plan on it.

[pastabatman]

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The book is an advanced book so for the majority of us it's one of the last books to buy and study you can probably get more out of studying Small Stakes HE or Lee Jones et al.

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So, are you saying don't bother with this book unless one is an accomplished limit player, and read all the limit texts? I tried limit, got all the books, got through WLLH and ITH, and just got very bored with actually playing the game. Tried some SNGs and other tournemants and had such a ball (not to mention made more $$$/hr), I can barely stand the thought of returning to limit-study.

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So if you have the book, play $100/$200 and play NLHE, PLHE, Omaha and Lowball then this group is for you.

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So, I play Party $10/1 NL Hold'Em SNGs, don't even know how to play Omaha, etc. Guess this group isn't for me?

Pasta

[TomCollins]

Please ignore idiotic trolls on this post please.

[pastabatman]

Sorry - didn't realize he was a troll. Must be some real gold in this book if he's trying to scare us all off. ;-)

[omahaChamp]

You might want to read Championship Satellite strategy by Mcevoy and the recent NLH by Mcevoy. He's a former WSOP NLHE champion. After you get throught the Ciaffione/Reuben book and my two recommendations u tell me who was right.

Thats the point there's a lot of info not related to NL. read some of my other posts. On this forum if someone has a contrary opion or speaks his mind you get put down. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[AngryCola]

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Sorry - didn't realize he was a troll. Must be some real gold in this book if he's trying to scare us all off. ;-)

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I'm not even sure he realizes it.

[omahaChamp]

Yeh I would be interested in O8 and Hilo stud [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]