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05-01-2005, 03:30 PM
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Re: Mastering No Limit Hold\'Em Question
Got my copy Saturday (kudos for on time delivery). So far about 50% through the book. So far nothing revolutionary. The quality of the writing is better than a typical poker book (I would be very happy if I never see the Hemingway comment ever again).
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05-02-2005, 01:29 AM
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Re: Mastering No Limit Hold\'Em Question
This might be my next poker book. Can anyone read this and give a quick review? What kind of strategy does it advocate, tight/aggr like Harrington, supertight-aggr like Cloutier/McEvoy, loose/aggr like Brunson, somewhere in between, or something totally different? Worth a read if you have read books by the authors I mentioned? Does it include math/poker theory? It's very important to me to have explanations behind the proposed strategies.
Thanks
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#3
05-02-2005, 01:10 PM
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Re: Mastering No Limit Hold\'Em Question
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...It's very important to me to have explanations behind the proposed strategies. Thanks [/ QUOTE ] Just a guess, but that's probably why they wrote the book.
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05-21-2005, 02:20 AM
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Re: Mastering No Limit Hold\'Em Question
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No real reviews for this book... [/ QUOTE ] I've finished the book so a review from me will be forthcoming. [ QUOTE ] Bottom line: Worth getting, or the kind of elementry nonsense that's not really worth reading? [/ QUOTE ] Hard to answer this question. I suspect some folks will answer either way. The target audience is for those who want to play in the current crop of baby no-limit Hold'em games that are proliferating in casinos but don't have much in the way of NL cash game experience. The more experience you have in these games and the better you're doing in them the less this book will help you. At the same time, I think there are a lot of people out there who could benefit from reading it. Does that help?
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05-23-2005, 01:22 AM
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Re: Mastering No Limit Hold\'Em Question
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A little. Does the author emphasize postflop play or is he spending more time lecturing on the virtues of tight play preflop? [/ QUOTE ] The book is about a lot more than pre-flop play. In fact, I would say that less than 1/4 of the book is specifically about pre-flop play.
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05-23-2005, 12:26 AM
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Re: Mastering No Limit Hold\'Em Question
I finished reading this book. I rate it 9/10. Very well written. I think that somebody who is a complete novice at NLHE could learn how to play a very solid game just by following the advice in the book. It is much more complete than SS2, but SS2 has much more interesting ideas.
The thing I liked best about the book is that with each example situation, the answer to what to do is "it depends, sometimes raise, sometimes call, sometimes fold." And the book does go on to explain why you would raise in some situations, call or fold in others. IMHO, this is the best, most complete book on NLHE out there today. Compared to the limit holdem books, it is much better than Lee Jones, not quite as good as Miller/Sklansky. I hope nobody hears about this book because then my competition will get much tougher!
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#10
05-23-2005, 06:58 PM
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Re: Mastering No Limit Hold\'Em Question
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I finished reading this book. I rate it 9/10. Very well written. I think that somebody who is a complete novice at NLHE could learn how to play a very solid game just by following the advice in the book. It is much more complete than SS2, but SS2 has much more interesting ideas. The thing I liked best about the book is that with each example situation, the answer to what to do is "it depends, sometimes raise, sometimes call, sometimes fold." And the book does go on to explain why you would raise in some situations, call or fold in others. IMHO, this is the best, most complete book on NLHE out there today. Compared to the limit holdem books, it is much better than Lee Jones, not quite as good as Miller/Sklansky. I hope nobody hears about this book because then my competition will get much tougher! [/ QUOTE ] I have read it and give it a 7/10. Good intro to NL and how to think about hands. I can't add much more to what was said above in terms of good stuff. In terms of bad stuff I found the example play session pretty useless. The biggest downfall though is any discussion of stack sizes. Ok, that is not quite correct, there was 3/4 of a page devoted to it. If the intention was to discuss small/middle stack size NL then the first thing they should go into is the discussion of what stack sizes mean in a game like this. What is the difference between these games and big NL games? How do you play them different? Why? Nothing there. What implied odds to I need to call $X raise with a small pair? Dunno - not discussed. Etc. Massive gaping hole in an otherwise good primer.
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