Mastering No Limit Hold'Em Question

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...It's very important to me to have explanations behind the proposed strategies.

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Just a guess, but that's probably why they wrote the book.

[Malachii]

No real reviews for this book...

Bottom line: Worth getting, or the kind of elementry nonsense that's not really worth reading?

[npc]

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No real reviews for this book...

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I've finished the book so a review from me will be forthcoming.

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Bottom line: Worth getting, or the kind of elementry nonsense that's not really worth reading?

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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?

[Malachii]

A little. Does the author emphasize postflop play or is he spending more time lecturing on the virtues of tight play preflop?

[joewatch]

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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A little. Does the author emphasize postflop play or is he spending more time lecturing on the virtues of tight play preflop?

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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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Was there a certain section that has directly improved one aspect of your play more than the others?

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Was there a certain section that has directly improved one aspect of your play more than the others?

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I'm not really the target audience of the book. I've been playing NL cash games successfully for quite some time. While I think this is a good book for folks without a lot of cash game NL experience, it didn't help me all that much.

That being said, the parts of the book I thought were the strongest were Chapter 7 & 8 (Play on the Flop and Play on the Turn), and the "Managing Your Game" chapter.

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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!

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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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Discount Schmiscount.

Amazon:
Book = $24.95
S&H = Free
Ttl = $24.95

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Better reread that free shipping policy.

Also, factor THIS in:

Support that Amazon gives the 2+2 boards = X
Support that Conjelco/Chuck gives these boards = Y

Y/X = number of times you should buy from Chuck before Amazon