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Old 08-20-2005, 02:39 PM
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Default Need review for \"Beyond Tells\" by James A. McKenna

I saw this book at the store and it looked very interesting. Is it any good?

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Old 08-20-2005, 03:40 PM
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Default Re: Need review for \"Beyond Tells\" by James A. McKenna

I took this on a trip last week for reading on a plane. Wanted to quite after the first 30 pages but stuck it our until page 60, where I gave up. Dull and completely uninformative, with endless repetition of a few commonplace psychological observations. Save your money.
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Old 08-20-2005, 07:10 PM
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Default Re: Need review for \"Beyond Tells\" by James A. McKenna

I made it through the whole book, but agree with "Robertie" (is that Bill Robertie?) Boring and not well written. It has a few expansions on Caro's tells that are of some interest. Oddly enough it mentions Dr. Al Schoonmaker's book and says that he wrote his book before he read Al's--but Al's came out in 2000 and this one came out this year. That makes me wonder whether this was rejected for publication earlier, but has been released due to the poker boom.
You'd be better off reading Schoonmaker and then Feeney. If you've read them you'd be better off re-reading Schoomaker and then Feeney!
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Old 08-20-2005, 07:28 PM
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Default Re: Need review for \"Beyond Tells\" by James A. McKenna

Let me add a third vote to the "don't bother" column. Pure pop-psychology drivel, nothing that you won't get from Dr. Al, Feeney and Caro.
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Old 08-20-2005, 08:01 PM
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Default Re: Need review for \"Beyond Tells\" by James A. McKenna

thanks a lot guys. You saved me 3 big bets. LOL!
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Old 08-22-2005, 12:23 AM
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Default Re: Need review for \"Beyond Tells\" by James A. McKenna

Disagree. The later sections wherein he describes players by personality type are informative. At least read it at a bookstore or the public library. The player types are different than in Feeney's and Schoonmaker's books.
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