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31 of 33 found the following review helpful:
 Awful book Oct 06, 2008
By Tom Ewall
Don't be misled, as I was, by the other customer reviews. This is a terrible book. I don't normally write negative reviews, but felt the situation warranted it.
Here's advice on playing pocket Aces pre-flop:
"Slow playing can be highly dangerous if six or seven players stay in the pot. Don't go all-in against a cashed up opponent. When you bet all-in you don't want any callers, and someone with plenty of chips, might call you!" (page 62)
Here he speaks about a player who went all-in with AJ.
"That person went all-in, when a substantial bet would have achieved the same result. In these particular instances the player was called, just as that person would have been called had the bet been only $1000."
Here the problem is not with the advice, but with the lack of specifics. What was the position of the guy who went all-in? How many chips did he have? How many chips did his opponents have? What were the blinds? How many opponents were there? What was his table image? What were the playing characteristics of his opponents? These are routine questions that any decent poker player would be asking, and he doesn't provide any of these details. Also it's nuts to talk about betting $1000 without any context. At least he could tell us what the blinds are.
I did learn a valuable lesson, however, which is to make sure there are more than 2 customer reviews when I buy a book, and to consider those reviews more carefully than I did.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Outrageously Bad Feb 18, 2010
By BlueChair
This is not only by far the worst book on Texas Hold'em of the dozens I own, but probably the worst book of any kind I've ever encountered. I had to squeeze every ounce of resolve from my sense of public duty just to admit here that I actually bought it. The few valid facts in the book can be found in any beginner's text, and they are overwhelmed by misinformation and laughable analysis. The author's writing style is bad beyond words, but fortunately (at least for you) that is made irrelevant by the lack any reason to read it. The publication and marketing of this book is cynical and outrageous.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Don't be misled by the people who say they were misled Sep 22, 2009
By K. Hills
"BobbyBlunder"
Very good book. This book assumes you have player some poker and is not a complete course buy any stretch of the imagination. His purpose is to explain the strategic implications of his mathematical perspective and not much more than that. Not everyone will agree with the numbers but it might suprise some to know that probability theory is not an exact science! It is not about being right or wrong. It is not about describing the complete context of every hand. The value of this book is that it provides interesting material to ponder from a reasonably successful player who has a view you probably won't find published anywhere else.
I am not related to the author and rarely post reviews. I think my only other one was on Dorfman's chess book 'The Critical Moment'. My motiviation is only to defend wrongly maligned authors who I believe have something interesting to say which is simply out of the mainstream and often overlooked because of that alone.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
the 5 star reviews are frauds Jun 21, 2009
By Robert Buckenmayer
"SoCalBuck"
This book is virtually unedited... bad grammar, misspellings. The numbers are wrong, sometimes laughably so. How could most of the reviews be 5 star? Appears to be a shill job. This is the worst book on poker I have ever seen.
very tight Nov 16, 2010
By jonathan
This book is an excellent and simple explanation of how hold em should be played. The author understands the power of over cards. He has created the hold em times table to illustrate the weakness of middle pairs. After reading this book you will probably play many fewer hands. This book is not for the player who only wants to win tournaments. It is for the player who wants to cash more frequently. It is all about taking fewer chances. If you are not winning you are probably too loose and this book will help to change that. I highly recommend it.
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