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 enlarge | Author: Phil Gordon
Creator: Chris Ferguson
Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 54259
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5.4 x 1.3
ISBN: 1416927190
Dewey Decimal Number: 795.412
EAN: 9781416927198
ASIN: 1416927190
Publication Date: October 3, 2006
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 Great book from a great teacher October 11, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is great!
Phil is truly amazing teacher and I love his approach; his books and DVD are so much more useful than other resources. It's very clear that Phil's goal is to teach me how to analyze situations and make sound decisions.
Unlike some of the other reviewers, I thought this DVD was extremely useful for an intermediate player (me.) It felt like the perfect complement to Little Green Book and was very useful in helping to crystallize some of the lessons I'd previously learned.
Since I began studying poker by reading Phil's books and watching his DVD, my bankroll is significantly positive. He deserves a commission from my winnings, but I'd rather buy him a drink if I ever see him in Vegas.
Wholeheartedly agree w/ the other reviewer who was amused by Phil's commentary. I found it refreshing to see this side of Phil since it seems that most other pros are so serious they don't even enjoy playing or teaching.
Great lessons for beginners, useful tune-ups for experienced players October 8, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm giving this book five stars because it perfectly suits my current needs. I used to be a somewhat advanced player but work and life have kept me away from the tables. Now, when I squeeze in a game I find myself making advanced plays at the wrong time, getting frustrated, etc. This book was an excellent tune-up for my game. It brought me back to a sound basic and immediate level of thinking which are necessary bedrocks for advanced play. I think this book is perfect for beginners and immediate players who want to improve, and more experienced players who need a tune-up or who have drifted off course.
 OK book, good for beginners October 5, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I wont have to type very much because I completely agree with Jason gonso review. This book while not bad or giving wrong advice dont offer much if you are even intermediate player like me.
If your only poker book to date is the little green book then yeah definately pick up this one, it should help you understand more the ideas in hand context.
That said Harrington hands example book was much better imo and it also added a score and explained in much more details why so and so decision are correct/incorrect.
For the price though its not bad, so up to you guys. If you read a couples books already and didnt read NL theory and pratice then definately pick it up imo.
anyway id give it 7/10, I was expecting a bit more, maybe im too used to Harringtonesque quality.
Mostly a beginner's-level book on hand analysis at low-limit NLHE games October 4, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Intermediate to advanced players will find little no use for this book. Beginners could learn a lot, but even then there's books out there that cover this material better. It's not a bad book, and I'm sure others will find it worthy of 5 stars, but they'll have to write their own reviews.
You get walked through a bunch of hands, and Phil explains his reasoning behind his plays (and with mixed results). There's some attention given to tournament and sit n' go situations as well. It's kind of like a watered-down version of Harrington's third book. The examples aren't that difficult if you're at all experienced, and even if you're not, the explanations leave a lot of important concepts out.
Having said that, newer players should find it helpful. What I actually liked most wasn't even the analysis, but Phil's comments; he gives the screen names of some tilting donks he's played against online. Nothing like felting a guy, and then humiliating him in print for thousands of readers... I threw in an extra star for that.
It's pretty cheap, so if you have Little Green Book you might as well just buy it. But if you're any kind of student of the game, you won't find anything fresh here.
Sequel just as good as the original October 3, 2006
18 out of 22 found this review helpful
This is the companion to Phil Gordon's Little Green Book. LGB focused on poker theory -- readable and concise, but theory nonetheless.
Here Phil Gordon explains, round by round, the hands he's played. Sometimes of the hands he has misplayed: like losing on the first hand of tournment because he paired an ace. (No, he wasn't playing pocket aces, just an A with a middling kicker.) It's good to have poker mistakes explained by a pro candid enough to admit them. I can't think of another poker instruction book that shows the author's mistakes. Usually, any of the losing hands we read about are bad beats.
Most of time, of course, Phil plays brilliantly. He finished 4th in the WSOP 2001 main event and his lifetime tournament earnings exceed $1 million. From the NL games he talks about here, his cash game profits may be much more than that.
Phil Gordon's Little Blue Book features the clear diagram style of its earlier green book companion. (You need never guess in what position he was playing; it's shown right there.) Gordon is fun to read -- his take on the players he sits down at table with is a hoot. Moreover, and your poker play will improve after reading PGLBB.
The last chaper cross-references this book with the first one for further reading. Really! Good selling, but still useful to the reader.
So relax, put down your dogeared copy of the latest by the redoubtable Mr. Harrington and relive a few hours at the table with Phil Gordon.
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