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 enlarge | Author: Matt Flynn; Sunny Mehta; Ed Miller
Publisher: Two Plus Two Publishing LLC
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 11042
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 314
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 188068540X
Dewey Decimal Number: 795
EAN: 9781880685402
ASIN: 188068540X
Publication Date: July 20, 2007
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 Worthy Read February 25, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've read and re-read all the classics (i.e. Theory of Poker, Super System, Harrington on Hold em, etc etc etc) I cannot say for sure that this book is a classic, but I definitely feel that it stands out amongst all other poker books who have not yet acheived classic status but still want you to pay classic prices. Other reviews give specifics about SPR (stack to pot ratio), planning hands, and other topics in the book, I wont get in to that. I will say that they manner that these topics are presented in the book are innovative, straightforward, and an advantage to the strategy of a serious poker player. Will the use of planning your hand before the flop allow you to outplay your opponents and show a profit? Maybe - Maybe not, but the thought process of how to use this information is a definite advantage because I feel that many players think exploitively but not necessarily in the context that this book presents the material. Poker is the type of game where if you are static instead of dynamic, good opponents will exploit your tendencies. This book gives a different perspective on (i.e pot odds) ratios when discussing SPRs. This book is the type of reading that will truly improve your game because it causes you to think on a different level. When you think on a different level it always improves your game because it adds variables that you consider in making important decisions. The more information you have to make that decision, you will undoubtedly make better decisions. In my opinion, the method that they present some of the material is not discussed in any other book I've ever read, which to me indicates that they're doing something right.
The first good book for cash players February 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you do well at tournaments, but can't seem to win consistently at a cash game this is the book for you.
Even though this is the first review I have ever written here I have no personal affiliation with any of the authors.
Other reviewers have listed more eloquently than I can the great points presented in this book. I found it very refreshing to finally get pointers that aren't all geared toward winning a tournament. As to the reviewer who doesn't believe in mathematical statistics, I can only pray to run into him. I've played at The Bike, so maybe I'll be fortunate enough to have him at my table. I'll get all my money in with 80:20 odds in my favor day in and day out. When I get sucked out on I will shrug and hope the same guy is in with me the next time I have those odds. As for Mr. Las Vegas, I look forward to players who don't think they have the time to make the best decision at the table. I am too math challenged to make all the calculations that may need to be made, but this book has helped me to get better, and hopefully with time and practice I will continue to improve.
Don't read this book and you do those of us who have a big favor.
 Possibly Unrealistic January 30, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
Don't get me wrong this book is great...If you are a math teacher. The reality learning some of the topics such as the Return on Investment, are just plain usless in my eyes. You just don't have the time to calculate all this while playing.
For good reasonable math based play try The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky.
 A must read December 18, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
When I started this book, after having read about 30 others, I felt as though I was being taken to school for the first time.
I'm still in the middle of the read, but there are many things to ponder, think about, and learn. Highly recommended.
FINALLY! Now I feel like I'm playign against children. December 12, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Like most of the other reviewers, I feel like this should be considered one of the classics. Right up there with Sklanky's Theory of Poker.
I have played online, mostly single-table tournaments, for about 4 years. But have found that because of the time commitment necessary for those, I have been migrating to the ring/"cash" games. I dominated the $10 to $30 tournaments for a solid ROI, but found that even at the $2/1 cash games, I kept being "pushed around". It felt like I was always up against a group of pros, not knowing what to do on the flop or turn.
Now, after getting through this book a SECOND time in a month's worth of reading, I find that it feels like I'm playing against a bunch of children. It feels so easy. They key has been to plan the hands from before the flop.
This book is the first of about 20 NL or PL Hold-Em books I have read that really, really explains what is meant by planning your hand and manipulating the pot size to your advantage. You will find out how to position yourself in situations so that you'll know in advance what to do when the flop comes. It gives an excellent explanation of the target Stack-to-Pot ratio you need to aim for depending on your cards (are you going for top-pair, or is it a drawing hand: Suited ace, connectors, small pair...)
You'll find yourself constantly NOT CARING how your opponent acts on the flop. The play of the hand has already been established. You will either commit or fold. And rarely will there be a Turn decision.
If you pair this book with a decent online tool to track your opponents (so you can tell the set-farmers, from the action-kids, from the tight-rocks) you will find that you can easily play 3 or 4 tables at once and NOT be a predictable player yourself. After about 12,000 hands I'm showing that on average I play 1.8 tables at a time, and I'm making close to 10 BB/100. (Yes... yes... not enough hands... STD Dev is over 20... but it feels like it is not luck...)
If you are a NLHE cash player at the small stakes, you NEED this book. If you are a Limit player... WHY? Limit is so mechanical and technical. You can never hope to be THAT much better than the field. In No-Limit, 10 to 20 BB per 100 hands is achievable at the small stakes, and counter-intuitively with LESS variance.
I can't wait for Volume 2. Those $10/5 games look promising!
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