How could it not be?

sayid if you talk with the bruiser tell him to send me a signed copy please, you know the address. thanks

I am pleased again with his latest work. I think what I like about his style is that he discusses his thought processes well (without worrying about what YOU might think about it, even if he was wrong in his approach).

I loved his prior book, in spite of its numerous typos, and this one is great as well.

He does re-use/re-word some previous material, but it doesn't matter. There is enough good stuff in here and plenty of new hands that he explores to make it worth it.

You do have to scale his thoughts to your appropriate level (some information won't apply), but clearly he focuses on knowing what your opponent will do throughout.

I had a poker coach who said one of the most (obvious) important pieces of advice I ever received: Play predictable opponents.

While Daniel doesn't say this, you can sense it by the way he writes, (paraphrased) "My opponent doesn't check back often, therefore I prefer to lead out." He is always taking his reads into account for each and every hand. The fact that he has them demonstrates his ability to observe hand and make accurate reads.

You have to take his reads at face value, of course, but it does demonstrate the power of having reads in the first place. I recall one hand where he says that he really just has no idea what the guy has (no read on the particular betting pattern), so he resorts to math to make a decision on calling/folding. In virtually every other case though, he has a solid read he uses to guide him.

Anyway, my random thoughts, but I like this book because it is very human and thought oriented. It sounds like you are sweating a coach as opposed to a rigidly structured cerebral thesis (don't get me wrong, I like those too, but it is a breath of fresh air).

This book is also available via Kindle.

are his SN's available?

back about 5 plus yrs ago he was a good winner at mid stakes 6max and HU

I'm about 100 pages in and really enjoying it so far.

The author has clearly been working on his writing as I haven't noticed any of the editing problems which were in his earlier book. The style also makes it quite enjoyable to read. Each chapter begins with a quote from a famous philosopher, while each concept is illustrated with hands versus a cast of recurring characters who each play in a certain way. e.g. there's "Hil Vey, the famous black Israeli poker player", "the Sober Greek", and a few fish called "China", "Big Bear" and "Baby Bear".

There's then a quiz at the end of each section using these characters. It's a bit more fun than your usual poker quiz as he uses pithy answers like: "Image is a much more important factor versus the Greek than a bear. The bears are not sophisticated enough to pay attention to these ideas. They are just bears".

As with his first book the strategy is good, but the presentation in this one is in a whole different league.

Are his current ones (or any with good samples on PTR) available?

Just for info guys... the book is available on itunes

Hard for me not to recommend this book to any intermediate players who want to improve their hand reading since I love the author's first book, Secrets of No limit Hold'em. Instead of giving an extremely biased reviews, I will just limit myself to giving how Secrets of NLH and Dominate NLH differ.

I feel the book could have been called "Secrets of No limit Hold'em - Revised Edition". It really feels that it is the book the author wanted to write in the first place. The content is very similar but better written with clearer explanations and more accessible to a beginner. There are also many more short-handed hand histories (and even a small number of FR HH) than there was in SNLH, which is a nice addition (for those who haven't read SNLH, the book was very focused on HU). The author also reported a couple of Short-Handed game sessions which were completely absent from SNLH. The only thing I prefered in secrets was the organisation: short chapters called "Value betting", "semi-bluffing", "bluffing" with some hand histories after each of them as it made it easier for me to review some specific concepts by reading the relevant chapter. In contrast, in Dominate No limit Hold'em, all the hand history has been put together in one chapter "Hand Reading" with no particular organisation. Apart from this, the book is a significant improvement over SNLH and someone who would want to read only one of the author's book should read Dominate NLH.