statictheory, don't you ever get tired of criticising a book you haven't even read?

I play PLO, not NLHE - and I'm likely a decent PLO player but I'm kinda turrible at everything else. And I am a fan, so I've read a ton of books, listen to most podcasts, and watch every episode. That's not bragging, it means I like poker.

I don't need to be or think I'm better than the 2p2 poker playing audience, but compared to a random reading a review, I am. I said what I did to explain that the book is better suited to an audience with some experience vs none. It's not the book you buy someone who's never heard of poker, but someone who's not winning/low stakes and knows about online play.

What do you really doubt about what I said? I'm a losing NLHE player but better than an uneducated audience.

I just got the book and let me tell u something...it's the stone cold nuts.
If we are not winning players by now we will never win. Dusty lays it all out.
I comment on every book in this forum and this is the best poker book I have read
in 2010. I just got it and im excited from what I have read so far. Ill give more detailed review if i finish soon

This is just not true. There's plenty in the book that resounds well with low limit players and many readers have said so in this thread.

"There's not one thing you can use here" is patent nonsense.

A lot of people on the forum have his habit. It bewilders me, but on the other hand it is a time-honored tradition for people to give rave print or televised reviews of books they haven't read and products they haven't used, so I guess the Internet is the media for the opposite to occur.

Book is easily worth the price imo. I'm only like 30 pages in and everything I've read so far seems to be solid. Also, the book is very long and seems to be very dense with information. I mean if you play 100nl it's only half a buy in.

From his newest blog....

'''''''I did countless hours of work on that in the past month and I am feeling very good about my tournament game. I have a little bit of a unique strategy in that I try to play as much after the flop as possible. I have just noticed that so many of even the so called “good” or even “great” tournament players have post flop games that I doubt would succeed at even low stakes cash games, so I try to take them out of their usual shove game as much as possible and make them think postflop. So far I am pleased with how I am playing these tournaments, but I’ve only played the past 2 Sundays and while I made one final table, not much has gone my way yet. Hopefully it will one day though''''''

Is this line of thinking, consistent with his book? Im just wondering if he constantly uses example of tournament players (Hellmuth) making mistakes that do not fly in cash games? The beginning part of the blog goes into how he and Hellmuth play different games (cash vs tourney) and thats why you cannot compare the fact that he hasnt won 10 bracelets and isnt qualified to name his book that.

The book is fire..i dont know what point u trying to prove but this book is hot.

You know i totally understand how it looks. I actually liked his other book and I have no personal issue etc with him, but sometimes, and in this case I cant even relate to the table of contents, the price, his blog, the phony reviewers surrounding this book etc. etc. There have been a number of comments that agree with me so I dont think im way out of place here.
I havent seen a real review by other than a few comments where people have said they read the book in 1 day. Okay, a 450 page book in one day that requires thinking,... not trustworthy. But your point is taken and I will leave this thread. By the way if you think im just some negative person, you might check out my review of "Math that Matters".
And if you dont think I dont know anything about poker, well....bring it on. I was a limit player for a long time before playing no limit for the last couple of years. Actually the other book I reviewed "MTM"
was for my wife and its excellent.

I'm about half way through the e-book and I have found most of it to be quite helpful so far. Dusty posted this review on his facebook page earlier (written by someone who has clearly read the book) and it gives a solid rundown of what to expect:
http://craakker.blogspot.com/2010/12...or-merely.html

Thanks for this hint, I've been to the excerpts page a few times over the last week and have seen 3 different ones already.

has anyone read leathers last book? any good?

I have Dusty's first book(Treat Your Poker Like a Business) and while it is full of good advice, most of it is common sense. I am looking forward to his new book which is more of a "Poker Book". His first book is more about getting rid of distractions and being dedicated to grinding.

Old way to suck money from idiots.
First many guys write books how to make money.Then when everybody tired another "guru" writes a book "you'll never win". Then you can wait for "No,listen Phil!"
As to me i don't read books if their titles look like piece of ****.
if he founds his Big thoghts on Phil advices... It's his problem.
And this american way "50 (100, 100000) reasons to bla-bla"

What?