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Originally Posted by blaze2007
I am still in doubt whether to buy this book or not. I loved your DC videos a couple years ago. However the games have been changed alot and I am not sure if you have been grinding last year or months? I mean I am sure that lot in the book can be used in todays games. But I am wondering if it teaches you the right aproach to the game right now.
And I also would like to know if there are elements in this book that would be usefull PLO? I know that this book is written for NLH, but I am sure there must be good concepts in NLH that would work in PLO aswell.
I hope that some of you can convince me whether to go for this book or not.
First, to all non-US people unable to find the paperback on Amazon, try this link to purchase directly from the createspace store:
https://www.createspace.com/3702570
Blaze,
The games have definitely changed over the years; that is a big reason why I updated Easy Game again. 3rd Edition is designed to keep up with game dynamic shifts that cause poker to look different today than it did a few years ago.
I started playing again sometime late in 2010, though never the amount of hands I played during 2009 and before. It took me a little while to get my game back, and I ran ice-cold over 140k+ hands, but I was comfortably beating midstakes by the time black friday hit. I also won a 100k gtd tournament on FTP (one of the $320 ones) for something like 27-29k, i don't remember exactly how much.
The concepts in the book definitely apply to PLO (they're basic poker philosophies that will apply to any poker game, though all the examples are in NLHE). Really, the book is about helping people learn to think properly about poker situations--what is important, what isn't important, and why we take the actions we take.
Hopefully that answers your questions,
Andrew