Improva's Solving the Poker Puzzle:

Any opinions on this book?

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/33...review-485447/

Dont even bother w/ that closed thread it's a circus of mud slinging. Improva's book is the nut's. I have read most of the "ebooks" and improva's is the best followed by baluga and then bobofitos. Im a DC member and from what I know of Improva what happened in that thread is a misunderstanding. Im not going to 100% say so he didnt do whatever whatever but it would be out of character.

It's probably the best one I've read as well, I definitely preferred it's comprehensive writing style compared to the article format of LTBR and NLWB. The book does a really good job of addressing core ideas, altho' I find it a little lacking in examples (generally made up by the videos, but still).

best book i've read (well 3/4 through it)

Does it apply better to cash or mtt ?

It applies more to cash. But as long as we are talking about playing NLHE it will help your game. It is a very good book.

Has anyone discussed answers to the questions in each section?

yep they are discussed.
you only have access to that forum if you purchase the book, however.

What screen name does Improva use?

I found one DC video from him and his SN is covered up. He was trying to play without looking at his hole cards, which is not a good sign.

There is a losing player on FTP with the Improva SN. The account is French, so I question whether that is him.

his screen names are not known

Then we can only assume he is a losing player. If he were a winner, releasing the SN would be good for sales. He isn't going to scare away the fish because they wouldn't care anyway.

I can think of a few others who wrote expensive e-books and have lousy or negative winrates. It is becoming a running joke that "poker coach" is shorthand for "overconfident, losing player."

My PTR stats show me as a profitable player and I'm not selling books, even though I made a living as a freelance author for several years. I expect poker experts to be much,.much better than me. I can read THOUSANDS OF PAGES of reasonably intelligent, but anonymous, poker commentary on the Web FOR FREE.

BTW: Releasing a video of oneself playing without looking at one's whole cards is about as stupid and pointless a barnstorming trick as I can imagine.

So Foucault is also an idiot ???


Btw, what is your view on cts, has he gone from a losing fish to pokergod during the first months of 2010 or ?

I didn't say anyone is an idiot. I said the idea is idiotic. When Doyle Brunson said he could beat people without looking at his cards, he was embellishing to make a point. He wasn't telling people to not look in the hole.

Losing half a million dollars in one day boggles the mind. Unless he is the Emir of Kuwait, that is not professional poker. Real people can't afford to drop six or seven digits at the table without trouble. I can imagine someone like him becoming the poster boy for those who want to ban online poker.

Edit: I have a theory that some of the LAG and goofy poker videos are not really there as poker strategy. They entertain a smal cadre of fans who want to see people risk ruin by triple-barreling with air against a K-high flush.

You know that the purpose of the exercise is not to play all the time without looking at one's cards, but to switch the focus of students from playing their cards to exploiting their opponents and the situation, right? What's idiotic about that?


Does he have 100% of his action??

Triple-barreling with air, zomg. Looks like you might profit from the aforementioned exercise