Finished it, all in all it was a great read. I have a few issues with his examples here and there, but even where I disagree with the author his arguments are still really sound. A lot of the material is derived from Ed's videos, but his moving beyond 1/2 section was really insightful (not that his video material isn't, I've just seen it before).

It was definitely a fast and informative read, I look forward to re-reading it on the train and giving it more in depth study later.

A+

The password thing is only a minor annoyance. Just put the book in a folder along with a .txt file. If your password is q1w2e3r4t5y6 or something like that, just have a .txt file called q1w2e3r4t5y6.txt in the same folder.

Right click on that .txt file >> Rename >> copy the q1w2e3r4t5y6 from the name

Then open the book and control-V when it asks for the password rather than retyping a long string of nonsense.

Just got through the part on blind stealing and I'm liking the book so far. Huge step up from PNL. No gripes yet (except who is "Dab" as mentioned in the acknowledgments?), but I really hope to get some insightful strategies for postflop like when to float or bluff-raise or when to donk or c/r.

Dab is Ed Miller's nickname for his Dad.

I've just skimmed it so far--I like their writing style--and the only flaws I see are the typical ebook shortcomings. However, the four color deck will keep me from those "obv fold" "wtf" "oh, we picked up a backdoor draw" moments that I find really annoying in hand examples.

I've got it and have read quite a bit of it already. So far I am VERY impressed. I think this is quickly going to become THE NL book to own. We might have a poker classic on our hands here!

I got the book, I pre ordered FTW. Its very good so far (have read 105 pages). Its got some very good concepts and indepth explanation which I personally love. It will most likely take me a good bit to finish reading it and a couple re reads to fully grasp it, but I'm very pleased thus far.

I have just finished scanning this and am now reading it in depth.

Its a really well written, comprehensive and practical book. Anyone playing SSNL will get a huge amount from it, and those playing MSNL will probably benefit somewhat (given that it is pretty cheap!).

Its certainly the best "from the ground" up guide to 6max NL, the only weakness would be in basic preflop play but the book assumes you have that down already.

Yeah, the book is overly focused on "being the raiser" instead of "being the caller." Perhaps it's for the sake of simplicity, but I think it's worth discussing when and where you should be calling and folding against open raises instead of concentrating on raise here, 3bet there etc.

That's an over simplification, but the book is definitely weighted towards being the aggressor instead of being the caller (handling opponent's aggression is a great chapter tho', especially the bit on double floating as the BB against SB stealers).

That's kind of interesting, because Fees 6Max guide suffers from this too. It's like these guys don't buy into the 5-10 rule at all... (which is at the heart of calling vs folding to an early raiser).

I like the book very much, another solid text. The emphasis on stealing and thin river betting is very good advice but maybe needs some adjustment as you move away from small/mid stakes. For example, in microstakes no-fold-em games, stealing a wide range is probably not as profitable as just nitting it up; and, conversely, at high-stakes, up against aggressive hand-readers, thin river bets can put you in some difficult spots (not a high-stakes player, my impression from reading forums). Interesting symmetry, there. Overall, great book. Thanks, guys.

Yeah, it's kind of ironic the entire section on floating is devoted to barreling the float and not how to execute a float. I've read thru' it a second time, and it's got "you are the raiser" tunnel vision. I understand we are the raiser way more than we are the caller, but no one's really covered the subject in depth, and I think it matters way more because it's not as binary as raise + cbet considering call + fold is not profitable by itself.

That said, I think this is the kind of book you have to read thru' a couple of times, because I swear you find something new every time you read it. For instance, the section on turn semi-bluffing when you have 1 card draws and no implied odds is great advice. This entire book has made me appreciate the turn a lot more, because it's such an incredibly effective street to bluff on if you've got a pair ... of balls that is.

How likely is Mason to review this book in the near future?

I really dig the book so far. I finished the barreling part and getting on to the value part. Really wish there was more material on how to play as the preflop caller.

The book lacks an index. The table of contents is less than 1.5 pages and a longer and more in depth TOC wouldn't hurt.

But I doubt anyone really cares about either.

Yeah, a bit annoying if you print it out and read that. But you can search the file in Acrobat so not really much need for an index in electronic format.