Wow, what a wasted opportunity. Someone starts a thread about your book on the world's largest English-speaking poker forum (and a book publisher's forum to boot), and this is what you do with it?
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Originally Posted by 1-2NoLimit.com
Lol you guys are delusional. The simple fact you all want a free copy to “review” is a joke.
There's definitely a possibility of that happening - people who desperately want your book because they need your advice, but don't want to pay for it. But the way you've handled these requests/suggestions is just as ham-handed as everything else you've done in this thread so far. You could've simply politely declined, telling people you've already got enough reviews, but thanks for the offers. Or you could have taken a few minutes to look at the posting history of those who made the offers to see if any of them would have been worthwhile. Even if you're correct in your assumption that they all fit the category of "someone who does not earn what I earn in the game", a reputable forum member or two might have been able to help you a great deal.
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Originally Posted by 1-2NoLimit.com
I’m the highest earning 1-2 and 1-3 player in the world.
No idea if this is true (although I have my suspicions), but I find it hard to imagine how this is in any way verifiable, so it just comes off as braggadocio. Humility would have done been a much better line to take, especially after your atrocious beginning in this thread with your fake accounts. A heavy dose of humility.
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Originally Posted by 1-2NoLimit.com
If not keep learning from people who don’t play 1-2 and see how much you improve.
Always good to come on a forum and basically tell people they all suck, and so do the people they're learning from on the forum, so they should by your book - Marketing 101!
Since it seems you decided to either not read or not listen to Venice when he asked you to stop posting until you had contacted 2+2, I'll be banning your two branded accounts now. You need to contact 2+2 administration through one of the multiple links you'll find at the bottom of pretty much any page on this forum, before posting anything related to your book again. Or you can email me; my email address is in my profile.
I wouldn't suggest coming back with any more fake accounts; as you can see, everyone's pretty suspicious of that kind of thing now. And we'll have no issue adding your site name to the spam filter if we need to; hopefully we won't have to go down that road.
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Originally Posted by NYCNative
Still creating alt accounts after moderators specifically told you to stop.
Somewhat in his defense, this is the same account he used earlier - Venice asked him to stop posting and left it open, so he'd have an easier way of communicating with us. Unfortunately, that request was either missed or ignored.
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Originally Posted by DK Barrel
It's not too late to salvage this.
It's not impossible, but it would be a challenge, and would require a skill set he hasn't shown to this point. But perhaps he lashed out because he was stung and/or embarrassed by the criticism, and has yet to put his best foot forward.