dammit jots u beat me

Claims to be highest earning ANNUAL 1/2 and 1/3 player on the planet.

Social media account goes back to September 2018.

Story checks out.

if i really cared, i'd start digging into the testimonials for how many are [inevitably] fake

but i literally could not care less

Mod note: Antonio's latest handle is going to be deleted shortly unless he arranges for advertising on 2+2. Antonio, you may not be aware, but 2+2 is a publishing company and therefore not interested in promoting any other poker books without being paid advertising. Bobo Fett, the advertising manager will be in contact with you.

But in the interest of fairness, I want everyone to see his message.

You took 5 sentences to explain what 22 VPIP means. Any mouth breather with a HUD knows what VPIP means lol. Also you play 1-2 don’t act like you are a good player. This is on par with a 2NL reg bragging he has the best winrate at 1cent 2cent.

thread is rapidly approaching the lol levels of Eli Elezra's AMA

If you're putting ~2k hours in per year for a number of years at 1/2 & 1/3, with the best winrates, why are you still playing 1/2 & 1/3?

Antonio, please stop posting as your website until you talk with Bobo Fett.

the hate is b/c u came in here with bogus accts shilling your book. Which is beyond stupid. I did not exactly call you out. But I knew you would not give me a copy. You did not even ask who I was (and i posetd that mods would back me up). I have won as much money as any one playing 2/5 nl live since black friday. Yet you come off as a total condescending tool in a poker forum that has actual legit pros who make their living doing this. I promise you that there are plenty of players that win significantly more than you do at 1/2 (sol reader, wj94, etc).

The turn card changes nothing... still going to buy n read this book next week

^^

lol sez the brand new acct that prolly has the same ip as our hero

Nope I’m just going to move up to 1/3 nl from grinding a roll from $300 to 1.4k at the 1/2 nl 40$ buy in that I guess is unbeatable because of the rake

I don’t know this f*ckn guy but I also don’t know what else to read for help in improving my game for moving up in stakes

The FDA wanted to give me free feedback on my snake oil, but I told those hacks if they want my valuable snake oil, they can buy it at Whole Foods like everyone else!

honestly my friend, If you want to get better you are in the exact right place. There are quite a few highly skilled players in this forum. The best thing to do is read the stickies, get to know who the quality posters are, and read the strat threads.

I have zero clue who this author is but he comes off shady AF and seems like an assclown to me. If you want to drop 40$ its your call. But I promise you there are dudes here that stomp 1/2 and 2/5 for big numbers and they are sharing their knowledge. All you have to do is read and participate and your game will evolve


edit meant to quote 3xmassgainer

hero's fundamental problem is that he obv has to distill playing poker down to a specific formula. "you need to be playing 22-26% and only calling 4%" or whatever he quoted from his book.

poker is an extremely complex game that calls for deviations from the norm all the time because of many different complex situations. be wary of any person who tells you "you need to play like XYZ to beat the game". while that style might work, and it might work extremely well, it's completely narrow minded to the complexity of the game.

Well 40 dollars to me is 1bi and I’m already reading these forums so why not do both? Read forums read a book worth 1bi to me

Best run out.. I read book I learn something I post review

Worst run out... I read book it’s trash lose 1bi post review

Lolzzzzz

Spend the $40 on a decent steak.

Gotta hand it to Antonio...

It's not often you run into a cat this tone deaf.

Above and beyond, imo.

Okay, now I'll only review the book if I get a comp copy *and* I am paid $0.75 a word to do so.

If the author wants to send me a copy of the book to review I can promise that I won’t read it and that I’ll provide a negative review.

I also have a very good reason to think the book won't help: Dude puts some math here, but anyone with a calculator can do math.

Poker is also a game that involves reading people. The people you're playing against changes the math. It has to.

I realize that this skill is less important in low stakes because the skill of the villains is also diminished and a little more obvious, but Antonio is showing zero ability to pick up some pretty obvious tells in this thread.

And that has very little to do with his not wanting to give out review copies of his book, though that does reek of someone with lousy bankroll management (another important thing for someone who wants to play more often) since three or four solid reviews in this forum which has thousands of distinct posters and lurkers would cost him literally nothing (digital books do not require printing or postage) yet would likely sell dozens of books if they reviews were positive.

If he's this bad at these key things when he has as much time to think and decide before he hits 'Post Reply" as he wants, I cannot imagine he's much good when someone calls a clock on him in a game.

Antonio should pick up a marketing book. Dude had a coup on his hands, a well-respected longtime member made an earnest thread on a popular forum promoting his book. He could have popped in and said hey I'm the author, I can answer questions. He could have given a preview chapter. He could have ignored it and let nature run its course. Instead he chose the nut low play of making very obvious shill posts.

It's not too late to salvage this. Maybe the book is good. You have reputable posters willing to give you a free review (Despite what you think, that is very valuable.) Instead I'm forced to conclude that there's nothing in the book that can stand on its own merit, that's the only reason you've had to create fake accounts to give positive reviews and can't share any of its contents with trustworthy people willing to give you the publicity.