Anyone here read this book? I'm 50 pages in. Seems ok so far, not really into all the odds math thus far, but I think there may be some good stuff later on in the book.

Thoughts?

Never read it but Ive read a lot of others and most books teach you how to play a weak tight game and I cant imagine this would be any different. It prolly has lots of good stuff for beginners to build a foundation.

Yeah, I got it with some Stars points. All the other books seem like ****.

compared to a lot of 2+2 offerings, this one seems like a mishmash of ideas collected on 3x5 cards and bound. Miller is one of my heroes, but this one didn't have the nice flow of Small Stakes Holdem (a terrific book for beginners, even if you have little interest in playing limit). Like most Sklansky books imo, it makes a nice part of a library, but I wouldn't start with it.


Doesn't stars have Harrington books? I don't get tired of recommending those.

I like this book. However I don't think its aimed at complete beginners like Little Green Book, Small Stakes Holdem, Getting Starting In Holdem are.

And I think it focuses more on teaching you how to calculate expectations, and analyze situations rather just telling you how to play different hands in different situations.

Edit: And whether you like it or not. You have it now so I'd recommend you read it cover to cover twice and absorb as much as you can from it.

I don't know why, but I always lol when I see the Harrington books. Just something about a tournament player who is so damn nitty telling me how to play cash games.

I'm not looking for beginners books, just looking to see if there's something different out there, and I like that they show you some interesting math. However, I don't think I'm quick enough or retain it well enough to be able to use it while multi tabling. Should be a good read though.

Insanely great book, just finished it a week and a half ago, the 'concepts' section in the back is worth its weight in gold as each one of them has a great point.

If you have trouble integrating the maths and concepts into your play and thought process than just take it slower.

I'm not great at it myself so I generally read through a book and that helps me get a grasp of some of the stuff in it, I then try to think about it and apply one or two aspects of what I read to my play. Then reread the book and it will reinforce the concepts you remember and understand, and help you understand remember anything you missed the first time round. And then implement more as you become comfortable.

Or just make some notes of the concepts in the book, and some basics about them and slowly implement them one by one into your thinking until they eventually become second nature, or until you are atleast aware of them.

If you aren't looking for a beginner book, and are willing to put some work in to understand and apply whats there I think you'll like the book

This text is totally for EXPANDING your thought process at the game. It was never meant to be a black and white text. If you are considered an intermediate player and are questioning some ideas then the text is creating what it was intended for.

It's gold. It is required reading for beginner/intermediates IMO.