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Originally Posted by *Split*
I didn't want to give an exact range to call a raise, nor call a 3bet, with in order to keep the book more timeless. I did my best to cover what goes into those decisions (how wide is the O-Range, what does a C-Range look like if you 3bet/4bet, edges, etc.)...
Would you have preferred my exact ranges?
You didn't address it at all, yet in other places you do give exact ranges. In my opinion, the best approach would have been to give a default range and then discussion as to how to adjust it depending on the game, opponent(s), etc. This seems like a significant omission.
Also in my reading I found a number of errors in the book. Most small, but some more significant. One example of a more significant error is under "The AK 3-Bet Pot" where you recommend to check your hand on the flop after three-betting with ace-king and then flopped top pair on an AT7 flop. But in your analysis the fact that ace-queen is included in your opponent's range, which is 99+/AQ+, seems to be forgotten. So while I agree with your analysis if your opponent does not play ace-queen or perhaps only plays ace-queen suited, once you account for all ace-queens being possible in your opponent's hand, it's my opinion that the analysis for how to play this hand should be different.
Specifically, you state:
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He probably folds most of the range that we crush (the 99/QQ) part of the range. He never folds the part of the range that crushes us (TT/AA). So a bet only gets action from better hands, hardly ever gets action from worse, and allows our opponent to play pretty close to perfect.
Now it may be best strategy to still check your ace-king on the flop even knowing that ace-queen can be in your opponent's hand. But that should be a somewhat different argument from the one you give. Of course, if you didn't include ace-queen in your opponent's hand, then I would have no issue.
Now for all the others following this thread, I do recommend this book (and there aren't that many on my recommendation list). But it certainly could use some cleaning up
Mason