This thread sucks. Does anyone here actually have any constructive criticism or commentary about the book itself?

This book is the best investment you can make as a micro grinder (nl50) looking to progress though SSNL and beyond.
I have read all of the $$ ebooks out there. This one will improve your game the most, without question. That said, it also involves the most amount of work.

10-11 buyins seems steep for a 50NL player, I would think more 100NL-200NL players would get it.

QFT

Yea ok, I found it.

Sorry for hijack

We don't know your results either!You said you improved a lot after reading an expensive ebook but then refused to publish any corroborating stats.If this site was more strict they would require that coaches tell us how they're doing.It's a bit disappointing that you can become a verified or sponsored 2+2 coach just by handing over the dosh.From what I've come across of him Improva is not a brilliant poker mind but good enough to provide useful material on the fundamentals for micro stakes players.It's a pity he does not do more videos (I only found one 'hole cards covered' on Deuces Cracked).That would tell us how good he is.

You and Jabbershot should exchange AIM screenames and IM each other. You can complain how everything sucks and how bad everyone is to each other. That way we don't have to hear the trolling posts both of you guys make constantly. Everyone here thinks of you guys as trolls don't u get it??? You get on every thread and complain complain. Post something beneficial for once. If 2+2 is so disapointing, then name the more reputable sites in the poker industry??? 2+2 provides the forum for people to post their coaching services, so now u want them to do background checks on everyone who posts in that forum? OK
Also your statement is erroneous
From 2+2 coaching thread:
Listed coaches are not in any way endorsed by Two Plus Two. They have paid a fee for their listing. Before choosing a coach it is highly recommended that you do your own research. Spend time looking at their posting history, for instance. Talk to them. Talk to their previous students. Etc., etc....

So are you still dissapointed in 2+2? If so im sure your tag team partner in trolling would like to hear about it but we don't.

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I don't think it makes any difference. I'm from Belgium and you have to pay for every (known) pokerwinning. All sites are even illegal, they just don't do anything about it, same in the netherlands and I guess it's like this in a lot of european countries

And I'm danish ... the Lindberg ruling is the basis of this. Lindberg is from finland and won in the swedish lottery. The finnish goverment tried to tax the winnings and it was tried in the EU courts .. Sweden lost, since you can't double tax within the EU. So any site that is located in the EU and thus pays taxes within the EU is taxfree

The danish goverment has decided to put the strictest possible interpretation on this off course, so they demand that both licence, adress and servers are within the EU, but once that is fullfilled, they don't tax.

This is libel, first my stats and my graphs are available to any student who PMs me for them, and I've never refused to verify my stats and my graphs to any one - I'm just not stupid enough to post my personal information on a public forum every time a troll asks. Second my coaching status wasn't personally requested for or payed for, I had a number of requests for coaching before I received the title and I was given the coaching status for free because of my contributions to the forums.

If this site were more strict, they'd require any one who posts in these threads to have actually read the books before they could comment on them, neither you or Jabbershot have proven you've read the content or given a review of the material. Personally I think any book should be judged on its own merit and not the success of its author, otherwise anything by Phil Helmuth is the best book ever written ... but hey your uNL bankroll can afford that.

ok great, thx for the info!

If Jabbershot and Cwockcwock are such good players and could analyze books so effectively, then perhaps they can post their graphs to prove they are not fos like we all think. My short run in with Jabbershot hints that he wouldn't comprehend a word a book anyways, so I'll give him a stay.

I have posted beneficial stuff;don't buy Let there be range or Baluga volume 1.They are seriously not worth the money.I think it was also beneficial to point out that Ed Miller's ebook is excellent value.In the coaching forum I realise that it's caveat emptor but I think it would be a good idea to require that coaches post at least one active online screen name.

If you are complete newbie who only wants to play a home game with your drinking buddies (who happen to be drunk while playing), hey, Hellmuth is fine!

Exactly.We still don't have your stats.Please don't make claims on the forum which you are unwilling to corroborate here.Congrats on your free coaching status.


I have seen this book now.It's a reasonable work book for a micro stakes level player which is what I thought it would be.I think there's cheaper stuff around of similar or better quality,notably Ed Miller's ebook, which was selling for $65.The fundamentals are available from quite a few training site videos as well.I strongly disagree with coaches keeping their stats to themselves.I think it's very important to know how much credence we can place on their strategy comments.I wouldn't buy this package but if you are a microstakes player with a sketchy knowledge it provides the fundamentals and a structured approach to putting in the necessary work to improve.

You've been offering the same opinion for so long, why bother to actually look at the book now? I like your psychic reviews better.

I have read Baluga's book and it is imo the best ebook out there. If I was on a budget and could only have 1 I would go w/ Ed but Baluga's book is great. Why should they post their private screen names on a public forum? If u are too stupid to PM them and not get that info then how the heck do u expect to win in poker. You guys want that info so u can make post like that one jabbershot constantly brings up, guys Im an avg player and someone who one day will be in the market for coaching. Im the avg guy who those posts are attempting to persuade and frankly from my avg perspective I dont give those post any credence. I think they are from player haters." Oh Krantz,Baluga,Ed Miller, Pokey, they all have never made money in poker. Improva is a losing poker player too." No one believes u guys save your breath. Better yet if u want to convince us PM these guys and present your evidence. You wont do it, all u do is parrot PTR stats, like I and everyone else on this site cant look it up ourselves.
U say those that can't play coach, well
those that can't play or coach troll forums

I think volume one is a serious rip-off.There are twenty-odd pages of six max advice from Baluga priced at $949-odd.It is just fourteen topics dealt with very briefly and in some cases inaccurately.He makes up his own highly confusing definition of 'dead money' and thinks G bucks measures hand v range equity.I actually think ryan fee's free book is better.

If they're selling coaching services they should establish their credentials.It's not just a matter of proving they're not scamming (and I believe someone did that recently on the coaching forum) but it is necessary to decide whether their pricing is realistic.There's also the point of compatibility of playing style.If we could see their vids ot even just rail them then we could decide whether it was type of style that suited our play.At least one active screen name should be given imo.

I judged on the podcast and the 'hole cards covered' video on deuces.If someone comes across as not brilliant then I would expect their book to be not brilliant.Now I can access the book via a poker friend who buys everything is there anything in there you want to discuss?The book is not useless and it will help microstakes players if they do the exercises and the coaching.It just covers the fundamentals and doesn't get very advanced eg Improva advises that suited connectors and suited aces should be played the same OOP and that's all you get.

Ok now u are presenting a specific arguement, I can respect that and not the random trolling u guys usually do. I saw nothing wrong w/ his presentation of g-bucks. As I understand it's the eq of opp range vs your eq. G-bucks is the eq u have in the range vs that range. Also capitalization of dead money is the 3rd reason we bet. It's basically the money already in the pot when we bet.
Like he said it's not the primary reason for betting it just compliments the first and second reasons val and bluff. Dude read Bobo's bible or his dvd series if u really want to give your brain a workout or be confused. Baluga is a great teacher,not everyones style. Improva is a great teacher also. You gotta remember w/ these ebooks they are not doing like HOC and Ryan Fees.. Ryan Fee's book is great but he tells u what to do like a robot. Improva and Baluga are more like here is how to think.

How come everyone has a friend all of a sudden who has every single ebook?
This is like the 5th post I have seen that someone has said that. Im not trying to blow up ur spot but u might as well say Santa Claus gave u the ebooks it would be a little more believeable. Anyway Im not going to go any further than that but the friend angle is played out.

There's a difference between dead money and the 'capitalisation of dead money'.Baluga doesn't understand the distinction.If he does he's used the term 'dead money' wrongly several times.YOU tell Baluga that g bucks is range v range because he doesn't seem to understand that either.At $50 a page this is a complete waste of a chapter.If Baluga is confusing it's because he is being incoherent and inconsistent not brilliant!If I want to go through someone's thought processes I'll pick someone better than Improva and Baluga.That's why I advocate going to the best.Galfond'd vids are good and I actually quite like aejones' vids on leggopoker.There are others but I'm keeping them to myself.I accept Baluga is a good player but I'm not a fan because I prefer the equity based approach and he doesn't do the maths.

Vol 1 isnt priced at 949$

You don't understand it either.It's the equity of your range versus villain's range.Galfond wrote an article in Bluff magazine explaining it which I'm probably not allowed to link to here.