We have the book now available in e-book form. Bundled into a single zip file are the PDF, ePub and Mobi.

http://professionalpoker.com/IP.php?...&productID=507

Depends on who the quotes are from. A quote from you would be worth more than a quote from most other people.

Well, cover quotes are only going to be worthwhile in physical bookstores. There's not much use in a cover quote in online sales, which is most of Mason's market. From big names they'd help sell to random people browsing at a b&m bookstore I would think.

I think quotes are worthless., most people get their friends to write them so I never trust that

Perhaps I'm an exception, but I doubt it. It's my opinion that good information about the content is better than any quote no matter who it is.

Best wishes,
Mason

Your statement relative to our market is not accurate. Also 2+2 has been in the book selling business since 1987 which is well before the online market, so we should have a good idea as to what worked and what didn't.

Mason

Oh ok apologies. I guess it's probably more of a fiction thing then. Though if I saw a poker book that had a positive Phil Ivey quote, I'd probably buy it without knowing anything about it.

Ok,

I have bought the book. And am just getting into it....

But then I read the authors comments on the NVG Navvarro Thread

Yikes.

Infrequently?????

What's that - once every five or six sessions?

It's interesting to read the thread over there as it's a year ago - and you can kinda of feel the point that Zach realizes there's a market for a new tells book.

Anyway - from what I've read in here seems like it should be good.

Feels like Mason wishes it was a 2+2 book? Maybe the follow ups will.

Here's hoping for gold

What Zack is trying to convey when he says that tells are used infrequently is this...

It is still far more important to know basic strategy. Improving your ability to read tells just adds another weapon to the arsenal of a poker player. You need to know the basics first. It doesn't reallly help if you have a good feel on whether a person might be strong or weak if you have little understanding of hand ranges, etc. Work on that first and that add a better knowledge of tells on top of it to help you with the marginal situations that occur.

Even if you don't use the knowledge of tells that frequently, the book is fun to read and not a chore. trust me you will breeze right through it as the flow is excellent.

He also touches on the intensity of tells andon which streets he finds them to be more reliable. In a sense that affects his general decision-making workflow with regards to the frequency of putting trust in tells.

The author's web page goes back to 2010 and references to the book are greater than one year out. This is not a cash grab.

"infrequently" was pretty ambiguous. I'd say a few times a session for no-limit. Although I pick up many more tiny lazy-type tells in limit, but they aren't as profitable as the more-infrequent more-emotion-based ones I can find in no-limit. I said that to reinforce the idea that even though I'm probably a pretty big proponent of tells compared to other people, I still am realistic about their usefulness, and I would never pretend they are more important than fundamental strategy.

Just got a copy, have read quite a few pages, and am liking it so far. Nice, easy to ready writing style.

Look for a complete review when I'm done.

Came across this thread because I was looking for the electronic version of this book. I use amazon kindle. I have come across the authors site and noticed I can download the 3 formats from there. Thing is though, if you import it manually does it sync with all the other devices? does it get to my cloud space for sharing among all my devices or will it only be accessible through my PC? Thanks.

You should be able to use the three files as you would any files. I'm not very familiar with how these things sync across devices, though. I'm not very technically savvy when it comes to ebook technology. All I know is that people have had no problem using them on their Kindle, Nook, iPads, and other common devices, so you shouldn't have a problem getting them somehow or another onto the device of your choice.

hey TBadr,

Once you have the files, you can load it up to any of our devices.

To get it to IPad, you must upload it via Itunes.

To get it to Kindle, you can email it to your Kindle email or sync it via a software like Calibre.

Either way is very easy.

Zach has an article about tells in this month's 2plus2 Magazine.

I would really like to see this book show up on Google Play Books. The options from the website allow the book to be uploaded to various non-standard Google e-book reader programs, but unfortunately the main Google Play Book app doesn't allow "import". Any chance we'll see this book on the Play Store any time soon? (Nexus 7 is my tablet, and I assume I'm not the only one who would like to see this as Nexus 7 is pretty popular these days).

I thought the book was good. I got 1 solid tell from it that I have seen many times. This 1 tell made this book the most profitable poker book I have ever read. Maybe I'll read the book again and hope I retain some more.

Poker books should be read more than once.

Just finished this book. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Broken down to make it very easy to understand/remember.

About to start reading it again.

Thanks for letting me know about this. I honestly have never heard of this. I'm going to see what I need to do to get my book on there. Thanks for the heads up sir.

Just posted this to Amazon as my review. BTW, I gave the book five stars:

I have read the book once and plan to read it again. I believe it has already benefited me in my own game. Anyone who plays should read it to (at the very least) consider what tells they might be giving off themselves. I also have already used it to not only avoid giving off tells, but project some false tells at weaker tables.

Some of the points get a bit repetitive throughout the book but that is to be expected as types of tells do repeat and I believe the author uses the repetition to allow you to logically group similar tells. The book uses a "new" format as compared to other tell books that I believe correctly focuses on tells as related to specific point in time in the action (no single tell means the same thing at all points in time).

I also like the personal information that concludes the book. I don't want to spoil that for other readers, but I sorta wish some personal antidotes found their way into earlier content. I think reading this section first might also help people justify the book as it gives you good insight into the author's credibility.

Great job Zach!

Great review. Thanks for sharing. I read the book for a second time on my way to Vegas a few days back. It was even better the second time. In fact I scribbled notes as I read and used them. The hardest part for me with tells is actually paying attention and looking for them. This book makes it a lot easier when I do pay attention

Thanks, guys. I agree, Paul; the hardest part is just making the effort to study people. I think we all have a natural tendency to NOT study people; this comes in handy in most human endeavors, because turning a blind eye to others' true feelings usually makes society function more smoothly. And I think it's this natural inclination to not want to study people closely that you kind of have to force yourself to overcome at the poker table.

At least that's been true for me. Some days I really have to make a hard, concerted effort to fully focus on what's going on around me. It's not relaxing, that's for sure. But I find that when I'm "in the zone", I can notice a hell of a lot.

This may sound harsh but read my reasoning and you will "get it"......

The book isn't very good.

The book does little more than explain the basics behind tells, is minimally repetitive but continuously affirms you cant rely on any given tell.

I really don't think it matters what your poker skill level is you really SHOULD read this book. This book does not teach anything new or exciting......in fact, if you have been around poker for any length of time, most everything in this book are things you've heard before. Its just that Zach puts them together and gets you thinking about different elements of the player.

This book is not very good, it is very practical thinking and is a must read.