How about writing a story about Sammy a kid who parents give him a copy of sim-universe to play with. He sets up the universe, and then selects a planet where the simulation has generated some intellection apes to play with. He creates a few avatars to play head games with them and does some fun stuff like using the editor to create some floods and generate a lot of water creatures out of nowhere etc…

Eventually he uses a poker player as an avatar to do more of the same, trying to see if he can taunt any of the sims to guess the truth. Eventually trying to prove some point to a load of computer simulations, he decides to change the mass energy conversion parameter every time some simulation sports team won. Unfortunately the first time he tried this the universe did an automatic reboot.

He never managed to get the simulator to recreate the fun monkey men again.

50 POKER HANDS THAT REALLY TEACH YOU SOMETHING

I'd really like to see this. At all kinds of levels, stacks, and tournament/cash game situations, too. I'd love to see what you find interesting and why. I'd love to see 50 interesting hands that demonstrate concepts as well as exceptions.

I would not like to read about algebra.

I don't need a self-help book on how poker is going to make me live my life better.

And TOP is pretty great as it is. No need to rehash a classic just to make it easier for people to read. Besides, there are PLENTY of beginner's books. You really don't need to add another one.

This would be really cool.

Publish a new theory of gravitation, like Solvay did, but not insane.

Cam

50 POKER HANDS THAT REALLY TEACH YOU SOMETHING

"50 POKER HANDS THAT REALLY TEACH YOU SOMETHING" is the one I would buy. But I have dissected ToP, Advanced HE, and self-deduced much of NLHE T&P (documented on another forum); so I am not the typical market.

"SIMPLE GUIDE TO "THE THEORY OF POKER" is one that is needed. If you look in this book review section of another forum, you'll find comments on ToP, your excellent books and a poll "Harrington v Sklanksy".

Note how noob HE players, don't want to bother thinking for even 3 mins about 7Stud. Even bright ppl seem to have trouble grokking the fullness of ToP, and applying it.

If I were a Pro player, I'd be pleading with you to stop publishing!

Hey David.. from like all of your posts I get the feeling that you feel that you are a great mathematician. And while I dont doubt that you are, is there anywhere I can go to actually see that youre good at math. For all I know youre just like all the computer geeks who know how to act like geniuses but who are really just pretend... (i dont think this is the case with you)

On the "Free Will" post, you suggest that it is possible to give a proof that free will exists. This sounded kinda stupid to me... Sounded like you just wanted to sound smart but actually didnt know what the hell you were talking about. I wish you would take the time to do a rigorous proof that free will exists or doesnt. If you could do that I think you would probably win the noble prize and solve that question that every man in the history of mankind has had. Please DAvid help solve this puzzle for the rest of us lol ..

jk im an idiot. i like to make fun of 5th graders for the kind of pants theyre wearing and I never even graduated from grade school.

David, which one of your books was your best seller and feel was most productive to the reader.

I can't decide but I can narrow it down for you... one of the middle two.

Sorry, I didn't see how to edit that, and forgot the URL originally, here goes : Harrington HE v Sklansky Book Thread

There's reviews of ToP, and some 'enduser' reaction around, but some of it is scattered a little, as often it's newcomers who ask if they should buy ToP.

I know that this is not one of the options, but I wish you'd re-write your Tournament Poker for Advanced Players to cover strictly Hold-em, for both Limit and No-Limit. No more 7-card stud examples. I think the world would find that extremely useful. To be honest, I've read it a few times, and the only thing I remember from it was "The System".

Other than that, I'd go with the Algebra for 10-year olds.

I think given your "best for the world criteria" the choose is obvious.



Best of Luck

This seems like the best money maker.

I would strip out at least half the concepts from TOP, change all of the examples to hold em, and call the new book The Theory of Hold Em. I would aim for a price half that of TOP a page count to match.

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I think you would be uniquely talented to write a better book on this topic than anyone else. Hence, you should write this first just in case you get hit by a truck.


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Though I can't imagine you struggling with any concept even at the age of seven for more than 2 minutes at the hands of your father's great teaching; the average student suffers from the inability to forgo repetition (if I correctly recollect and infer from the standard hellish public school curriculum sans enrichment) and on a separate basis, the average teacher may not be capable of maximizing your text's value unless you take great pains to outline protocols. Have you considered these factors before writing it? Besides the political/bureaucratic obstacles already mentioned, I'd save this for last.

MAKE CERTAIN YOU PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR WHAT TO TEACH BRIGHT STUDENTS ONCE THEY'VE MASTERED SPECIFIC CONCEPTS, THIS WAY WE CAN GET MORE KIDS TO LEARN NUMBER THEORY AND OTHER FUN STUFF WHILE THEY'RE STILL 7 YEARS OLD IF BRIGHT ENOUGH, NO JOKE! THIS WOULD SET EDUCATORS STRAIGHT. USE FLOW CHARTS AND SUGGESTIONS. BACK IT UP WITH DATA AND THEORY. NO SOUL SHOULD EVER HAVE TO SUFFER THE GULAG OF IDIOCY, NORMALCY AND MEDIOCRITY AGAIN.


50 POKER HANDS THAT REALLY TEACH YOU SOMETHING

As I had said in an earlier series of posts, at least from the perspective of tournament play, you'd have to embrace the concept of EV being a function of a series of hands played in a specific player population dynamic in contradistinction to an absolute in isolation.

Synthesize something beyond what you've been accustomed to to make this a truly satisfying accomplishment in your own judgment.

Also, after just listening to Negreanu (WPT Season 2 DVD commentary) recounting Gus Hansen's claim that "I could write you a poker book that thoroughly and completely states the very opposite of what an accepted tome espouses and it would be more correct than the original text!" I would suspect that there are cases where the clear answer is only valid within the narrow context you typically delve into.

Refer to your own comment about your book with Miller being incorrect for $200/400 cash games and up...

In any event, I know I would love to read what you'd have to say, and I'd thoroughly enjoy this first iteration treatment of poker hands.

However, since poker theory is advancing fairly rapidly, it makes sense to write this third or fourth.


A SIMPLE GUIDE TO "THE THEORY OF POKER"

An amplification makes more sense than a 'simple guide.'

I can't tell which would make you the most money, any guidelines or nonobvious suggestions as to how we can calculate that?

Best of luck (not that you believe in that) on your ventures.

I think it would be cool, if for your next book, you ghost write it for someone who is famous, but bad, poker player. Like a Moneymaker or Jamie Gold.

Then we could see if poker content sells book or whether or not a famous poker name is more important.

" I just can't say anything but good about David! For one thing my granddaughter is a first year of college student, she was failing math early in the semester, he tutored her, now she's getting an A! "

David, I have heard that starting in a few years all 8th graders must learn algebra in Minnesota. I would guess currently less than 10% of 8th graders are in algebra this school year making this book very practical and necessary.

How 'bout Calculus for 12 year olds?

Last one is a WOT. 50 Hands gets my vote!

The Algebra 'textbook'. The textbook industry is fraught with political and economic intrigue and the ineptitude of local and state school boards to such an extent that the hurdles to this being a successful book, in terms of monetary reward, is probably slim to none - no matter how good the book may be (for interest see some of Feynman's comments in Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman in the chapter: Judging Books by Their Covers).

Plus you have an uphill battle because of your unique character, which is an asset, but most in the world will not see it that way at all. Poker players do not write books on Algebra for young minds. All the more reason you should do it however in my opinion.

By the way, do not write any more books on Poker. You have more valuable things to do and/or write about.

-Zeno

I agree. I agree. I dont know, but for arguments sake, I will believe you. But "rarely" is not the same as close to being the best in the world. To state that you are very good at something is fair enough because it can be casualy observed and compared with a small/medium number of other teachers. The close to best in the world statement is just silly, would you not agree? Even if you had said "I think I may be", rather than "I am", it would have been better.

Anyway, why not try to solve one of the million dollar math problems, to actually prove you are as smart as you say you are?I think this could be considered very good evidence of your so called genius. But you wont do that, will you David? You will just stick to your little, insignificant corner of the world where bums and hustlers try to make a dollar and you get off being smarter than them.

Please write Algebra for 10 Y.O. I think it would be the best for the world and the best for me, as I will be dealing with this with my daughter, who struggles with math. I promise to buy it.

David,
I've been wanting to write a book just like this for a while. I'll write it while you write the algebra one. PM me for details.