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Professional No-Limit Hold 'em: Volume I
No-limit hold em was once only a tournament game. Cash games were rarely spread in conventional poker rooms, let alone the Internet. All of that changed when the game exploded on television. No-limit cash games started sprouting up at casinos of all types. No-limit hold em is now the most popular form of poker. Tournaments pushed it to the forefront, and a great deal ...more
Paperback, 314 pages
Published
July 20th 2007
by Two Plus Two Pub.
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I see that my stat tracking software says I've played 30,000 hands online in the last two years. I have over 50 poker books on my bookshelves. I'm placing this book on my top shelf with the other classics from Sklansky, Harrington, et al to reread over and over as I get better. There is no other book that concentrates so heavily on why a bet should be sized as it is strategically rather than just tactically. Other authors have admonished to plan your hand and control the size of the pot, but thi...more
The first comprehensive introduction to strategy and tactics for "the Cadillac of Poker." Systematic, thorough and well-organized. Requires more than a rudimentary acquaintance with the game to grasp the more advanced approach offered here. A real winner. Important adddition to the library of any truly serious no limit hold 'em player.
I probably need to read this book a few more times...
Seems to be very centered around a single idea, the ratio of your stack to the pot. Miller et al argue that when the ratio reaches a predetermined point, you commit to the hand and go all in. This sounds theoretically sound but requires that your opponent cooperate.
EDIT: I finished my first reading. I stand by my opion that Miller assumes that your opponents will call with less when you get your shorter stack in with top pair.
EDIT: I finished my first reading. I stand by my opion that Miller assumes that your opponents will call with less when you get your shorter stack in with top pair.
One of the best books I've seen on cash-game (as opposed to tournament) poker. This book goes into concepts above and beyond most traditional poker books, and delves very deeply into a lot of the mathematical decisions--not odds and outs, but stack sizes, and levels of commitment... essentially making smart decisions earlier to make the later decisions easier. A great poker book, and one of the top 5 I've ever read (and I've read quite a few).
I guess it's time to close this book out of my currently reading list, even though I'm still reading it. This is my 3rd time through and this time I'm taking detailed notes. It's changed the way I approach cash games for the better. In fact, I think it's more valuable than the Harrington series on cash games because of its advanced concepts. I'll be getting volume two today, but I'm not sure that I'm ready for it.
Excellent book for the player experienced with poker not looking to understand bet sizing and the strategy of playing a no-limit hand from beginning to end. Really a beginner's book on no-limit play, but really puts a structure on what is a wide-open topic.
The concepts in the book WILL make you money if you apply them. The sections about Stack-to-Pot ratios and Commitment thresholds are so good that I can't believe I ever played no limit with out reading them. Brilliant.
I read the book, went to the casino, and lost $200. But it took me three hours. Without the book I'd have lost it in two and a half.
This book is betting strategy- not card-playing- you're supposed to know that already.
This book is betting strategy- not card-playing- you're supposed to know that already.
One of the best NL-Hold-em books out there
2nd best book I've read on cash games.
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