Hold'Em Poker for Advanced Players

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Summary: Casino Rama Kid
Review: This IS the bible to limit hold'em....a must have.

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Summary: Just what the title implies, and more!
Review: This is the fundamental text of Hold'em for serious students of the most complex form of poker. Hold'Em Poker for Advanced Players is as deceptively simple as the game itself. While the book is an "easy read", the simple and concise writing style of the authors belies the multitude of information and savvy advice contained within every page. Each reading stimulates one to a thought provoking analysis of hands played, whether won or lost, and how those hands could have been played more profitably. The authors carefully define poker theory and tatics in a context that naturally applies to all poker games, and then show how to apply these concepts into a coherent winning stratagem for Hold'em. A beginner may initially be better served by a different text, but every player with aspirations of winning should certainly study this book. I wholeheartedly recommend you invest in this classic.

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Summary: Hold'em Poker for Advanced Players
Review: This review is a direct response to the review written by Gamboler. It is clear that Gamboler has little knowledge of expert play and is most likely a member of the huge army of loosing players! I have read Hold'em Poker for Advanced Players so many times I have wore out the pages and the cover. And let me say that I beat my game for two big bets an hour using the concepts in this book. This is the best book ever written on Hold'em, cosequently, and serious player or potential serious player really need to read this book.

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Summary: Very good enjoyable book ¿ Now Get to Playin
Review: This was a very Enjoyable Book. It provided important and useful concepts about the game of Poker. I learned new concepts, which identified some leaks in my game. Leaks in your game can come from anywhere!!! Leaks can originate from lack of aggression, overcalling raises, misreading opponents and any other number of ways. So this book helps. Many people look at poker the wrong way. They think to win they need to do all of this super fancy plays and mindblowing stunts. Well folks...there are not that many options in poker...you fold, call or raise. So its really hard to do thinks that will just fool your opponents all the time. To win at poker it is mostly limiting your mistakes and getting all that you can from winning hands and minimizing losses on losing hands...that's it

Ive been playing for about 5 years now and love the game. Ive read many poker books and found this one to be very good. So I would suggest you buy this book and maybe a couple others and get to playing. There's really no excuse anymore - since anyone can access the internet.

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Summary: Must read, but not the first poker book you buy
Review: Truly for the advanced player, this book will confuse the new player. Once you feel like you can play well and have a good understanding of the game, this becomes a must read to take your game to the next level. The book suffers much from being unedited by a professional publisher, but is still the single best book on holdem poker out there.

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Summary: Tough read but well worth it
Review: Unless you are a professional player this will be a hard read. But it is PACKED with useful information. This needs to be on the desk of every Hold 'em player.

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Summary: If you play hold'em for money you should read this
Review: When I first bought this book i wasnt technically an advanced player. I understood the game, the rules, and many plays from just playing poker a lot. The problem with Hold'em is no matter how many books you read, you are destined to loose hundereds or thousands of dollars in the process of your Hold'em education. We have books like this one to give tips on how to cut down on the cost of your education. Honestly, if you're a regular player at the game of Hold'em you got to have this book for your collection. I say collection because all Hold'em players have a book collection :)

Must reads:
David Sklansky's - Theory of Poker
Doyle Brunson's - The Super System

The absolute must of them all
= Mike Caro's - Book of Poker Tells

This book gets more in to detail of things to do in certain situations or variations of Hold'em than it does about basics of the game. I really dont think anyone is going to get lost buying this book and being a beginner. You at least need to know what the basics of the game are, which can be learned by watching the World Poker Tour or World Series of Poker on TV. What David goes into more are Low limit, high limit, loose games, tight games, etc. and tips on what to do in certain situations against many or few opponents.

I cant really say too much more that hasnt been said in all the other reviews. There is a lot of good info in this book. The bottom line is, for this game you must be as educated as possible about every kind of play there is. If you learn one thing in this book that will gain or save you a pot that you wouldn't have walked away with, then it has most likely paid for itself right then and there!

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Summary: Caveat Emptor
Review: When reading the section on "The First Two Cards: Early Position" I kept asking myself "how do you know that?" I compared his hand rankings with the results of a monte-carlo simulation (Chance's Hole Cards Table) and they weren't all that accurate. If the very basis of his work isn't all that precise then how could all this complexity possibly be justified? Is there a cult of Sklansky? Also, be prepared for very poor writing. Mr. Sklansky's thought process are almost spaghetti-like making him hard to follow increasing his cult-like status. Also, using his poker-like approach to marketing, this book really requires that you also purchase "Hold'em Poker" and the "Theory of Poker." Apparently it isn't hard for him to find good customers.

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Summary: Definately Worth the Read
Review: Worth it's weight in gold? Hardly. Worthwhile to read several times? Definately.

Overall, this is a solid, advanced poker book. It is full of numerically based, money making advice as well as intricate "plays" designed to extract the most value from a hand.

With that being said, the reader must be warned that the author, in addition to being a solid poker player, is a busnessman and is aware of the money this book will make you if you take it's advice. Thus the hefty price tag.

I should stress that this is an ADVANCED book. The author makes the assumption that you are playing with tight agressive SMART players. If you are consistantly playing low limits and getting beat by idiots drawing out on you this book will not solve your problems (i.e. it is intended for $5/10 and up limits.) Additionally, if you have not played quite a bit of hold em', you might not fully understand the value of some of the advice that this book has to offer.

Overall I highly recommend this book along with the shorter, hold em' book (titled "Texas Hold em'" I believe) by the same authors. The information is solid and will undoubtedly help your game.

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Summary: Jargon + No Logic = Confusion
Review: Wow, what a mind bruising experience! I practiced law for 11 years, I program code for a living now and I've written two books myself (leasing and bankruptcy) so I know full well about what is confusing and what is not. I've also been playing poker for 28 years.

THIS IS CONFUSING.

I returned the book because it is so littered with caveats, exceptions and intricate variations that it's impossible to draw meaningful themes. Moreover, the jargon makes it very difficult to follow (because the jargon, itself, is vague and because the context in which it is used is difficult). For example, there are passages which advise you to play certain ways if the table is loose, but the players are aggressive, but the table is tough and the caller is tight. HUH???

I'm off to the bookstore to get another book!