Doyle Brunson's Super System II

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Summary: Caveat Emptor.
Review: I love Doyle Brunson, I love "Super System," and I love poker, but I cannot figure out why he chose to make this book as scattered in focus as he did. In 1978, it was easy to understand why a manual that covered numerous forms of poker would be released, but nowadays, all you see on TV (with a few WSOP exceptions) is Texas Hold 'Em. So why did Doyle make a book that wastes the talent of Daniel Negreanu on "Triple Draw?" I concede that the reader may be a far more in depth player than I am, but most of us play Hold'Em and little else. "Seven-Card Stud High-Low-Eight-or Better" also seems rather pointless to me. Who cares? I was further deflated to see that he reprinted his life story and original No Limit advice in these pages. I know all of that stuff from "Super System." If it's not new, don't waste our time. The best parts of this book are Doyle on internet poker, the tips from Mike Caro, and Jennifer Harman's section on Limit Hold'Em. These sections are why I give it three stars, but honestly, I looked forward to getting it and am dissatisfied with its quality.

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Summary: Major Disappointment
Review: I read Doyle brunson's first book, and waited with great anticipation for "Super System 2". WHAT A WASTE! If you read "Super System", and are primarily interested in Hold'Em, there are much better uses of your money. His chapter on "No-Limit" is almost exactly the same as he wrote twenty-seven years ago. It's as if he is telling us he hasn't learned anything, in all that time. It really just appears he didn't have either the time, or energy, to write this book. As someone else pointed out, better use could have been made of Daniel Negreanu. If he had been willing, it would have been enlightening to have him contribute to the "Hold'Em" section to give a fresh perspective.

None of the other chapters were just re-writes of his previous book, so why would he think it was acceptable to just re-print his previous writings? "Hold'Em" is what most people are interested in, and the game has changed since the original book was written. It's sad and disillusioning, that a legend like Doyle Brunson, released a book solely to capture additional profits for the same work, and to promote his own poker site.

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Summary: A waste of paper?
Review: I was really looking forward to this book, but it was quite a let down. A great deal of the book is just filler and hype for Mike Caro's and Doyle Brunson's poker sites.

The strategy chapters do not start until page 210. The first section is Jennifer Harman's Limit Hold'em chapters. This chapter suffers the same problems that most of the strategy chapters do. It assumes the player is familar with the game, so it doesn't get into much detail, but it also never gets into much depth. All chapters are aimed at high-stakes player. (50/100 PLO with a $100,000 cap anyone?).

The Omaha 8/b chapter is passible, the PLO chapter is horrible as is Doyle's NL and tournament sections. He gives advice, such as playing Q6 because you can flop a double belly-buster draw to it, nevemind you will only flop the DRAW .3% of the time. He also did not update his chapter for the use of blinds instead of antes.

The stand-out chapters of the book are Todd Brunson's Stud 8/b section and Daniel Negraneanu's 2-7 triple draw. Both chapters go into a surprising amount of detail from starting hands to the final street or deal of play for the space they are given.





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Summary: Editorial Review errors
Review: Super System is the "Bible of Poker", not the Babe Ruth. I mean, c'mon.

Also, I have never heard of Danny Niegro, but I think Daniel Negreanu contributes to this book.

Did the editor really look at this book?

Regardless, based on the first, I am sure the second will be a 5-star.

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Summary: Can't stop laughing...
Review: That was good. "Danny Niegro?". I can't stop laughing. My copy is on the way. Cannot wait - I agree and suspect it will be awesome as well. BTW - Just got "Harrington on Holdem". That is a college course on poker (be prepared to study) and I highly recommend it. I've been waiting for Super System II for quite a while. 5-stars on rep alone.

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Summary: Greatest Poker Book Ever Written! Volume 2
Review: The original Super System is a classic, and can make big changes to your game, especially if you play a lot of no-limit hold'em (the biggest chapter in the book and the one written by Brunson himself). Super System 2, I have to say, is an interesting read but if you're after a good chapter on no-limit hold'em then just buy the first book - the chapters are almost identical! Considering that the chapter on NL HE is probably the reason most people buy this book, I think it's out of order that the book is billed as a sequel, when it's actually much more of a revision. Great writers, good advice, but if you want good NL HE tips, stick to the first book and save yourself some money. If you haven't read the first one then you might as well buy the second one instead, as the other games covered are much more relevant and the tips are better.