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Originally Posted by chokerpip Sorry if this isn't the correct place for such a request, but does anybody have a good review of this book? One criticism of Sklansky et al is that he has a tendency to duplicate material in his books. I own Theory Of Poker, Hold 'Em for the Advanced Player, and Tournaments for the Advanced Player (sorry if any of the titles are off, I don't have them in front of me). Should I still be looking to get this one too? |
I too own all the books you mention (along with others like SSHE), and I have to say that I see very little duplication in those books besides the discussions of important basic concepts like EV (he almost always uses the coin flip example).
NLHETAP is new -- just published at the very end of May -- so there aren't any "published" reviews that I know of. There is certainly discussion of it and some reviews by posters on the 2+2 books and publication forum. The general consensus there is that it has many new and important concepts. And this is not entirely a 2+2 effect: one of the first people to post about the book felt it contained nothing that a good NL player didn't know already. Responses pointed out that not everyone was as good a player as OP and that they (the other posters) had found good stuff in it even if they were already skilled NL players.
But I will say that I found this book to be VERY different from his other books, partly because NL play is very different than limit play. If you play any NL, I would get the book. If nothing else, like HEPFAP, most other serious players will have read it. And of course, if you get it, you can join our "fun" discussion!
10/5/07
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