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03-17-2007, 11:30 AM
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| | | The Pschology of Poker by Alan Shoonmaker
Anyone read it? Is it any good?
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03-17-2007, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Wylecoyo  Anyone read it? Is it any good? | I have it and think that it is a good book.
It consists mostly of reading players and their styles not poker strategy.
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03-17-2007, 11:51 AM
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| | | Re: The Pschology of Poker by Alan Shoonmaker
Thanks for your opinion Sparky!
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03-17-2007, 12:34 PM
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| | | Re: The Pschology of Poker by Alan Shoonmaker
Wylecoyo --
You probably know that I am a poker book fiend, read just about everything out there. POP is a very good book and has some interesting things to say.
He divides players into four standard styles of play -- loose-passive, loose-aggressive, tight-passive, tight-aggressive -- and discusses each style. Other books discuss these styles, but not in such detail. It is a bit dry in its style, but worth reading.
BTW, one of the newer books that has a very interesting discussion of player's style's is Angel Largay's NL book (No Limit Hold'em: A Complete Course). This book is not really a "complete" course (Largay himself has said that the publishers made the subtitle): it concentrates on B&M small capped NL games. Anyway, he has a chapter in which he discusses how he uses the player's styles against them that rings very true to me (I am only an occassional B&M player). It is about the only other discussion besides Shoonmaker's of player's styles that I have read that I found useful. |
03-17-2007, 02:14 PM
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| | | Re: The Pschology of Poker by Alan Shoonmaker
I am just starting this book now. So far it seems to be alright. I haven't really gotten deep into it yet though. |
03-17-2007, 03:27 PM
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I had a fundamental understanding of player styles before I read the book, but since I'm not a people person this book helped me flesh out more of the nuances. |
03-17-2007, 11:43 PM
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Hey, thanks for the advice guys.
I am about to leave on deployment for six months so I am rounding out the stack of books I will be taking with me. I probably won't have enough time to read half of what I am taking, but I think I will add this one just in case.
Thanks again.
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03-17-2007, 11:56 PM
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It's pretty good, but most of the concepts it addresses are addressed with more depth in other books that you should buy before you buy this--like Harrington's books and Sklansky's. |
03-18-2007, 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Wylecoyo Hey, thanks for the advice guys.
I am about to leave on deployment for six months so I am rounding out the stack of books I will be taking with me. I probably won't have enough time to read half of what I am taking, but I think I will add this one just in case.
Thanks again. | Good luck and stay safe. |
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