By
Lenny |
Published
Dec 23 2005, 01:21 PM
Hold'em Poker For Advanced Players
by David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth
Hold'em Poker For Advanced Players was the first poker book
I ever read, after Hoyle anyway. My brother bought it and I would read
bits of it before our weekly game, and innevitably after I was knocked
out.
I have to admit, at the time it was way over my head. I'd browsed
a few books at the bookstore and read some strategy online, but I was
as new as they come while actually knowing what beats what. I'd played
penny poker and dealer's choice games for years, but the world of poker
theory and advanced strategy was as foreign to me as quantum string
theory.
Standard what? Expected who? A few pages in and my head was spinning.
The first time through I probably didn't catch much more than the hand
rankings, and even that was much more nuanced than I had ever expected.
After reading a few more basic books and a few months of playing
experience with some of these new concepts in mind I returned to
Hold'em Poker. This time I began to understand
more and more what this game was all about. At the same time, the more
I understood the more I realized how much I had to learn.
Sklansky and Malmuth are the foremost writers on gambling theory and
their expertise comes together seamlessly in this book. They give
in-depth coverage to such important concepts as positional play, the
semi-bluff, earning a free card, odds and implied odds, short-handed
play, inducing a bluff, reading your opponent, and much more! It
is written primarily for an age where limit was king and some of
the strategy is specific to casino limit games, but I assure you these
time tested strategies will work in any game.
I do not
recommend
Hold'em Poker For Advanced Players for the novice, but if you
are a serious student of the game and do not have this book in your
library, you are seriously missing out!
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