5a. Re: More Poker Stuff for Mickey Crimm
Date: Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:26 pm ((PDT))> NLH is a new trick for me. The old dog must learn a new trick
> because there is too much opportunity there. So, for the past couple
> of months I have been lugging around Doyle's Supersystem and
> Sklansky's No-Limit Holdem: Theory and Practice. I'm fixing to add
> another book: Professional No'Limit Holdem by Ed Miller and some
> others writers. It's a 2plus2 book, which is Sklansky's publishing
> compnay so I know the book has to be good.
>Try Dan Harringtons NL books also. They are more geared towards
tournament play....but they are set up in informative easy to read
chapters and are relevant to NLHE cash games also.
And you are right. LV has mannnnnnnny terrible players! I play at a
local LA card club in the 1-2 or 2-5 and the players are pretty much
always better(and less drunk!) than those I play against in LV or other
resort desitnations.
I agree that Harrington's books are excellent for tournament strategy, but I don't think they have much of value for cash play -- it was my impression that Harrington pretty much presumes that the player has achieved "solid play" already, and needs to know how to adjust that for tournament situations.
Supersystem recommends a very aggressive approach, which some players can get away with, and with which others struggle -- a few other authors have been brave enough to say that this style is not appropriate for most players, as it requires a fairly advanced ability to "read" other players, which, while a critical poker skill, is not usually one acquired early in one's playing history.
--BG
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