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October 11, 2011

“Winner’s Guide to Texas Hold’em Poker” by Ken Warren

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I picked up suject book used mainly because it was in it’s third printing.  Does Ken Warren understand low stakes Hold’em?

Answers:

He might but he doesn’t understand how to calculate odds very well… Although many of his thoughts are ok.. He makes many errors in his calculations of how much a hand is favored over another. And, Caro made mistakes in his odds calculations in Super System.  So what? Yes, he does understand low-limit poker.  A couple of the sections aren’t well written and might be misleading, but overall it’s a good book.  It’s the only book on the market that specifically targets the most common spread limit structure 1-4-8-8 with 1/2 blinds. The odds mistakes aren’t really important.

I’m beginning to understand and utilize many of the important aspects needed for a strong game.  I still have not found the best place to learn to calculate odds.  Someone posted something a day or two ago that was helpful.  It explained how you use odds to decide if your hand merits a call.  More information like that and how to calculate odds is what I’m looking for. This was the first poker book I ever purchased. It produced a remarkable improvement in my game. I’ve gone on to read several others that have added to my arsenal of knowledge. If Warren’s book is the first book you’ve studied than it should produce similar results.
The fact that you purchased a poker book and want to improve your game by studying is what produces advances in your play. BTW, I’m been reading Carson’s digital book and I’m finding parts to be very interesting and enlightening.

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October 11, 2011

Book Review – Poker, A Guaranteed Income For Life

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I’ve read about this book by Frank R. Wallace. It seems to be geared toward house games. Will reading it be of any major help in the casino?

I dont think that it would be of much help for playing in a casino game. Although there are sections on playing, much of the book is dedicated to the ‘business’ of poker, or making money playing poker as a sort of semi-professional hobby.

I thought some of the sections on money management, game selection/management were interesting, but the stuff on legal issues is dated. There is some good historical material as well and decent probability tables of various  sorts.






The book is strongly geared toward house games and all kinds of manipulative ways to extract as much money as possible, over the long run, from the people in the games. As an example, he encourages playing crazy wild card games because players will not understand the games as well and give up more of their money.

This book is almost more of a business administration guide to poker than a how-to-play book. As far as guaranteeing an income for life, well, this book did not help me nearly as much as Jones, Sklansky or Malmuth have.

This is actually a fascinating book because of its insight into utter ruthlessness. It’s not a how to, but it does have useful insights into the treatment of long-suffering fish (stroke them when they’re down, praise them for their rooling suckouts) and control.

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October 11, 2011

Texas Hold-EM Playing

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Any suggestions for playing in a Hold-EM tough aggressive game? I play in a 20-40 and a 30-60 game. Whoever first comes in ALWAYS comes in for a raise. In these games I play the same way. If I’m going to play I come in for a raise. Suggestions?





Answer 1:
Why not limp in on occassion and keep them guessing… Also do they usually have a big hand when they raise? All you can do is make sure you only call them with a big hand also
Answer 2:
There are some people that come in with almost anything for the raise. Some of the players I know what they play ut it is still tough as a raise does not mean a premium hand or then again it might.
Answer 3:
if you know its tough.. walk.. if theres no other game.. which may be the case.. put them off of their game.. make them unsure.. raise when you shouldnt raise.. make them go after you.

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