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"...most of the advice in this book is simply of very high quality - which is exactly the reason why I have chosen to rate this book an 8 (out of 10)" Rolf "Ace" Slotboom "Jacobs book is well worth reading, especially recommend for aspiring mid limit players". 8 out of 10 Tristan Steiger, poker-soft.com "Not only is the advice and thought process consistently good, but he asks the right questions. He probes the key areas where people lose most of their money, and his scoring system reflects the fact that he knows these are the most important areas. I give it 10/10." Ed Miller, noted poker authority and best-selling author.
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There are numerous variants of Poker but the most popular, both in cardrooms and on-line, is Limit Hold'em. There are literally thousands of tables permanently available on-line and anyone who wants a game can play anywhere in the world at any time. This book will be of great value to anyone who has some experience of Limit Hold'Em Poker and is looking to improve his or her understanding of this exciting game. The material is presented in a novel "test-yourself" format, which simulates live action play by inviting the reader to consider the best course of action at each stage of a hand. All features of the game are discussed within the hands and readers can assess their understanding by comparing their decisions with those of the experts.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superb book for developing your limit skills,
This review is from: How Good is Your Limit Hold'em? (Paperback)
This book is excellent for aspiring Limit Hold'em players. You need to understand the game already to get much out of it but anyone with a few thousand hands and a grounding in poker theory fundamentals will benefit. The reason I say this is that you need to understand WHY you make certain plays for the advice to mean anything to you.
The book is primarily aimed at middle-limit online poker. As the author points out, you cannot just be a solid by-the-book player and win at middle limits - you need to mix your game up, be deceptive and play at your opponents' observable weaknesses. This book helps you do that. The main meat of the text is a series of hands played from pre-flop to the end. You are presented with your cards, position, profiles of opponents and hypothetical plays. You then decide what action to take at each stage, much of the right play is based on these opponent profiles (eg weak, passive, unimaginative). You are informed of what the author considers to be the right play and why. This is a good way of getting your mind to operate like a pro player - playing the player not just reacting to cards. Because it is aimed a middle limit play, most hands get 2-3 handed at the flop (because good players know not to play weak hands). So I think this makes the book great for short-handed play - like 6max. Very low-limit full-ring play looks very different to this book with many more weak players calling so it's advice would need to be adapted accordingly.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Identify and fix the leaks in your game,
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This review is from: How Good is Your Limit Hold'em? (Paperback)
Not for beginners - this is aimed at players trying to move up from low limit games to middle limit games. As Byron writes that many poker books "make the assumption that all of your opponents are of identical skill or all play exactly the same game" but this book accounts for all the information in the game that you should be aware of. For me it has highlighted several areas of weakness in my game and will help me to improve.
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4.5 out of 5 stars (13 customer reviews) 16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
great content, poorly put together book,
By Brett Foster - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: How Good is Your Limit Hold'em? (Paperback)
This is an excellent book in many ways, but the structure is not well thought out. It takes you through 24 hands and introduces multiple hypothetical situations in each one, which really takes you out of the flow of the hand. It's in a quiz format, and the point is to get a feel for how the hand went and how you would play. This is very awkward when the author continually diverts you. I found myself spending more time thinking about what happened in each example than thinking about how I would play.
I'm giving it 4 stars because Jacobs knows what he's talking about and has a good handle on how to play in modern middle-limit online games. It's just a shame he couldn't make the book more readable. In the very first question of the first hand the author sidetracks you and asks, "Hypothetically, how would you play if it had been 3-bet before the flop?" In the real hand you flop top pair and bet the whole way. We get pulled into two more hypothetical situations that involve you getting raised on the turn. When the author gets back to the actual hand and asks how you would play the river, the correct answer is to bet, but you've still got all these hypothetical situations swirling around in your head so you have to think for awhile to come to the conclusion that there was very little aggression and your hand is probably good. The ideas in the book are top-rate, but the bottom line is that 24 hands is obviously not enough for the author to illustrate everything he wants to, and adding several hypothetical situations to each hand is not a good solution. These should all be separate hands entirely. Ciaffone's Middle Limit book has over 400 example hands and is much more readable. 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not Pretty but Very Educational.,
By Bernard Chapin "Ora Et Labora!" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: How Good is Your Limit Hold'em? (Paperback)
The first question I ask when evaluating any poker book is, "Did it strengthen my game?", and with this one the easy answer is yes. Byron Jacobs may not principally be a poker player, but like so many other chess greats, he possessed excellent analytical and processing skills which enabled him to excel at poker before he first sat down upon the virtual felt. The style you'll learn from him can best be described as logical/aggressive. I say this because for limit, he's far from super tight. It's actually a great text for nits because it gets you to take better advantage of the opportunities presented. I think the real theme throughout these 24 hands is obtaining the MAXIMUM EXTRACTION of chips from your opponents. Jacobs, unlike many of us, fully realizes that the only way to really make good money from limit is to make the most out of every opportunity which comes your way. Limit's all about small edges and when they're not pushed players end up losing to the rake. Concerning the criticisms about the book's structure and organization, I do agree that they could have been improved upon. Perhaps putting the answers right after the questions would have helped as I too didn't like constantly flipping back and forth as I read; however, the whole "learn by doing" thing really did help me. I liked answering the questions because it made the lessons clearer. Yeah, it should have been longer, but considering the pile of lengthy stuff out there which isn't useful, this one was definitely a cut above.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mandatory reading for the serious player,
By B. D. Spence - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: How Good is Your Limit Hold'em? (Paperback)
If poker is more than just a hobby, and if you are serious about analyzing your play and winning the game, then this book is a must read. It is not the kind of book that you can just skim through; it is the kind of book where you work through examples and then compare your thinking to the author's on the way best to play the hand to maximize what you win at hold'em. The examples are realistic and the author's discussion on how best to play is well thought out. The book includes descriptions of the type of opponents you face each hand because correct play varies depending on the type of players in the hand. This book challenges you to think about how you play, to think about what the actions of other types of players likely mean and to improve your performance as a result. I highly recommend this book to a player who already has fundamental hold' em knowledge as a way to move to the next level of play.
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