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Secrets of Short-handed No Limit Hold'em [Kindle Edition]

Danny Ashman (Author)

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Length: 208 pages
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Short-handed No Limit Hold'em is a dangerous game.

There's nowhere to hide - the slightest blip can cost you your entire stack, whilst a good play can bust your opponents. The weak players get crushed and the winners clean up.

Buy this book and you will become a winner.

Secrets of Short-handed No Limit Hold'em:

• Features clear and insightful explanations of the thought processes of a successful high stakes player
• Teaches how to read hands - the key skill for successful short-handed play
• Features many actual hands from real high stakes short-handed no limit hold'em cash games

Many of the ideas articulated and explained in this book have never been seen in print before. In each case, there is a very detailed, in-depth explanation for the thought processes and concepts involved in the hand. Emphasis is placed on the psychology involved which is of key importance for no limit play.

About the Author

Danny Ashman is one of the most successful and consistent shorthanded no limit hold'em professionals. He has great experience of no limit hold'em in all its forms but specialises in short-handed play, where he has been successful at limits all the way up to the high stakes $200-$400 games

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 587 KB
Print Length: 208 pages
Publisher: D&B Publishing (15 Dec 2010)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language English
ASIN: B004GHN7YE
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #201,052 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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Disappointing 12 July 2010

By MichaelV

Format:Paperback

I do not recommend this book.
1. This book needs some (a lot of) proofreading and i find it unorganized and hard to read (e.g. how hard is it to get a poker hand convertor so hand examples are readable?)
2. First chapters are some general poker small talk as in many other books. Following chapters are basically just commented hand histories. That would have been fine, except for they are pretty bad. Autohor unable to explain his thought process (I bet, because opponent is weak / bad / very bad.. ).
Every 2nd hand starts with remark 'opponent is weak / very bad / clown' etc. (yes, even clown). I want to read about hands played by 2 good players, not clowns.
On top of that play by author is bad (as he admits in text) on many occasions. No idea why are such hands worth including in the book.
There are many free resources online much better than this book.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

Snakes on a Plane this ain't 21 Dec 2009

By dangermash

Format:Paperback

"What did you do at the weekend, then, 'Mash?"
"Went to the cinema, saw Snakes on a Plane"
"Snakes on a Plane? What's that all about then?"

At the time, I thought the guy was a dork. But that was before I read this book.

What's this book about? Well, it's definitely about no limit holdem cash games. I knew this before I bought the book. But what is it about in particular? Well, I expected it to be about snakes. On a plane. I mean short handed poker. But there was nothing in this book that related only to short handed poker (as opposed to full table).

That was my biggest gripe. The second biggest was that it was aimed at people that play for very high stakes against very tough opponents. For example, the author repeatedly states that it's a sign of weakness if anybody bets less than the pot on the flop, turn or river. I could be wrong here (not being a cash player) but bets of half the pot on later streets are not a sign of weakness in the tournaments that I play in. The author's observation may well be true in high stakes cash games, though.

Gripe 3. There was zero discussion of preflop play in this book. Not a single word. This book only really discusses post flop hand reading.

On to my fourth gripe... Despite not being a cash player, I bought this book expecting to pick up some tips on hand reading. It was going pretty cheap, after all. To be honest, I didn't learn very much. Volume 3 of Harrington was far, far more useful to me. In particular, Harrington starts hand reading on the flop. Too often in the examples in this book, the flop was double checked or check, bet, called with no comments.

A better name for the book would have been Secrets of Hand Reading on the Turn and River (not so much the flop) in Big Stake No Limit Holdem Cash Games.

Two stars.

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Only book of its kind 30 Nov 2011

By Karim

Format:Paperback

High stakes cash game player Danny Ashman has written a book on one of the two most important aspects of poker: hand-reading (the other being mathematics). The book doesn't provide a good theoretical basis for beginning players. Or rather it is not well explained. Where the book shines is in the hand examples. The author gives excellent insight into bluffing, raising for value, smooth calling (and so on) through acute deductions of his opponent's range. Unlike many books that give 2 or 3 examples after a long theoretical explanation, Ashman's book is full of examples. For each concept like bluffing, value betting, semi-bluffing, flop play, etc, there are 10 to 20 examples. After reading them, you will find few situations not discussed somewhere in the book.

Most examples are heads-up with a few short-handed examples. It is still of value if you play full ring or short-handed. Just see the book as a lesson on how to play efficiently post-flop from the big blind, an important position to work on, considering your biggest losses in Texas Hold'em will come from the blinds.

Unfortunately for the beginning player, to actually take full advantage of the book, you need to have quite some experience playing poker. The book isn't easy to digest and it took me many readings to absorb many of the hand examples discussed in the book. So be warned. If you make the mistake, as I did, of buying it at too early a stage in your development, the book will go completely over your head. If it happens, put the book back on the shelf, play some more and get back to it one year later or so (I am still re-reading it regularly). Even if you can't understand it, you should at least find the second part of the book entertaining - 3 HU matches that the author played online - so it won't be a complete loss.

I give the book 5 stars if you have played for a while and already read a few books. Although it has its shortcomings on the theoretical side, it is the only one of its kind and that makes the book somewhat special. However, it is a 2 star book at best if you are a beginner and it is one of the first books you are reading. (not the author's fault)

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