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51 of 52 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Well worth the Price, 6 Oct 2005
This book will probably pay for itself within a few days if you study it's contents diligently.The small-stakes games on the internet, and those home games between friends, are notorious for being populated by many poor players. By poor I mean that they play far too many hands pre-flop and that they often play hands for far too long e.g.they'll often call with hands like J-8 offsuit reasoning that 'any hand can be a winner', and will often play Ace high hands to the showdown just because they have an Ace. Given these tendencies of weak players, Ed Miller describes the startegy and thinking processes you must go through to exploit weak players to the max. One of the most useful sections of the book is devoted to pre-flop play. It's summerised with the use of tables indicating what hands you should play, given your position, action so far in the hand, and the number of players who usually see the flop. If you remain disciplined and stick to just these hands, then you should see an immediate improvement-mainly by not losing as much through calling pre-flop with very mediocre hands. Miller then moves onto post-flop concepts, which are far more important and difficult than pre-flop decisions. If you can understand the concepts, and I really do mean understand, then post-flop will become much more profitable for you. The book ends with a large hand quiz. To get the maximum benefit from this quiz, really think about the question before you look at Miller's answers. You'll be able to pin-point where your game is going wrong, and also which parts of the book you might need to re-read. In conclusion: A fantasic book which, once studied thoroughly, will reap vast rewards.
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by Lee Jones
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