who is Brron Jacobs/limit holdem em specialist
 

he is coming out with a dvd series on limit holdem heads up. This is expected to be released towards November according to expert holdem. Does anybody have any info on him??

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He wrote 'How Good is Your Limit Hold-em?' which is a pretty good book imo.

He also has written some other stuff including some of the better articles in CardPlayer

I liked Ed's DVD set very much (thanks scorer) but I'll be interested in Bryon Jacobs' DVD as well even though I expect it could be quite similar.
based on how much I liked his book though I think his DVD should prove beneficial to my game.

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his dvd series 3 disks is on heads up limit holdem games. I had a typo on my post. Thanks for the info bob on who he is.

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his dvd series 3 disks is on heads up limit holdem games. I had a typo on my post. Thanks for the info bob on who he is.

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Byron coached me on my HU limit game, he is a very good teacher and I am 100% positive this DVD series will be excellent because I am familiar with some of the work put into it.

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TT, awesome feedback. Thanks very much.

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I didn't get Ed's DVDs because I didn't think they'd help me that much, but these sound great.

HGIYLH is my favorite book I think. It's very good.

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Byron Jacobs is an expert British chess player. At least an International Master and quite possibly a Grand Master. I'm not sure which.

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haven't seen HGIYL thread for awhile...

people seem to love this book. although seems like the action has really moved to NL.

i looked at it in USA bookstore (Doesn't seem to be in canada)... my question was this: are its player reads realistic? they seem incredibly specific. frankly, i think a book about how to make those reads would be even better.

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I guess the anticipation with heads up is more hands per hour/potential for winning alot more.

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The trailer on that DVD looks quite quite good. His book is good. I'm buying the DVD set...

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The trailer on that DVD looks quite quite good. His book is good. I'm buying the DVD set...

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Link?

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Byron Jacobs is an expert British chess player. At least an International Master and quite possibly a Grand Master. I'm not sure which.

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International Master - but that was all a long tme ago. You need to be a PROPER chess player to become a grandmaster. Anyway - there's more money in Poker by a factor of approximately one billion.

Thank you for the interest in my work. I have checked the final cut of the DVDs and they look good. Well, I'm pleased with them anyway. They should be available in about 6 weeks I believe. The link is here

Expert Hold em

I am also planning a short handed limit hold'em book and a new version of HGIYLH. This will have a load of new material and will be approx twice the size of the current book. Both will be available in the new year.

By the way, my first name has often been misheard/misspelt as Brian, but Brron is a completely new one for me...

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Anyway - there's more money in Poker by a factor of approximately one billion.

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Based on that trailer, the production company has improved its sound quality by a factor of approximately one billion. Ed's DVDs are great for content, but they sound like they were recorded on a cell phone in a large empty metal barn.

Look forward to them.

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Byron Jacobs is an expert British chess player. At least an International Master and quite possibly a Grand Master. I'm not sure which.

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International Master - but that was all a long tme ago. You need to be a PROPER chess player to become a grandmaster. Anyway - there's more money in Poker by a factor of approximately one billion.

Thank you for the interest in my work. I have checked the final cut of the DVDs and they look good. Well, I'm pleased with them anyway. They should be available in about 6 weeks I believe. The link is here

Expert Hold em

I am also planning a short handed limit hold'em book and a new version of HGIYLH. This will have a load of new material and will be approx twice the size of the current book. Both will be available in the new year.

By the way, my first name has often been misheard/misspelt as Brian, but Brron is a completely new one for me...

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Byron,

will you continue your HU series in the 2+2 online mag? would be awesome!

wolf

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will you continue your HU series in the 2+2 online mag? would be awesome!

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Well, I’d love to. Ed was very keen and commissioned me to write a whole series of articles on heads up play. The first was published in the July issue. However, the new editor has rejected my second article, so I guess its not going to happen.

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Sorry for the misclick of your first name. Will the upcoming dvd series concentrate on heads up limit play only?? Thanks for the info on your upcoming work.

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However, the new editor has rejected my second article, so I guess its not going to happen.

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Oh yeah? And why was your article rejected? I thought the new editor was explicitly looking for HU writers.

Your stuff seems to be pretty good to me, but what do I know.

Also, does chess no longer interest you? Or are you more monetarily motivated (not that there's anything wrong w/ that)?

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Hi Byron,

Definitely looking forward to buying your new 3-DVD-set on headus up limits holdem. I think it'll be great based on your previous works of HGIYLH and your card player articles, etc.

I'm curious what limit do you mainly play your headups games online (5/10, 20/40, 40/80, higher?)? Do you just play one single table for HU or multi-table often?

A few quick questions on the "new version of HGIYLH" that's coming out later: Will this just be a revision of the current book with a few more new fresh problems? Or will it be ALL new quizz problems?

Your current book (HGIYLM) as stated in your introduction chapter "is about trying to move up from low-limit $3-6 and $5-10...to the middle limits $10/20, $15/30 and $20/40. And I felt it did a great job of accomplishing that job.

Will this new version of HGIYLM take us to the next level? I.E. moving from the middle-limit ($20/40,etc.) to the higher limits $30/60+? That would be great if this new version was geared toward that. But will the new version merely be more middle limit ground?

Thanks...really look forward to all your new material.

- AcesFull

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Thank you for the interest in my work. I have checked the final cut of the DVDs and they look good. Well, I'm pleased with them anyway. They should be available in about 6 weeks I believe.

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Hi Byron,

I have a nitpick about the example in the trailer, but I won't bother mentioning it because I actually learned something. Thanks!

Is it too late to get them to change the theme music? I have Ed's and Rolf's DVD sets and have converted them to MP3 so I can listen to them often (works great), but this theme, repeated over and over, is driving me insane!

Edit: BTW, I'm interested in these DVDs because I want to improve my blind defense/steal play in full and shorthanded games. Any comment on that?

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this theme, repeated over and over, is driving me insane!

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so right [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I´ll post a request in the magazine forum to let Byron continue his HU series .

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Edit: BTW, I'm interested in these DVDs because I want to improve my blind defense/steal play in full and shorthanded games. Any comment on that?

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Keep an eye out for Stoxtrader's video series from the same company, it may be better suited for blind play than Byron's HU series only because your opponent may think and react differently when playing full ring game that was folded to the blinds. At he same time HU play is a skill you must learn, and Byron is such a fantastic teacher. See the video trailer for an example.

Side note to Byron - the audio is 100% better with your video. Ed sometimes sounded like he was in a fishbowl.

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However, the new editor has rejected my second article, so I guess its not going to happen.

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Oh yeah? And why was your article rejected? I thought the new editor was explicitly looking for HU writers.


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This is being discussed in the Magazine Forum.

I'm definitely still interested in publishing heads-up articles.

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However, the new editor has rejected my second article, so I guess its not going to happen.

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Oh yeah? And why was your article rejected? I thought the new editor was explicitly looking for HU writers.


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This is being discussed in the Magazine Forum.

I'm definitely still interested in publishing heads-up articles.

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Thx. The peer review system sounds interesting, too.

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Keep an eye out for Stoxtrader's video series...

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Cool. Thanks.

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ive spoken to expert holdem and the dvd series with byron jacobs is expected out in about 7 weeks or so, the stox dvd's are not scheduled for release anytime soon.

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Byron, since you are right here, help me understand something in your recent Card Player article. You suggest in certain cases in shorthanded limit, it is not advisable to reraise with strong hands like AK, even against a player who plays junk. This way, they do not have proper odds to chase post flop.

My intuition claims that charging max price to play will have greater EV than limiting the size of the pot. If you have a better hand, you always want as much money in the pot as possible. Wouldn't AK have the same edge over your example of 86o whether the pot is big or small? I can understand that limiting the pot will make the 86o's error bigger in proportional terms, but not absolute.

What am I missing?

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Byron, since you are right here, help me understand something in your recent Card Player article. You suggest in certain cases in shorthanded limit, it is not advisable to reraise with strong hands like AK, even against a player who plays junk. This way, they do not have proper odds to chase post flop.

My intuition claims that charging max price to play will have greater EV than limiting the size of the pot. If you have a better hand, you always want as much money in the pot as possible. Wouldn't AK have the same edge over your example of 86o whether the pot is big or small? I can understand that limiting the pot will make the 86o's error bigger in proportional terms, but not absolute.

What am I missing?

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I don't think you are missing anything. I don't think this line of play (NOT raising with AK) is a clear choice. However, in a multi-way pot, AK offsuit OOP is not a great hand and there are post-flop playing advantages associated with not revealing the strength of your hand pre-flop.

I don't think raising is wrong, but I also don't think that not raising is a mistake (apologies for the ugly negatives).

Actually, the thrust of the example was what a frustrating game full ring limit is.

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Byron, is the upcoming dvd series going to be focused on heads up only or limit games as well?? Do you offer heads up coaching or do you plan on in the future?? Thanks

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I don't think you are missing anything. I don't think this line of play (NOT raising with AK) is a clear choice. However, in a multi-way pot, AK offsuit OOP is not a great hand and there are post-flop playing advantages associated with not revealing the strength of your hand pre-flop.

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Ed Miller's DVD's talk about this also. He compares the advantages and disadvantages of raising preflop. He doesn't come out against raising preflop, He just explains that there is a trade off and wants you consider that in some circumstances a preflop raise maynt be the best play.I think that is what Byron is talking about.

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I don't think you are missing anything. I don't think this line of play (NOT raising with AK) is a clear choice. However, in a multi-way pot, AK offsuit OOP is not a great hand and there are post-flop playing advantages associated with not revealing the strength of your hand pre-flop.

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Ed Miller's DVD's talk about this also. He compares the advantages and disadvantages of raising preflop. He doesn't come out against raising preflop, He just explains that there is a trade off and wants you consider that in some circumstances a preflop raise maynt be the best play.I think that is what Byron is talking about.

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In Ed's example, he is talking about raising a hand like ATo against relatively tight opponents so that you won't have as much of a preflop equity edge as you would against loose opponents and against tricky opponents, where what you give up after the flop is greater than it would be against passive opponents.

AKo is way better than ATo. If multiple opponents have limped, they have garbage and AK has a big preflop equity advantage. Of course you give up something after the flop, but how often do you lose enough to make it a close decision?

It's an old argument, but I thought it had long been settled in favor of raising....

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I agree with you on this Ak example.

I have a lot of respect for Byron's articles. Usually, he writes very good stuff but I didn't particularly care for his most recent CP article.

I also had a look at the trailer of his DVD series. Looks very promising indeed. He explains concepts very clearly.

Oddly enough, the trailer that grabbed my interest the least was Eddie's trailer. Maybe it's because I understand ring games (or think I do) but I am not very experienced in HU play or no limit games (which Rolf's trailer talked about). But I would expect Eddie's videos (like his books) to also be very helpful.

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We're calling him Eddie now?

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We're calling him Eddie now?

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Last I heard it was "Edward", pre-drama. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

I think "Eddie" is kind of a Great White North thing, eh?

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I really hate it that I always miss the drama. Can someone PM me with all the dirt?

Inquiring minds need to know.

PS. I am keeping my DVD's.

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Hi Byron,

Definitely looking forward to buying your new 3-DVD-set on headus up limits holdem. I think it'll be great based on your previous works of HGIYLH and your card player articles, etc.

I'm curious what limit do you mainly play your headups games online (5/10, 20/40, 40/80, higher?)? Do you just play one single table for HU or multi-table often?



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I mainly play 10-20. I have played all limits up to 50-100 but I find that 10-20 (and sometimes 15-30) is the best level for me. I can handle the bankroll requirement easily and the opposition is usually very beatable. I never multi-table when playing HU. I think this is disastrous.

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A few quick questions on the "new version of HGIYLH" that's coming out later: Will this just be a revision of the current book with a few more new fresh problems? Or will it be ALL new quizz problems?



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Both. It will be a revision (I think most of the stuff in there is OK, but there are definitely a few things I want to change - I also want to amplify some of the explanations). I will also add a whole load of completely new hands.

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Your current book (HGIYLM) as stated in your introduction chapter "is about trying to move up from low-limit $3-6 and $5-10...to the middle limits $10/20, $15/30 and $20/40. And I felt it did a great job of accomplishing that job.

Will this new version of HGIYLM take us to the next level? I.E. moving from the middle-limit ($20/40,etc.) to the higher limits $30/60+? That would be great if this new version was geared toward that. But will the new version merely be more middle limit ground?



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Actually I think the games have changed quite a lot since this book was published. It came out in April 05 and at the time, 15-30 and 20-40 were, in general, pretty tough games. I think the players who were playing these games are now playing 30-60 and 40-80, so the advice in the book is probably OK around this level. I have never played any higher than 40-80 and only a little at that level.

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Thanks...really look forward to all your new material.

- AcesFull

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Thanks.

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Yeah, but will Byron have the same disco duck music as Ed and Rolf?

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Ah, same company, should have known.

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what's stoxtrader's name?

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which's better, middle limit hold'em poker or how good is your limit holdem"?

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soxtrader has a site stoxpoker.com.