Hi Jourdain,
The book starts out with a couple of chapters on the background behind my strange / unorthodox / unconentional playing style that I started with, and that I have tried to adjust / perfect with every new step and new game that I encountered. In these chapters I describe the EXACT strategies I have been using over the years, why I have been using them, and the pros and cons behind these strategies. On all occasions, I describe how I have adjusted, and how the reader should possibly adjust, when people take countermeasures against the seemingly simple strategies that I recommend. All in all, I will indeed talk a lot about myself (a trait I just cannot help), but in this case this is more because in EVERY game / place where I started playing, no one was using the strategies / approach that I was using - meaning my strategy was often based on first) exploiting the mistakes that opponents regularly made, then) adjusting to the adjustments that opponents were starting to make, and finally) shifting to an entirely new approach once within the framework of this game it was impossible to keep a large edge with my initial strategies.
The chapters on specific strategic issues are the largest, and I go out of my way to explain specifically the merits of 'my' plays, and how you should take advantage of the fact that people will NOT think highly of this way that you play. All in all, this book is more in-depth than basically anything that I have written so far, and I can honestly say that I give away everything that I have always tried to keep to myself. I have always been a bit reluctant to spell out everything EXACTLY to my readers when it comes to PLO, simply because it is still my bread-and-butter game, AND because my strategies are fairly easy to copy for anyone who is capable of thinking at at least a decent level. I have decided to do it anyway, frankly for nut much more than just the honor of writing the (what I hope to be) best PLO book to date. However, from a money-making perspective, this choice is obviously not too smart, because I have held back NOTHING - meaning I have put my entire game plan out in the open, and thus I may have killed my own game plan, simply because my regular opponents can and will use everything that I have written against me.
So yes, biased as I am, I would say the theoretical basis in the book is VERY strong. And indeed I have tried to make things a pleasure to read by maintaining a fairly fast, article-like writing style, focusing on every apect / specific aspect of my strategies in a separate way. But I hope that this has not gone at the expense of the quality of the information.
Anyway, that's about it. For the rest I can only say that if you check out Amazon, you see the book is priced (what I judge to be) ridiculously low for the type of information it provides. So, based on this alone I am certain that you will not be disappointed by the book in any way - even though I expect, and quite frankly hope, that there will be many passages in the book that you will find strange and unconventional: strategies that go almost 100% against what is perceived by many as correct.
Rolf Slotboom
www.rolfslotboom.com