[Shaman]

"The speed of the tournament is irrelevant. You can usually treat each hand in isolation."

I haven't read the book either. I've only lightly browsed it. My understanding is that what Snyder is trying to convey is that not only should you NOT treat each hand in isolation, you must NOT treat each betting limit in isolation either. He seems to be looking at the dynamic RELATIONSHIPS between each betting limit rather than looking at each betting limit in isolation and optimizing strategy to a particular betting limit. Whether or not this is a correct way to view these things will probably be a subject of great debate in these forums in the months to come.

BTW, Mason has reviewed 4 of the Bishop's blackjack books and has given two of them a perfect 10, and the other two a 9. But game playing is game playing and Snyder has proven that he is a great thinker when it comes to game playing. Maybe, just maybe, he has a point.

I'm buying his book within the next few days.