[acekingoffsuit]

my post at the "Just finished reading CARDS by Maxwell" thread in Books/Publications. please help me out.

"the thing is that this book, and the responses, has gotten under my skin, and made me question my poker understanding, and the understanding of others. and this is really annoying the hell out of me, making me wonder if i need to do some deep rewiring in my thinking.

but, very possibly not, because through life experience, i've seen how stupid masses and majorities can be, so i'm not just going to go with the flow on anything.

like i've said before, i think "Mic Jameson" is an intelligent player who is frustrated with his life, and this leads to unfortunate plays. I DO NOT think he's stupid: I think his analysis, when not intimidated or angry, is ABOVE AVERAGE, BETTER THAN MOST PEOPLE HERE.

Now if I'm wrong, that's fine, great, i'm the better for it, but the more i try to get this book nicely filed away in my mind, the more confused i get. Mic seems to be a pretty smart guy to me, his plays are VERY thoughtful, it seems to me.

so instead of making useless comments, please help me out and talk specifics.

I'm not going to win a World Series, but I have made more money than I've lost inpoker, and my friends regard me as one of the sharks in our local games. But maybe I'm just a fish a little less fishy than them.

very confused,

AKo"