[Collin Moshman]

Hi Guys:

Thanks for the preliminary support on this exciting new project. I believe even experienced players will sharpen their skills immensely with the strategies and hand analyses in this book.

Here are a few of the topics I address which should be of value to players of all levels, yet receive insufficient attention, IMO:

1. How the cEV of a given play is only one factor affecting your SNG equity;
2. Distinguishing Steal raises from Value raises and using this info to decide on a steal-based versus re-steal based high-blind strategy;
3. Defeating tight-aggressive opponents;
4. Tilt avoidance and SNG Pyschology;
5. Reading opponents via software versus manual observation;
6. Rake effects on long-term profit;
7. When your cards are irrelevant;
And perhaps most important:
8. How NEVER to get blinded out.

The HOH's are fantastic books, and I have read each one several times. But there are vast differences between MTT and SNG play (more details on these differences in my book), and so I feel a separate text for SNGs is needed in the poker literature.

Speaking of which, I just played the EPT Monte Carlo event, and will begin by posting several key hands in the MTT forum. My MTT play is not as great a strength for me, so any comments you guys have on those hands would really be appreciated.

In the meanwhile, I will post more of my SNG thoughts/strategies in the STT forum when I return to the US later this week.

All the best,
Collin