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Barry Greenstein:

Slightly off topic question. Is there a game that is played today (Badugi, Chinese Poker, pick your semi-obscure game of choice) that you would go our of your way to read about if a solid theoretical book was written about it? Did you look at Bill Chen's Mathmatics of Poker? If you were to read a book on a poker topic at this stage, what are you most interested in reading about?

I didn't think about this until your response, just curious.

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I am always curious to see what someone has written about a new game. Usually by the time it is written, I have played the game so much (being a mixed-game player) that I trust my own analysis over the author's. Generally, I find out that we mostly agree. The main difference is that the books are usually written in a way that makes sense against weak-tight players or bad players. I play against good aggressive players, so my methods have to take that into consideration.

I bought Bill Chen's book with FPPs on Pokerstars (plug), but I haven't looked at it yet. I have discussed some stuff with Bill and I don't expect any revelations that will elevate my game. I expect some accuracy in some artificial situations -- similar to the M concept in Harrington's book. As I mentioned to Dan, people like it, but it's actually less correct than talking about multiples of the big blind, since most people raise in for around three times the big blind and then proceed geometrically from there. Of course the antes matter and so you may open for slightly more, but the exactness isn't really important. It does make for interesting reading.

Barry