Re: Good interview with Barry G
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The differences from my book and others that I was thinking about were:
Most books preach a weak-tight strategy and talk about only losing a certain number of buy-ins each session. These poker philosophies are good starting points, but I talk about how to play and how to manage sessions once you become a winning player.
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I just want to correct a couple of things you said. First off, I've been in the writing and publishing of poker/gambling books for over twenty years and no book that has ever been put out under the Two Plus Two label has ever advocated a weak-tight style or strategy. In fact, in the first edition of HPFAP which came out in 1988 we were critical of what we called "weak-tight" and popularized this expression among poker players. (I first heard this term from Ray Zee and also believe that it's appearance in our book was the first time it was put in print.) In addition, my Gambling Theory and Other Topics, which was first published in 1987 is based around "Non-Self Weighting Strategies" which is the exact opposite of weak-tight.
Also, I want to point out that you were not the first very high limit player to ever write a poker book all by himself. I think that Ray Zee might disagree. High-Low Split Poker for Advanced Players was originally published in 1991. Also, Harrington on Hold 'em, Volume I came out about six months before your book.
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