[Jeff76]

Look, I agree that this thread is the place for reviews of the book and not the old L/R with KK line.

However, I do want to clarify:

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Limping big hands UTG with the intention of re-raising is alright in some cash games, but in a STT I can't image it is ever correct (not a STT expert, though).

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Well, that is exactly what I'm saying. You don't know why it isn't correct, you just can't believe it is.

[/ QUOTE ]I do have a reason why I believe it's incorrect- I believe that l/r with big pairs increases variance with them, and without a good reason to do so, I usually take less variant lines in STTs because of the nature STT chip equity.

One of the concerns I have about the book (and the reasons I'm looking for reviews) is that I have heard accusations that CM advocates some FPS lines. Because fancier plays tend to introduces variance (bigger swings in your chips stack), this seems counter to me to the nature of optimal play for STTs, a part of which I've always understood to be that we need to preserve our equity. The argument that might be made to counter this is that in the early stages where blinds are so low, the swings aren't nearly so bad and it's worth a little gamble to build a dominating stack. I don't know- as I've said, I'm not a huge STT player these days. I AM interested in reviews from knowledgeable STTers, or even CM's thoughts on this topic if he's willing to share.

As for the rest of the points- I think you are thinking incorrectly about the nature of how to play KK vs 77, etc. but this really isn't the thread for it. That is a more generalized poker discussion, not even really related to STTs.