Re: Jeff Hwang PLO Book
From what I understand, Jeff is really big into getting to know all of his opponents personally, and really using them as a "network" to get continual feedback on his own game and to better understand how to adjust. He doesn't feel that this is a bad idea, as he feels his poker network acts in his best interest, because like most poker players (and Jeff himself) they are genuinely nice people!
He also has some cutting edge thoughts on the difference between semibluffing and value betting. Jeff feels it doesn't matter if you are the favorite in the hand, sometime s you can have the nuts and bet and have it both be a value bet and a semibluff! It doesn't make any sense to me, but maybe it will after I read his book.
From what I understand, Jeff has been thoroughly quoted in blogs which gives him the credibility he is leveraging into this book.
Finally, Jeff hates online poker and people who play online, and only views live poker as real poker. In other words, he is a losing online player, so expect the book to deal with exclusively how to play live and about how dumb online players are. Jeff values poker players by the number of people they play against live (more players=more experience). So if you are looking for help with your online game, you should probably go elsewhere.
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