Killer Poker: By the Numbers?

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It seems to focus on statistical analysis of situations,

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I would restate this as it's focus is on mathematical analysis of no-limit poker situations where you put your opponent on a range of possible hands.

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and in that sense it is very dry.

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Fair enough. "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" it ain't.

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I have only read the first 20 pages, and leafed through the rest...

Has anyone read this in its entirety? Is it worthwhile?


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Short answer: Possibly. Slightly longer answer: I think it will be worthwhile for a significant number of no-limit poker players.

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I lack alot of the in-depth understanding of the mathematical side of poker that this book seems to provide,


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Sounds to me like a good reason to read it.

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but it seems so God-awful boring that I fear it might be a huge waste of time.


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This makes absolutely no sense to me, boring != waste of time. Is this an aspect of your poker knowledge that could use improvement? It sounds like it is. So, if you're serious about your game, it's possible that you might learn something if you roll up your sleeves and work your way through the book.

It would be nice if the most informative poker books were also the most fun to read, but that's not always the case. Serious students of poker will read the useful boring ones as well as a the fun ones.

So you can make a well-informed decision, the book is all preamble up to about page 78 (or arguably the subsequent chapter). Until that point I didn't completely understand what it was about.