Why can no one write a truly advanced poker book ?

[bustedromo]

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Assume you are a professional poker player and you make your living from a small set of secrets. Why share them with the public if that book doesn't make you enough money to live from it for the rest of your life?

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Because it's not just about secrets, it's about thinking under pressure. Financial pressure, time pressure, event pressure, venue pressure, physical conditions pressure.

The level of thinking involved in the some of the example hands in Barry's book is only moderately difficult if you're sitting at home with no pressure, but extremely difficult in real conditions.

Players who can learn a style or technique (such as many of the moves associated with the Gus Hansen style) and would actually pose a real threat to the livelihood a world-class players who successfully practice that style or technique probably don't need a book to learn it. And this set of players is far outnumbered by those who would tend to mis-apply the secrets. In certain respects it's a win-win.

I wonder if the problem is that those pushing the envelope in poker education prefer other mediums. PXF, CR ... etc. But videos of online games force your pace, either too slow or too fast. I've always had this experience with video learning. I much prefer written instruction.