Just finished reading Cards by Maxwell.

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In one hand, he's 3 betting garbage because he's "Playing his rush"..., A huge percent of the book is just narrating hands, so its very hard to ignore how stupidly he analyzes hands.

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you've never played a bad hand because you were rushing?

and i think there's a lot of excellent analysis, more than bad analysis. but i admit there is some bad analysis... and that was my point on my long post. I think Maxwell really knew what he was doing with the book. I think it's dramatic irony (if i may pull a highschool English term out). And the charachter admits at moments that he's playing badly. At one point in France he says that he's embarrased at his play a couple days ago.

See what i'm getting at? The book is deeper than it first seems. its not a how-to book, it's an account of how the burnout poker life ACTUALLY IS.