Review of Pot Limit and No Limit Poker by Stewart and Ciaffone

[SplawnDarts]

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Forget this book, get NLHET&P instead.

The book assumes you are familar with all the games mentioned in the book. Some of the poker terms used on these games will be lost on many, and there is no glossery for those who have yet to come across these terms.

IMO you have to be very experienced player to understand what is being said.(sections other than hold em) Also the information obtained would be of lesser value to the experienced player.

With all the books now availble or the 2+2 NLHE cash games books soon to be availble, this book will become largely redundent.

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I partially agree, and partially disagree.

NLH:T&P is an introductory to intermediate book. Pot odds, starting hand selection, playing the nuts & how to try and stack people etc. It also has a lot of bugs that stem from the fact that Ed and DS can't play NL worth [censored].

PL&NLP is an advanced book - providing directly applicable real-world advice to the advanced player from an advanced player. The only problem is that Ciaffone's co-author (Ruben or however he spells it) is an idiot. That aside, the info here is infinitely more valuable than that in NLH:T&P because it's actually correct. But you have to have a good grasp of the games in question to get at the meat of the book. So beginners read it and come away confused and then come bash it on 2+2. Sort of like how they respond to Doyle's stuff.