Phil Gordon on Malmuth and Sklansky

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So I was just finishing reading Phil Gordon's Little Blue Book. At the end of the book he has section called A Short Guide To Poker Jargon. There he describes something he calles FPS or fance play syndrome. He says:
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An expensive tendency, espicially evident in players who have just read Sklansky and Malmuth, to overuse "trick" plays like checkraising or semibluffing.

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Is he taking a shot at DS and MM? Seems like he isn't giving them much credit for what they have done.

Also it seems to me that 2+2'ers generally don't like Phil Gordon... Has it anything to do with this?

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He's probably referencing Hold Em Poker for Advanced Players. Players with a beginner/intermediate understanding of poker like Gordon often don't understand or misapply the concepts suggested in the book.