moving up

[jjshabado]

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page 170 and 171 ''holdem poker for advanced players''instead of raising on the flop, you should often call,then go for the raise on 4th street.because that raise will knock people out. the raise on the flop wont''-david sklansky.[playing in loose games.]

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The 2+2 books make people money in two ways. The first way is in teaching people how to play better, and the second way is that it causes people who don't read carefully and critically to play badly. That quote is for one specific scenario. Big pot, likely better to your right. You're playing with people that are frequently calling 2 bets on the flop but will fold to 2 big bets on the turn. You have a strong, but not monster hand.

I would strongly suggest putting down Hole'Em Poker for Advanced Players and reading Small Stakes Hold'em a bunch of times. Whenever I take the bus to AC to play I bring Small Stakes Hold'em and read it for at least 45-60 minutes because I forget tons of crap thats in there. I've also misunderstood parts of it (and still do misunderstand parts I'm sure), and when I re-read it I get better.