Comment on Greenstein Rating

[Mason Malmuth]

Hi Nick:

I'm only familiar with the final product so I can't answer your question.

Best wishes,
Mason

[barryg1]

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Mason, do you know who is the noted poker author who kept limping in the sb with the maniac who would raise his BB everytime?

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I have had different readers tell me of five different authors who they thought were the culprits. I am not going to disclose who it was. This story shows an extreme example of playing one's cards instead of playing poker.

I don't think my silence will generate as much interest as Carly Simon did when she chose not to disclose the object of the song "You're So Vain."

Barry

[LozColbert]

Since there aren't many noted poker authors, that seems to imply Caro...?

Guessing games are fun.

[LozColbert]

Is anyone else kicking themselves for ordering from Conjelco, and thus still not having a copy of Barry's book?

[SamG]

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Is anyone else kicking themselves for ordering from Conjelco, and thus still not having a copy of Barry's book?

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I ordered from Amazon months ago and still haven't received mine.

[piggity]

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Mason also says that the subtitle can be misleading. I agree, but that is as a result of what people infer from it, as opposed to what Barry implies by it.


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I don't see how the two are different. Do let us know what you think after you've actually read the book.

[Ryan Beal]

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Mason also says that the subtitle can be misleading. I agree, but that is as a result of what people infer from it, as opposed to what Barry implies by it.


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I don't see how the two are different. Do let us know what you think after you've actually read the book.

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It seems like he has already read the book. He is wrong about the subtitle, though. It may not be all that misleading, but it's not exactly accurate either. Mason said it best, and I think Ben was stretching a bit. I'm thinking the subtitle should have had the word "gambler" in it, but that probably wouldn't sell or sound quite as good.

[Grisgra]

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I think the main problem with the book is that it doesn't really know who its audience is. Is it the general reader? high-stakes players? beginning players? recreational players?

If the audience is high-stakes players then why include very basic information about who to tip in the casino and the definition of a railbird? If it is beginning players, why include hand examples where you are playing against someone who is capable of folding jacks-up to a raise on the river?

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That's an incredibly good observation.

[Grisgra]

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This is without a doubt the best poker book that I could have read at this time. As a warning if you don't have a foundation of playing reasonably well on autopilot then it probably won't do much for you, but I can tell you that the sections that people have been calling trash are absolutly sound and well worth the read.

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spot on imo. this book is not for those who are looking for the ins and outs of how to play a hand. rather, it is for those who already know how to play a hand and want to take it to the next level.

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I'm still baffled by claims like this. Can you point out a specific line/section that has enabled you to "take it to the next level"? Surely you didn't need to learn that you're about 2:1 to make your straight/flush by the river if you flop an OESD or 4-flush. Or that lending money to fellow gamblers can be risky. Or that being rude to the fish is counterproductive.

[fnord_too]

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I don't think my silence will generate as much interest as Carly Simon did when she chose not to disclose the object of the song "You're So Vain."



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Simon has never said who this is about. Some of the rumors are Warren Beatty, Kris Kristofferson, Cat Stevens, and Mick Jagger, all of whom she had affairs with.

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I thought it was Warren Beatty, but a quick google once again reveals I don't know what the hell I'm talking about....