Re: 2+2 NLH Conundrum
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On the bad side, I think it reads a bit like A Nit's Adventures in NL Land. One of the first things Slansky does is admit that you can learn and apply everything in the book and still get demolished by a player with a better grasp of "art" side of poker who doesn't understand the "science" nearly as well. In other words, Slansky's teaching the wrong things, but they're what he understands so they're what he teaches. That's weak sauce in my book, but fits very closely with the standard 2+2 publishing bias. There are also some sections of NLH:TAP that many strong players and theorists contend are just wrong. The preflop raise sizing stuff for starters. So you need to be careful.
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Could you emphasize? I'm not done with the book yet, but I thought the preflop sizing section was pretty insightful. Although I don't think it applies as much to online poker (where people pay more attention to the size of preflop raises), it's something I keep in mind when I'm playing live.
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