Some top players dislike NLHTAP: Why?

[jeffnc]

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When you value bet, your expectation is:

P(You are Called) x (Amount you Bet).

So if you think there is a good chance you will be looked up with a big bet, your expectation is often higher betting big for value.

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While the "intuitive" belief is often to milk the hand, the problem I have with the book is that essentially everything in the book breaks down to what you wrote above.

The "theory" of NL poker boils down to "do that which results in the highest EV".

Thank you very much, I think I already knew that. Granted, sometimes we milk, but it's not because we don't understand EV, it's because we might misjudge how much our opponents would call and how often. The book does not help very much at all with the judging part.

Compare your book with NLHTAP Collin, and you'll see the difference. Your book shows how to play, TAP doesn't. Some have criticized a couple examples in your book as showing the right decision without the correct reason being given. I don't know about that but overall I can read SNG and come away knowing how to play the game fairly well. The same can't be said for TAP.