Professional No-Limit Hold 'em Volume 1 Review Thread

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Anyone care to give a short answer to whether this book is good or not?

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There are several reviews in this thread.

Personally I'll give it a 5/10. There is just so much of the game that this book doesn't cover (much of that is probably coming in the later volumes).

I don't think the book offers much outside 'basic no-limit hold 'em strategy'.

It offers an approach that is somewhat of a defensive style in that it is designed to prevent your opponents from getting the best of you. Of course there is nothing wrong with this; but a lot of my personal play revolves around finding weaknesses in my opponents and attacking them.

The SPR puts the player in a position where postflop decisions are easier. Of course, if you have excellent skills in areas such as hand reading and pot manipulation you might be cutting your bottom line by playing in certain spots that the book recommends.

I don't think REM process or SPR are really revolutionary and I don't think they are better than other, more sophisticated, techniques. But I think they are good for new no-limit players who don't have quite as deep of an understanding of no-limit concepts and fundamentals.

A generic look at poker is to
1) know what you have
2) consider what your opponent has
3) play your hand as profitably as possible

Well, this is the 'REM process" in a nutshell.

In summary, this is a book pretty much for new players to no-limit hold 'em.