Alan Schoonmaker's Opinion For My Next Book

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TOP is the greatest poker book ever written, and a simplified version of it would be a HUGE seller. There are literally millions of potential readers. They know they need to understand more theory, but TOP is too difficult for them.

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Might it be possible that the opposite is true? Might not an expanded version be more attractive to the potential poker readers out there?

To take it a step further, might an expanded, 21st Century edition TOP be a great opportunity to bring in someone like Bill Robertie as a co-author.

Sklansky is an acknowledged guru of theory, but the nature of the writing and editing in TOP is what makes the material difficult, not the theory itself.

HOH was a huge success in part due to its accessibility. The writing and clarity of presentation was on par with the information provided. If a new edition of TOP were to be written to the same standards there'd be no need for simplification. The nature of the way games have changed would invite a lot of new material.