No limit Holdem Thory and Practice is to short

[renereal]

Hi Deacsoft,

Ive been playing for 8 months now and i feel ready to learn more. I show a small profit in my game and i want to reach that next level. What worries me is i dont want to read a book that can throw me in the wrong direction and what concerns me most is sometimes the authors seem unsure of themselves in this book in certain sections. I know Sklanky is a master in all limit type games thats were he seems more comfartable writing and from what i see and hear Ed was also great in limit holdem but not very experienced in No Limit at the time he wrote this book.

[Skleice]

I like NLHTAP, but some things don't gel with me. I like the sections on bet sizing and controlling the pot. But, some of the ideas seem a bit optimistic. At one point it is suggested that you call a pot+1/3 sized bet with a gutshot because if you hit it you will stack your opponent. I won't be making that call. Maybe I'm missing something, or not ready for this, but I don't see getting paid off enough to justify this against many players. Most of the book I like, and I'm actually rereading it now. I have not really looked much at the Sklansky-Chubov rankings either...but I will.

[mucked4u]

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I like NLHTAP, but some things don't gel with me. I like the sections on bet sizing and controlling the pot. But, some of the ideas seem a bit optimistic. At one point it is suggested that you call a pot+1/3 sized bet with a gutshot because if you hit it you will stack your opponent. I won't be making that call. Maybe I'm missing something, or not ready for this, but I don't see getting paid off enough to justify this against many players. Most of the book I like, and I'm actually rereading it now. I have not really looked much at the Sklansky-Chubov rankings either...but I will.

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The whole idea of any book is to get the person to think a great deal about the concepts etc and decide what is the best and worst I can learn from this.
I am assuming that the person is at intermediate level otherwise thier thinking could be way off to decipher the concepts etc.
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[sethypooh21]

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what book?

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This one.

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[renereal]

actually i have applied NLHTAP to my tournement game along with HOH 1 and HOH2 and it has improved my tournement game alot. I find NLHTAP more useful in tourneys rather then cash games.