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09-30-2006, 08:30 PM
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Grade the October Magazine
After a couple months as editor of the Two Plus Two Internet Magazine, the Magazine is coming close to taking the shape I want it to. So, whether you like what's been published or not, now is an optimal time to have your voice heard about the direction of the Magazine.
I have two notes about the October issue. 1. The Developing and Using Reads in Heads-up No-limit Hold 'em article is remarkably long and is being counted as a double article. That's why there are only eleven titles in the index rather than the twelve you can expect each month. 2. The fantasy football article is delayed to possibly as late as Tuesday. With October 1st falling on a Sunday, the NFL schedule wasn't very accomodating. I break down the October issue like this Strategy Articles- 7 Heads-up Limit Hold 'em: A Basic Strategy Developing and Using Reads in Heads-up No-limit Hold 'em Counting Outs in Deuce-to-Seven Lowball How to Win With Big Pairs in Stud Eight or Better Chips Changing Value in Tournaments Using a Read to Delay a Raise General Poker- 2 Bankroll Requirements for Poker Classic Article: On Tilt Poker and Other Fields- 1 Poker and Finance Part 3 Non-poker Gamlbing- 2 Maximizing Value in Free Plays at Sportsbooks Fantasy Football Part 2 I consider the strengths of this issue to be the articles by Richard Elks, Mark Gritter, and Brandon Reiser. Developing and Using Reads in Heads-up No-limit Hold 'em Counting Outs in Deuce-to-Seven Lowball How to Win With Big Pairs in Stud Eight or Better Not only were they very strong articles but they also provided the type of diversity which I'm hoping to be the norm in the future. Unfortunately, I have received hardly any full ring game hold 'em articles since I became editor. As a result, we are without a full-ring game NLHE article for the second month in a row. My general rule of thumb is that should hold any issue back from getting into the A's. I'm also a little dissapointed we don't have a Poker Journalism article. I'd like to see at least one of those in every issue. My Grade: B+ 
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10-01-2006, 01:42 AM
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Re: Grade the October Magazine
Dynasty,
I've only read a couple articles so far but the issue looks very good. But regarding style, the gray background of the articles blows hard and is more difficult to read. You can still change it.
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10-01-2006, 03:30 PM
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Re: Grade the October Magazine
Editing: I didn't like the formatting. The minimum width of the window required to read the articles was too large. The black-on-gray is readable for me but not great.
Strategy Articles: I thought these articles were pretty solid, although I didn't feel that I learned a whole lot. The "Developing and Using Reads" article was particularly interesting; I would love to see more articles that explain a series of hands instead of just one or two. The Stud/8 article is very solid, but I think it should address multiway situations as well, since high hands become even trickier to play when there are more than one players going low in the pot. Sklanksy's article made me think a bit more about how I approach short-stack situations but I really haven't come to any solid conclusions. General poker/Poker and other fields: Mason's article was thought-provoking. Poker and Finance 3 had some interesting ideas but not as much depth as I would like. The Bankroll Requirements article I found somewhat light, and felt that its content could have been included in the previous article (where I found the mathematical derivation interesting) or in the promised 3rd article. Other gambling: Not of much interest to me, though King Yao's article looks solid and presents a nonintuitive and probably valuable result. I'm giving it a B- due to the HTML issues; contentwise I think it's a B or B+.
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10-02-2006, 01:06 AM
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Re: Grade the October Magazine
Heads-up Limit Hold 'em: A Basic Strategy
-quite a good read. Glad to have the author back in the fold. Developing and Using Reads in Heads-up No-limit Hold 'em -I enjoyed this sort of analysis in HOH but it doesn't wear quite as well when an author is reviewing his own play. A reader might see a degree of self congratulations in an article such as this. This may detract from the lesson. Counting Outs in Deuce-to-Seven Lowball -outstanding breakdown and as good an article as I can recall on 27 LB, but I haven't seen this game spread or played in the last decade. Is the HORSE type revival bringing it back? These articles have a place in the magazine and are a good read but at a personal level not particularly relevent. How to Win With Big Pairs in Stud Eight or Better -didn't give it a fair read. Visceral reaction to the first read is that it is well done and I'm glad to see that this game is experiencing a comeback. Chips Changing Value in Tournaments -very useful considerations. Using a Read to Delay a Raise -disagreed with the author's conclusion and approach to the hand. Bankroll Requirements for Poker -always enjoy contributions from this author. His writings at 2+2 are a tremendous asset to the site. Classic Article: On Tilt -normally I'm a sucker for Mason's contributions but this one was a little flat. It contributed nothing new. This is the sort of area where Feeney really excelled and it would be fantastic to see new material from him. Describing caricatures of players on tilt and extracting lessons is fairly straightforward. This subject needs to be handled with subtlety and depth. Poker and Finance Part 3 -much like the McCauley series, the ideas are thought provoking, educational and have application away from the table. Maximizing Value in Free Plays at Sportsbooks -interesting, well written and very easily understood. Always enjoy contributions from King Yao. At a personal level it had virtually no use other than general interest. Fantasy Football Part 2 -not yet posted and am uninterested in fanatsy football. This is where 2+2 might consider drawing the line if there are other (poker) articles available to fill the void. B-
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10-02-2006, 09:30 AM
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Re: Grade the October Magazine
Not your best magazine, some of the articles were good, but a couple seemed like that were slapped together last minute. The NL article had a lot of thought and theory behind it. Sklansky's article althought I don't agree with 100% was good because it was a new idea.
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10-02-2006, 11:06 AM
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Re: Grade the October Magazine
[ QUOTE ]
Editing: I didn't like the formatting. The minimum width of the window required to read the articles was too large. The black-on-gray is readable for me but not great. [/ QUOTE ] I couldn't agree more with this. I have a big monitor at home to play poker on but I often read these articles at work on a much smaller one. The side scrolling necessary on a 1024x768 resolution is totally unacceptable.
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#8
10-02-2006, 01:24 PM
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Re: Grade the October Magazine
Good god the HU NLHE article was awful. Ever think of getting someone with some real high stakes HU NLHE experience rather than some 4-year old that is buying in for 25BBs and open limping the SB with 72o?
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#9
10-02-2006, 02:34 PM
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Re: Grade the October Magazine
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Counting Outs in Deuce-to-Seven Lowball -outstanding breakdown and as good an article as I can recall on 27 LB, but I haven't seen this game spread or played in the last decade. Is the HORSE type revival bringing it back? These articles have a place in the magazine and are a good read but at a personal level not particularly relevent. [/ QUOTE ] Hi, jfk. There is a fairly active community of triple draw players in the games offered at UltimateBet. The micros and biggest games are nearly always running. Live triple draw is making its way into some of the midlimit mixed games in Southern California and Vegas (at least that is my understanding), but otherwise live games appears only at the $100/200+ level in a mix such as Badugi/Omaha/Triple Draw (BOT). Single draw no-limit 2-7 was offered for a while by GamesGrid, but the cash games didn't really take off. There is still a regularly scheduled NL2-7 tournament. Both variants are fun; come over to the Other Poker forum if you want pointers on getting started in them. Mark
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10-02-2006, 03:15 PM
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Re: Grade the October Magazine
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Good god the HU NLHE article was awful. Ever think of getting someone with some real high stakes HU NLHE experience rather than some 4-year old that is buying in for 25BBs and open limping the SB with 72o? [/ QUOTE ] My first thought on this article was along those lines, too. There are a couple things in there that I felt were just flat out wrong. For example, [ QUOTE ] 2. There are certain types of opponent where it is not necessarily advantageous to be deep-stacked. The most obvious is the hyper-aggressive maniac: it is very difficult to tell when this type of player is betting with a real hand and when he is bluffing, and so you will often have to make raises and calls with marginal hands. [/ QUOTE ]
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