Big Problems with Ed Miller

[fraac]

Brunson's book is aimed at cash games thirty years ago when his opponents were tighter and more straightforward.

Whoever takes things more personally is more messed up, that's a rule of life. All these threads prove is that Snyder is worse than Malmuth. I wouldn't go for a drink with either.

[steamboatin]

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Whoever takes things more personally is more messed up, that's a rule of life. All these threads prove is that Snyder is worse than Malmuth. I wouldn't go for a drink with either.

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I quit drinking 21 years ago but turning down an opportunity to talk with Mason is -EV.

[betgo]

I don't see where Brunson talks about stealing blinds. Stealing blinds is common late in no limit tournaments, when the play is very tight and there are blinds and antes.

Brunson talks about stealing small pots, not stealing blinds.

I don't think either Brunson or Sklansky and Miller emphasize stealing blinds. There books are primarily about cash game play, where blind stealing is not important.

[phydaux]

Maybe the fundamental misunderstanding is that the Snyders don't realize NLH:T&P isn't about tournament NL hold'em? After all, Snyder's major book was about tournaments, not cash games.

Or perhaps they don't understand the not-so-subtle differences between tournament and non-tournament play?

[MicroBob]

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Maybe the fundamental misunderstanding is that the Snyders don't realize NLH:T&P isn't about tournament NL hold'em? After all, Snyder's major book was about tournaments, not cash games.

Or perhaps they don't understand the not-so-subtle differences between tournament and non-tournament play?

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nope


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As for the mistakes in Sklansky's and Miller's logic here, in a cash game where you can replenish your stack, it is bad logic to compare the size of the blinds with the maximum possible size of a pot in deciding whether and how to play a hand.

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[MicroBob]

Mason - I think the title you chose for this thread is not very good. extremely misleading.

[Mason Malmuth]

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Mason - I think the title you chose for this thread is not very good. extremely misleading.

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Hi Bob:

Well, you're not the first to point this out to me and your comment is probably accurate. But it did catch your attention, and I did have a little fun.

Best wishes,
Mason

[Beavis68]

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I don't see where Brunson talks about stealing blinds. Stealing blinds is common late in no limit tournaments, when the play is very tight and there are blinds and antes.

Brunson talks about stealing small pots, not stealing blinds.

I don't think either Brunson or Sklansky and Miller emphasize stealing blinds. There books are primarily about cash game play, where blind stealing is not important.

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There were antes in the game when brunson wrote SS. Arnold should know that.

[binions]

LMAO Mason.

You clearly tilted Snyder with your criticism of his Poker Tournament Formula book.

He keeps rebuying, losing his buy in, and rebuying some more . . .

[Bet-and-win88]

A lil back alley mugging by Snyder.
The poker world should be a freezeout and not a rebuy tourney...