Book Announcements

[Mason Malmuth]

Hi Everyone:

First off, our book Tournament Poker for Advanced Players by David Sklansky is now sold out and will not be reprinted in its current form and is no longer available from this website.

However, we do plan on bringing out an expanded edition with at least 100 pages of new material. So expect to see Tournament Poker for Advanced Players: Expanded Edition by David Sklansky on approximately December 1. (For those of you who do want to purchase the original edition, there should still be a few copies left at some of the stores and Amazon.)

Here is our tentative publishing schedule for our upcoming books.

Tournament Poker for Advanced Players: Expanded Edition -- Dec. 1, 2007

Harrington on Cash Games: Volume I -- Feb. 1, 2008

Harrington on Cash Games: Volume II -- Feb. 1, 2008

(Both these books are planeed to be released at the same time.)

Professional No-Limit Hold 'em: Volume II -- March 15, 2008

Finally, for our foreign language readers, make sure to look at our Book Translations Page to see the latest and most up to date status of our books in languages other than English. This page will be updated regularly.

Here's a cover picture of our most recent book to be translated.



It's the German version of David's book, No-Limit Hold 'em: Theory and Practice.

Best wishes,
Mason

[A_F]

So Ed Miller is not credited in the German version? Does that mean he did not contribute to the concepts in this book?

[fraac]

His name is on the cover.

[Mason Malmuth]

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Does that mean he did not contribute to the concepts in this book?

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There were only a few concepts that came from Miller. They concern only smaller games. David tells me that he took Miller's word for it that they are accurate. Miller's main contribution was his writing skill where he would take David's ideas and explain them well.

Best wishes,
Mason

[ledfoot]

Maybe Zee and Fromm should have worked with Miller too. Yet since Fromm had to write and give a speech for his Stanford doctorate, and appears on the DVD to be able to convey strategy well, I wonder how they couldn't have done as well as Stox/Zobags whose book was likely equally complex.

[Clarkmeister]

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Does that mean he did not contribute to the concepts in this book?

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There were only a few concepts that came from Miller. They concern only smaller games. David tells me that he took Miller's word for it that they are accurate. Miller's main contribution was his writing skill where he would take David's ideas and explain them well.


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How does the bolded part reconcile with the following:

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We do however go over and review what's written in a very thorough manner, as we do with all books we publish.

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[Mason Malmuth]

I know there is some stuff in that book which is specific to some of the small no-limit games around town. I believe that's what David is referring to.

When we go over a book, we make sure that it flows in a consistent logical fashion and doesn't seemingly contradict itself without adequate explanations, and that the advice makes sense given the premisies it is based on, and so on. That's different from knowing whether certain basic facts describing game conditions are accurate.

MM

[El Diablo]

Mason,

"Miller's main contribution was his writing skill where he would take David's ideas and explain them well."

Based on my discussions with Ed during the writing of the book, I think that significantly underrepresents his level of contribution to the book. I'm specifically referring to making some changes to examples/concepts in the book that had validity of a theoretical nature but really weren't accurate in terms of actually playing in real games.

[Humble Pie]

Mason,

Please reconcile with Ed Miller. Or air your issues w/ him and his wife in NVG.

[*TT*]

I love the cover design! Very consumer friendly, yet says "authoritative" at the same time. Well done!