Review, Advanced Limit Holdem Strategy (Tanenbaum)

[fraac]

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I can't help but think the book is going this way. In the higher limits, especially if the game is short handed, you need to make all sorts of semi-bluffing type plays and plays that your opponent fears. This is not compatible with the illusion of action.

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Not sure what you mean here. This is part of the illusion of action as I understand he means it.

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He means that he expects to have fearful opponents who don't routinely follow Sklansky's advice to semi-bluff reraise your semi-bluff raises. A game with fearful opponents is no longer realistic. A game with opponents marginally less aware of edges IS realistic.

However, if the book is more suitable for live play, maybe those weak conditions still apply and Tanenbaum's advice is slightly contradictory. Interesting.