The Illustrated Guide to No-Limit Hold'em mini review

[Niediam]

The book is 150 problems concerning no-limit hold'em tournaments.

I read through only the first 10 problems but that was enough for me to decide the book wasn't only not very good but probably harmful to an in experienced player. The following two problems were the most questionable:

1) Middle of a MTT. Hero has an M of approximately 3 at a seven player table and is second to act. UTG folds and hero has AKs. The books says that we can't do anything 'crazy' like going all-in preflop and instead should raise to 2BBs and we have a tough decision to make if somebody reraises us.

2) Down to two shorthanded tables of an MTT with hero having an M of approximately 4. Payout to top 5. Hero is UTG and has JJ. The book advocates that we should either limp or raise to 2BBs and that we should fold if a big stack decides to put us all in preflop.

[midwestkc]

I suck at No limit, well, poker in general actually, but wow. This is bad. Where can I buy a bunch of them for the people in my homegame?

[Matt Ruff]

The same author has a guide to limit hold 'em that's just as bad.

In one hand, he has you holding 66 on a flop of AK6 rainbow. When a preflop raiser bets ahead of you, he advises raising, but "if you are reraised, just call -- they probably have an ace."

[BanjoBob]

Niediam,

I was about to post a very similar remark. I actually was foolhardy enough to read through Problem #23. Be thankful you did not read further than #10, you probably would have suffered an aneurysm at his suggestion of folding KK pre-flop in 2nd chip position 3-handed from the BB with an M of about 4.5 to an all-in and call because it was possible that one or in his words "even worse" both opponents had an ace in the hopes of moving up one spot in the money given the 50/50 that the shorter-stacked out the two players has a 50/50 of being eliminated!!!

Ridiculous of course considering if both had an ace, you have 1 less out to combat to triple up and hold 80% of the chips in play (from 3 unseen aces to 2). Not sure about you all, but I'd much rather put my chips in facing a potential 2/3 outer (Ax or PP lower than AA) than settle for a 50/50 chance of moving up to a 2nd place finish. Play to win!

VENT OVER.

[ericicecream]

wow, this sounds bad

[SamIAm]

That's awesome. Good first post.

Welcome to the forum.
-Sam

[C. O. Jones]

From what I am hearing, let's hope this book gets a wide distribution.

Definitely +EV....

for us.

[MicroBob]

who's the author?

this stuff sounds truly amazing.

[Matt Ruff]

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who's the author?

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Dennis Purdy. I think he and Ken Warren may have been separated at the orphanage.

[Shibby]

I thumbed through this book at Borders the other day and found the same things. He minbet (6k) the flop with 22 on an AK2 board, called a 10k raise and a flat call. I think the turn checked through, then he minbet the river. I was like, wtf?