The Mathematics of Poker

[Oct0puz]

How much of the concepts in this book can be applied to Small stakes NL Hold em (NL100-NL200) ?

[DPCondit]

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How much of the concepts in this book can be applied to Small stakes NL Hold em (NL100-NL200) ?

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It is about concepts that apply to any game, not game or size specific, so I don't see why it wouldn't be good for NL 100-200.

[Shroomy]

This book is going to change poker!

Wow after reading it for just a day, I am amazed at the clear path the author takes.

The math is not exactly difficult, but if you plan on understanding every equation (not necessary) plan on multiplying your reading time by quite a bit.

[maurile]

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How much of the concepts in this book can be applied to Small stakes NL Hold em (NL100-NL200) ?

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I think all of the concepts can be applied to NLHE 100-200, but none of them can be applied simply. The books is difficult to understand as applied even to the simplified toy games. It doesn't give any easy-to-follow advice at all for real poker games.

Ultimately, the book tells you how to answer questions such as "Given the range of hands I'd have played this way so far, and given my opponent's most likely range of hands, and given the pot size, how often do I need to bluff on the river with bet-size N in order to ensure that I can not be exploited?"

But it doesn't give you any pat answers. It just helps you set up the problem so that you'll have some idea of what factors move the answer in one direction and what factors move the answer in the other direction, etc.

[Oct0puz]

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How much of the concepts in this book can be applied to Small stakes NL Hold em (NL100-NL200) ?

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It is about concepts that apply to any game, not game or size specific, so I don't see why it wouldn't be good for NL 100-200.

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Well I doubt that things like Game theory is very useful in this softer games.

[megabit]

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How much of the concepts in this book can be applied to Small stakes NL Hold em (NL100-NL200) ?

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It is about concepts that apply to any game, not game or size specific, so I don't see why it wouldn't be good for NL 100-200.

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Well I doubt that things like Game theory is very useful in this softer games.

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I haven't gotten too far into the book yet, but I think Bill would disagree with you. One of points I have got to is adjusting as more information becomes available, so as you play on in a soft game you factor in how your opponents play to derive your proper strategy based on all of the data available to you. In other words the books goal is to help you with ANY game.

Mike

[groosman]

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Bill,

Seeing as your a Pokerstars sponsored player any chance of you pushing them to put into the VIP store?

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[Sand]

I just got this book and waded my way into Part III a bit.

This is not a book. It should now be officially referred to as a tome.

Its gonna take me a while to get through this one.

[kevbo]

Just ordered mine!

I'm getting a chubby just thinking about it. [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

[Kovner]

I pre-ordered Mathematics of Poker at least a few days before it hit the printers. I still have not recieved it. What should I do about this?