QUICK REVIEW: Johnny Chan's Million Dollar Hold'em: Limit Cash Games

[Scheeren]

Just got my Chan book from FedEx and took a few minutes to go through it quickly.

Overall this has a lot more information than I though it would and I like the way it's laid out. Instead of just writing about certain illustrative hands, this book takes a page out of Harrington's work and illustrates each move with reasoning behind it. Each hand that is gone over cover's different "Key Concepts" such as; Thinking Ahead, Not Trapping Yourself, Not Giving Free Cards, Playing Top Pair, Betting For Value, Continuation Bets, Playing Middle Pairs, Isolating other players, etc... There's a lot more covered in the book, a ton more than I had expected, and with Chan's commentary, thinking, and reasoning behind specific actions it really makes this a top rate book at first glance.

I read through a few pages to get an idea of the style described and it's really nice and aggressive...something that I've been trying to learn how to use effectively in limit play. It's very clear cut and simple to understand. There's no complicated math that Chan goes over, although he keeps the novice player updated on how many outs they have in the hand, and there's a quick section in the back of the book that does go into more detail regarding Odds, Outs, and Percentages. Anyone familiar with Phil Gordon's Rule of 4 and 2 will understand how to calculate their percentages, so this is a brushup section for some people.

Overall, with just the few things I've read in the book so far and the surprising amount of information in it, I'm going to give it 10 Johnny Chan Bobbleheads out of 10 [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Combusted]

I agree, I'm about half way through and so far its one of the best limit book i've read... and i've read 90% of them.

[UATrewqaz]

Has Mason or Ed Miller posted a review?

[smbruin22]

wow, i'm shocked (in a positive way)...

i see there's a co-writer... i think that's the way to do it. get a professional writer who knows poker to do the heavy lifting and have the pro comment on the writing (obviously huge assumption on my part)... maybe ivey especially and negreanu/hansen (still interest??) could do the same for no-limit.

[MicroBob]

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wow, i'm shocked (in a positive way)..

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[Scheeren]

What's so shocking? His first book was really good even though it was slated towards the beginner. This one takes the good concept of writing as if Chan's sitting next to you and expands that into even greater potential

[Wolf44]

where can I order? Couldn´t find it on amazon.

Thanks much
Wolf

[playersare]

http://www.amazon.com/Million-Dollar-Hol...TF8&s=books

[MicroBob]

I didn't read his beginners book.
For some reason I was guessing his book on limit holdem wouldn't be that spectacular. He wouldn't be the first solid player to come out with a mediocre book.

The first two reviewers seem to be positively gushing over it and rating it a 10 Johnny Chan Bobbleheads out of 10. That just really surprised me.
I thought it might be look browsing through in the bookstore to see if there was enough to it to make it worth buying.
But now I feel pretty certain that I'm going to get it.

[Wolf44]

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http://www.amazon.com/Million-Dollar-Hol...TF8&s=books

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thanks a lot - now I feel dumb [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]