Tournament Poker for Advanced Players error?

Scientize · #1 03-10-2007, 06:33 AM

I'm sure this has been discovered before, but I couldn't find any posts about it.

Tournament Poker for Advanced Players by David Sklansky
Second Edition , First Printing May 2003
Page 16.

"53.33 = ($329/6)"

It should read ($320/6) unless I am just totally missing something.

I am wondering if any other mistakes have been found in 2 + 2 books and if there is a list of them. I don't want to spend thirty bucks a book on the definitive work unless it's proofread.

Vraket · #2 03-10-2007, 07:32 AM

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I'm sure this has been discovered before, but I couldn't find any posts about it.

Tournament Poker for Advanced Players by David Sklansky
Second Edition , First Printing May 2003
Page 16.

"53.33 = ($329/6)"

It should read ($320/6) unless I am just totally missing something.

I am wondering if any other mistakes have been found in 2 + 2 books and if there is a list of them. I don't want to spend thirty bucks a book on the definitive work unless it's proofread.

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EVERY CONCEPT IN THE BOOK IS PROBABLY USELESS NOW!! AFTER ALL, THE PRICE IS ABOUT THE SAME AS ONE 30 DLR BUY IN, AND IF YOU WIN ONE TOURNAMENT EXTRA THIS YEAR AS A RESULT OF READING THIS BOOK IT HAS PAID ITSELF BACK A QUADZILLION TIMES.

I strongly advice you not to read litterature like this. I mean, think of the impacts the 320/6-thing might have on your future playing.

Sry for caps, and don't be such a fuzz. It's a good book.

Scientize · #3 03-10-2007, 11:18 AM

Really good post, except for the fact that it is of no help. Call me a fuzz, but atleast I'm spotting mistakes rather than glancing past them and trying to make super clever caps posts to belittle people. It's a totally legit question, so please stop spamming this thread.

Sherman · #4 03-10-2007, 11:27 AM

In one of the 2+2 books (I can't remember which) Mason and David make it quite explicit that they are not professional writers. There are mistakes in HOH1 and 2 also I believe. Basically, the 2+2 authors don't really care about grammatical and spelling mistakes...b/c the content is so good.

radiihead · #5 03-10-2007, 12:39 PM

you're not totally missing anything, I saw that too like a week ago

Scientize · #6 03-12-2007, 06:29 AM

So compiling a list or these errors would really put the message board to good use. I don't care about the authors caring about the errors. I just want to know that they are there. Spelling and grammar are not the same as math errors. Either way, they should pride themselves on professionalism. It's a bit arrogant to proclaim your work to be definitive while at the same time leaving room for improvement. They (S&M) should pride themselves on being professional writers, because they lack that competitive something to truly be considered world class big bet poker players.