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Online Poker: Your Guide to Playing Online Poker Safely Winning Money
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Online Poker: Your Guide to Playing Online Poker Safely Winning Money |
Author: Doyle Brunson
Published: 2005-08-09 |
List price: $14.95
Our price: $10.92
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Customer comments on this selection.
 I faced down a Pro and lost.
As a player who has been playing online poker for about a year, I was looking for any help I could find to take my game to the next level. As I was growing up, my father taught me that when you needed to learn something, find a book. I have followed that advice my entire life. With that idea in mind, I headed to the book store.
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br /I was pleased to find a book covering online poker since that is mainly what I play. The fact that it was written by the legendary Doyle Brunson was all I needed, I immediately purchased this book. I was looking forward to getting into this book that evening. A book by the great Doyle Brunson was bound to be helpful and I was excited about getting advice from a pro of this magnitude. Five minutes later, the excitement was gone.
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br /This book proudly claims on the front cover, "Your Guide to Playing Online Poker Safely Winning Money."
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br /This line is the biggest bluff that Mr. Brunson has ever attempted. The fact that he didn't pull it off at a table of 9 but on the entire general public should make this his most successful and profitable hand in his career. There was almost nothing of value between the front cover and the back for a poker player to improve his/her game. This book would be helpful to a person(s) who meets the following criteria:
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br /Computer Novice (someone very inexperienced on a computer)
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br /Online Poker Newbie (someone who has never played poker online)
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br /As some of the other reviewers have noted, this book covers only the basics of online poker. How to download the software, what it will look like, what you will likely encounter. It has nothing for the player who is familiar with it already. It spends a great deal of time hyping doylesroom.com and reminding us how great a poker player Mr. Brunson is. The problem with that is that we already know how great he is, that's why we bought the book. The contents do not support the claims on the cover of his book. I would recommend this book to nobody. In fact, I feel dumber for having bought it.
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br /Do yourself a favor and save your money for the tables. This book will not increase your poker skill; it will only lighten your bankroll. There are plenty of other books out there that will help; this just isn't one of them.
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 Just the basics
Gives the basics without all the technical jargon. Great for getting
br /started before moving to all the statistics and odds.
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Horrendous!
I was browsing through Borders books the other day and I saw this book on the shelf. I thought to myself "Wow, I have never seen or heard of this book." I picked it up to have a quick look through and I ended up reading the whole book in about half an hour. (There isn't much to it). This book is just a total disgrace. It is the worst poker book I have ever seen- even worse than John Vorhaus's book "Killer poker online" (At least he probably spent quite some time actually writing that book ignoring the fact that the book sucks). There is no strategy whatsoever, it's basically about how to deposit money, how to download the software etc. The strategic advice is basically "Play very straightforwardly online because your opponents aren't paying attention anyway." Brunson ought to hang his head in shame, he is just trying to use his name to capitalize on the poker boom and dupe beginners into buying a product that will do nothing to help develop their game. I have lost any respect I ever had for Brunson.
shocking!
I am shocked, stunned and appalled that a lifetime professional poker player would take advantage of poker newcomers simply for money! People, a few years ago you parents would have warned you to stay away from people like Doyle Brunsen! Now everyone thinks he is this kind old grandfater type! Get real!
save your money
I cant believe that Doyle Brunson feels he needs money so bad that he should put his name on this book. This book is aimed at someone who has never used the internet before. If you have managed to play online poker for real money then you are already too sophisticated for this book. Yet another book that is simply cashing in on the poker boom and doesnt offer anything of value.
br /Buy Harrington on Hold'em if you want to win money at poker.
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