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Power Hold'em Strategy
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Power Hold'em Strategy |
Author: Daniel Negreanu
Published: 2008-06-17 |
List price: $34.95
Our price: $23.07
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 Excellent, if only for the one chapter
The reason to buy this book is, as others have related, for Daniel's chapter on small-ball. I don't know if the others chapters are good or bad, as I got it after reading reviews on 2+2 forums and simply skipped straight to that chapter.
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br /I'd been playing mostly a Harrington on Holdem, tight-aggressive style, especially early in tournaments when there seems to be little in the pot worth fighting over. That approach had me coming to the middle or end of tournaments with average to slightly below average stacks and needing to make good use of the M charts and figuring out when to just shove.
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br /With just my first few tournaments using some small-ball ideas, I've been coming into the middle and end of tournaments at or near the chip lead. Those early pots that don't seem worth fighting over are the ones that are so easy to take down. I've noticed that many people realize that you're raising so often that you can't always have a hand and are sometimes willing to call your small raises. This is even better because those same people are just as willing to lay down their marginal hands when the flop misses them (and likely me too) when I make a nice little continuation bet. Not only are you picking up the blinds, you're picking up the chips from the people who called your raise and fold on the flop probably 75% of the time. You just fold when you get played back at too much...or you crush them when you flop a real hand and they get completely blindsided.
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br /I've been rarely calling raises and NEVER limping. It's basically either raise or fold. The only time I'll call a raise from in front of me is when I'm mining for a set. Even then, if I don't hit it, I'm in position and can often win when it's checked to me. Because I'm playing small-ball and in a lot of pots, people realize I could have almost anything and, because I have a lot of chips, are scared to play back at me. And I haven't even finished going through the entire chapter yet. LOL
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br /Basically I think small-ball is about winning a lot of small pots with small bets that don't incur much risk to your stack, then winning huge pots when you get played back at when you actually have the goods. In that way I guess it's basically a loose-aggressive style which minimizes risk.
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br /Even having read just most of the Negreanu chapter, it's been well worth the money.
If only Daniel wrote entire book
I am not going to write the detailed review, as I agree with most of the reviewers.
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br /To sum up:
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br /Good:
br /1. Daniel's chapter is excellent with a lot of quality info
br /2. Finally, we have some decent information and tips on small ball. And from one of the best poker players.
br /3. Chapters by other authors have some good tips, but if you are above beginner, you will not find much of value.
br /4. Daniel's writing style is very easy to read, and I swallowed the entire chapter in under an hour. Time to read again, and then reread.
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br /Bad:
br /1. Only one chapter is written by Daniel. I feel some of the rainforest has been wasted.
br /2. The publisher of the book in Preface called it "the best poker book ever released". He put it next to Brunson's SS and SS2. Let us decide if the book is any good, mkay? I just thought it was kind of bad taste.
br /3. Did I mention that Daniel only wrote one chapter?
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br /Anyway, I highly recommend it. Just understand that the chances are you are only buying it for one chapter, as 70% of the info in this book you have seen elsewhere time and time again.
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br /Thank you for reading my review, I hope it was helpful.
 Great Strategy
I have always been A Negreanu fan, so when I saw this book, there were no options. I read the first chapter (for beginning players) and agreed with the vast majority of what Evelyn Ng had to say; she has a smart approach for beginners and lays out simple strategy and decision making principles. Where most books have beginners learn the math of pot odds, implied odds and hand odds, she makes it very easy to learn as you play, enabling the beginner to develop their hand reading ability as they learn the math, which I think is very effective. I scanned the others chapters, which I will go back and read, but was more interested in the last chapter, which was my main reason for buying the book - Daniel's small ball playing style. While I have been employing some forms of the small ball theory at different points during tournament play, I now realize the full potential of the small ball approach. Learning how to better play marginal hands in position and to maximize earnings while doing it is invaluable information, and it is spelled out here for any level of player. He describes each of his concepts in great detail with examples - from hand selection, pre-flop, flop, turn and river play, betting amounts based on situation, when to fold 'em and when to hold 'em. Everything is covered in terms that anyone can understand. The bottom line is that this book is absolutely a must have for any serious NLHE tournament player. I rank it with Super System and other renowned books that are considerd "must haves". But I emplore you - DON'T buy it...it'll give me the edge!!!
Pretty good book...
This is a pretty good book.
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br /Aside from the Evelyn Ng chapter, this is really more of an intermediate to advanced book. For people just starting to play no limit tournaments, though, her chapter is very good, and does present a system that will neutralize some of the trickier players at your table...
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br /For people who have played some, there is some great stuff in here, though.... Paul Wasicka has a real nice chapter on 6-handed no limit hold-em on the internet, lots of good insights there... David Williams has a nice chapter on mixing up your play...
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br /Daniel Negreanu has a long chapter about his "small ball" theory of poker... While I don't agree with all of it, it offers some great insights into the mind of the small-ball player, and he does have one of the best breakdowns of play on the turn and river that I have read...
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br /A real good investment in your poker library.
Poker Strategy
This book gives you a different view on how to play no limit poker. Have been trying these different strategy's and they are working very well! I have made the final table six times in a row. What the book is saying so far has worked excellent!!
br /Mike
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