Books: Malmuth's Poker Essays, Killer Poker, Bobby Baldwin's Winning Poker Secrets
Has anyone read any of these books and care to comment on them?
"Poker Essays" (Vols 1, 2, 3) by Mason Malmuth
"Killer Poker: Strategy and Tactics for Winning Poker Play" (or others in this series) by John Vorhaus
"Bobby Baldwin's Winning Poker Secrets" by (?) Mike Caro
ScottyZ
"Poker Essays" (Vols 1, 2, 3) by Mason Malmuth
"Killer Poker: Strategy and Tactics for Winning Poker Play" (or others in this series) by John Vorhaus
"Bobby Baldwin's Winning Poker Secrets" by (?) Mike Caro
ScottyZ
Comments
It's not bad, I found it amusing that he spends so much time discouraging online play in a book about online play.
My favorite quote was something to the effect of:
"Playing poker online is like masturbation and playing in B&M is like sex"
Anyway, I like that he has a lot of spots where he asks you to write examples from your own play which if nothing else forces you to think about your play.
Also, he talks a lot (I mean a lot) about the pitfalls of online play. All of these things I had experienced and was aware of but it was nice to read that others have come across it as well.
I used my Points on UB to get it free. Would I have paid for it? Probably, it's far less expensive than most books on the market and it's a decent read.
not a whole lot of strategt more about managing bankroll, choosing a game, a site, a few online tells.
Daniel N with one comment improved my online play a lot more on rgp when someone asked him how would you approach online play...to which he responded something line: I would play more normal....by normal I mean less bluffs as the sites are full of fish that will call down anything.
SImple, yet powerful advice