Well I have just finished the first book I mentioned in my last blog so I thought I would put my thoughts down below:
Decide to Play Great Poker: A Strategy Guide to NLHE by Annie Duke and John Vorhaus
I have to say first off I absolutely loved this book! It is easy to read, easy to use and unlike a lot of books I have read it isn't a set of hard and fast rules. The book goes through a poker hand from preflop to postflop play. It looks into each area in some detail.
The preflop section is good and well written, a lot of this is common sense but it needs to be there. They talk about starting hand selection, types of players you will come across, types of games (loose, tight etc.). It is useful but anyone with a bit of poker knowledge or experience will find this section just reinforces what you already know.
The book really comes into it's own once you get to part 2 and beyond. Here the book becomes a bit of a goldmine IMO. The postflop section is without a doubt the best that I have read in a poker book to date. The authors don't give you rules to follow but explain thinking through a hand, responding to your opponents bets and what they mean and what ranges you can put them on generally. What the book does is really make you think the hand through and help you make sense of what has gone on so you can arrive at the correct plays.
All in all it is a great book and well worth buying for the post flop section alone, the advice is equally good for tourneys or cash games. It is a bargain at £5 in the Amazon kindle shop if you have a kindle, but I can't recommend it highly enough.
Well there is my review hope it makes sense to you all. For me personally this book is exactly what I needed to read. I mentioned in my previous blog I was making too many snap decisions and not making sense of hands enough. Now I am taking a step back and really thinking things through and I feel much more confident in my game. Obviously it will take time to put it all in place but in the couple of sessions or so I have played since I feel I have progressed more than the previous year playing so I feel positive at the minute. I will see how it goes and hopefully my next blog will be as positive as this one!
I agree with you about this book. It puts a lot of decent points across really well and does get you thinking about the game from all sorts of interesting angles. It has had a good influence on my game as well. Vorhaus co-wrote it and the casual, informal style has a lot to do with him methinks.
ReplyDeleteEnjoying the blog by the way.