Originally posted by: UDT89
Originally posted by: Entity
Originally posted by: UDT89
play in the poker rooms........
if your an average player with some common sense, you can take down some serious loot against these "WPT junkies" that think that watching it on TV makes them a pro.
I took down a whole table at foxwoods in CT. It was a $1/$2 game and i saw the table from across the room. Bunch of tourists and poker wannabes. I bought in for $100, ended up leaving with around $1200. No house to beat, no odds to worry about, just skill and confidence that i was better.
Oh and i credit my recent turn in winnings to Phil Hellmuth's book, Play Poker Like the Pros.
Please don't tell me you're serious about that book.
Everything else I agree with, though.
Rob
Im serious in the fact that his strategy is great. If you can combine his top ten hand play with play of your own you're set.
I've used his flop-raising technique to see hand strength of my opponents, and it has been flawless. For no limit holdem, i incorporate his limit holdem technique with about 80% of my personal experience. Since reading his book i've finished in the money 4 times out of the last 7 times ive played. Its a good book to read regardless, and no matter what people say he's the most consistant poker player in the world hands down. even if he's a 6'7" baby.
His
book is a joke in most of the crowds I run with. Phil's one of the best players in the world at no limit, no doubt, but he's not a great limit player (rumor has it that he's lost most of his NL winnings in ring games), and his book only has one worthwhile section: the "player types," which is surprisingly accurate.
I'm assuming that by flop raising, you mean that if someone bets into you and you have any sort of hand (say you have TT on a flop of K 7 4, and you are bet into), you raise to see if the opponent has a strong hand. That's pretty sound advice from the perspective that to win in poker, you have to be aggressive.
In general though, for a beginner's book, there are just too many books that are far better out there. For people who haven't played much, any book will do them a ton of good. Hell, Gary Carson's book would probably improve most people's game. But I still wouldn't recommend it.
If it worked for you, that's a good thing. Turning $100 into $1200 is a good run, especially at 1/2, and is nothing to be laughed at (though a run like that usually means the deck hit you in the face AND that you were a competent player). In all honesty, though, for playing 1/2 I'd recommend you pick up WLLHE or possibly SSHE (if you're a more advanced player) and read up on the concepts in there. Both are very good for low-stakes games.
Rob
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