How Good is Your Limit Hold"em Book Review
The information that is provided in this book is excellent in a lot of ways, but the way that the book is set up is its biggest weakness. The book is set up with 24 different hand examples and gives various theoretical situations for each one. This style makes you lose what is really going on in each hand. The book is written more like a test then a normal book on the subject.
The author tries to get to understand how the hand played out and how you should have played it. This is effective at times but other the author goes off subject which can be confusing. You may end up think more about the way the hand played out then how you should have played. Even with this confusing writing style it is evident that the author has a strong understanding on the subject and he offers some great advice.
This book will help strengthen your limit hold'em game. If you read though the different situations carefully you will end up finding a wealth of concepts that will help you. The book is not easy to follow but if you can get over the bad format you will remember the different examples when you are playing and be able to make educated decisions. Ed Miller the co-author of Small Stakes Hold' em: Winning with Expert Play gave the book 10/10, which is a great endorsement.
Both authors have a good background in playing Texas hold'em and as writers. Byron Jacobs is both a publisher and author. He first started playing chess and wrote many books on the subject. Jacobs now plays mostly poker has had has been successful play online limit Texas hold'em. Jim Brier was the co-athor of Middle Limit hold'em and he also writes for Card Player Magazine.
The concepts in this book will challenge the way you think about playing. You will begin to think about what kind of actions that other players make likely mean. You should have a solid knowledge base on the main concepts of playing limit hold'em before you read this book.
The author tries to get to understand how the hand played out and how you should have played it. This is effective at times but other the author goes off subject which can be confusing. You may end up think more about the way the hand played out then how you should have played. Even with this confusing writing style it is evident that the author has a strong understanding on the subject and he offers some great advice.
This book will help strengthen your limit hold'em game. If you read though the different situations carefully you will end up finding a wealth of concepts that will help you. The book is not easy to follow but if you can get over the bad format you will remember the different examples when you are playing and be able to make educated decisions. Ed Miller the co-author of Small Stakes Hold' em: Winning with Expert Play gave the book 10/10, which is a great endorsement.
Both authors have a good background in playing Texas hold'em and as writers. Byron Jacobs is both a publisher and author. He first started playing chess and wrote many books on the subject. Jacobs now plays mostly poker has had has been successful play online limit Texas hold'em. Jim Brier was the co-athor of Middle Limit hold'em and he also writes for Card Player Magazine.
The concepts in this book will challenge the way you think about playing. You will begin to think about what kind of actions that other players make likely mean. You should have a solid knowledge base on the main concepts of playing limit hold'em before you read this book.
