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11-08-04, 03:35 AM
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Like him or not you have to respect him. Thats the bottom line. He has the jewelry to back his game up. He gets more respect from me than any other touring professional in any sport. Sure he vents about bad beats...........dont we all?????? We even have a section for it. The only difference in his emotions and everyone elses at the tables is that he is verbal with his. He dont just say NH thinking in his head "you fucking tard.......how can you risk 22% of your chips on that".
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11-08-04, 09:04 AM
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Great, I'd love to hear some feedback.
His first book was rather basic, considering I was learning my game, O8B at the time, and it didn't really teach me anything new about it. But I am now entry level schooled in lowball stud. If you don't know how to play O8B, pick up this book, even though there is only 1 chapter, it is an excellent introduction with lots of hand examples and such. Love to hear some thoughts on this book when you guys get around to reading it. I am currently reading the first one again to pick up on anything I missed, then I'd say I'll be buying this one.
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11-08-04, 12:59 PM
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i respect him as a tournament, nlhe player, but not really for anything else. all of his jewelry is in that game, and i respect players who can play a number of games well, rather than those that are specialists. players like lederer or negreanu, who seem to do well in side games and tournaments, and in a variety of games.
the only chapter of his first book that i put a lot of stock in was the tournament hold em section. i liked some of the others, but in general i thought they were a bit basic. |
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11-08-04, 02:34 PM
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I even said earlier in this thread that I like Phil more than most people do, but I thought his first book was a little off the mark, however it may be because he assumes you are playing live against decent players and not the garbage you find on the internet, they are two completely different games. Betting out with nothing after the flop to "see where your at" is a bad idea in most low limit on-line games because people will chase you down with any draw in the deck, so you have bought very little in the way of information, I prefer to check and see if I get bet into simply because MOST players at that level will check their draws, but call if they have to, I think that give you the info you need to continue or not. Again this is only if you had good cards and missed the flop completly, if I make a hand I am sure not giving up a free card, but I don't think any valuable info can be obtained by betting into a ragged flop with A-Q in your hand.
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11-08-04, 02:42 PM
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I think when you first join the table, it is actually a good idea to start betting to "see where you are", as it will give you a feel of what types of players you are playing again. However, once you have established who the skanks on the table are, then you can tighten up and check-call or check-raise accordingly.
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11-08-04, 04:55 PM
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I would be interested in any book he wrote becasue I find him an interesting person. Whenever I have seen him bust out of a tourny on TV it's thru a horrid bad beat. I watched him on stars when they had those massive $1m tournys had it was very entertaining watching him play, he loved the attention and he took so many bad beats it was untrue. I hope it comes out in the Uk if not I will have to download it :P
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