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Title: Poker Tournament Strategies by Sylvester Suzuki, Paula Cizmar ISBN: 1-880685-19-1 Publisher: Two Plus Two Publishing LLC Pub. Date: April, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Tournament Advice
Comment: If you are looking for a book that promises to teach you how to play poker like a professional then this is not the book for you. This is a book not about poker per se, but about playing in poker tournaments.
The book describes various types of tournaments and explains why differences in payout and rebuy structures dictate how each type of tournament should be played. For example, it explains why it is wise to play a strong starting hand aggressively in some instances and why in other instances it is wise to play that very same hand conservatively. The book also includes a chapter on how to determine the value of your stack of chips at the last table and how to negotiate a favorable deal to "chop" the money remaining in the tournament.
In summary this is not a sophisticated "how to" book for scholarly poker theorists who thrive on charts, graphs, or complex mathematical formulas. This is a plainly worded primer for "us dummies" who just want to learn the basics about the rapidly growing world of tournament poker...
Rating: 1
Summary: Wait for Sklansky's upcoming book
Comment: David Sklansky has a tournament poker book coming out in late April 2002. Though he's not the most organized writer, he knows poker very well. Also, he gives plenty of specific examples, which Suzuki fails to do.
BTW, others rag on Suzuki for not being a known tournament player. The book quite clearly states that Suzuki is a pseudonym. So maybe he is a known, successful player. But this book has about 20 pages worth of content repeat ad nauseum, and precious few examples. The most non-obvious section (on the mathematics of final table negotiations) originally appeared in Sklansky's book anyway.
Rating: 2
Summary: Ever hear of Suzuki?
Comment: Suzuki is not a well known or successful tournament player and this book will probably not help you become one either. I got my copy as a freebie, and would have been unhappy if I had paid for it.
If you want to learn about or improve your tournament play, I suggest "Tournament Poker" by Tom McEvoy.
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Title: Tournament Poker for Advanced Players by David Sklansky ISBN: 1880685280 Publisher: Two Plus Two Publishing LLC Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Pot-Limit & No-Limit Poker by Stewart Reuben, Bob Ciaffone ISBN: 0966100719 Publisher: Bob Ciaffone Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Hold'Em Poker for Advanced Players by David Sklansky, Mason Malmuth ISBN: 1880685221 Publisher: Two Plus Two Publishing LLC Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Play Poker Like the Pros by Phil Hellmuth Jr. ISBN: 0060005726 Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky ISBN: 1880685000 Publisher: Two Plus Two Publishing LLC Pub. Date: July, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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