Originally posted by yeahyoung0312If you just want to build a cool paper aeroplane, you won't be reading a book on designing fighter jets. The fighter jet design manual would probably be "very poorly written" for the layman reader.
Has anyone read this book before? Why is this book priced at $1850 or something like that? Is it just a marketing strategy or a joke? I am reading one. So far it has shown some insightful thoughts, but it is EXTREMELY poorly written (compared to say Sklansky's books). Reads like random forum posts. I think reading hand evaluation forums should just be no less, if not more, helpful than reading the book...
Everything will most likely just go waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay over my head.Originally posted by elhh82Well by poorly written I basically mean the grammar and usage and the casual writing style. The concepts and strategies are understandable but probably not applicable to the limits I'm playing. Good to know how pros play though.
Same goes for this book. It is written for people who already have deep insights into the game and want to take their game even further. So it's probably written in a much more technical style that super advanced poker thinkers are already accustomed to. Whereas the Sklansky books are written for beginners and up.
Originally posted by yeahyoung0312those are seriously beginner books.. for Cole South's target market
Originally posted by elhh82Well by poorly written I basically mean the grammar and usage and the casual writing style. The concepts and strategies are understandable but probably not applicable to the limits I'm playing. Good to know how pros play though.
Same goes for this book. It is written for people who already have deep insights into the game and want to take their game even further. So it's probably written in a much more technical style that super advanced poker thinkers are already accustomed to. Whereas the Sklansky books are written for beginners and up.
Sklansky actually wrote some good books, like "Hold'em Poker for Advanced Players" and "No Limit Hold 'em: Theory and Practice" and I don't think these are beginners' books
Originally posted by elhh82I think many concepts/factors Sklansky introduced in his books are no different from what Cole South introduced in his. It's just that Cole South re-invented a lot of general concepts with the idea of range and combinatorics which leads to more accurate game playing. Tho of course accuracy = profit.
those are seriously beginner books.. for Cole South's target market
Originally posted by Jackalofif you are talking about Cole South then you are very wrong
It's that book written by a guy who has -$1mil in cash game earnings? Sure, he must be pwning the poker scene, and high price is clearly not his attempt to desperately build his roll back.
