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Although I didn't finish Supersytem, this book is definitely a great one. For those of us who have been playing for a little while.I have experienced the issues he says NOT to do.it can definitely step up your game.giving different plays for different times.giving insight into what and how to play certain hands in certain situations.it was worth the purchase money
Daniel is on fire, this book is one of the best I have read so far. Visit SuperAggressive.com for free bonus money if you want to play there.
If this book were titled "Hold'em Wisdom for New Players" I would have given it 5 stars, as it does provide a lot of answers to questions a new player faces. I would recommend this book to a new poker player to be followed by Phil Gordons little Green Book. For advanced players the book doesn't offer that much. I will say this is probably the easiest of all poker books to read and is suggested reading for the newby before you delve into the meat and potatos of poker theory and mathematics. The information combined in both books will get you to the final table. They did me, since reading these two I have final tabled 7 times and still progressing.
I picked up this book hoping for some novel insights. Worse, the tone of the book is often didactic -- don't softplay, be friendly, don't get angry, blah, blah, blah. Like most of the other reviewers, I'm impressed with Negreanu's poker play. Although he covers a number of important topics (pot odds, reading opponents, playing a short stack, etc)., he doesn't cover them in enough detail to provide a reader of any level with any insight into the game. Maybe the best series ever written on No Limit. Negreanu, after all, claims it contains wisdom for all hold'em players. Indeed, most chapters are only a few pages long and too many contain his recollections of hands he's won.
Moreover, Gordon is never didactic or condescending. His ability to put opponent's on a hand and to win with such frequency is astounding. I finished the book, but it wasn't easy.If you're just starting out, Phil Gordon's "Little Green Book" is well-written, insightful, and with enough analysis and real advice to help a beginner or intermediate player take his game to the next level. Not only does Negreanu provide nothing new or incisive for those of us with an advanced understanding of the game, the book doesn't even qualify as a something useful for beginners.Negreanu's "advice" boils down to: be nice at the table, don't tell your bad beat stories, mix up your play and try to put your opponents on a hand -- and, oh by the way, I'm wonderful. It seems as if he spent no more than an hour writing each chapter. If you're a little more advanced and have the time, I recommend Dan Harrington's three-volume set on playing no-limit tournaments. Truly an outstanding piece of work.
This book is easy to read, but offers little new advice. No new ideas like i was hoping for but maybe his next book will be better. Its a tweener book because its not for people who are starting to play holdem and its not for people who have been playing for awhile.
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