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technolog:
--- Quote from: SirPerceval on January 02, 2011, 09:11:27 AM ---
Looking forward to reading more Jack, keep it up.
My recommendations for anyone who has never read a poker book would be to start with the Harrington series. Although many say his strategy is now "old school" and out of date I do thing it is worth knowing first before reading other stuff.
Although you don"t want to turn into a mad scandie I would still recommend Gus Hansen"s "Every Hand Revealed". This is not so you turn into a mad scandie but it will help understand how they think "cos you will need to play against that type.
I find Caro"s Book of Tells a bit out of date TBH. Much prefer Joe Navarro"s "Read "Em and Reap" (don"t be put off by Phil Hellmuth on the cover).
Not directly covering bankroll management ect however I would highly recommend "The Poker Mindset - Essential Attitudes for Poker Success" by Ian Taylor and Matthew Hilger.
Your are welcome to borrow any of the above from me if you wish, just let me know and I"ll bring "em to Bolton.
I am currently reading Harrington on Cash Games Vol1 which Santa brought me :)
Good luck with the blog and happy reading.
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Thanks Stuart. A gent as ever and a very generous offer. I"ll get my own copies though as I"m a really slow reader and don"t want to be under pressure to get "em read and returned. I also like a well-stocked book case. Even if I don"t read them :)
SirPercival:
--- Quote from: technolog on January 02, 2011, 09:18:44 AM ---
Assuming I"ll be playing on Sky (due to new blonde sponsorship deal) upto £20 tourneys and Betfair probably upto $20, what sort of bankroll do I need?
I probably have the best part of a grand spread across various sites. I"m assuming I"d need somewhere between £2k & £4k to do the job right? I"m in the lucky position of being able to fund this from savings if necessary.
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My advice would be to make up rules that suit you and then stick to them. Some say you should never have more then 5% of your roll at risk at any one time, others say 1% (or even lower!). Give yourself some flexibility though, if you say now 1% then start with a $2k roll what are you going to do if you lose your first $20 buy-in?
Pears27:
+1 on the Harrington series, which is particularly helpful for local casino and online MTT stuff.
For big live tournament prep, read Hansen"s Every Hand Revealed. It"s a blow by blow account of his winning the 2007 Aussie Millions, covers a great balance of thoughtful uber-aggression and is just an entertaining read in general.
If you"re into omaha too, Santa brought me Jeff Hwang"s PLO Big Game Strategy, which is full of PLO goodness (primarily aimed at cash games).
Sorry to hear you"ll be focusing on Sky MTTs. You"ll need to play plenty for the variance to even itself out...
technolog:
--- Quote from: Pears27 on January 02, 2011, 10:01:16 AM ---
+1 on the Harrington series, which is particularly helpful for local casino and online MTT stuff.
For big live tournament prep, read Hansen"s Every Hand Revealed. It"s a blow by blow account of his winning the 2007 Aussie Millions, covers a great balance of thoughtful uber-aggression and is just an entertaining read in general.
If you"re into omaha too, Santa brought me Jeff Hwang"s PLO Big Game Strategy, which is full of PLO goodness (primarily aimed at cash games).
Sorry to hear you"ll be focusing on Sky MTTs. You"ll need to play plenty for the variance to even itself out...
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Thanks for that. I must admit I"m not a fan of the Sky software. I just feel the need to support blonde.
Eck:
Don"t imagine you will get a great deal from Harrington 1 and wouldn"t bother with super system or theory of poker didn"t get a lot from either of them. Liked the Hansen book and other stuff like the Rizen, Apestyles & Pearlammer book (read Vol 1 and there is now a second out).
I like using training sites as it suits me, I have used Cardrunners & TPE and now using PokerXfactor. Don"t think much of it is teaching you anything massively new but more re-inforces stuff you do if that makes sense. Other than that use the PHA boards on places like Blonde and 2+2, you don"t need to contribute if you don"t want to just be honest with yourself and ask what would you do and try to understand what the decent posters are saying.
Good luck Jack.
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