BlondeFish

I am interested in a study group for Power Hold'em, Every Hand Revealed, The Mathematics of Poker, HOCG v2, The Theory of Poker, Mason Malmuth's Poker Essays Volumes 1-3 and eventually Kill Everyone, but I don't think we'll have enough active participants in this forum. Maybe you can post what you think is the most debatable hand from Gus Hansen's book and see if there's enough interest.

I'm currently reading his "Crucial Hand 2" on pages 25-28, and since pkrfce9 didn't leave any cheat notes for me, I'm trying to understand Gus' equity-based analysis which is different from the ex-showdown EV analysis that I would do. Given the almost "certain read" that Gus had against his raising opponent, my intuition would be that the correct $EV-maximizing play would have been to flat-call the turn instead of re-raising all-in that Gus did.

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westside8

Heard good things about Moshman's SnG book, haven't picked it up or anything like that, but probably will pick it up sometime down the road.

ReefAquarium

[/quote] True, Gus admits that pushing is a mistake and flat calling and folding if the board pairs is a slightly more EV play...

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ReefAquarium

LOL at me!

Looking over my stats since I finished reading the Gus book shows some interesting results.

1. My attempt to steal binds is super high 44%
2. I'm winning money in every position, even the SB and BB, except the Button (-6.3bb/100).
3. I'm 5.5BB/100 (tiny sample size of 15K hands) in spite of my awful button play.
4. Re-stealing is fun but expensive.


Conclusion,

Stop trying to steal everything from the button!
Stop 3 betting with junk on the button!

I must be playing pretty awful to be losing money on the button. But I guess it's part of the learning to re-steal process.

Blind defense in the sb and bb seems to be working well.

Suggestions?

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Preroller

Just ordered this yesterday, should be here soon. I have heard some good things about this book, look forward to reading it.

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ReefAquarium

You should read the Moshman's book after reading the Harrington on Holdem I-III, he assumes you've read them. I really like the Moshman book. Highly recommended.

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BlondeFish

Please bring that book when I see you next. Hopefully, I'll give pkrfce9 his book back soon to complete our inter-library loan.

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