New Book Announcement
David Sklansky and I are writing a new book: Small Stakes No-Limit Hold ’em: Help Them Give You Their Money; Exploiting Weaknesses in Small Stakes No-Limit Hold ’em Games. We expect to have it out in about two months, and it's very different from most other books on these games.
I'm also working on a rewrite and expansion of my book Gambling Theory and Other Topics. It should be available in about three months.
Mason
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Check out Ed Miller's "The Course" if you haven't already; brings that same real-world feel and tactics to small-stakes (1/2, 2/5 and a bit on 5/10) no limit.
I've read tons of poker books including Mason and Sklanskys and I always get something out of them. However Ed Miller's are still the gold standard on low stakes cash holdem imo. The Course is still a fantastic book, and the chapter on Bayesian Inference in Playing the Player is still the best thing I've ever read on poker.
What's he up to these days?
I've read tons of poker books including Mason and Sklanskys and I always get something out of them. However Ed Miller's are still the gold standard on low stakes cash holdem imo. The Course is still a fantastic book, and the chapter on Bayesian Inference in Playing the Player is still the best thing I've ever read on poker.
What's he up to these days?
Co-founded a company that made live lines for major American sports & was able to get some of the biggest and/or most respected sportsbooks in the world as clients. Then sold the company to a big company. I will assume he no longer needs money.
Co-founded a company that made live lines for major American sports & was able to get some of the biggest and/or most respected sportsbooks in the world as clients. Then sold the company to a big company. I will assume he no longer needs money.
I think he's also still affiliated with the Red Chip Poker training site. At least when I went through the Core course a few years back, he had quite a bit of content on there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuDEYfc7... This Upswing video on multiway pots is not like some of their real solver derived material. Solvers are pretty useless in multiway pots with fish. I thought the discussion of what hands to play in multiway pots was interesting. Not just to play small pps and not marginal high card hands. Also, suited aces go up in value, particularly deep, and suited connectors/gappers down in value. The reason is multiway, you hit flush over flush a lot.
I look forward
appreciate these comments 😀
i didn't understand one sentence though.
in multi-way,
small PPs are very good?
2 high cards (unsuited?) are not so good?
you mentioned flush over flush and i agree
.. no one seems to fear set over set although i remember Ciaffone mentioned it in book. i think it would be different if all 5 shared cards were dealt at once. and it's huge in omaha, but i digress
depressing on grinding B&M vs new minimum wage. although i guess you have alternative now
very broad question,
if you were the best cash game player in the world, how much could you expect make in 40 hour work week in LA or LV?.. i.e. availability of high $$$ games? AND softness of those games?
and assume you are willing to move around city AND don't include transit time in your 40 hour work week. also, say that you will,only do 4_hour minimum games
can you make $500k per year?... i guess there may be a,few ultra-high-end tables in both cities... but i was thinking more like $100 big blind type game
depressing on grinding B&M vs new minimum wage. although i guess you have alternative now
very broad question,
if you were the best cash game player in the world, how much could you expect make in 40 hour work week in LA or LV?.. i.e. availability of high $$$ games? AND softness of those games?
and assume you are willing to move around city AND don't include transit time in your 40 hour work week. also, say that you will,only do 4_hour minimum games
can you make $500k per year?... i guess there may
The best player in the world is clearing 500k very easily, it's not close.
The gap between Linus Love and some live pro is massive. Like 10-15bb/100 massive.
