TJ and McEvoy's - Championship pot limit and NL hold em |
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Posted Sun Sep 19, 2004 4:24 pm GMT by srn1985
So...is the book worth the buy....seems like everyone talks about sklanskys books havent heard much about this?
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Posted Mon Sep 20, 2004 10:28 am GMT by MasterShake
I just finished reading it for the second time. Excellent book in my opinion to help your tourney games. Sklansky does little for your tourney game. They're books geared mostly for mid-limit players. TJ and Tom's book really gets you in a good mindset for larger tourneys.
Posted Mon Sep 20, 2004 11:41 am GMT by wEbMaStEr
I'm halfway thru it at the moment, so far there is some really solid information, both in ring game and tournament play, nothing earth shattering that is going to make you win every time (no book can do that) but i can definately say it has helped me focus more on what i should and shouldn't be doing in my play.
I'll try and give a more in depth report when i'm done.
Posted Thu Nov 04, 2004 11:33 pm GMT by yeltzen
No.
Posted Fri Nov 05, 2004 3:16 pm GMT by Guest
Just finished reading it myself. It started a little slow, but it soon got pretty interesting. He emphasizes something that we all know, but don't necessarily apply when we are in a tournament, namely, the only way to win a tournament is to SURVIVE. Hence, it follows that he recommends a tight style of play (some might a "rock" style of play). Tighter than I like to play, but since he is one of the most successful and accomplished tournament poker players EVER, and the extent of my success is a few online 1 table Sit & Go's, maybe you should take his advice and not mine.
But the book is deeper than that and makes some very insightful observations and gives some sound advice on tournament play - both pot-limit and no-limit. Not as technical as a Sklansky book, but pretty insightful (imagine that) on tournament play. TJ's bonafides are as good as they get.
Posted Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:59 am GMT by tmiesen359
very good book, lots of great information and i especially liked the "tales from tj" section of this book, that was very entertaining
Posted Fri Feb 25, 2005 3:11 pm GMT by age_of_sages
I was just checking out this book on amazon and they have it packaged up with Sklansky's tournament book for a good price, now might be a good time to pick both of these books up.
Posted Sat Feb 26, 2005 1:01 am GMT by yeltzen
At this point in time, I really think Harrington's book is the only book that's going to help you in the online games. Cloutier's book teaches a style that is way too tight/passive for an online game. Too much discussion about someone flopping a set bigger than your set (of kings). Sklansky's book is interesting in terms of some of the topics but some of it is so theoretical that it can only be applied in really specific situations - many of which only occur in limit tournaments.
Harrington's book is much more analytical. He talks about the practical parts of tournament play - tells, betting patterns, labelling players, how much to bet, etc. The only problem is that he mentions that there are several styles you can play, but much of the advice is only geared at the typical, cookie-cutter conservative style.
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