World Famous Comics: Killer Poker By the Numbers: Mathematical Edge for Winning Play (Killer Poker)
Killer Poker By the Numbers: Mathematical Edge for Winning Play (Killer Poker)
By: Tony Guerrera Publisher: Lyle Stuart Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Lyle Stuart Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 304 Publication Date: January 01, 2007
Definately worth the read ! This book is must for your poker collection if you are serious about improving the math part of your game. Portions of it are a little more complicated then some have suggested but nothing overwhelming. There are also many great tables dealing with probabilities of specific scenarios occurring.
Though and theoretical This book shows you the mathematics behind poker in great detail. This is an advantage, but a disadvantage as well. You really should have a strong interest for mathematics and some background on calculation probabilities. If not, the book, even though written in an easy-to-read manner, will be hard to understand for you. What you also should know is that to redo the calculations yourself, you will need, besides a calculator, additional software. So for some sections, you should be sitting in front of your computer when reading the book.
I have never seen a poker book describing the mathematics of poker in such a detail. Whereas many of us just use the simple 2/4 rule for calculating pot odds, the author shows us the mathematically correct way to do it. Whereas this is theoretically interesting, I often missed the practical use or generalisation of the results.
The reason why I gave this book 3 instead of 4 stars is from a sentence in the foreword: The author says that his mother, who neither understands much of poker nor of mathematics, was able to read and understand this book. And this I definitifely cannot comprehend.
adds depth to your game! This is my new favorite poker book. It took my poker thinking to a new level.
Most books give you general rules of thumb. For example, they recommend continuation betting 1/2 to 2/3 of the pot. To follow up they might give an qualitative explanation saying "it give you 2 ways to win..."
However, Tony Guerrera explains poker problems qualitatively and quantitatively. By going thru the problem mathematically, you really go deeper and start to understand what's going on under the hood. He also teaches you a framework to solve poker problems/situations yourself. In fact, at the end of chapters he gives you homework to solve yourself. Highly recommended to players who want to improve and are willing to spend the time to do homework and study (reading the book more than once).
Odd that this book hasn't had many reviewers. I guess it won't win any popularity contests, but the book gave me more poker tools than any TwoPlusTwo book has.
Well done analytical framework for decision making Just finished the book and feel it is an excellent analytical tool. The author has given the reader an excellent framework for decision making. Other books I've read have not covered the subject as thoroughly as this book did. The emphasis is on reading your opponent's past play and then using that information to assign probability to current holding. I think the book is a useful addition to your poker library.
Great Book! Tony Guerrera takes the science of poker to a new level. Recommend for all players!
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