Comparing these to the witty and sharp work by Stan Hunt in the original is like comparing a cliche to something alive and vital.

252) instead of '76' is annoying and contrary to a well-established convention.Īnd the caricatures by Russ Braun! They are so bland and flattering that each may have passed prior inspection by the subject's mother. Also her insistence on referring to hands backwards, '6-7' (e.g., on p. I especially recommend Small Stakes Hold'em: Winning Big with Expert Play (2004) by Ed Miller, David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth or anything by Sklansky. There are a number of books on the market that cover the same ground much more thoroughly. Jennifer Harman's chapter on limit hold'em is so ordinary that it's remedial. Tip #31 says that PLAYERS STARING AWAY.are almost always more dangerous than players staring at you,' while Tip #40 says in part that 'OPPONENTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BET OR RAISE IF THEY ARE. In fact Caro even recycles his 'exclusive' tips in this very book. For example, Tip #18, page 146, 'WHEN A FREQUENT BETTOR CHECKS TO YOU.don't bluff' is just about the same as Tip #10 'Seldom bluff if frequent bluffers have checked into you' found on page 137 in Caro's Fundamental Secrets of Winning Poker (1996). Beginning with Caro's cute but now very familiar, 'In the beginning, everything was even money,' most or all of the tips have been recycled. However the tips are hardly 'exclusive' for SuperSystem2 as claimed. This would be 43 tips from Mike Caro cribbed from his lectures and books. It contains 47 chapters in which Brunson recalls his early days and life on the road.)įollowing 'My Story' is a short history of Texas Hold'em by Crandell Addington which isn't much, and then there is the first chapter that could actually be considered part of a course in power poker. Next there is an autobiographical sketch by Brunson entitled, 'My Story.' (If you want a book that gives the real flavor of Brunson's 'story,' get a copy of According to Doyle (1984).

Then we have Brunson's Introduction in which he tells us mostly about the contributors to the first Super/System. This book is more of a tribute to Doyle Brunson than it is 'A Course in Power Poker.' Johnny Chan writes a fairly vacuous Preface in which he lauds Brunson, but doesn't say anything about how to play. Comparing the classic Super/System from 1978 with this book is, to paraphrase Mark Twain, like comparing lightening to the lightening bug. Well, if so, I can tell you that a lot of people have been, or are going to be, VERY disappointed. 'The Most Anticipated Book in the History of Poker!' exclaims a blurb on the cover.

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