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Before you play a poker tournament you need to know how a tournament works and how it differs from a sidegame. Read the first page

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3.0 out of 5 stars Has some useful information, Aug 16 2002

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This review is from: Tournament Poker for Advanced Players (Paperback)

I play a lot of tournament poker-- about a hundred small- to large-buyin live tournaments, and hundreds online, each year.

David's book has excellent, easy-to-understand explanations of key tournament concepts. His description of why the value of a chip changes during a tournament is clear, concise, and spot-on, and what he calls the "gap concept" is something that every solid tournament player understands intuitively.

"Advanced Players" is a misnomer, though. If you've played a few dozen tournaments, you probably know most of what is in this book. I was hoping to see a mathematical analysis of such things as tournament equity, all-in equities, and special considerations for different games and tournament formats, and it wasn't there. I think the book is moderately good, though technically light.

David isn't really a tournament expert, and it shows. He places far too much emphasis on moving up the payscale, and not nearly enough on playing to win. I understand that he gave exactly this sort of performance in the 2002 WSOP main event-- getting into the money, then basically blinding off his stack without playing many hands.

If you're serious about tournament poker you should read this book, but you should do so with a critical eye-- I believe it does contain some misinformation. It's certainly better than the first embarrassing tournament offering from Two Plus Two.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Tournament Book Written PERIOD!, Feb 5 2005

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The ambiguity in the name of this book is something that confuses a lot of people, including some reviewers. The target audience of this book is ADVANCED poker players who have NOT played much in tournaments. Experienced tournament players might get something out of it too, or use it as reference, but they are NOT who the author had in mind. So, if you are looking for advanced tournament tips, skip this one, save some money and aggravation, and drop me a "thank you" note. :-)
This said, the book accomplishes what it is set to do rather well. There is a large number of very solid poker players who almost never play in tournaments simply because the price of learning tournament basics through first-hand experience is rather high. On the other hand, explaining tournament basics to an advanced player is easy, or at least Sklansky makes it seem this way. If you are a good player thinking of playing tournaments, read this book -- it has answers to most of your questions.

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5.0 out of 5 stars VERY INFORMATIVE, July 11 2004

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I just won a WSOP seat following this advice from the book. I took me 3 tries but following the mathematics behind tournament play and strategy It ended up costing me 300$ instead of 10,000$. I cannot recommend this book enough.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Not a Good Tournament Book
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