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Andy Bloch et al
Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide – Tournament Edition

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(7.5)
Tournament strategy for various games by some of the top class Full Tilt pros. Many consider this book a wealth of information, but I think it doesn’t always dig deep enough (Chris Ferguson’s PLO piece) or sometimes has what I view slightly flawed advice (Phil Gordon’s shortstack advice, Mike Matusow’s Omaha / 8 piece). The best chapters are The Big-Stack Play by Gavin Smith where he gives a high-class 101 on how to bully your way to big wins, and the (Don’t) Play Like Ted Forrest chapter where Ted gives away his loose, lots of limp or small raises strategy that involves ‘feel’ more than anything else. In fact, what I thought to be the most interesting about this book is what can cause problems to those readers who like clear-cut answers: the fact that the advice given by Ted Forrest (for instance, about open-limping) goes directly against the never open-limp advice by Chris Ferguson & Howard Lederer, or the fact that one author recommends uniform raises to not give away information while another actually recommends varying your raises to induce mistakes, or last but not least the interesting advice by Chris Ferguson to openraise small from early position and to openraise bigger from late position. (When strictly speaking from the goal of always playing your hands in position, it would seem logical to raise bigger from early position to charge those who want to call you in position with speculative hands, while on the button you could afford to raise smaller as you don’t have to ‘buy’ position now that you already have it.)

Ratings for the individual chapters:

• Chris Ferguson: No Limit Hold’em – How to Bet, 6.5
• Howard Lederer: No Limit Hold’em – The Theory of Leverage, 8
• Ted Forrest: No Limit Hold’em – (Don’t) Play Like Ted Forrest, 8
• Andy Bloch: No Limit Hold’em – Play Before the Flop, 6.5
• Chris Ferguson: No Limit Hold’em – Play After the Flop, 7
• Gavin Smith: No Limit Hold’em – Big Stack Play, 8.5
• Phil Gordon: No Limit Hold’em – Short Stack Play, 5.5
• Richard Brodie: No Limit Hold’em – Online Tournament Strategy, 6
• Rafe Furst & Andy Bloch: Pot-Limit Hold’em, 6.5
• Howard Lederer: Limit Hold’em, 7,5
• Mike Matusow: Omaha Eight-Or-Better, 5
• Chris Ferguson: Pot-Limit Omaha, 6
• Keith Sexton: Seven Card Stud – Tournament Hands, 7
• David Grey: Seven Card Stud – Tournament Strategy, 6.5
• Ted Forrest: Stud Eight-or-Better, 8
• Ted Forrest & Huck Seed: Razz, 5.5
• Rafe Furst: Roshambo and the Mental Game of Poker, 6





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