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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (108632)	8/2/2007 10:27:03 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Is that the small stakes book by Ed Miller? It's definitely a good plan for games where 6 or more routinely see the flop. You don't wanna try it in the $4-8 game at Texas Station on Monday morning....the fossils there will have you fer breakfast!<G> If you haven't read it already, I highly recommend Dan Harrington's 2 books on NLHE tournament strategy. Pretty much the last word on the subject, IMO....

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (108632)	8/5/2007 8:42:06 AM
From: Freedom Fighter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

I read both books. I love the Ed Miller Small Stakes book. It made me a winning player. You are correct that many of the strategies are geared towards looser games, but if you read the samples carefully and have a good understanding of the concepts, that comes through. I also bought the "Tough Game" book and skimmed it. Some of the stuff I had worked out on my own by looking at my Poker Tracker data base and other hand value data, but some of it is probably too advanced for me. If I tried to apply it now it would probably cost me money because I've only partially absorbed some of the concepts and others are new. I don't play much anymore though. If fact, when I play now I actually play in even smaller stakes games than before. The games kept getting tighter and tigher and it made no sense for me to focus a lot of energy on it so I could move up in stakes. Playing for higher stakes and/or playing a lot of tables etc... takes all the fun out of it for me. I want it to be a relaxing hobby. Horse racing is less lucrative for me (even though I win almost every year), but it's an unending source of pleasure.