Do any of you read his books? I was a fan of his Blackjack book and for the last year have started playing Hold Em. I noticed Slink reference his starting hand groups in another thread. The only criticism I find in reviews has been he never wins the WSOP. I could understand that arguement but he never advertises himself as a tourney player. What do you guys think of the books he has out there?
Sklansky
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Nowadays Iwould be surprised if a "pro" wins the main event. Sklansky does have 3 bracelets from other events. I think he prefers omaha. He does have a tournament book. Sklansky's tourney book
just finished Sklansky's tournament book - it is very helpful, although if you've ever read Sklansky, you also know its very dry and technical. He has an interesting system in there...the story is that a prominent casino owner in Vegas wanted to give his daughter an entry into the WSOP for her birthday, but she had never played, and this owner went to Sklansky to see if he could help her. He came up with s system for her which was basically folding all hands except AA, KK and AK - for those hands she was to go all-in pre-flop. He then modified the sytem a little and believes that you can drive a pro absolutely bonkers by playing this system against them and he believes it would give you a pretty good chance of winning. Now, of course, this is only a small aside in the book - the book is actually written on a much, much higher level than that - but it makes for interesting reading, and I would love to see someone actually try it...
Basically, if I'm an average player and you're a world class pro, you don't want me all-in. If I'm all-in then you have lost your advantage of being a better player - you can't now outplay me after the flop (which is where most of your advantage of being a better player lies). If you start with 10,000 in chips and small blinds, you can afford to hang around long enough to play this way. Obviously Sklansky does a much better job than me in explaining this.