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Rolf Slotboom Pot-Limit Omaha book, any good?

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A Man Beaten by Jacks

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Nov 10, 2006, 6:47:34 PM11/10/06
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I'm wondering if the Slotboom book is any good. My bullshit detector
goes off with titles starting with "Secrets of. . ." but I've read some
reasonably good stuff by him. Is this one any good, or are there
better books?

redriverr

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Nov 10, 2006, 7:19:27 PM11/10/06
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This book is one of the few books I'd recommend for someone trying to sharpen
their Pot Limit Omaha skills.  It discusses playing short stack and deep stack
and the relavance of position on the table and certain player types. It's a book
to study, not just read.

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TheFleece

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Nov 10, 2006, 8:33:40 PM11/10/06
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Does he like slots? Loose slots?

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David Nicoson

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Nov 10, 2006, 9:07:29 PM11/10/06
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A Man Beaten by Jacks wrote:
> I'm wondering if the Slotboom book is any good. My bullshit detector
> goes off with titles starting with "Secrets of. . ." but I've read some
> reasonably good stuff by him.

I'm honestly having trouble getting through it. He spends a lot of
time stating and justifying a simple short-stack strategy.

1. Buy in short.
2. Sit immediately to the right of an overly aggressive player.
3. Limp or make a small raise with premium starting hands, including
double-suited medium connectors.
4. Re-raise, catching all of the players in the middle.

The idea is to pick up the dead money from the other players and
benefit from the deep stacks knocking each other out late in the hand.


I'm convinced this is a good strategy in the right game, but the
repetition is tedious. There are many, many pages regarding
short-stacked play.

I was pretty excited when I made it to the deep-stack section, where I
learned to look out for short stacks playing premium hands. (I
exaggerate; there's some more. The later streets don't get the
attention they deserve though, imho.)

I'm enjoying (and learning more from) the "classic articles" more, even
the ones I've read before.

> Is this one any good, or are there better books?

I'm not aware of anything comparable. The SS2 chapter and
Ciaffone/Reuben's Pot-limit and No-limit Poker have some good stuff.

I've been critical of the presentation, but it's taught me things about
the game.

A Man Beaten by Jacks

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Nov 10, 2006, 9:24:43 PM11/10/06
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On 10 Nov 2006 18:07:29 -0800, "David Nicoson" <bigd...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>A Man Beaten by Jacks wrote:
>> I'm wondering if the Slotboom book is any good. My bullshit detector
>> goes off with titles starting with "Secrets of. . ." but I've read some
>> reasonably good stuff by him.

>I'm honestly having trouble getting through it. He spends a lot of
>time stating and justifying a simple short-stack strategy.

>1. Buy in short.
>2. Sit immediately to the right of an overly aggressive player.
>3. Limp or make a small raise with premium starting hands, including
>double-suited medium connectors.
>4. Re-raise, catching all of the players in the middle.

>The idea is to pick up the dead money from the other players and
>benefit from the deep stacks knocking each other out late in the hand.

That sounds remarkably like FellKnight's PLO rampage articles.

Stephen Jacobs

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Nov 10, 2006, 11:00:01 PM11/10/06
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"A Man Beaten by Jacks" <nob...@fool.foo> wrote in message
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It is as good as a poker book can be. And even though he's only directly
talking about PLO, it ought to help a lot with other games. Now, do you
want me to get flattering?


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