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A math book!

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This book concern EXACTLY what displayed on the cover: the mathematic of poker. The theory of probability ang the games theory are explained in detail. But it's an hard read. I had some difficulty and I took back my school book of math for a rapid repeat! This opera is undoubtely of some interest for the poker player who wants to understand the math behind the game of poker, and a couple of table are of practical use during the game. But it's rather a math book than a poker book! And if you don't like the math (i like the math, I'm a computer programmer!) or have some difficulty with it, forget this title!

A very difficult read

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In my enthusiasm to improve my poker game I bought this book. Unfortunately it is for the most part written in a foreign language - that of complex mathematics. Some university friends, who study the like of physics and maths AT DEGREE LEVEL, rated the majority of concepts presented in this book as challenging. For the average poker fan I simply cannot recommend this text unless you are prepared to spend a very considerable amount of time studying the hundreds of equations presented in this extremely in depth book.

Difficult to read! But a great book.	Customer Rating:
I'm 17, I got a C at GCSE maths so i'm not the brain of britain...but you don't have to be. Almost every section of this book I read I have to go over it again, sometimes a few times before I grasp it. I like to think I prove that anyone with decent maths skills can read this book...but you will find it difficult! If you a keen player, go for it...if not, save your money.

The best poker book on the market

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Sklansky is the world most respected poker theorist, and for a long time was reluctant to write a no limit book. For the reason that players with a sound theatrical background would still be under dogs to talented non-theoreticians, in the world of deep-stack NL, and he's correct. However reading and understanding the concepts in this book will improve anyone's win rate. This is the definitive work on the subject, but it is not for beginners, only Mathematics of poker by Chen & Ankenman is more complex. You should know how to play the game, and have a decent understanding, and probably read some simpler poker books like "Getting Started in Hold 'Em" and "Little Green Book" before you pick up this one. The book sets out to teach you how to think about poker, guiding you thought advanced concepts in a simple, well presented manner. Concepts such as manipulating the pot size, adjusting correctly to stack sizes, winning battle of mistakes, reading hands and manipulating opponents into playing badly. There are a lot of examples and EV calculations, you can easily skip past the maths and concentrate of the concepts, but in doing so you'll be missing out. Having an understanding of how to create EV equations will allow to you evaluate your play to a greater level away from the tables, and therefore improve your results on them and this book will show you how to achieve just that. Reading this book once will improve your game greatly, though you'll probably want to return to it again and again, my copy is by far the most battered book in my poker library, I have read this more than my other dozen poker books put together. I need say no more on how worthwhile this book is.

bestpokerbook	Customer Rating:
Wow! This is the best book ever written about poker. It will make you think about all aspects of the game and will make you into a very good player. The mathematics in the title, however, means mathematics. If you are a mathematician and you like poker you will love this book. If you are not a mathematician it will be hard work.