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"Plan-the-hand", A book that highlights the message "plan-the-hand" for NL play. Sounds simple. In reality it often isn't.
The authors take you through the planning proces and give advise that is very helpful, not just in theory but also in the heat of the battle. Key advise is, prior to making a pre-flop bet, to decide on which flops you do want to commit your stack and on which flops you don't, and to estimate for your starting hand the percentages of both types of flops. Subsequently bet/raise pre-flop such that you realise the right stack-to-pot ratio on the flop for the purpose of your planned post-flop play. The authors give practical advise for various classes of starting hands/flop combinations what is the optimal stack-to-pot ratio. Some of the analysis leads to pre-flop betting that - prior to reading the book - I would have classified as over-betting. However, the analysis in the book is sound, and it definitely helps keeping a robust rational approach to the game.


"This is a great book", This is a great poker book. Easy to read and understand. I think it has taken my game to the next level. However, it is not a good book for beginners. This book assumes you all ready know how to play poker and teaches you how to think and play like a pro. There are some great books out for beginners, but this book is not one of them. However, This book is a must have for advanced players. It was worth every penny.

"Good text but very complex", I used to be an avid poker player but had to slow down when I got married and had kids. Anyway ... this book is a good text on breaking down how one should/could approach thinking mathematically about the issues in no limit hold'em. One key concept for me was how buying in short kept me mathematically from getting burned so much, because I overplayed top pair top kicker when stakes are 100BB+. It is definitely not for the casual player and requires some study to understand the concepts. I've read this book as well as the Slanksy and Miller No Limit text. This one is better, but only marginally. In all honesty, both have not "done it" for me like the Small Stakes Limit Hold-em text or even Slansky's Hold'em for Experts, which are both clearer and very informative. Perhaps that is because no limit is a more complex game or the concepts in limit are easier to convey. I'm hoping that Harrington on Cash (which should be released any day now -03/08) is better in than these texts. Nonetheless, I fully intend to finish the series if they publish more. (What else would I buy with those pokerstars FPPs?)

"Worthwhile, but not worthy of all the glowing reviews", I just completed reading this book, and I'm an active NL cash player. My overall impression: the book was absolutely worth the money, and worth the time spent reading. I'll get Vol II. I'd recommend the book to my poker playing friends.

Clearly, I think the book is overall pretty good. I don't, however, think the book deserves the level of praise it's getting here, because it does have it's flaws. Much of the core of the book revolves around SPR (simply: effective stack size / pre-flop pot size), and manipulating the pre-flop betting to get you the SPR that is ideal for your hand. But *why* are those SPRs desirable? He determines it based on how many pot-sized bets it takes to get you all in. That is a flaw, in my opinion - he builds into the math the assumption that bets and raises are the size of the pot. Sure, sometimes they are, but often they are not.

Don't get me wrong: your stack size absolutely effects how you play different types of hands. But he takes the idea of specific SPRs way further than it should really go; it's pretty core to his play style.

Another pet peeve I had was places where he recommended get pot committed / all-in "so that you don't have to face any tough decisions later in the hand". (He is not the only author that gives this advice, but it rankles me everywhere I see it). Basically he is saying, get your whole stack in, so that you don't have to make choices later. I think choices are a good thing, especially given that I'll see more cards and have a better basis for making decisions later - I don't want to self-limit my choices ahead of time! That advise is only worthwhile to someone who habitually gets bluffed off the best hand.

Over all, though, the book was good and I felt I got some valuable ideas from it. I like his ideas about planning out a whole hand early, and deciding if you will or will not get committed to a pot before you have put much into it. (I see so many players that call a few bets and suddenly realize on the turn that they already have 1/3 of their chips in).

Get it, read it, learn it, but in my opinion, take it with a (small) grain of salt.

"Worthy Read", I've read and re-read all the classics (i.e. Theory of Poker, Super System, Harrington on Hold em, etc etc etc) I cannot say for sure that this book is a classic, but I definitely feel that it stands out amongst all other poker books who have not yet acheived classic status but still want you to pay classic prices. Other reviews give specifics about SPR (stack to pot ratio), planning hands, and other topics in the book, I wont get in to that. I will say that they manner that these topics are presented in the book are innovative, straightforward, and an advantage to the strategy of a serious poker player. Will the use of planning your hand before the flop allow you to outplay your opponents and show a profit? Maybe - Maybe not, but the thought process of how to use this information is a definite advantage because I feel that many players think exploitively but not necessarily in the context that this book presents the material. Poker is the type of game where if you are static instead of dynamic, good opponents will exploit your tendencies. This book gives a different perspective on (i.e pot odds) ratios when discussing SPRs. This book is the type of reading that will truly improve your game because it causes you to think on a different level. When you think on a different level it always improves your game because it adds variables that you consider in making important decisions. The more information you have to make that decision, you will undoubtedly make better decisions. In my opinion, the method that they present some of the material is not discussed in any other book I've ever read, which to me indicates that they're doing something right.

Read this reviews before You buy...

"Superb title for no-limit cash game players", I review poker books for Card Player magazine, and here's the piece I submitted about this excellent new book from Two Plus Two (in its November 7 issue):

A lot of amateur players seem to believe that no-limit hold'em is a game dominated by feel and aggression instead of mathematical rigor and brutal rationality, but this powerful new book dispels that notion in no uncertain terms. "It's not the one gut-wrenching decision for all the chips that counts most," the authors write. "It's the thousands of small strategic decisions that the pros get right and the amateurs don't."

Don't misunderstand. Feel and aggression are critical to success in no-limit hold'em. But the most consistent winners use analytical skill to complement their decision making, and in no-limit hold'em, the math is a lot more difficult than it is in the limit game. In limit, you're playing for one or two or three more bets; in no-limit, your entire stack may be on the line in every hand. And that makes the analytical aspects of no-limit hold'em a lot more complicated.

No surprise, then, that the book includes a lengthy discussion of stack sizes, which "are critical to most no-limit decisions." Stack size effectively determines your risk/reward possibilities, and that idea prompts a long and very valuable analysis of "commitment." "'Am I committed?' is the first question you should ask yourself on every street," write Flynn, Mehta, and Miller. If you understand the concepts in this book, you'll know how to answer that crucial question. But here's the real challenge: You have to make the all-in decision before you play a large pot. You must know if you're at the "commitment threshold" and how you're going to respond if you're facing an all-in bet. Those are the situations than can build--or destroy--your bankroll, and you have to be prepared for them.

The book is primarily about the analytical (i.e., mathematical) aspects of no-limit hold'em, but Flynn et al. do a good job of illuminating topics like hand reading. It's not mystical (unless your name is Kenny Tran), but it's not purely rational or logical either. In particular, the book points out the folly of putting someone on a specific hand instead of range of hands. And that leads directly into the meatiest concept of the book, "the REM Process": "Range, Equity, Maximize."

Range, of course, refers to the spectrum of hands your opponents could have (we all know players who only raise with AA or KK, but most raisers have a much wider range of potential hands). Observation of showdowns will help you assign a range to a specific player, and of course you'll add physical tells and intangibles (is someone on tilt? stuck big-time? flush with chips?) to your analysis.

Equity is the value of your hand compared to the range of hands your opponent has (Harrington fans will recognize this concept in his "Structured Hand Analysis" in Harrington on Hold'em, Volume II). Only a savant could perform these calculations at the table, but you'll learn some shortcuts to getting there.

Finally, maximize "means choosing the action or series of actions that makes you the most money in the long run." What's the optimum size of a value bet (which of course depends on the size of the pot and the size of the stacks behind)? Of a bluff?

If this makes no-limit hold'em sound complex, well, that's the reality. Get used to it or get used to going broke. The mantra of this book is "Plan your hands." But you can't plan effectively if you don't understand REM, if you don't understand the concept of relative stack sizes and the stack-to-pot ratio, if you don't understand when you've reached the commitment threshold. And that's why you need Professional No-Limit Hold'em--and the tenacity to learn what it has to offer.

Check out my other poker reviews at web.mac.com/tbpeters.

"A "REAL" review of this book: Practice VS Theory", It's amazing how all the positive reviews for this book have not been backed up by any real life sessions. I have been playing poker for 4 years now and I am a middle stakes NL Hold'em player (2-5;5-5;5-10 blinds). I have read just about every major poker book out there and have a good idea about what is what.

All in all this book provides a good and sound foundation in NL Hold'em theory cash games. The emphasis here is on theory. However, in practice what the authors preach in terms of creating Target SPRs between you and your opponents is not so easy to achieve. As well in most casinos outside of Las Vegas you are limited in the amount you can buy-in and most of the time you are either short stacked or middle stacked. This immediately affects your SPRs. I have tried the strategies in this book at the Bike Club in Bell Gardens, CA NL Hold'em games where the blins are 5-5 and 5-10 and your buy-in is limited to $500 and $1000 respectively.

I have had many many losing sessions using the concepts in this book with huge swings raising my variance quite high. I have been able to achieve SPRs of 3-6 at times with big pocket pairs (mainly Aces and Kings) and still lose when I get all my money in good on the flop. The draw out factor is so much larger than the authors in this book would like you to believe. And when I say I'm a big favorite I mean pre-flop I'm at least 70:30 to 90:10. On the flop I'm about 80:20 and get drawn out repeadtedly with 2-3 outers as well as runner runners.

And believe me this isn't just a bad run. This is very consistent in results with people who have some of the worst luck. I know many good players that lose a lot of money playing poker. The reason is because they get all their money in good as good poker players should and get sucked out repeatedly. I am sure anyone reading this will agree with me that the majority of times when they sit down at a poker table the player with the most chips is often times the biggest donkey, although it is rarely the same donkey that has all the chips the next time you sit down and play. The luck factor is huge and most professionals are not willing to admit that.

My gripe with this book and many others is that they assume the math will work out in the long run for everybody, which in real life is not the case. The authors of this book have been very fortunate to have had the math work out for them. In order for the concepts in this book to work you have to assume that the math will work out and that is just not the case in practice.

So take this book with a grain of salt. The concepts are very good but be sure to adjust your playing strategy to your particular game and style of play. Because what works in theory often times at the poker table does not work. You have to assume that the people you play with have a similar thought process for the concepts to work out properly. This is just not the case as 8 out of 9 or 10 players at any poker table have no clue how to really play.

So buyer beware if you apply these concepts too literally you'll either be the next donkey who wins the WPT or a solid player who is broke.



"Stroke of genius!", Professional No-Limit Hold'em: Volume I is the royal flush of poker books! It has outstanding descriptions of scenerios and strategies with clear explanations of the reasons for making the decisions that are detailed.

This book is a winner. I can't wait for Volume II.



"Relevant material!!!", A good book about odds and hand reading analysis. It could go more in depth about what 3 to 1 or 4 to 1 odds actually means to the mathematically impaired, but its a solid read. and if you cant comprehend ratios id recommend phil gordans little green book as a companion. he levels with the average joe. but none of the material really goes over your head.

if the people complaining about math being too hard, wahh wahh too complicated check out chens mathematics of poker itll make your eyes bleed. you have to have a little knowledge of college algebra to understand it.

i would recommend this book to anyone looking to understand the mathematical aspects, stack sizes, HAND READING DEVELOPMENT. i am currently reading this one, the harrington series, phil gordans collection, david sklanskys nlhe theory and practice, and the mathematics of poker...just to give you an idea of where my interests are.

awesome book, solid investment!!!

"Must-have for NL Cash players", This is the NL book I have been waiting for. It will teach you how to think about the game correctly. Not for beginners, though. My profits increased immediately after reading this book. I'm certain that I will read it again and again, as I do with all my favorite poker books - Theory of Poker, Psychology of Poker, all Harrington books, etc.