Others say...

"Good DVD to learn the basics."
I think some of the reviews are a bit harsh. This is an excellent DVD for the beginner. It will help you learn the fundamentals. Without that you cannot survive in the game. If you are an intermediate or advanced player skip this one.

"Good DVD"
This DVD is full of information that would best help someone at the beginer-intermediate stage of their poker carer. It goes through some basic stratagies of betting before and after the flop, turn, and river.It also briefly talks about spotting tells and calculating odds.
But by far the best part about it, and what I found to be the most helpfull, is the freflop stratagy chart, where it breaks down what hands to play preflop and how to play them.
It doesn't, however, get into good detail during certain parts of the DVD such as post flop betting or "sizing up your opponent" like it says on the back of the DVD.
But if you are just startting, or just looking for some advise from a great poker player, I think this DVD is worth your time.

"SOLID POKER DVD "
I got this DVD recently and I was mostly pleased with the overall production. With Howard Lederer showing you the poker secrets, you know you are getting it right from one of the greatest players in the world. Lederer goes into a discussion on creating a home game and I had read this was a problem with some who saw it. It only takes about 8 minutes of the dvd and he demonstrates it to show the importance of practice and how serious he is that students of the game actually get out and play.

Lederer goes over preflop decision making first. Here is the cream of the dvd. To hear it discussed by a professional and mention some common mistakes players make, I learned a lot. I made some of the mistakes he mentioned, so I was especially pleased with the information.

Next is how to play the flop, turn, and river. Lederer mentions some things to look for during each betting round, as well as the objective of each round. His message on protecting your hand, looking beyond the pot odds, how much to raise, etc were all rather new to me. I have been playing for less than a year and sort of thought this dvd would be of no help to me, but I was mistaken.

These may not be secrets, but neither are many things, that does not mean we know everything. Texas hold'em is so simple to understand, it is easy to get the basic idea and think you know the game. He explains the basics and beyond. The dvd was a little like a home video, but that is fairly common with instructional tapes and I had no problems with how it looked.

The dvd also came with some sheets with pot hands, starting hands, calculating outs in situations. The starting hands are in a lot of books, but never quite like Howard has laid them out. He tells you when to raise, reraise, fold, bet and how much. I had been winging a lot of this stuff and now that I have gotten the information from a pro like lederer, I feel more confident to try out the ideas.

As most know, Lederer won a couple of WPT championships and is a tremendously talented high stakes poker player. He mentioned none of this the entire time and never comes across as an ego maniac. It is apparent he is there to help people enjoy the game. If you truly are an intermediate level player, you might be able to skip this one, but if you only think you are, it may be worth a look. I thought I knew quite a bit and would have never considered myself to be a beginner. I learned a lot from this dvd and never realized there was so many obvious ideas I had missed.

This is a 4 star dvd for players with some experience with hold'em. I think you will know some of the info covered, but will also learn tons of information. If you are new to the game, you are so lucky this dvd is available. This would be a 5 star dvd for a new player.

"CRAP!"
Howard Lederer is a great poker player, but this DVD is about as useful and informative as a sack of monkey feces. There is not one "secret" revealed that will help you in one hand of poker! UTTERLY USELESS!!!

"Good for Starting a Home Texas Hold 'Em Game"
I held off for some months on purchasing this CD, due to the bad reviews posted here on Amazon. But while I own books by Brunson, Hellmuth, and Sklansky which cover much of the same material in more detail, none of them tell how to get started with a home game. Since I have not actually played Hold'em yet, but have only watched it a lot on TV, then I want to start playing in my home to get some experience. Lederer's CD was perfect for me for that purpose, in that in that it told how many chips of which color to assign to each person at the beginning of the game, how to set the size of the blinds, and how often to increase the size of the blinds. The CD is a little awkward in that it does not spend enough time on certain topics for a true novice, but spends too much time for those who have played the game. Still, I found the balance to be reasonable. My DVD box did contain the three charts discussed in the video. If your box did not, then two of the three are found at Lederer's poker camp web site, www.allincamp.com/charts.cfm.