Comments on: Exploitive No Limit Holdem by Paul Ratchford

By: thepokercapitalist

thepokercapitalist — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 01:50:47 +0000

I would say the book is highly applicable to live poker. I don’t believe in trying to teach a “system” for beating any particular game (6-max, FR, HU, online, live etc). IMO that is not very helpful for students in the long term. What is more important is to learn a way of thinking about the game that applies to numerous situations and stake levels.

Having said all of that I expected the majority of my audience to be online players. As a result I use some online jargon and the examples I give are primarily from online games. Because I have played extensively live and online I talk a good bit about the differences between the two games and why I chose online despite preferring to play live.

Hope this helps

-Paul

By: stephano

stephano — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 21:40:04 +0000

is this book about live or online mostly? I prefer live but this seems to be more online orientated ‘screen name tells’ ??

By: thepokercapitalist

thepokercapitalist — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 16:14:03 +0000

You can also see a number of reviews written on this book at the following link…
http://www.dragthebar.com/poker-forums/showthread.php/10951-Vulcans-%C2%91Exploitive-NLHE%C2%92-Review?p=54234&posted=1#post54234

-Paul Ratchford (ThePokerCapitalist)

By: thepokercapitalist

thepokercapitalist — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 19:56:10 +0000

I just received an awesome review by “Qtip” (Owen Gaines) so thought I would post a link to it here.

http://qtippoker.com/exploitive-nlhe-experts-insight-become-winning-poker-player/

It is great to receive a review like that from such a well respected author in the field.

-Paul Ratchford (ThePokerCapitalist)

By: David Armitage

David Armitage — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:30:36 +0000

I’ve read a lot of good books, but Paul’s style is unique in many ways, and it quickly shows. With several intelligible examples in each chapter, the reader is left with no doubt what Paul is trying to demonstrate. This book reveals concepts you may not have realized or even considered as profitable. Even what I know to be +EV, ‘Exploitive NLHE’ shows me the +++EV line. It has forced me to rethink many ‘solid’ parts of my game. It’s clear why Paul has such a ludicrous winrate in todays tough games; he’s an innovator not an imitator.

IMO for a mere $30 it’s just a no-brainer, insta-buy.

Highly recommended.