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Heads-Up No-Limit Hold 'em

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If most of your experience is at full tables, this book will certainly help you. What I find frustrating is chapters relating to game theory have tantalizing titles, then almost no content. The chapter on "Unexploitable Short Stack Play" has no reference to the Jam-or-Fold table developed by Bill Chen in The Mathematics of Poker (and Andy Bloch before him). The chapter on "Nash Equilibrium" merely describes what a Nash equilibrium is, not how to calculate one or use it in your game. Moshman argues that it's better to play exploitively of your opponents, and while I agree, I don't see how you can omit what unexploitable play looks like because you have to play a basic strategy until you determine what your opponent's style is to exploit.

This is a great book that focuses 100% on heads up play. Like Moshman's last book on sit and goes, this one gives you both the math and general sound strategy for playing these games. He describes how to beat aggressive opponents, attack weak players, and bet for "price-setting."

The material on Metagame and Pot size manipulation was new for me and very useful. There is also a nice review of fundamentals that includes how to make the mathematically correct decision in almost any hand.

Highly recommended.

The authors first book was one of the most informative and profitable poker books I have ever read so I was very interested in reading more of his ideas and I was not disapointed . Heads Up NLHE is very informative and has some very innovative ideas on how to handle the difficult situations you face in a heads up confrontation. Moshman's thoughts on exploiting different playing styles and pot size control and manipulation were particularly useful . This is a excellent advanced poker book .

I found Collin's book during a time when I was going through my poker library and tossing out books that were disappointments or that I had outgrown. Always willing to shovel out more funds to improve, I purchased Heads-Up No-Limit Hold 'em by Collin Moshman, and it is one that will be staying in my collection. It's definitely a book where multiple readings will help solidify the concepts.

I have played tens of thousands of head up matches in other poker variants, but have never gotten into NLHE. I just didn't get it. So when I found Collin's book I was excited and my excitement has grown as I have gotten through the pages.

With a few pages left to go, I have started to dabble in NLHE Head Up games and am already a winner. Before reading Collin's book I had no method, no plan, and just got crushed whenever I'd play NLHE HU on a whim.

With a little more practice (and another 40 or so pages), I think I'll have another go-to game in my arsenal. I'd think players on all levels could benefit from the material.

Collin Moshman's second book on poker follows his excellent work on sitngos, which is probably the primary work for anyone interested in becoming proficient at single or two table sitngos. The topic he has chosen to take this time around is far more complex in this writer's/poker player's opinion--heads up no-limit play. The importance of heads up play is not limited to strategies used by players who do nothing but play cash heads up games, of which there are many, but instead includes both tournament players and cash game ring players, as many if not most hands come down to two players facing off after all the others have folded to a preflop raise. Thus, I recommend that anyone playing no-limit holdem put some time into reading through and understanding the concepts Collin puts forth in this excellent work. what I particularly appreciate is Collin's facility at explaining rather difficult and often mathematics-based concepts so that pretty much anyone can understand and utilize them. Heads up no-limit play is complex enough that there will be some who feel other approaches are superior, but what Collin presents is a thorough look at a fundamentally sound method of playing each street with relevant examples added throughout. If you play no-limit poker, either cash or tourneys and either ring games or short-handed, there's no excuse not to read and even study what's in this book.

Moshman's account of headsup NLHE strategy, particularly the variant that starts with 1500 chips and plays till one player is eliminated (the HUSNG) is to date the definite one. Packed with theory and hand examples to illuminate it, this book sets the standard for all future books on this format.

I've always considered myself a decent poker player overall, and felt there wasn't much for me to gain from reading poker strategy books. I honestly could not have been more wrong. I've learned so much from this book and it has improved my entire thought process toward poker.

Heads-up poker in my opinion is the most important part of your game worth improving. Improve this area and everything else will fall into place. Collin's ability to teach in ways that anybody can grasp is uncanny. After reading this book I went and purchased his other book on Sit 'n Go Strategy, and both are truly amazing.

I highly recommend Heads Up No Limit Hold 'em to all players. It's a must have and can mean the difference between 2nd place and victory!

This book has a wealth of material that will help you get started in the world of heads-up no-limit poker.

I struggled with HU. After reading this book, and after putting a lot of serious hours playing and learning heads-up, I can proudly say I am crushing the games. I've made over $20,000 playing poker, and there's no end in sight. This book gave me a solid solid foundation on how to think and play heads-up.

I'm a winning HU player. I bought this book to get a bit of new things and theory. But this book is really for begginers. It should be titled Heads up poker for dummies. As stated on page 2 of the book " This book is not designed to beat expert heads-up players."

If you guys are reading this and you want to play heads up, you can safely skip this book. Save your bucks and take a subscription on some video training site.

I'm sorry if I was a bit rude.