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Kill Everyone: Advanced Strategies for No-Limit Hold 'Em Poker, Tournaments, and Sit-n-Gos: Revised and Expanded Edition (Gambling Theories Methods)

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I bought this book because I had trouble understanding how many people are playing in the big MTTs nowadays. I had read the first two Harrington books on tournament play, but I felt like the game had changed a lot since the days those books came out. I was puzzled about the way many players were winning lots of chips with mediocre holdigs. This book helped me to understand better what was going on in the tables. I can't say that I've become a better player, but I hope that when these concepts sink in I can start to gain some success in the tables.

The book has lots of interesting topics like stealing from UTG, calling early raises in position with suited connectors and pushing short stacked with seemingly bad cards. Theories are backed with mathematical equations. In the first reading these things were a little too hard to get a grip, but more studying is required and hopefully these things fall into place too. It's also good idea to read about the tournament play after several years of Harrington's books, because those techniques are so common and everyone knows them so they are losing their power. It doesn't mean they're obsolete but just a little too common and well known that something else might work better at the moment.

To me the last part of the book, which is about short handed cash games, is unnecessary. I don't understand why the authors have added that obviously too short section on complex matter which deserves its own book.

So if you're playing tournaments and want to develop your skills to more advanced levels you need to know these things. After reading the Harrington books this is a good supplement, because this is newer and goes beyound the basics. I recommed this to everyone playing NLHE tournaments. However, in order to better understand these ideas, it would be good to have some kind of basic understanding of tournament play. Maybe not the first book you should read about MTTs.

I am a winning Razz player and play on Full Tilt(john21703). But this is my goto NL bible. It helped me win over $800 in cash and prizes in the local S-N-B poker league in the last two months alone (2 local wins, 2nd in regionals, 8th in nationals). I wish I understood every concept in the book, but this isn't a one read type of buy. So get your highlighter and be prepared to win some real money. If I could only recommend one book besides Ace on the River, it would be this one. I think about this book more at the tables than any other one. If you don't know the concepts in this book, be assured someone else at your table does.

One of the best books about poker tournament I've ever read. Good mathematical analysis (the concept of equilibrium play is essential) and practical tips you can just apply without thinking too much.

While this book delves into some pretty rigorous mathematical analysis, one need not be able to independently generate such calculations to acquire some extremely important tournament poker concepts. If you aren't aware that chip values in tournaments are non-linear or what the ICM is, if you aren't monitoring your opponents stack sizes at all times, if you aren't exploiting your opponents' ranges as you near the bubble; you need to get this book in order to understand proper SNG and MTT strategies. When you are armed with all the necessary weapons to attack a field of tournament opponents, you can sit at the table as a SKILLED poker player, rather than a recreational "gambler" who's hoping to "hit hands."

I have "Kill Phil" the other book written by one of the authors of this book. Even though I enjoyed that book I did not have great expectations for this book. The first book was designed for a beginner playing very early in their poker career.

I read several very positive reviews so I decided to take a flyer and purchase this book. I was not disappointed. This is an excellent book on no limit poker tournaments. If someone were looking for a quality book for getting a solid foundation in tournament poker I would still strongly recommend the first two volumes of Dan Harrington series. But if you've already mastered the concepts in the Harrington series and looking for a book to advance your play this would be an excellent choice.

My compliments to the author and publisher for having text-to-speech enabled on the Kindle. This made my experience enhanced with the Kindle version of the book. I enjoyed the soft cover of this book so much I invested in both versions- the Kindle and the paperback version.

Kill Everyone is not a book for everyone. It is a book for the SERIOUS tournament poker player who has some experience. I find the book very informative; haven't finished it yet, but it is definitely worth the purchase price. Useful are concepts like CSI (how many times you can go around the table at current blind and ante levels, similar to Harrington's concept of M), and bubble factors (related to strategies when on or near the "bubble"). Although I have a PhD (in psychology), and know more than most about statistics, much of the presentation is so technical that I'll have to re-read the book when time permits. Some of the calculations are too complex for the above average reader, such as myself, and the myriad tables aren't all that helpful in practical play.

That said, anyone serious about tournament poker should read this book.

Main point of playing cards is to accumulate chips. This book illuminates some of the newer techniques being used in NLHE tournaments. This book has brought me from a beginner level fish to an intermediate multi-table tournament player. I'm able to use the information from this book to help estimate my opponent's hands based on their bets, as well as mask my own hand's strength.

Highly recommended.

Ditching the cookie-cutter formula they put forward in "Kill Phil", the authors of "Kill Everyone" open up their game with advanced strategic thinking about the game of poker. You won't find a simple "if you have X number of blinds, go all-in with Y" formula here. Instead, you get advanced tournament strategies for the beginning, middle and end game.

For those looking for a mindless tournament system, this book will disappoint. For serious students of the game who want some insight into how top-notch tournament players think, here's your guide. It's not a paint by numbers system of poker, but it will give you some good tips and advice to improve your game.

I'd also recommend Poker Tips that Pay: Expert Strategy Guide for Winning No Limit Texas Hold em and Arnold Snyder's excellent The Poker Tournament Formula for similarly insightful no limit hold em tournament analysis and advice.

The authors of this book really know their stuff. The writing is sharp, well-articulated and witty. I've read a dozen poker books and have played thousands of tournaments and I must say this book is the real deal. 5 stars

I am a failrly new player and this book is a little too advanced for me. There is a lot of good information and has made me stop and think all throughout. I'm sure I will get more out of it the next time through.