Customer Reviews

Texas Hold'em No-Limit Poker ... The Next Level

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Don't be misled, as I was, by the other customer reviews. This is a terrible book. I don't normally write negative reviews, but felt the situation warranted it.

Here's advice on playing pocket Aces pre-flop:

"Slow playing can be highly dangerous if six or seven players stay in the pot. Don't go all-in against a cashed up opponent. When you bet all-in you don't want any callers, and someone with plenty of chips, might call you!" (page 62)

Here he speaks about a player who went all-in with AJ.

"That person went all-in, when a substantial bet would have achieved the same result. In these particular instances the player was called, just as that person would have been called had the bet been only $1000."

Here the problem is not with the advice, but with the lack of specifics. What was the position of the guy who went all-in? How many chips did he have? How many chips did his opponents have? What were the blinds? How many opponents were there? What was his table image? What were the playing characteristics of his opponents? These are routine questions that any decent poker player would be asking, and he doesn't provide any of these details. Also it's nuts to talk about betting $1000 without any context. At least he could tell us what the blinds are.

I did learn a valuable lesson, however, which is to make sure there are more than 2 customer reviews when I buy a book, and to consider those reviews more carefully than I did.

This is not only by far the worst book on Texas Hold'em of the dozens I own, but probably the worst book of any kind I've ever encountered. I had to squeeze every ounce of resolve from my sense of public duty just to admit here that I actually bought it. The few valid facts in the book can be found in any beginner's text, and they are overwhelmed by misinformation and laughable analysis. The author's writing style is bad beyond words, but fortunately (at least for you) that is made irrelevant by the lack any reason to read it. The publication and marketing of this book is cynical and outrageous.

Very good book. This book assumes you have player some poker and is not a complete course buy any stretch of the imagination. His purpose is to explain the strategic implications of his mathematical perspective and not much more than that. Not everyone will agree with the numbers but it might suprise some to know that probability theory is not an exact science! It is not about being right or wrong. It is not about describing the complete context of every hand. The value of this book is that it provides interesting material to ponder from a reasonably successful player who has a view you probably won't find published anywhere else.

I am not related to the author and rarely post reviews. I think my only other one was on Dorfman's chess book 'The Critical Moment'. My motiviation is only to defend wrongly maligned authors who I believe have something interesting to say which is simply out of the mainstream and often overlooked because of that alone.

This book is virtually unedited... bad grammar, misspellings. The numbers are wrong, sometimes laughably so. How could most of the reviews be 5 star? Appears to be a shill job. This is the worst book on poker I have ever seen.

This book is an excellent and simple explanation of how hold em should be played. The author understands the power of over cards. He has created the hold em times table to illustrate the weakness of middle pairs. After reading this book you will probably play many fewer hands. This book is not for the player who only wants to win tournaments. It is for the player who wants to cash more frequently. It is all about taking fewer chances. If you are not winning you are probably too loose and this book will help to change that. I highly recommend it.

at first i didn't think i was going to like the book, it's small and simple but so is the knowledge inside, i improve my game a lot with it thank you very much..

THIS WAS A GREAT BOOK FOR ME. KEPT ME INTERESTED TILL THE END. ALOT OF STATS AND PERCENTAGES WHICH HELPED ME LOOK AT THE BOARD A DIFFERENT WAY. I NOW FOLD HANDS THAT I WOULD HAVE NEVER FOLDED. I CAN ACTUALY SAY THAT I DO NOT WANT YOU TO READ THIS.

Thank you Mr. Winter for writing this wonderful book, and sharing your style of play, "the hold'em times table", and your many other brilliant insights, with the rest of us. There is no doubt in my mind that this book will improve anybodys texas hold'em play, no matter how many other poker books they have read. The book is so well written and to the point.... I find myself reading it over and over again! Thank you Bruce!

Bruce Winters strategy book, "The Next Level" provides an amazing insight into his complex understanding of Texas Hold'em Poker. The book uses simple language with `down to the point' information making it an excellent read. His complete statistical analysis of the game is inspiring; with the results proving that the ideologies he takes with him to the poker table are effective and also profitable.

Unlike most other poker books, Bruce does not waste time talking about irrelevant hands he has experienced throughout his poker career, instead drawing conclusions from statistics, giving the reader a clear insight to the basics and complexities of probability. He encourages the reader to justify decisions based on trends and statistics, whilst also giving fundamental advice on other key aspects of the game.

Some of the information Bruce presents conflicts with the information quite commonly found in other `big name' poker books. At first, you admire his will to take on some of poker's biggest names, however once applying his precise mathematical theories, it is evident why Bruce has become a very successful poker player.

Since purchasing Bruce's book, I have noticed a rapid increase in my finishing position at multi-table Hold'em events. I realized some of the bad habits I had developed, and identified problems in my game play. After taking the information from the book, and applying what I believed to be relevant to my playing style, I achieved some of my poker goals that I never really had ambitions of achieving.

The Next Level, by Bruce Winter is `well worth the read'. His vast understanding of the game will be a worthwhile addition to your poker arsenal. This book is a highly recommended purchase for beginners and advanced players alike, providing both a basic and an advanced poker strategy.

I bought both this book and Harrington on Hold 'em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments. The latter book is extremely popular and rightly so, it covers in great detail everything about tournament play. But this little book by Bruce Winter is nothing short of AMAZING! He explains in simple terms how mathematically you can improve you game.

Bruce writes:
"All you have to do to accomplish a mathematically guaranteed journey to the final table is to steal the blinds (or the equivalent of same) just once in every nine hands. You don't have to be in every pot, calling, bluffing, betting and battling your way to victory."

If this intrigues you to read more about his unique formulas with starting hands, flops, flushes, positions and players then I highly recommend this easy and enjoyable read.