Hi Everyone:

I recently did a podcast interview with persuadeo for The Poker Zoo Podcast where we discussed the new edition of my Gambling Theory book. I think many of you will find it interesting, especially our discussion of the history of a lot of this stuff: You can find the interview here:

https://persuadeo.nl/pz92-malmuth-on-gambling/

Out of Position

PZ92: Malmuth on Gambling - Out of Position

and the new edition of the Gambling Theory book can be found here

Hi Everyone:

We'll be doing a free kindle give-a-way for our book Poker and More: Unique Ideas and Concepts: Strategy. Game Theory. and Psychology from Two Renowned Gambling Experts by David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth on Aug 13 - 15. On those days you can go to this Amazon page and the price of the kindle will be $0.00 and you'll be able to download the kindle for free:

Hi Everyone:

We'll be doing a free kindle give-a-way for our book Poker and More: Unique Ideas and Concepts: Strategy. Game Theory. and Psychology from Two Renowned Gambling Experts by David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth on Aug 13 - 15. On those days you can go to this Amazon page and the price of the kindle will be $0.00 and you'll be able to download the kindle for free:

The Spanish edition of our small stakes no-limit book is now available on Amazon. We wish to thank Carlos Barletta for helping us to make this possible:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/188068571X/ref...

The Spanish edition of our small stakes no-limit book is now available on Amazon. We wish to thank Carlos Barletta for helping us to make this possible:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/188068571X/ref...

Hi Everyone:

For those interested, 2+2 Publishing has grouped all our books in 14 book series on Amazon. For more specifics, see this thread in the Books and Publications Forum:

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/33/bo...

Mason

Hi Everyone:

On Amazon, we have placed all our books into fourteen book series. For those interested, here they are:

1. For Advanced Players Series (5 books): Limit Hold ’em for Advanced Players: 2023 Edition, Seven-Card Stud for Advanced Players: 21st Century Edition, High-Low-Split Poker for Advanced Players, Tournament Poker for Advanced Players - Expanded Edition, No-Limit Hold ’em for Advanced Players

I've been playing some poker at the Wynn Poker Room in Las Vegas. By far, it has the best dealers I've ever seen, and the reason is that there is no extraneous talking when they're dealing. The hands are efficiently dealt and are error free far more than any other poker room that I know of.

I think some of the other poker room managers around town (and elsewhere) should spend some time in The Wynn Poker Room to see how it's done. And I consi

It seems as if the new rage in poker is what are known as bomb pots. This is from page 74 of my book Cardrooms: Everything Bad and How to Make Them Better; An Analysis of Those Areas Where Poker Rooms Need Improvement.

Hi Everyone:

A friend of mine will be doing a free kindle give-a-way for his book Success Beyond Expectations: Dreams Without Action, Hard Work, and Dedication become Pipe Dreams by Richman Mahlangu. The give-a-way will start March 18 and run for three days and the Amazon kindle page is here:

I thought I would post this here to see if there's anyone interested and possible discussion. I consider this the most important idea in my book Cardrooms: Everything Bad and How to Make Them Better; An Analysis of Those Areas Where Poker Rooms Need Improvement.

Mason

.......................A Proper Balance of Luck and Skill

This is not a statistics text book and to read and understand it you’re not expected to have a background in statistics.

David Sklansky did a thorough interview about our new book Small Stakes No-Limit Hold 'em: Help Them Give You Their Money: Exploiting Weaknesses in Small Stakes No-Limit Hold 'em Games on The Poker Zoo Podcast. You can find the interview here:

https://persuadeo.nl/pz-90-sklansky-goes-bumhunting/

Out of Position

PZ 90: Sklansky Goes Bumhunting - Out of Position

Mason

Jonathan Little has complained that I unfairly give his books poor reviews. On the Books and Publications Forum I have posted my notes on his latest book 100 Essential Tips to Master No-Limit Hold'em.

You can find the thread here:

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/33/bo...

Mason

Jonathan Little has complained that I unfairly give his books poor reviews. Here are my notes on his latest book 100 Essential Tips to Master No-Limit Hold'em.

The location and page numbers refer to the kindle edition. Also, ignore the word "yellow."

Mason

Notes and highlights for
100 Essential Tips to Master No-Limit Hold'em by Jonathan Little

Basic Principles

Highlight (yellow) - 03 Do Not Be Results Oriented > Page 30 · Location 354
money .
Note

From Chapter 90 of 100 Essential Tips to Master No-Limit Hold'em:

Hi Everyone:

The rewrite and expansion of my book Gambling Theory and Other Topics: Expanded Edition is 99.9 percent finished. I'm just waiting on receiving the final cover files to load into Amazon. The new book cover has been approved and I should have the final files tomorrow. Then the book will get loaded into Amazon.

And once Amazon accepts the kindle files, I'll schedule a three day period, probably 2/6/24 - 2-8/24 where anyone who has

I've been reading the new J Little book 100 Essential Tips to Master No-Limit Hold'em. In Chapter 52 he has an example hand which I found quite interesting. Of course, the aspect of the hand that I found so interesting, Little doesn't even mention and seems to be completely unaware of. But I thought it would make an interesting thread.

The hand is as follows:40 bbs deep the button raises (probably to 2bb) and only the big blind calls. The fl

I've been reading a couple of no-limit books and have a question concerning solver output which should be very easy to answer.

What happens is I'll read something like the solver has chosen to make a 3 big blind bet. Is that because the solver is given one or more possible bet sizes and of those given bet sizes this is the one it determines to be best or is it because out of the world of all possible bet sizes (which would be 1 big blind up

Hi Everyone:

Here's part of the Introduction to or upcoming book Small Stakes No-Limit Hold ’em: Help Them Give You Their Money. We expect to have the printed book up on Amazon in less than a month:

Introduction

Let’s start this book off with a few examples. These are just a few of the many types of hands which for the live small stakes games, usually $2-$5 or less, that we play differently from the way almost all other players i

David Sklansky and I are writing a new book: Small Stakes No-Limit Hold ’em: Help Them Give You Their Money; Exploiting Weaknesses in Small Stakes No-Limit Hold ’em Games. We expect to have it out in about two months, and it's very different from most other books on these games.

I'm also working on a rewrite and expansion of my book Gambling Theory and Other Topics. It should be available in about three months.

Mason

Hi Everyone:

Our book Limit Hold 'em Poker for Advanced Players is now available.

Here is the Amazon page for the printed book:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/188068568X/ref...

and here is the Amazon page for the kindle:

https://www.amazon.com/Limit-Hold-Poker-...

Mason

Hi Everyone:

Years ago, I worked in Statistical Methods Division of The United States Census Bureau doing survey design. I still have my finite sampling theory books. And for those who don't know, designing statistical surveys and polling are the same thing.

Today, there are a lot of questions about whether the polls are any good, and if some are good, which ones are those? Now, that's a question I can't answer since I don't know their method

It turns out that in most public poker rooms there are a large number of poker players who know how to play reasonably well. Yet, many of them have long term results that are negative. This seems to almost be a contradiction. If you play poker at least reasonably well, shouldn’t your long-term results be on the plus side?

At first, the answer seems to be yes. But there is an assump

Hi everyone:

With the website https://morerakeisbetter.com/ and now the billboard, perhaps it's time to take another look at the proposals I made on 09-14-2016:

1. Limit multi-tabling.

2. End most of the bonuses for playing lots of hands.

3. At the smallest stakes, leave the rake the same.

4. At the next tier, but still small stakes, raise the rake.

5. At the next tier and all higher games (except perhaps the biggest games), lower the rake signi

Hi Everyone:

In my book Gambling Theory and Other Topics there are a bunch of book reviews. However, this book was last updated in 2004 and I've written a bunch of reviews over the years since that last update that appeared in the Two Plus Two Online Poker Strategy Magazine. Also, there have been some requests to get these reviews published again so I'm getting them together and will repost them in this thread.

A couple of points. When I revi