Pass The Dip Review
Barry Greenstein is one of the great all time poker minds. He is one of the most respected players on the pro circuit today for his knowledge, integrity and charitable nature. He has been called "The Robin Hood" of poker because of his pledge to donate his tournament winnings to charity.
The book itself has 3 main sections before the Addenda. Part 1 - The Poker World covers Barry's career and then talks about superstition, poker society and how to behave in poker society. Part 2 - Philosophy is an interesting read covers a great deal of topics including psychology of gambling, brain chemistry, integrity, holding on to money, protecting yourself, poker and your family, poker and your sexuality and poker and productive society. Part 3 - Advanced play finally moves on to the mathematics of poker, game theory, chaos, poker on the internet and some play lessons.
This book is very hard to put down once you crack the spine. It's production value is phenomenal and includes beautiful high gloss pictures on every page of famous poker players and poker venues. Barry's style is one that is easy to read and he is at home teaching and writing about poker. His stories are entertaining and back up the points he is making. Barry processes the poker life differently than most, or maybe he just can put concepts into words better than others. He seems to think about topics that others don't, but when you read his instruction, you can't believe that others aren't giving these subjects much weight.
As good friend to Barry Greenstein, Phil Ivey says "Other players don't think about poker like Barry does".
2 comments:
sad day in online poker..... full tilt has been closed down. no one is allowed to play there anymore.
Thanks Brain Kramp. I've posted about the situation in today's post.
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