Poker Book Review
Rolf Slotboom is a highly respected player and author, experienced and charged in live tournaments around the world. He wrote several books on poker, has a CardPlayer column, and is editor of CardPlayer Europe.
The book is divided into seven chapters, preceded by a warning that this is not a “guide”. Rolf continues to warn that players looking for a quick fix without having to invest time and effort into the game, should look elsewhere. This catches my attention immediately, because nothing screams louder than a scheme to get rich quick’n'easy scam, and it’s nice to see a book on poker sermon that hard work is key.
The last two chapters contain tips on how to play hands in certain situations, but the last five are mainly related to how Rolf has served during his playing career.
The first two chapters cover the games live, Rolf time to play live cash games Omaha, first in Vienna and Amsterdam. Here the author covers essentially the difference in his game between the player stacked deep and short, and there are lots of good advice on choosing the right location, according to the depth you want to sit. Although these chapters are taken from a live setting, styles discussed translate well for online play.
Vienna was set lower than that of Amsterdam buy-in/blinds game, but there were also many differences in playing styles of his opponents used, which is used to illustrate an important point – how to adapt your game to s adapt to another game or table.
From there, Rob moves to play online in some of the best games available Omaha, plus chapters 3 and 4, is the first comprehensive report (9-10 players), then play short-handed. Again, the difference in playing styles between these two parties is highlighted by the authors.
Chapter 5 is a collection of 18 articles written Omaha on the career of Rolf and edited this book. Even at first glance, this seems a bit lazy of a chapter, unless you’ve read them all before you get a huge amount of this title. There are many issues here, including the Aces to beat, starting hands, bet size, playing blockers, strong / weak player, and more. The style of this section, it is very easy to read, but there are also some very good strategy and play to absorb.
The last 2 chapters of the book to dissect the real hands, Chapter 6 contains five practice hand over 30 pages, with your choice judged by a points system that lets you control the amount of notice of the books you’ve taken in
Chapter 7 discusses five hands a little deeper, showing the math behind their hands, and how could or should be played. The explanations are complicated, but well written, and having a good end of the book.
