Hold'em Wisdom for all Players by Daniel Negreanu
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Book Reviews of Hold'em Wisdom for all Players
Book Review: Great easy read....
Summary: 4 Stars
I like this book alot... I still don't know everything i want to know about Texas Holdem, but i have a lot of useful tips and information. I bought this book because i am a Negreanu fan and I like his style of playing. He writes as if you are talking to him and it is a very easy read.. I finished it in a few hours. If you like the author and are interested in learning more about his style than you will enjoy this book. IF you know nothing about Texas HOldem and looking for a how to book, you may need to look elsewhere.Book Review: well delivering service but...
Summary: 4 Stars
The item has arrived in perfect conditions but this is the second "Hold'em wisdom.." that i've recived because the first one was deteriorated. The reason of this was the wrapping. The mailman tried to introduce it in the mailbox and the spin of the book was broken. The second one arrived in perfect conditions.Book Review: Daniel Negreanu Hold'em Wisdom for all players
Summary: 4 Stars
Good book. Really geared toward beginner Texas Hold'em players. Gives you some good basic rules to live by. If you're looking for more in depth strategy, you will need to look elsewhere. If you're looking to get into the game or build your confidence as a new player, this book is for you.Book Review: Decent
Summary: 4 Stars
The condition of the book was very good. It did take a while to get to me though. So eh, they could work on delivery. So they lost a star for the slow delivery but other than that, it was good.Book Review: I Doubt Daniel Negreanu Even Read This Book...
Summary: 3 Stars
I agree with Nick and Milhouse below: this book is mediocre at best. I doubt that Daniel Negreanu contributed a single idea to the writing of "Hold 'em Wisdom for all Players." There isn't one bit of unique advice in here that hasn't been seen in the poker literature for the past two decades. In fact, it feels like some ghostwriter all but copied and pasted large blocks of text from David Sklansk's works on hold em (but deleting the mathematical or strategic explanations for various plays).
Now don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of Daniel Negreanu. I was hoping to glean some sort of insight into his thought process at the tables while reading this book. But quite simply, none of that is here. "Hold 'em Wisdom for all Players" advocates a tight, weak style of play that I doubt Daniel Negreanu would ever employ. It focuses on basic card values, provides no particularly helpful guidance on reading your opponents, and is shallow in its reasoning and explanation for its various "bits of wisdom." Even for beginners, this book is far too elementary, taking the form of "thou shalt not play J8 off-suit" without any explanation of math, positioning, chip count, etc. I was hoping for a book that would provide some insight into how to play an intelligent, but aggressive game of poker; this book can only teach you how to play a truly conservative, borderline passive game. This might be enough to help you win a fair bit of money against drunken tourists at the $1/$2 ring games in Vegas, but this style of play probably will not work against more aggressively unpredictable online players.
For all that, I'll give the book three stars because "Hold 'em Wisdom for all Players" may still be useful for rank amateurs in staying out of too much trouble while learning the game. The book also isn't bad in the sense that these bits of advice have been considered conventional truths in the poker world for decades now. And maybe I'm being nice because I like Daniel Negreanu and even read his blog on occasion. In any event, if you've read Sklansky and Harrington before, then this book is wholly duplicative, if not inferior, to those works. But if this is the first book you were looking at for learning Texas hold 'em, it wouldn't be a bad choice.
I'd also recommend The Poker Tournament Formula and Poker Tips that Pay: Expert Strategy Guide for Winning No Limit Texas Hold em for readers that are looking for more detailed, hand-by-hand poker strategy and advice.