Book Details:
No-Limit Hold 'Em: Theory and Practice: Pub. Date: June 2006; ISBN-13: 9781880685372; 317 pages

Power Poker Course’s Book Review:

Sklansky says it himself in the introduction better than I could: "...no-limit Hold 'Em doesn't work that way. No matter what I put in the book, I can't make all my readers immediate winners because these talent skills play such an important role."

The "talent skills" that he is referring to are those skills that can't necessarily be taught, such as hand reading, or setting an opponent up for future profits through deceptive play. These skills are so important, says Sklansky, that a player who has talent in these areas will have the edge over a more theoretically correct player who doesn't.

That being said, No-Limit Hold 'Em Theory And Practice covers some pretty deep ground. The first time I tried to read it, I got such a headache that I had to take a break after only a couple chapters - I’m not kidding. It's not just the complicated formulas that are prevalent throughout every Sklansky offering, it's the topics that are covered. There are some pretty complex discussions on bluffing, value betting, short-stack play, bet-sizing - as always, every little detail is there, which is why I like 2 + 2 books so much.

While it's pretty much impossible to cover every little detail about potential no-limit situations, I have to say that this book does an outstanding job. However, it does seem like there's a little too much math and not enough "feel," which could be an indication of the author's combined lack of no-limit experience. After all, they both are considered top limit players, but to my knowledge neither of them boast any significant no-limit exploits, although that’s not to take any credit away from their knowledge or expertise in no-limit. Far from it!

No-limit is all about controlling the size of the pot; you want to make the pots big when you want them big, but keep them small when you want them small. An important statement from the "pot-size philosophy" is this: Big pots and big bets are for big hands. And although this seems like common sense, NLTAP points out how often many players get it backwards; they slowplay and try to milk their big winners, while making too many daring bluffs.

To conclude, this book is not for the faint of heart or the beginner - but when you're ready to do some serious thinking about no-limit poker, this book should be at the top of your list. In fact, I should say that this book NEEDS to be at the top of your poker reading list.


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