Helmuth: Bad Beats & Lucky Draws?

[bigjohnstud2o]

Like him or not you have to respect him. Thats the bottom line. He has the jewelry to back his game up. He gets more respect from me than any other touring professional in any sport. Sure he vents about bad beats...........dont we all?????? We even have a section for it. The only difference in his emotions and everyone elses at the tables is that he is verbal with his. He dont just say NH thinking in his head "you fucking tard.......how can you risk 22% of your chips on that".

[junYUN]

i like phil helmuth personally, he's definatly one of my favorite players. i'm gonna go out and get this book and tell you what i think.

[GeoffM]

Great, I'd love to hear some feedback.

His first book was rather basic, considering I was learning my game, O8B at the time, and it didn't really teach me anything new about it. But I am now entry level schooled in lowball stud.

If you don't know how to play O8B, pick up this book, even though there is only 1 chapter, it is an excellent introduction with lots of hand examples and such.

Love to hear some thoughts on this book when you guys get around to reading it. I am currently reading the first one again to pick up on anything I missed, then I'd say I'll be buying this one.

[eddo31]

i respect him as a tournament, nlhe player, but not really for anything else. all of his jewelry is in that game, and i respect players who can play a number of games well, rather than those that are specialists. players like lederer or negreanu, who seem to do well in side games and tournaments, and in a variety of games.

the only chapter of his first book that i put a lot of stock in was the tournament hold em section. i liked some of the others, but in general i thought they were a bit basic.