Tournament play vs Cash play

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The only reason Moneymaker's name was mentioned in there was because of his WSOP 03 win (and I was naming the final few players from the past few years WSOP, not necessarily professionals) -- and you know I cant mention Toto's name because I absolutely despise him and his poker game (anyone remember Danny Wynn (sp) won a WPT event last year, with his reckless pointless aggression which included CALLING an all in with a gutshot and winning a hand in which he was a 99.5% dog on the flop) yea he's the same player with a little more common sense

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And to your off topic comment: (this should probably be in a new thread or a PM since it's 100% off topic, but whatever)

It is done (although it has been done before and I've gone back to add a section, edit something etc, usually based on a Q that comes up here, or a situation I faced at the table that night and realized how crucial it was), and I've set up my paypal account to premier so I can accept funds etc. The only things left I have to do is get a website going, invest in/do some advertising/marketing, and figure out a price tag.

While getting the website up and running (and designed) is obviously the most important, The last issue (price tag), is my biggest concern. I can't say I've read every online e book on poker out there ( mostly because Im pretty sure the majority of them are not very informative) but I have gotten my hands on a few, simply to see what type of material is out there, how much it is being sold for etc.

The crazy thing is the average e-book goes for $47, with some going as high as $97!? I don't understand the '7' thing, nor do I understand what kind of material could be offered in these books that makes them more expensive (some triple) than an actual paperbackbook written by a professional -- unless there are some costs associated with selling online that I am either missing or are not aware of. Most recently I received an email about a book entitled the Micon System by an online semi-pro name Bryan Micon -- an audio course geared towards winning online MTTs, which was being sold for $97 and going up to $127 in a week or so. While he seems to have an above average track record, I cant imagine it rivals someone like Dan Harrington, who's paperback goes up < $30

I just don't understand these kind of price tags, yet at the same time if I price a book lower than standard, it may give potential buyers the wrong impression of the book. I'm really not joking when I say this book is probably the most informative book there is, for players who already grasp a lot of the basic and semi-advanced concepts of the game which are explained well in other books -- simply because it tackles a lot of issues which aren't addressed in books, yet discussion seems to be coming up on poker forums about. Other people's advice on matters that I have agreed with is incorperated into the book as well, I think I've learned something! Without a doubt I believe it to be the best investment on the internet for an e-book.

Currently the list of topics is as follows (cut and pasted so if the pages numbers etc are all over the place thats why)

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Catching Up 5

Section 1: The Basics

₧ Bankroll Requirements… and occasionally breaking them 6
₧ Player Types and Playing against them 7
₧ Aggression 10
₧ Predictability: 11
₧ Keeping pots small unless you are sure you are ahead 12

Section 2: Pre-Flop Situations

₧ Observing the position of the Pre Flop Raiser 13
₧ Playing Position 14
₧ Hidden Positioning 16
₧ Calling raises HU from the SB 18
₧ Playing Small/Medium Pairs in an unraised pot 20
₧ Playing Small/Medium Pairs to a raise 21
₧ The “Squeeze Play” 24

Section 3: Situations which come up both preflop and postflop

₧ Raising Proper Amounts 25
₧ Not wasting money 28
₧ Raising when you will only get a call when you are beat 29
₧ Raising for information 32
₧ Making big laydowns (especially in tournament play) 34
₧ Playing Upper Middle Pairs to a Reraise 35

Section 4: Post Flop Situations and Concepts

Section 4 Part 1: Concepts

₧ Continuation Bets 37
₧ Slowplaying/Check-Raising 40
₧ The turn “Slowplay” 44
₧ Gambling, to maximize value with a strong hand 45
₧ Drawing hands: Raising, Calling and Folding 46
₧ Implied Odds 50
₧ The “Stop and Go” Technique 52
₧ Bluffing 53

Section 4 Part 2: Situations

₧ Taking control of Hands by checking? ? 55
₧ Playing OVERLY aggressively 57
₧ The check/call mode of No Limit 58
₧ Calling with Intention of later stealing 60
₧ When just Calling can be the correct decision 62
₧ When Odds control your decision 63
₧ Bluffing into dry side pots 64
₧ Showing down cheaper 65
₧ Not Showing Down and giving free info 66
₧ Extracting the Maximum Value out of your hands 67
₧ Reading the board through your opponents eyes 68
₧ Putting your opponents on hands 69
₧ Representing Hands 71

Section 4 Part 3: Specific Situations

₧ Specific Ways of playing Flushes to get action 73
₧ Flop a straight, flush comes on turn 75
₧ Flop a flush to a PFRer out of position. 76
₧ Flopping the nut straight and the pot has been bet and
raised before you 77

Section 5: Finishing Up

₧ Playing While Short Handed 78
₧ Typical Online Players Thinking 80
₧ Levels of Poker 81

Closing 84

Looking over this, (Im on my new cpu right now which I dont think has the most updated copy of the book on it) I believe I added another topic because the book has a few more pages than 84

Well there's the (long) update

Feel free to ask any ?'s/make comments