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Online Ace: A World Series of Poker Champion's Guide to Mastering Internet Poker
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by Scott Fischman
Sales Rank: 58920
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List Price: $19.95
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Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: ESPN June 13, 2006
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1933060123
ISBN-13: 978-1933060125
Product Dimensions:
8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
Card Player magazine
"Online poker is white-hot, and Scott Fischman could easily be its unofficial ambassador."
Rolling Stone
"At 24, Fischman is the Face of Gen P -- Generation Poker."
Customer Reviews & Comments
I had been looking forward to this book coming out since I first heard about it. Scott Fischman is one of the great under 30 players. To read what he has to say on the topic of online poker had me quite excited. With that being said I couldn't wait to write a review of the book giving it five stars, but the deciding factor was `would I be in trouble if my opponents read his book?' ....no. I play a lot of cheap sit and gos and I currently do rather well. However, I was looking for something to help me move more into the ring games where I think I could do better on profit per hour. Is it going to help me move to the ring games and make money there? Perhaps. I was looking for great insights into the differences between the online game and the in person game. Not a lot in depth deep insight. I was also looking for strategy differences between different monetary levels, like what kind of plays to avoid at lower levels and at what levels skill changes change. The other day I watched a $530 SNG, I was surprised by how little differences there was between the $11 game and the $530 game. I wish that could have been addressed in the book. What time of the day is most profitable would have been another good discussion. The book at a whole is pretty much an overview of poker. When I do play online I do breakdown my game after I am done playing I do analyze my game what I did and where, why it worked, what would have worked better....etc. There were two major things I got from the book to get better at online poker you have to PLAY the game to learn it and the way I am approaching the online game is correct. I feel like I could have written about half of this book with what I have learned. That gives me a lot of confidence in my game. Another nice thing about the book, Scott does not talk about online poker sites individually at all. There is no recommendation of any sites or any discussion of them. The book is 224 pages long and it is a fast read. It took me two days to read it. Would have taken me one day but life events got in the way. If you have read any poker book prior to this one the first 45 and last 35 are pretty much filler or roughly a third of the book. If you have not read a poker book prior to this one it will help your game. You will find it all very useful. It is a great book to make your first poker book, especially if you do not like math. It WILL help you. I highly recommend the book to you. If you have read more than say 10-12 poker books, make a few visits to the bookstore and read it there because it is a good read but not really worth having in your home library.
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