Killer Poker Shorthanded

Purchased this book for my husband as a gift. He loves it. It has been very useful to him in his short handed poker play. It has help him improve his game considerably.

It had alot of good knowledge and great pointers.. A very nice additive to my all ready extensive library

I like how John Vorhaus writes and thinks. Tony Guerrera is a worthy sidekick. They have fun with their writing and their poker and I'm sure they win some $$$$ too. The initial premise of this book is that short-handed or 6 Max NL is a poker world unlike any other you've ever encountered and if you are used to full tables you better study up before you sit down to play short. You don't find many short-handed games in casinos where you play live, it's not profitable enough for them to set it up. But on-line it's a different story and a different world. A Darwinian world where information is power and you can't wait around for a hand or you'll get blinded to death. Killer Poker Short-Handed is most useful for its insights into using poker software tools like: (pick your own flavor btw) PokerTracker/PAHud, PokerHound, or PokerOffice to "sniff/datamine" your opposition so you understand them BEFORE you go to war with them across the virtual felt. The book's insights into using these tools are worth the price of admission by themselves. Have thousands of hands of data on your competition that you datamined for weeks gives you an astounding edge. Knowing that someone plays 12% poker from early position and 18% from late position and seldom defens their blinds is very useful information to have. Vorhaus/Guerrera look into these kinds of strategies. The reviews above COMPLETELY missed the point that Vorhaus/Guerrera were making with this book. How sad for them. It's easy to say that each Killer Poker book glosses over things. They do because they assume you already know those things and don't waste 1/3 of the book explaining which hand wins and the odds on hitting your 4 outer, inside straight draw on the river. This is not Harrington on Hold'em. This is a book that explains street fighter poker. Less rules more $$$$