Very few people will ever succeed in tough games without reading the books, and the ones who do will often pay a far greater price then those who are students of the game.
Example: Without chapter 5 of Holdem for Advanced players I’d be clueless how to make a profit playing short handed ring games, I might have gone broke trying. As soon as I read the book, I understood and put what I learned to use. I now make a killing in these games, realizing that if I raise every hand preflop and just keep betting against certain players I’ll make a profit every session. Not against all players, but I used to be one of the players who would lose big to a player who did this, now since I’ve spotted my own weakness and made adjustments I can pick on this weakness when I find other players to have.
If you want to move up in stakes and play tough games, you’re wasting a TON of money not reading the books, IMHO.
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