Comments on: Reading is Fundamental. http://davidzeitlin.com/2007/08/06/reading-is-fundamental/ Bluffs, beats, and the poker life of Sugar D Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:45:42 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: O http://davidzeitlin.com/2007/08/06/reading-is-fundamental/comment-page-1/#comment-2610 O Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:16:38 +0000 http://davidzeitlin.com/2007/08/06/reading-is-fundamental/#comment-2610 Thanks for the clarification, zeit -- sadly, I still don't know whether that makes me a fish or a donkey.... Thanks for the clarification, zeit — sadly, I still don’t know whether that makes me a fish or a donkey….

]]> By: Rob http://davidzeitlin.com/2007/08/06/reading-is-fundamental/comment-page-1/#comment-2432 Rob Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:28:50 +0000 http://davidzeitlin.com/2007/08/06/reading-is-fundamental/#comment-2432 I'm sure Fischler would be honored by the shout out! FYI, I'm not sure that he left W&S under the most auspicious of circumstances himself... :-P I’m sure Fischler would be honored by the shout out!

FYI, I’m not sure that he left W&S under the most auspicious of circumstances himself… :-P

]]> By: david http://davidzeitlin.com/2007/08/06/reading-is-fundamental/comment-page-1/#comment-2353 david Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:10:43 +0000 http://davidzeitlin.com/2007/08/06/reading-is-fundamental/#comment-2353 Sam: nice one, I forgot about that book (it was alone on the shelf above my computer). I'll add my snarky little review of it tomorrow. O: I'd read Harrington's books. I don't know that proper way to distinguish between fish and donkeys, but someone says fish, I usually think of a guy that limps into too many pots, then folds repeatedly, slowly bleeding chips away. And when someone says donkey I think of a guy who loses all his chips when he flops top pair with K-10. Ult: Hellmuth is a douchemallet supreme. It's not an act. Jon: AshA rulz! Sam: nice one, I forgot about that book (it was alone on the shelf above my computer). I’ll add my snarky little review of it tomorrow.

O: I’d read Harrington’s books. I don’t know that proper way to distinguish between fish and donkeys, but someone says fish, I usually think of a guy that limps into too many pots, then folds repeatedly, slowly bleeding chips away. And when someone says donkey I think of a guy who loses all his chips when he flops top pair with K-10.

Ult: Hellmuth is a douchemallet supreme. It’s not an act.

Jon: AshA rulz!

]]> By: Jon http://davidzeitlin.com/2007/08/06/reading-is-fundamental/comment-page-1/#comment-2131 Jon Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:14:47 +0000 http://davidzeitlin.com/2007/08/06/reading-is-fundamental/#comment-2131 Ashley Adams rules! Ashley Adams rules!

]]> By: Ult http://davidzeitlin.com/2007/08/06/reading-is-fundamental/comment-page-1/#comment-2130 Ult Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:44:58 +0000 http://davidzeitlin.com/2007/08/06/reading-is-fundamental/#comment-2130 Once, a few years back, we had a coupon for three free video rentals from Hollywood or Blockbuster. I don't remember which. We couldn't find a third movie that we hadn't seen that was worth watching, so as a goof we grabbed the video version of 'Play Poker Like the Pros' and headed home to give it the ol' Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment. We were not disappointed. The video was an hour of Phil Hellmuth Jr. at an empty poker table in front of a curtain, looking into the camera and babbling. His special effects consisted of a deck of cards that he used to show us what a pair of aces, kings, queens, etc... looked like. What finally made us ROTFLOAO was when he came to the part about the different types of poker players and he said, "I've invented some animals." Wow. Thanks, Phil. Nice work. Biggest...Douchebag...Ever. For some reason, we imagined Phil Ivey and Phil Gordon behind the camera telling Hellmuth how great the video was going to be, but that probably didn't happen. Once, a few years back, we had a coupon for three free video rentals from Hollywood or Blockbuster. I don’t remember which. We couldn’t find a third movie that we hadn’t seen that was worth watching, so as a goof we grabbed the video version of ‘Play Poker Like the Pros’ and headed home to give it the ol’ Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment. We were not disappointed.

The video was an hour of Phil Hellmuth Jr. at an empty poker table in front of a curtain, looking into the camera and babbling. His special effects consisted of a deck of cards that he used to show us what a pair of aces, kings, queens, etc… looked like. What finally made us ROTFLOAO was when he came to the part about the different types of poker players and he said, “I’ve invented some animals.” Wow. Thanks, Phil. Nice work. Biggest…Douchebag…Ever. For some reason, we imagined Phil Ivey and Phil Gordon behind the camera telling Hellmuth how great the video was going to be, but that probably didn’t happen.

]]> By: O http://davidzeitlin.com/2007/08/06/reading-is-fundamental/comment-page-1/#comment-2129 O Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:19:11 +0000 http://davidzeitlin.com/2007/08/06/reading-is-fundamental/#comment-2129 Wow, this is impressive. Thanks for doing this -- I now know where to turn if I decide I ever want to elevate my game by actually, say, learning how to play. I can't imagine how long this took you! I just finished my movie review on teamschmoop.com (shameless plug), and that took me a while, and you cover a lot more books on here. Plus you had to actually READ those books, while I just had to watch the movies. Very impressive to put this together. If you were going to suggest a book to be the first one to read for a donkey like me, which one would it be? And which book covers poker lingo, so I know if I am using the correct term when I call myself a donkey (maybe I'm a fish?)? Wow, this is impressive. Thanks for doing this — I now know where to turn if I decide I ever want to elevate my game by actually, say, learning how to play.

I can’t imagine how long this took you! I just finished my movie review on teamschmoop.com (shameless plug), and that took me a while, and you cover a lot more books on here. Plus you had to actually READ those books, while I just had to watch the movies. Very impressive to put this together.

If you were going to suggest a book to be the first one to read for a donkey like me, which one would it be? And which book covers poker lingo, so I know if I am using the correct term when I call myself a donkey (maybe I’m a fish?)?

]]> By: Sam http://davidzeitlin.com/2007/08/06/reading-is-fundamental/comment-page-1/#comment-2113 Sam Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:51:35 +0000 http://davidzeitlin.com/2007/08/06/reading-is-fundamental/#comment-2113 The Mathematics of Poker by Bill Chen and Jerrod Ankerman? Nice reviews, squire. The Mathematics of Poker by Bill Chen and Jerrod Ankerman?

Nice reviews, squire.

]]> By: david http://davidzeitlin.com/2007/08/06/reading-is-fundamental/comment-page-1/#comment-2100 david Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:18:58 +0000 http://davidzeitlin.com/2007/08/06/reading-is-fundamental/#comment-2100 they are lent out to a friend and thus evaded inspection. they're added now. :) they are lent out to a friend and thus evaded inspection. they’re added now. :)

]]> By: Christian http://davidzeitlin.com/2007/08/06/reading-is-fundamental/comment-page-1/#comment-2099 Christian Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:18:23 +0000 http://davidzeitlin.com/2007/08/06/reading-is-fundamental/#comment-2099 Good job adding, DZ. ;) Good job adding, DZ. ;)

]]> By: Christian http://davidzeitlin.com/2007/08/06/reading-is-fundamental/comment-page-1/#comment-2098 Christian Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:17:48 +0000 http://davidzeitlin.com/2007/08/06/reading-is-fundamental/#comment-2098 Can't believe Harrington's books didn't make the list. *chuckle* Can’t believe Harrington’s books didn’t make the list. *chuckle*

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