Forgot to mention the WHOLE Annette Oberstad 180man she took down without looking at her cards tourney a few years back.. Again making me believe cards really have little value in MTTs…

Thanks all

CIRE

I picked up his books sometime back and actualy enjoyed reading them alot.

I often find myself going back to review these books along with the Harrington series the most out of everything I have ever read. It seems as my game develops so does my understanding of material presented in both of these books.

My play has morphed in the years from Weak/Tight , to Tight/Aggressive, to Loose/Aggressive, then back to a Tight/Aggressive style.

The thing that is different is I now UNDERSTAND how to play each style. I believe his ideas in fast structure MTT's are really valid; however in most games today this idea seems failry exploitable by smart MTT players. Thats the main problem with his entire strategy taken as a whole (and not pieced out). 

Example of taking a piece out:

I have played many MTT's with a little cutout piece of paper that covered my hole cards just as Synder suggests in his book. This single exercise helped me understand what I was capable of more than anything else in poker I have ever tried. If you have never tried it , I suggest doing it just once to see how it goes. Does this stand alone as a strategy, of course not. Is it critical to be able to play this way as part of his strategy, of course it is.

Can this be exploited, I would think so ….

Will using his strategy make you a complete poker player? I would have to so I don't think so….

but to me there is a large benefit of just knowing what this strategy is…

Peace

AK

Love this book and had my first MTT succes after reading it.

I believe is an eyes opener for everyone starting in the MTT world as it teaches in an easy way not to rely only on the cards,btw i bought his first book on blackjack years ago and the way he explains things is awesome.

For the live fast tournaments we have nowadays is a must read imo.

I do believe the slower online blind structures makes the tight-early play from the TPE instructors the wright play tho.

I have read and used his methods for sometime with success, however the game today may have passed his style of play by.  With all the floating in the game today his total aggression post flop just builds a big pot that you may have little chance of winning at showdown.  Also first in raising seems to get very little respect and is countered with 3 and 4 bets much more than when the book was published.  All this said it still has a place in fast pace tournaments as part of a balanced strategy.  On his website he has a great Excel calcualtor that allows you to determine what speed of tournament you are playing, good for online and live.  Not sure if links are allowed so just google “arnold snyder poker” and it should be the first line, the calculator link is on the left nav bar.

I have read both of these books with rapt fascination.  I must say that it was extremely helpful on those fast tourneys.  I have not really played in a “slow” tourney so I am excited to actually read book 2 and see how that fits into my overall game.  I am quite nitty starting off so it was a real stretch for me to be super aggressive early on.

That being said, I do use mathboy's PTF spreadsheet to gauge the speed of a tournament.  I have found this helps me in knowing when (by the clock) I need to become a bit more loose.

PC