| Anyone who's read a free poker ebook on the | | | | doesn't even make sense, for example stating |
| internet will be aware that they're not really | | | | that the best opponents to continuation bet |
| worthwhile. There are hundreds of poker ebooks | | | | against are those who fold a lot to aggression. |
| scattered across the internet that webmaster | | | | This is only half of the answer. You can also |
| and affiliates are giving away for free in order to | | | | continuation bet opponents who are calling stations |
| get you to sign up to their emailing list. | | | | and have a high WSD%, and also those playing |
| OK, these books are free so how can you | | | | with a weak range of hands pre-flop. |
| complain? Well, in my opinon, you really have to | | | | Another issue is pre-flop starting hands. Many |
| ask yourself what are the credentials of the | | | | books will spurt out incorrect positional advice, for |
| author of the ebook and can I trust its advice. If | | | | example, that you have to 3bet opponents with |
| you were going to write a long ebook to give | | | | JJ or that you can't re-raise with middle pockets in |
| away for free, would you really be obsessed | | | | MP. Again, this is incomplete information and won't |
| about it quality and authority? The answer is | | | | even apply to micro-stakes games. With JJ, you |
| blatently no. What you've got to realise is that as | | | | might want to flat someones opening raise from |
| soon as you sign up to a webmaster's emailing list | | | | EP because their relative strength could be higher |
| they've completed what they set out to do, | | | | (depending on their VPIP and starting hand %). |
| hence the quality of the book or your feedback | | | | You can also call with middle pockets in MP but it |
| isn't all that important to them. They could have a | | | | depends on positional circumstances. For example, |
| dozen pages written in pigeon English or scantily | | | | if the raiser was sat in EP and was deep stacked, |
| clad grammar, and it wouldn't make a difference. | | | | you can call him for implied odds. On the other |
| Before you go investigate and prove me wrong, | | | | hand, if he raises from EP and only has a stack of |
| I'm not saying all free poker ebooks are bad full | | | | 30BBs than it's not profitable to call. |
| stop. There are a number of free ones available | | | | The 2 examples above are just examples of how |
| from sites such as which teach many advanced | | | | "incomplete" information in free ebooks can ruin |
| concept and contain thorough detail. | | | | your game. If you ask me, you are much better |
| But, there are also some bad sites, which I won't | | | | off paying $40 - $100 for a professional ebook |
| name in respect of the owners. From time to | | | | written by high stakes authors and an interest in |
| time you'll come across poker strategy that | | | | the book's rating. |