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Started reading this at the weekend - am going to try really studying it this time, rather than just reading it - so will put some bullet points up here on the main topics, and what I take to be the "key ideas" - with a bit of luck we may even get some discussion going I've finished Part I - there are 12 sections overall spanning both volumes.

Introduction

NO LIMIT CASH v NO LIMIT TOURNAMENTS

Cash is typically deeper stacked. This allows a wider range of starting hands to be played. It also means stronger hands are required to get to a showdown.
Top Pair Top Kicker is a strong hand in most Tournament situations, but a weak hand in Cash games
A SAMPLE HAND
What are the players thinking in High Stakes Poker, Series 3, Episode 10 when the flop comes A99 with hole cards of AK, Q9, A3 and 97
Being deep stacked, cash play allows for a wider range of starting hands but needs to showdown a stronger hand

Part 1 - Basic Ideas of NL Play

THE FOUR PRINCIPLES OF POKER
- In General you want to bet your strong hands, check your middling hands, and fold or bluff your weakest hands
- In General, aggression (betting and raising) is better than passivity (checking and calling)
- In General, a successful bet must be able to do one of three things: force a better hand to fold, force a weaker hand to call, or cause a drawing hand to draw at unfavourable odds
- Never do anything all of the time
EXPECTATION AND EXPECTED VALUE
POT ODDS
EXPRESS ODDS & IMPLIED ODDS
- In all close decisions you should try to make the play that creates the appearance of giving action. A table image of an action player ... is more profitable than the table image of a rock.
CALCULATING OUTS
The rule of Four: If two cards are still to come and you will be able to see both cards, multiply your number of outs by four to get your winning chances in the hand
The Rule of Two: If only one card is still to come, multiply your outs by two to get your winning chances
BET TYPES
-The Value Bet
-The Probe Bet
-The Bluff
-The Semi Bluff
THE CHECK
CONTROLLING POT ODDS


Part 2 - Key Elements of Deep Stack Cash Play

Part 3 - Difference between Tight Aggressive and Loose Aggressive. How to play TAG preflop

Part 4 - Flop Play Heads Up

Part 5 - How to handle multi way flops. Introduction to "Harringtons Law"

Part 6 - How to play the turn

Part 7 - Intricacies of river play

Part 8 - Tells and Observation

Part 9 - Intoductions to basics of LAG play

Part 10 - What are weak games and how do you beat them?

Part 11 - Managing Bankroll

Part 12 - Conversation with Bobby Hoff