Ace on the River: An Advanced Poker Guide

The long anticipated Ace on the River is one of the most interesting and unique poker books ever written. Barry Greenstein has been playing professional poker for about thirty years, and has been a regular in the biggest games in the world for more than a decade, with legends such as Doyle Brunson and Chip Reese. This text was originally intended to be a chapter in the sequel to Brunsons Super System, but when the first draft ran over 100 pages, the project turned into its own book. The book is primarily targetted toward high-limit professional poker players, which is a very limited audience. Lower and middle limit players will find a lot of the material useful and interesting, but significant portions wont apply to them. Casual home game and beginning players will find a fascinating look into the mind and world of high-stakes poker players, but should definitely look elsewhere for instruction and strategy tips. Part I, \"The Poker World,\" is fascinating but not especially useful material. The first thirty pages is a memoir of Greensteins life in poker. Next are chapters on the different kinds of people in \"The Poker Society,\" \"How to Behave in the Poker Society,\" and a chapter on the superstitions many have. Part II, \"Philosophy,\" contains miscellaneous ideas, advice, and discussion mostly relevant to professional poker players. There is little technical or strategic material, focusing more on psychology and avoiding common pitfalls. One chapter discusses the dangers of getting too involved in sports betting (a ubiquitous part of the poker world), one on integrity, others on attitude, the psychology of gambling, family, and even sexuality. Part III, \"Advanced Play,\" is the meat of the book, with chapters on math and game theory (how valuable they are and how they are used), internet poker, tournaments, specific strategic advice, and some no-limit tournament hands. These last two are the best in the book and extremely valuable, although not as long or detailed as I had hoped. Both go through several different hands, discussing the options at each point and what types of things the player should be considering, as well as how to analyze and think about hands after the fact. Throughout the book, he addresses interesting philosophical questions like, \"Who is the best player in the world (and how could that be determined)?\" and \"What really separates the very best players from everyone else?\" I had seen several glowing reviews from other top players who had advanced copies before I read it myself, and thus had very high expectations when I finally got a copy. From that perspective, I was slightly disappointed. My main complaint is with the brevity of the actual hand discussions, but what is there is excellent. Other parts seem a bit preachy without enough specific advice; see the chapters on avoiding being distracted by sports betting and remembering to spend time with your family. To most readers this might seem strange, but these are problems that have derailed the careers or broken up families of many otherwise successful pros. He does speak from personal experience on these issues and others, which makes the slightly preachy tone much more palatable. Throughout, the text is well-written, articulate, and an enjoyable read. The book is filled with color photos on almost every page, and another reader I talked with described it as a coffee table book. Its rare in the poker world for someone with Greensteins stature, intelligence, and experience to write about any of these topics, which makes the advice invaluable for successful or aspiring pros. At the same time, very little is so technical or advanced that it would go over the heads of others who are interested, some parts just wont be relevant.
# 328 pages # Publisher: Last Knight Publishing Company (June 30, 2005) # Language: English # ISBN-10: 0972044221 # ISBN-13: 978-0972044226
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