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As I'm new to this FORUM I'd like to properly introduce myself to all those of you who may not know much about me as a poker player.

I'm offering the first 20 people who reply to this posting a FREE copy of my book 'How To Win At Texas Hold'Em - All You Need To Know'.

Free book + free posting + free everything.

There is to be an audio-book release for this sometime soon (as soon as the publishers - Pearson - can get their act together) but for now I'm happy to let people who are new to the game of Texas Hold'Em read this compact little book - FREE!

Just reply to this post and email me with your full name & address to ukpoker@hotmail.com. It'll be in the post on Monday!

The book is based on lessons I gave at the Fitzwilliam Club in Dublin where over 75 new players sat in over a period of 2 years!

No doubt there'll be the usual boo-artists but thats okay!

I have emailed.


Can you guess one of the prizes in the Nottingham P4C event?

May I be the first to.......

BOOO

 >:D

Classy spam

e-mail on the way!!

A certain elegance to that one....

E Mailed Cheers

second prize, two copies?

Wow, what a generous offer.

go on then I'm intrigued, I'll have a look.

Can't miss a chance to add another entry to the library.

Sheriff

Another book, yipee  ;D

I'll give it a go.

go on then, i'm in need of some help

Gr8 offer. cheers.

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

can i have 2?  ;) ::) ::)

Hi, I have emailed you as well, looking forward to reading it.

I'll need to learn to read but a free book would help.

go on then, I'll have one too.

Ah go on Ted....

has anyone explained the no spaming policy on blonde to ukpoker? If I am not allowed to spam my affiliates link (toys getting thrown out of pram here) should mark be encouraged? No I don't want a book by the way (although I could probably do with one by my last few months results  ;) )
If we want a hendonmob forum we could always just go to thehendonmob- yes I'm tired and grumpy after blowing chip lead in grand prix qualifier last night so probably best to just ignore me lol

e mail sent (havent counted so i'm not sure if I am in time!).

 :D

Ariston has a point, however generous the offer and however elegant the spam, it is Spam...isn't it?

I don't want to be too pedantic but I am a bit cynical. What if there's a clause in the book deal that ups the advance if he shifts x copies?. Note I say shift not sell.

If I'm wrong, shoot me

Don't have too much of a point really, Im just in a real stinker of a mood this morning  :(

time for a cuppa, a sticky bun and a ciggie then


or for the healthier amongst you, a brisk walk, some fresh air and and then a nap

Sticky bun anyone?

Just smoked my last one so now I have to go out for some more, one of those mornings  >:( Now I also want a sticky bun as well so bakery it is.

I'm taking the moral high ground here - don't want a book and am going to have sushi for lunch :)

Heid
xx

i will have one if any more available

I bet I'm 21st but what they hell , used to bubbling.

anything thats free sounds good to me

e-mail sent  8)

Is this your book?

Yes!

excellent reviews

and are these the reviews of your book?

Customer Reviews
1/5
Two good things about this book., April 4, 2005
Reviewer: HuskerPete "Poker Beginner" (Omaha, NE) - See all my reviews
I wanted some basics to get into $5 dollar single table tournaments online and it worked for that. You will definitely need something more advanced as you progress into higher limits and this will not be useful for 'free' games.
Take two things from this book:
1. The starting hands based on position
2. How to calculate the 'outs' (a nice chart in the back of the book)
Adjust your starting hands based on your willingness to take risks and understand your outs based on the chart in the back. The rest is pretty basic and as everyone has stated thus far there are a considerable number of mistakes.
If you are going to buy another book watch the poker tournaments on T.V and find a player you most enjoy watching play, that you trust and that wins and go buy his book. There are no books that will teach you everything and there is no template for perfect play.


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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1/5
Don't waste even ONE of 5 bucks!, January 6, 2005
Reviewer: Matt B. (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
Ditto the other two reviews on this book. I thank my lucky stars that I kept my $5 in my wallet and borrowed this from the library. I give my co-reviewers A LOT of credit for sticking with this book - I quit reading after about page 15. I found no less than FOUR typos/incorrect statements on ONE page. My favorite botched advice is, early in the book, that: when holding a low pair [3's] and hitting a set [trip 3's] on the flop, one should be very wary of a pair of overcards on the board (in this case, a Q on the flop, and then another on the turn), because even one Q buried in an opponents hands will cause his trips to beat yours. Oh yeah? Last I checked, when holding a set and having the board pair-up, I've now got a FULL HOUSE! I think that beats 3 Q's!! Sheesh!

This book is god awful. The typos are brutal, and the flat-out wrong advice is even worse. Don't waste your time.Was this review helpful to you?   (Report this)


 

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1/5
Not Worth Your 5 Bucks, October 5, 2004
Reviewer: Brandon "itsbrandon" (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
I agree with the previous reviewer, and pricing this book a few bucks higher to get a proof-reader would have been well worth the money.

This book is littered with typos.

Every few pages, I have to stop and try to figure out what the author meant to say. An example would be:

Page 24
"...Say you have J and 10 facing one opponent on the turn. You have an outside straight draw with a board of 2 5 8 Q and only the river card left to make it. Any 8 or king will finish this straight for you..."

I may be new at poker, but even I know you'll need a 9 to finish that straight, and a king will be worthless. Of course, he had typo'ed the board cards with an "8" instead of a "9", but this is just one of the many examples of the confusing and annoying mistakes you're sure to discover in this book. I would encourage you to search further throughout amazon, and deeper into your pocket book, for -- simply put -- a better book.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

Good short primer in need of a proofreader!, September 26, 2004
Reviewer: 2many2read (United States) - See all my reviews
This is a 60-page overview of Texas Hold'em that surveys all aspects of the game from starting hands to postflop play and when to bluff. It discusses pot odds, bet odds and implied odds. There's a table in the back with the odds for your hand improving based on the outs you need. There's even a few pages about tournament play.

It's standard stuff, but distilled down to essentials and graphically well-presented.

So why only 3 stars?

The book is filled with typos. Cards are described in the same sentence as spade [the symbol] and "s" -- but both things refer to the spade suit. (And "s" could well mean two starting cards of any one suit.)

On page 32, he explains that you _should_ call when you do not make your queen-high flush. Huh? I've been folding my missed flushes.

As Straham proclaims on the cover, the book is only "5 bucks." Maybe he should price the book higher and employ a proofreader.

P.S. After seeing that the glossary --incredibly -- is not alphabetized, I wish I had given the book only two stars.


but hey at least you got published!

open goal, but they still need scoring

you are cruel Adam, really!!!

Interesting....you've pulled half a dozen reviews off AMAZON...!! Scary  ;D

As I said in my first email I accept the boo, offside ref, gummy bear haters as well as the applause.

Later tonight I'll respond with a dozen or so 'other reviews' from people having read the book. They'll counter the ones you've copied off Amazon.

I'm sure, with all the people in the world, there are people that hate things with a passion. I'm sorry to see that you're one of them!

I would still like my free copy to make up my own mind.

please dont bring the other dozen reviews. perhaps yt will remove his post as a trade off

yt how about removing the reviews?, people can see them just be linking to Amazon should they so wish

I'm sure you wouldn't do this without the permission of the owners of this forum. It would be pretty spammy otherwise wouldn't it.

Why contribute to this tranparent self-publicising.

Anyone now have any doubts as to why this guy joined the forum ?

 ::)

all we need know is Don Ceroti, that'll cheer the place up no end

For whatever reason the member 'yt' has taken to rubbishing this offer!

There were certainly some issues with the book 'mainly typos' that I was unhappy with at publication but until a reprint is done (at Pearsons request) then unfortunately I, and the readers, have to live with them.

I would very much like people to make up their own mind about whether or not the book is helpful to beginners rather than having so called players, like 'yt' take any opportunity to rubbish it and discredit the writer (me).

Some facts of this book are:

Published Sept 2004
Sales in the USA & Canada - 20,000
Sales in Europe - 5000
Sales elsewhere - 5000

Out of 30,000 buyers 'yt' has picked on 6 reviews from Amazon. Shame!

OK, Mark...Enough!

I've never met you, but I know you are/were a controversial poster on THM. I also know that you stick to your guns to the "nth" degree and do not compromise. Conflict inevitably results.

I am sure you have a lot to contribute on a lot of subjects but all of your posts so far have been either promoting yourself or your products, albeit this was dressed up in a "cute"fashion. Nonetheless...free publicity!.

I don't know what insecurities you have that need you to do this but please, please (as someone that loves coming here ) don't continue in this vein

A lot of people have worked very hard, through 48,000 posts and 1300 members to avoid it going down the route that make other forums nothing more than soapboxes where posters flame each other.

Thanks

seconded

Mark, I have not at any point (nor has anyone else) suggested removing the original post.

All I have requested is that you seek to avoid unnecessary conflict, recognise the need for compromise and continue from there really.......

So there's no need to blow it up into a huge "moderators please decide thing"

Anyway...i'll leave this thread alone now

All the best!

This is very interesting. in terms of what my experience is with message boards and communities, the actions of Mark are quite strange, and have been treated by members of this site with suspicion/annoyance, as I would have expected.

The board , from my experience is a place where people are friendly, kind, straight down the line, and guard their carefully nurtured community feeling very carefully.

You have to understand Mark, that your actions have not been those of a normal member who wants to join in the community, make friends, learn about poker, and generally have fun in what can be a brutal game.

I am not sure whether you were aiming to self publicise, or genuinely thought that you were doing a friendly and "Hello I'm new have a pressie" kinda thing, but the context/tone of the offer seems to have been pitched a few octaves wrong.

Not being anyone of note on here, apart from being someone who intensely enjoys their time here, I'd suggest you listen, lurk, read and then try again without trying to blow your own trumpet and quotes facts and figures, and just have fun.

I'm absolutely not having a go, but I want you to understand that there are ways and means of making an entrance, and gaining respect, and I am not sure that your method is one of them :)

Remember that yoiu have had issues in other palces, and a lot of people read and post in those palces, and with the best will in the world sometimes mud sticks, even if it hasn't been thrown rightly or not.

Chill, man .. it's Friday :)

Heid
xx

Were you a diplomat in a previous life Heid? Nice post

Here's a copy of something I posted on  the Moderator Decide thread:-

Mark

Tikay is in Southend at the moment and is obviously busy. It is a tough choice for him as it is a close call. Can we all just leave it for a few hours and stop posting here or on the initial thread, that way it will all cool down a bit and we can see the wood for the trees.

Please don't anybody flame me by my suggesting we just keep the status quo as I am NOT saying DO NOT post but suggesting it as a stop gap, please.

It's spitting here. How's is it over your way, Robert?
 :-\

Pretty cloudy and forcast of autumn breezes in Galvestone.

I thought robert and reddog did the old "lets change the subject trick"- now snoopys getting in on the act, well done snoops

He'll get a juicy bone for that  ;D

Oh Ar.... misses  ;D

Sun's out here it'll be with you all soon :)up

Just helping people make informed decisions in the face of overwhelming spam. Btw if Amazon had any good reviews I would post them too. But they didn’t. If a mod wants to remove them, fine.
Mark you just can’t help spamming and it winds me up.
As I said earlier at least you got published. Genuine congratulations.

Jaysus Mark!!!

I'll have a free book  :)up

a free book is a great offer, even if the book has bad reviews. did i quailify for one btw?  ;)

 :D

Am i in the first 20? Would love a book.
PS hey everyone new to this site.

Here's the post I placed on the "other" thread which has arisen on this issue.

Jeez, I go away for 36 hours, & this blows up. Peace reigns in blonde, then this.......

I am heartened by many of the excellent responses, including by Heid (what a Diamond find THAT young lady is turning out to be!), Tight End, Robert, & Iron, who has been brave & strong  - I expect nothing less - in doing what he thinks is right.

I think we all know what is right & wrong for blonde, and the spam issue has been debated, agreed, & put to bed, where it sleeps peacefully.

I think the right course of action here is for me to write to Mark "off-Forum", via PM. I wanna be fair to him, so to comment further on Open Forum would be wrong.

But I promise everyone this - nobody is gonna hijack your Forum. This is a happy place, a fun place, "poker with a smile", where many of us enjoy spending some time. That's the brief Dave & I agreed at Day One, & that remains the brief. We are gaining Members at a goodly rate, & Corporate Sponsors, who help to finance our fun & our Live Updates, & they do so because it's the place it is.

So that's the way it will stay.

I have today posted the books, as promised, to the first 20 people that repliedc to my original posting on Friday.

I understand why the post naming those recipients was taken off the forum but I wanted to be as open and transparent as I could be about who would be receiving them.

If you saw the list then you'd be able to verify that there were 20 names on it.

I apologise if I offended anyone whose name appeared on it and they wished to remain anonymous!

Anyway...enjoy...and please let me know what you think of it...typo's and all! :)

Hi

I look forward to reading it when it arrives. Knowing my spelling I would notice the typos anyway.

Just a thought, not a criticism. You start threads but are not in the habit of joining and adding to others, you obviously have a wealth of experience and your opinions could be of interest. As you are a B&M player why not give your 2 cents worth on the "advice please" thread recently started?

Thx for letting us know, ukpoker. I’m sure it will be a good read.

Glad you understood why the thread was deleted.


LMAO at Robert and his 2c

 ;D ;D ;D

Whoops. You can't get away with saying 2 c, without the space  >:(

Arghhhhhhhhh . Ok we know you sent the books mark- you posted yesterday to say you would and the day before to say who would be getting them. Maybe tomorrow we can have a thread asking if they have been received? Why dont you start another new thread titled "poker book thread an apology for annoying ariston".
Sorry all but I've seen this before on another forum and it drives me crazy. Yes we know you wrote a book and have a website now please leave it before my head explodes.  >:(

what a dilema...put up with Mark's constant new threads which he abandons str8 away, but have ariston's head explode.......or ask mark to stop, and retain ariston!!!

This has to be a decision for Tikay!

Thank YOU for that Fishy Flushy.......

No comment........

But going back to Robert's original faux paus, these new card icons CAN cause problems to those of us who type "less well". I have a habit of missing the "e" out of th...... Does that make sense?

I find it best to wrap the text for the smileys/cards in colons as it is very unlikely to want to type, or have a spelling mistake that reads, for example, ":2c:"

No  :P
"Less well" indeed. I typed the correct "word" but summat different came out. Faux pas  indeed, getting all continental on us, you're only doing it to impress Isabelle, try "fu" like the rest of us.

Nice diversion guys without the mention of the weather for once. Sorry but still aaaaaaaaarggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh

Actually, Mr Clever Bloke, I THINK I said - correctly - faux paus.......Not faux pas. Or even faux p asp

what did you think about a blonde weekend in Blackpool then Russ (diverting again in a none weather like fashion)?

All blondites welcome to blackpool as long as none bring any books they have writen or talk about books they have written or give books away etc etc etc

I tried!!

overcast here

Spitting here mate. Not as mad as me spitting feathers though. To steal one of the devilfishes lines- I hope the book is paperback, easier to wipe my arse with next time I run out of toilet roll. ;) (insidentally Mr Ulliot used this line to a real poker legend in Las Vegas after a horrible beat)

Eek.  :o

Fine rain here, fine rain - soaks you right thru

Oh F it!  :-[

i have merged the 2 threads together

there is no need to start a new thread for each new post

the forum software will bump up the old thread to the top of the board so your new post wont be missed

is it too late to get a book then?? :D

I predict a sunny day yesterday but not so good today, tomorrow is Tuesday   :)up

Dewi the new Met office guru  ;D

Look I will send every blondite a book of their choice if they just stop this thread being bumpred back up  >:( he helped ruin THM and he will do the same to here, you have all been warned

OK " Noddy does Toy Town" for me, last post  :-X

He isn't going to send me a book because i got upset with him for listing my name and address on the forum.

If you actually read this book (waste of time) then you will understand how bad mark is at poker. Ur welcome at my south london cash game anytime!!!!!!!

Well, I've got one on the way, so I'm looking forward to finding out. Hope it's good.

But when are we going to get the offer to buy pirate WPT Dvd's?? I cant wait!

I have a book...

"no foldem holdem by At-iT"

Its crap but will you buy it please! 57quid and i'll post it for free...

Just got my free book through, thank you very much. I shall give it a read ASAP and report back.

Phil