Book Review: Kill Everyone
Kill Everyone: Advanced Strategies for No-limit Hold ‘em Poker Tournaments and Sit-n-go’s
by Lee Nelson, Tysen Streib, and Kim Lee
According to the introduction of the book, the authors of ‘Kill Everyone’ are set to find the co-relation between poker maths and real time experiences. While playing poker tournaments, you are bound to encounter some recurring situations while accumulating chips and approaching the money. The book contains a fine mix of maths and tactics, which could be employed in the poker tournaments. Tysen Streib focuses on the early sections of the book with his ‘Endgame Strategies’, while Lee Nelson writes in the later section of the book.
The first part of the book is extremely informative and could be one of the best pieces of poker writing, whereas the version written by Nelson is more of a hit or miss. There are a lot of concepts explained by him, though most of which would already known by the expert players. Conclusively, Kill Bill is one of the important books about poker tournaments and even the short section focussing on the ‘bonus’ short-handed cash games is strongly written by Mark Vos.
The reason why Streib’s version has turned out very well is because it focuses on the later parts of the game, including the final table play, where the stakes are pretty high. Some of the concepts such as cost-per-round or the sum of antes and blinds are highly analytical and discuss the technical aspects of the game. His detailed explanation of the quantification and non-linearity influencing the decision making process is commendable. The part is very convincing and helpful, giving you a fresh insight into the game.
The book is full of a range of charts and graphics, so as to elaborate on these concepts and help the readers to put them into practice. For the reason that late game tournaments would see shorter stacks moving in pre-flop, Streib has also shown some optimal strategies for checking, folding and calling. He has introduced a concept such as the Independent Chip Modelling (ICM), which is essentially important for the tournament players.
Naturally, Sit n Go players would find this book of utmost importance. Streib has also included a hand-by-hand analysis of the tournaments played by players such as Ferguson, Juanda, Ulliot, and Ivey. None of these players happen to be Sit n Go experts, but the author has highlighted their mistakes to display the correct plays, so as to detail out the essential concepts.
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