Product Description
Bad Beats and Lucky Draws is your down-and-dirty guide to the world of high-stakes professional poker. Phil Hellmuth, nine-time World Series of Poker Champion and author of Play Poker Like the Pros, presents a blow-by-blow account of many of poker’s “clash of the titans” hands from the World Series of Poker, the World Poker Tour, and the European Tour. Phil provides insights into what the players were thinking and includes his own take on what they (and in many case… More >>
#1 by JBrouillette on April 13, 2010 - 8:02 pm
I’ve been playing poker for many years and have watched Phil on TV a fare amount. After reading this book I do have to say that his reputation as a cry baby and snob is right on the mark. If you are interested in hearing Phil tell you how good a poker player he is and how he should never lose, this is the book for you.
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by Mossy695 on April 13, 2010 - 10:50 pm
This is just an entire book for Phil Hellmuth, Jr. to drop names and make money bragging to everyone about his famous poker friends. Buy if you like hype, pass if you’re looking for a book of real strategy and not Hellmuth patting himself on the back for the entire length of the book.
Rating: 1 / 5
#3 by James A. Moran on April 14, 2010 - 12:37 am
This book was simply terrible. Terrible. Terrible. Unreadable. Please do not listen to reviewers who gave it five stars – if you look they give every book five stars. Terrible. Did I mention this book was terrible?
Rating: 1 / 5
#4 by P. Binion on April 14, 2010 - 2:14 am
This book is painful to read. Unless you are a star-gazer who appreciates name-dropping, this book is simply about how the world gets lucky on Phil.
People get lucky on me all the time, but I don’t think it’s an important book topic. In fact, I’d rather encourage poor play than discourage it, as this book feebly attempts to do.
This book should be subtitled “It’s not my fault I am stuck on 9 bracelets! I swear!” I sold my copy within weeks of buying it.
Rating: 1 / 5
#5 by JR97 on April 14, 2010 - 2:48 am
I saw this book at the local library. Read it in about an hour. I would never buy this book and don’t recommend it to anyone. I think Phil is a brilliant poker player. His reads on people is uncanny. But I didn’t see much value in his telling of these hands in the method he did. I’m sure there are lessons to be learned from some of these, but not in the format they are in.
Rating: 1 / 5