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Message: [QUOTE="StormRaven, post: 1241108, member: 53047"] At the time I read the book I was not a very new player, so you may have a point about that in regards to very very very new players. I had to google this book to remember the author and to respond here as I really did throw my copy in the trash. Here is the link: [URL]http://books.google.com/books?id=q8HNO4OzgX8C&dq=poker+books+for+women&printsec=frontcover&source=in&hl=en&ei=YWFdSpD6LpHcNv3k-L8C&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=14[/URL] 1) She starts fairly early in the book describing what a deck of cards is, how it has 52 cards and that there are 4 suits and what they are. To me this is extremely basic for very very very new players. Then she describes what to do with a deck of cards "Let's look at what we do with the cards." Thank God she did that otherwise I would have put them in the microwave! 2) Her title is pretty catchy - but how do you expect to become a "badass" in poker if you have to explain to someone what a deck of cards is and what suits are? I know that every player has to start with these extreme basics at some point but the title is extremely misleading imo. I won't go into all the other extremely basics in her book - I think this first example is enough. But I will say that the rest of the beginning of her book is so extremely basic it feels like she is talking to a 5 year old. Not to an adult female. 3) Further is where she describes how a female should properly "check". Females need to make sure they "paint those pretty nails before the game. You don't want something as superficial as chipped polish to chip away at your confidence." So this is her good advice to female players? ZOMG! Make sure to paint your fingernails before a game so they look pretty when you check??? Do I really need to explain how stupid that advice is? It's not like painted fingernails are going to exploit a man and distract him during play. And if a woman needs her fingernails painted in order to feel confident, she has much bigger problems going on than learning how to play "badass poker". This really is Paris Hilton type advice. 4) Next she explains how poker is different from other card games like bridge or crazy 8's because it is played for money. That is not why poker is different from bridge or crazy 8's - you can play any game for money! 5) Then she describes what money is - "money is the way score is kept in the game of poker..". Thank goodness for that explanation otherwise I might have misunderstood the entire concept of poker and currency! 6) She tells a woman how to decide to how much money to sit at the table with: "Err on the side of excess - it puts you in a better frame of mind to sit down at the table and feel like you are positively [I]dripping[/I] with chips than to sit with a skimpy stack and feel like you're way underdressed for the occasion. Or just pick a cute player and ask what he started with." Yep, that's badass advice alright, you'll have the men shaking with fear at your superior skills when you look around for the "cute player" to ask. Also referring to stack sizes like clothing - really? How blonde do I have to be to read this book and understand it? (I went out of order, #3 should have been just above, but oh well). 7) The books Overview is described as "From the basic rules to complex strategies, this no-holds-barred guide gives the lowdown everything badass girls need to win big..." Where does this book offer complex strategies? I never saw them. 8) The book offers advice on how to make the right finger sandwiches and cocktails to put you in the mood to play poker. I don't know of a single pro that requires just the right finger sandwiches or cocktails to put them in the mood to play poker. Eating certainly helps and if they want a drink or 2 so what, but I don't know any of them that NEED these items to put them in the mood. 9) She dedicates an entire chapter on how to meet men playing poker. Is this a book on how to play badass poker or a singles guide? 10) She dedicates a chapter on "girl talk". Really? I need to know how to properly "girl talk" to play badass poker? I won't write anymore, for one I think I've listed enough examples on why this book is a joke for any serious poker player, especially females - it has a badass name and that's it - it doesn't teach you how to play badass poker. For two, I no longer have my copy and was not able to find any more detailed info or quotes to give exact examples on. So from my females perspective, this book was written for the Paris Hilton's of the world - not for serious respected players. And fwiw - I am an attractive female so my remarks are not written as a large german looking drill sgt who doesn't have the ability to seduce men at the table. I personally don't care for Jennifer Tilly as a poker player because it's my belief that you don't need to use your boobs to become a serious professional. Skill should outweigh the boob factor! (Although I now know a huge can of worms has been opened and many men are going to disagree with me and state how they will gladly lose their money to women in a short skirt and plunged neckline who lets the girls hang out.) My point is the book is misleading and absolutely terrible advice for any female who wishes to work on her poker skills. If a woman is attractive she already knows how to manipulate most men at the poker tables or anywhere else for that matter. I'm not saying that I've never used an obvious attraction to my benefit, but I don't monopolize on it or paint my nails or wear short skirts and low cut shirts to the casino. Those things will only win you a few pots, they will not allow you to make a career out of poker or win a major tournament. It's a game I don't believe in for the most part - it's kind of like the wife who uses sex as a weapon "do this for me or no sex for you for a week or month or whatever". It's just not right. I don't mean to sound so defensive of my point, I just really am that disgusted with this type of book. Okay, I've said what I had to say, go ahead and tear it apart. I'm all woman here baby, I can take it. :p [/QUOTE]

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