Official SlowHabit Review Thread - Page 7

SlowHabit - Ive paid on Sunday and I didnt receive any email or something that confirms that Ive paid. Its a bit long for online shop
I guess you have many orders nowadays

bought and read it 2 days ago , this book is pretty nice to read and helpfull to identified overbet spot bluff and when turning a hand with value in bluff on the river against decent regular, it's help to be more comfortable playing postflop against reg

just two things, i pre order it for 97$ and sent an email after with the subject "Rebate LP10" but it didn't work i've paid 97$ , doesn t matter it's still not expensive

also sent an email for a dailyvariance access forum, but still no response, maybe i'm impatient but i think 2 days is long to wait =)

I wanted to start reading it today, as Im done with my exam, but there is no way I can read anything past 15 pages on the screen ;o

So I tried to print it and I get some shitty error:
PDCViewer caused an Access Violation (0xc0000005)
in module PDCViewer.exe at 001b:00591982.

Anyone had same problem?

Got this yesterday, read it in a few hours, played a session in which I dropped down to 50NL to experiment and won back more then double what I paid. And that did involve takin down some pots I normally wouldnt have even been involved in. Im going to read this many more times in the future. This is the only book that specifically shows you how to exploit TAG regs. We alll kno the fundamentals of owning the fish, but this has definitely gotten me excited about getting more involved with other regs. I value the exam section way more then the beginning content, its worth the price alone. Im not new to exploiting regs and exploiting weakness, but this book helps you recognize the situations in which its appropriate to apply pressure and which are not. Best way to explain it is, before my eyes were half open, now they are wide open.

Recommendation : You should buy this, Do i want you to? NO

On November 17 2009 07:20 hownorez wrote: SlowHabit - Ive paid on Sunday and I didnt receive any email or something that confirms that Ive paid. Its a bit long for online shop I guess you have many orders nowadays

I had the same problem. Just send an email that you didnt get it and you will get your book within 30 minutes

Zdar a silu

On November 17 2009 12:40 Defrag wrote: I wanted to start reading it today, as Im done with my exam, but there is no way I can read anything past 15 pages on the screen ;o So I tried to print it and I get some shitty error: PDCViewer caused an Access Violation (0xc0000005) in module PDCViewer.exe at 001b:00591982. Anyone had same problem?

Fixed, took me some time ;o

On November 17 2009 07:20 hownorez wrote: SlowHabit - Ive paid on Sunday and I didnt receive any email or something that confirms that Ive paid. Its a bit long for online shop I guess you have many orders nowadays

If you pay using Moneybookers / site transfer, we have to manually process your order so that takes some time.

If you want to read right away, use Paypal or credit card.

On November 17 2009 15:32 Defrag wrote: Show nested quote + On November 17 2009 12:40 Defrag wrote: I wanted to start reading it today, as Im done with my exam, but there is no way I can read anything past 15 pages on the screen ;o So I tried to print it and I get some shitty error: PDCViewer caused an Access Violation (0xc0000005) in module PDCViewer.exe at 001b:00591982. Anyone had same problem? Fixed, took me some time ;o

How did you fix it?

We sometimes have this problem and have seen many solutions so it's great to know what you did.

Basically, you have to reset computer and open LockLizard before anything else, then go file -> print, instead of clicking the print button directly ( at least thats what I saw on their site, and it worked. ).

only licence to open it on one computer...came to work to try print it out and it says its locked

At over $100, there is no way I am getting it.

And everyone who's like "ZOMG I read this book, and look at my NEW redline over the past FIVE hands!!!" needs to stop with self-validation marketing.

On November 18 2009 23:20 salutary wrote: only licence to open it on one computer...came to work to try print it out and it says its locked

Email DailyVarianceBook attt gmail.com. We'll take care of you.

On November 19 2009 04:46 phexac wrote: At over $100, there is no way I am getting it. And everyone who's like "ZOMG I read this book, and look at my NEW redline over the past FIVE hands!!!" needs to stop with self-validation marketing.

I'm guessing you dont have a video subscription at any of the major sites either?

Even if this book teaches you ONE new, +EV thing that you can apply once every 1000 hands at small stakes, it's worth it.

On November 19 2009 04:53 SlowHabit wrote: Show nested quote + On November 18 2009 23:20 salutary wrote: only licence to open it on one computer...came to work to try print it out and it says its locked Email DailyVarianceBook attt gmail.com. We'll take care of you.

thanks

On November 19 2009 05:24 PanoRaMa wrote: Show nested quote + On November 19 2009 04:46 phexac wrote: At over $100, there is no way I am getting it. And everyone who's like "ZOMG I read this book, and look at my NEW redline over the past FIVE hands!!!" needs to stop with self-validation marketing. I'm guessing you dont have a video subscription at any of the major sites either? Even if this book teaches you ONE new, +EV thing that you can apply once every 1000 hands at small stakes, it's worth it.

3 things:

1. I do use cardrunners, though a lot less now since the content there has become a lot less interesting lately.

2. I don't play small stakes.

3. Neither of these has much bearing on my point, which is that over $100 dollars is too much to pay for something that has had no definitive positive feedback from people whose opinion I would accept and was written by someone without any credentials what so ever outside of apparently playing NL2000. Not to mention someone who has come off sounding a bit on the desperate side trying to market the book. If any of these factors appear to change in the future, I am willing to reconsider my position.

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To the author:

Since the price is several times that of a regular book, a free sample chapter/decent-size excerpt would go a long way to convince people to pay for the full product.

my thoughts on the book:

first part:

the concepts explained arnt entirely groundbreaking, its stuff covered in coaching videos/stuff that you can figure out yourself
HOWEVER, it is nicely worded, and quite detailed in explainations

second part (the quiz):

pretty much the same as looking through hands on forum posts, but with very good commentary, not like the "fold" or "close eyes and press random buttons" kind of comments you get on lp

3 things: 1. I do use cardrunners, though a lot less now since the content there has become a lot less interesting lately. 2. I don't play small stakes. 3. Neither of these has much bearing on my point, which is that over $100 dollars is too much to pay for something that has had no definitive positive feedback from people whose opinion I would accept and was written by someone without any credentials what so ever outside of apparently playing NL2000. Not to mention someone who has come off sounding a bit on the desperate side trying to market the book. If any of these factors appear to change in the future, I am willing to reconsider my position. ---------- To the author: Since the price is several times that of a regular book,a free sample chapter/decent-size excerpt would go a long way to convince people to pay for the full product.

Does not compute.

As for my credentials:

On November 19 2009 06:25 phexac wrote: Show nested quote + On November 19 2009 05:24 PanoRaMa wrote:   On November 19 2009 04:46 phexac wrote: At over $100, there is no way I am getting it. And everyone who's like "ZOMG I read this book, and look at my NEW redline over the past FIVE hands!!!" needs to stop with self-validation marketing. I'm guessing you dont have a video subscription at any of the major sites either? Even if this book teaches you ONE new, +EV thing that you can apply once every 1000 hands at small stakes, it's worth it. 3 things: 1. I do use cardrunners, though a lot less now since the content there has become a lot less interesting lately. 2. I don't play small stakes. 3. Neither of these has much bearing on my point, which is that over $100 dollars is too much to pay for something that has had no definitive positive feedback from people whose opinion I would accept and was written by someone without any credentials what so ever outside of apparently playing NL2000. Not to mention someone who has come off sounding a bit on the desperate side trying to market the book. If any of these factors appear to change in the future, I am willing to reconsider my position. ---------- To the author: Since the price is several times that of a regular book, a free sample chapter/decent-size excerpt would go a long way to convince people to pay for the full product.

Not to be nit picky but 1/2 is generally considered ssnl. My point was though that, giving you the extreme benefit of the doubt that you know everything besides one sparingly applicable concept in the entire book, buying this book will still be completely worth it, ten times over.

Chances are though that you're going to learn a LOT more from the book.

And you're being extremely nitty about it being a 100 dollar book imo. This is the cheapest good ebook on the market (compared to say, the balugawhale book, old ass bobbo book, let there be range, which are all many times more expensive), and they directly apply to YOUR games (unlike say, some outdated 30 dollar david sklansky book now). Furthermore, playing and winning in the 2k games alone is a gigantic credential in itself, but if that's not enough for you then having kingsofcards contribute is also a huge factor as well.

Just to prove my point I'm gonna go and buy the book now, this is a steal for only 100.

edit: Reading through the thread I realized a lot of what I said has already been said, didn't mean to parrot .

Right now there is still not really a decent review of this book, outside of OP, except for a couple "stuff we already know that's nicely worded." Just because someone who plays between 10x-3.5x the stakes I do feels like putting out a book, does not mean I immediately should buy it. So far it's not evident that reading it will net me a single extra penny. At normal book price, curiosity would be enough for me to buy it. At its current price, that's not the case.

To the author: get better at computing. Sample chapter is pretty standard in book industry that you are, apparently, trying to enter. If you are so confident in your book, you should have no worries about showing a small part of it to a prospective buyer. As for your giving the book to reviewers strategy, it seems only one person in this thread has read and reviewed it so far. So there has to either be more credible reviews out there or a sample of the text.