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T. J. Cloutier and Tom McEvoy have written a book that
is very much needed by poker players. They may be giving
too much away in Championship No-Limit Hold'em and Pot-
Limit Ho Id'em ... but that's OK with me! In fact, I was very
surprised when T. J. told me that he and Tom were writing
this book because in the past, there have been times at the
poker table when I would say something to another player
that I thought might help him, and T. J. would go ballistic
about not wanting to "educate" the opposition. I am very glad
that he has changed his mind.
All of the top poker players think that if they get lucky,
they are unbeatable. But during the World Series of Poker, or
in any other big no-limit tournament, if there is any player in
the world that I would like to trade a piece with, it is T. J.
Cloutier. When I first met him in 1989 in Malta, it was the first
time that he had ever played against Europeans. After just a
few hours of play, he basically knew everything about everybody
who played poker in Europe. All he had to do was play
you for a few hands and he knew exactly what you were made
of and who was capable of doing what.
He sits in a tournament and moves from one table to
another table and he soon knows every poker player in the
world; and if he doesn't, he will find out in a few minutes ...
quicker than anybody else that I know. Sometimes, I can't
figure people out as quickly as he does, but the way that he
plays them is a good enough example for me to follow. I have
never seen anybody so strong. |
