The Fan's Response to RGP Haters

Someone sent the fan an email and asked for a response regarding an RGP thread about our hero, Ed Miller. The thread is an attack on Miller's character, which is par for the course at RGP, and normally the best response is none at all. Slander and libel should usually just be ignored, but there are a few points this fan would like to make in response:

The slur against Miller regarding No Limit Hold'em: Theory and Practice:

"Ed Miller is full of shit!!!
...Someone should tell Ed:
1) Weak-tight players don't call raises with 25
(even when it is suited)
2) Those that do call a raise with 25 would
NEVER fold the boat because a lucky flush
card came on the river!"

First, Read Ed Miller's Poker Advice Column articles on "weak-tight" >>

The section of the book was a typo. Miller has said as much in his errata list on TwoPlusTwo. The fan thinks the typo has been fixed, but if the second printing of the book was published with the same mistake, that's Mason Malmuth's (the publisher) fault. Check the second printing.

"3) Have Sklansky actually proofread the shit you
write rather than just prefacing the chapter with a
note denying responsibility for it's contents!"

That's on Sklansky. If you think Sklansky didn't work hard enough on a book he put his name on, that's Sklansky's fault, not Miller's.

And Sklansky's name comes first on that book, so whatever gripes you have about the book content should be with Sklansky first and Miller second. You might even want to include the publisher, Mason Malmuth, since it's his responsibility to edit the books.

The fan thinks that the fan has some insider knowledge about how that book was written and let's just say that most of the hard work was done by Miller, as a sort of ghost-writer. But almost all of the concepts in the book came from Sklansky. From the fan's perspective, Miller didn't want to write the book and really only did it because he knew it would be profitable.

The fan thinks you could criticize the hell out of that book and Miller wouldn't care much because he doesn't have anything invested in it. It's sort of like if you criticized other poker books for which Miller wrote the indexes or if you criticized other poker books that Miller edited. Who cares? It was like a fee-for-hire job, not a timeless piece of art.

But instead of reading what the fan thinks, you should read what Ed Miller thinks.
Read what Ed Miller says about No Limit Hold'em: Theory and Practice >>

And check out what he says about No Limit Hold'em Poker in general >>

The fan considers No Limit Hold'em: Theory and Practice Ed Miller's first co-authored book. And the fan believes Miller is best when he writes alone. He's a much stronger writer than most other poker authors.

The only reasons, in the fan's opinion, Miller includes other authors in some of his books are:
a) to sell more books because people may respect or recognize other poker authors more than Miller.
b) to write about different and more complex poker topics. Miller is an expert on low and mid stakes limit hold'em. He's a solid player in no-limit, but he's not yet an expert. Writing with other authors lets Miller's books include advanced concepts.

Ed Miller, in the fan's perspective, is first and foremost a writer/teacher and secondly a poker/game player. The fan thinks Miller will be a respected teacher in other fields, too, not just poker.

More criticisms from the RGP guy:

"4) Memorize the 'Rank of Poker Hands' section in
your copy of Carson's CBOHEP (I saw it on your
floor when you were playing with the fruits!) and
don't write another book until you have the rankings
down pat in your own head!"

Guess what, asshole, gay-bashing is lame. You make poker look bad by making it about machismo instead of math. It's a game of skill, not a game of chicken.

Interested in hand charts?
Check out Miller's No Limit Starting Hand Chart series >>

"5) Next time you do write about a "real hand" that
you've played, try to actually stick to a hand that
you really played! When you make shit up and
blow it that badly you lose all credibility."

Unless you're stalking Miller, I doubt you have any idea what he's played and what he hasn't played. Stop pretending you have an eye in the sky and know all, you don't.

Miller has credibility because his books, videos, and advice column help make players winners. Plain and simple.

Read their comments in Miller's poker forum >>

"6) In case you're too lazy to find your copy of
Carson's book: a full house beats a flush!

7) If you're still skipping around Vegas and saying
'fantastic' every other minute, STOP!!! I wasn't
familiar with the show and kept forgetting who the
straight guy was! Kudo's on showing off your copy
of Carson though, that did take balls ;-)"

More proof you don't know what you're talking about: Miller doesn't live in Vegas any more. (Even the fan's outdated bio says he moved to New York.)

And again, your gay-bashing makes your entire post sound ridiculous. If you're really all about the poker, keep it about poker. Don't act like you're stuck in 1980 with some stupid homophobic axe to grind.

Poker isn't just for the cardroom, folks. It's about profitable play elsewhere, too. Keep your head in the game, play fair, and come out a winner.