I think someone needs to write an updated NL strategy guide for beginners. Renton's stuff was great in 2006, but the game is a lot different now. I think many beginners find their way to this forum from the homepage, hoping to learn how to beat NL games online, but the material currently in the digest doesn't really cut it. Again, no disrespect to Renton, but the 2006 guide contains little discussion of critical concepts like how to put your opponent on a range. So it's no wonder newbies come in here and post hands without mentioning ranges.

Of course I am not volunteering to write a new guide, and I don't know who would want to. At a minimum, maybe the sticky should list some recommended books like NLHE Theory and Practice. That book totally changed my game after months of floundering without proper conceptual grounding.

ChezJ