My Poker Library (updated)

There are so many good ones, it's really tough to pick. Anyway, here are five that you might not pick out right away. Each one had a huge impact on my game, and after reading it something just "clicked" and I seemed to take another step in my understanding:

Killer Poker by John Vorhaus
Hold’em Poker by Gary Carson
The Book of Bluffs by Matt Lessinger
Zen and the Art of Poker by Larry Phillips
Small Stakes Hold’em by Ed Miller, et. al.

Thanks v much, interesting. I also recommend John Vorhous, excellent insight, a different angle and downright entertaining!

Got some B&N gift cards for x-mas, so here's what I picked up:

1. Caro's Most Profitable Hold'em Advice, by Mike Caro
2. Poker Farce and Poker Truth by Ray Michael B.
3. Winning Texas Hold'em: Cash Game Poker Strategies for Players of all Skill Levels, by Mike Maroon
4. 15 Costly Mistakes to Avoid while Playing No LimitTexas Hold 'EM: The Book of Blunders, by N. R. Villarreal
5. Poker 24/7, by Stewart Reuben
6. Mastering Hold'em and Omaha Poker, by Caro and Cappelletti
7. Lessons from the Felt: Advanced Strategies and Tactics for No-Limit Hold'em Tournaments by David Apostolico, Matt Lessinger
8. Machiavellian Poker Strategy: How to Play like a Prince and Rule the Poker Table by David Apostolico
9. Last Call by Tim Powers (fiction)
10. Dead Man's Hand: Crime Fiction at the Poker Table by Otto Penzler (Editor)
11. Science of Poker by M. Mahmood
12. Tournament Poker for Advanced Players, Expanded Edition, by Sklansky


Still have about $85 more to spend too!

AG, do you read these or just collect them? If you do read them all, when do you find time to play? I just finished Kill Everyone and Professional No-Limit and thought both were excellent.

These might improve your game a little lol

I read them, although I am having a little trouble keeping up with my purchases lately -- and sadly, no, I don't play as often as I should.

Picked up these today:

1. Poker Wit and Wisdom: Everything You'll Never Need to Know About Poker by Fiona Jerome, Seth Dickson
2. Mr. Lucky's Favorite Poker Games by Steve Maricic

do you see why AG is so good he is reading every book and learning every strategy in poker


on another note i think i might pick up caros book and tournament poker for advanced players , only hear good remarks about them

Ag, i have a question for you in the strat section. It has to do with The Math of Poker by Chen/Ankenman and if it is suitable for a math dropout like me (who still is enrolled in higher education).

No! The book is super math heavy, almost to the point of being too technical to be useful/practical.

Here is a page scan to give you an idea (sorry about the sizing):

scan0001.jpg



And while it's not all like that, there are certainly more practical math books out there for those of us who are not Dr. Cheetah.

just basic mathematics/calculus
peace of pie.............

AG, ive been looking for a omaha book for a while but really cant decide on one so which book would you reccomend for omaha? mainly ring game omaha aswell?

Well, as you might suspect, I recommend you get them ALL !
Really though, I don't play Omaha, so I don't have any books on it, so I can't really say definitively. Here is an Omaha thread, with my brief research.

Also:

Farha on Omaha: Expert Strategy for Beating Cash Games and Tournaments by Sam Farha, Storms Reback

Pot-Limit Omaha Poker by Jeff Hwang

How to Win at Omaha High-Low Poker by Mike Cappelletti

Winner's Guide to Omaha Poker by Ken Warren

Winning Omaha 8 Poker by Mark Tenner, Lou Krieger

How Good is Your Pot-Limit Omaha by Stewart Reuben

Omaha High-Low: Play to Win with the Odds by Bill Boston

Omaha High-Low Poker: How to Win at the Lower Limits by Shane Smith, Don Vines

Poker Omaha: High/Low Split (8 or Better) by Andy Nelson

Finished off the gift cards with:

• Memoirs of a Poker Player by H. C. Byler

• Tournament Hold'Em Hand by Hand by Neil D. Myers

omg get the kathy liebert biography next

ok cheers a.g. I dont think ill get them all even though you recommend it. Ill start off by getting 3, im going to get farha's book, Pot-Limit Omaha Poker by Jeff Hwang and Winner's Guide to Omaha Poker by Ken Warren. Cheers again AG

AG could you please post a pic of your poker library?

u want a pic of his 10 million book collection?

but seriously im sure it looks sweet

Added Tommy Angelo's "Elements of Poker" to the collection (has not arrived yet, however).

Sure. Crappy phone camera is all I have, but here you go:

Top two shelves are "short" of books because I have other crap on them:
top shelves.JPG

bottom two are "full" at just over four feet (each) in length:
bottom shelves.JPG

My shelves are fancy: spray painted cinder blocks with planks of wood!

That's one nice collection!

enough poker books to read ur life away
it looks nice tho
and uve read every single book there?

That's just poker?!?!

thanks!

I'm working on it... I have read the majority; however they are publishing them too quickly for me to keep up! Combine that with some of the older/rarer ones I found and picked up in Vegas, and I still have some work to do.

Yep. I have a nice collection of books in general too (I was a lit major in college)-- someday when I'm rich I want an actual "library" room.

FYP

Thanks for mentioning my poker novel, Texas Poker Wisdom, by Johnny Hughes. I write both fiction and non-fiction. Many of my stories are available free on my web site JohnnyHughes.com

I just discovered this web site because of the book list. Right off, I noticed the spelling of favourite and knew I was among Englishman. I definately, more than anything, want to visit England to play poker in some future years. There is an Englishman in my book who lives and plays in downtown Las Vegas. I would have posted a brief excerpt from Texas Poker Wisdom, if that is allowed. I would, of course, like to know what Englishmen think of my dialog.

In my next book, there is an Englishman, well known for his millions of posts on the web. He comes to West Texas for poker, lots of weird prob bets, all forms of gambling, and finally he is a murder suspect.

I'm from Lubbock, Texas home of Buddy Holly, Natalie Maines, and Joe Ely. I knew and played poker with Buddy both before and after he got famous. I was Joe Ely's first manager. Both had fantastic success in England. I am what you would call an Anglophile.

Johnny Hughes

New acquisitions:

Elements of Poker by Tommy Angelo

Hats and Eyeglasses, A Family Love Affair with Gambling, by Martha Frankel

The Intelligent Guide to Texas Hold'em Poker by Sam Braids

Making the Final Table by Eric Lindgren

AG, what is your take on thursday night poker? i have a copy of it but i havn't started it. is it worth the time?

It's pretty good. It's really a "home game" book, as the title suggests. You probably wont have much use for the five card draw and stud sections unless you play a home game where they are dealt, but his opening sections have good discussions of things like ev, pot control, and card reading, and other important topics.

Picked up:

Your Best Poker Friend, by Alan N. Schoonmaker

Dead Money, by Rudy Stegemoeller (fiction)

Tax Help for Gamblers, by Jean Scott

Thought I would share my book collection with you all. Obviously its nothing compared to to AG's.

Super system - Doyle Brunson
Super system 2 - Doyle Brunson
The Mathematics of poker - Bill Chen and Jerrod Ankenman
Poker essays - Mason Malmuth
Poker essays volume 2 - Mason Malmuth
Poker essays volume 3 - Mason Malmuth
Getting started in holdem - Ed Miller
Poker tournament strategies - Sylvester Suzuki
Winning low limit holdem - Lee Jones
Serious poker - Daniel Kimberg
Sklansky on poker - David Sklansky
The theory of poker - David Sklansky
Sit 'n go strategy - Collin Moshman
No limit holdem theory and practice - David Sklansky & Ed Miller
Harrington on holdem - Dan Harrington
Harrington on holdem volume 2 - Dan Harrington
Harrington on holdem volume 3 - Dan Harrington
Ace on the river - Barry Greenstein

I have read about half of them.
Other books that I want and am probably getting soon are:

Holdem poker for advanced players - David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth
Small stakes holdem - Ed Miller, David Sklansky & Mason Malmuth
Tournament poker for advanced players - David Sklansky
Harrington on cash games volume 1 - Dan Harrington
Harrington on cash games volume 2 - Dan Harrington
Power holdem strategy - Daniel Negreanu

I'm also looking to get one or two PLO books.

picked up:

Total Poker by David Spanier
Paid to Play Poker by Barton M. Gratt
Poker Stories with Winning Lessons by Dr Barton Gratt
How to Beat Low-Limit Poker: How to Win Big Money at Little Games, by Shane Smith
All In: The (Almost) Entirely True Story of the World Series of Poker by Jonathan Grotenstein
I'm All In by Lyle Berman
The Complete Book of Casino Poker by Gary Carson

Keep going Ag and your gonna force yourself to set up a library room. Remembering to keep all those new receipts for tax right offs?

Picked up:

My 50 Most Memorable Hands by Doyle Brunson
52 Tips for No-Limit Texas Hold'em Poker by Barry Shulman
Poker as Life: 101 Lessons from the World's Greatest Game by Lee Schreiber
The Education of a Poker Pigeon: Secrets Learned from a Life of High-Stakes Poker, by Anonymous

Hi Ag great colection of books there, im fairly new to the game and have just squandered an twenty dollar BR in a few days.

I think its time to become a proper student of the game what should my first poker book be? Harrington seems to get the nod in this forum alot would that be usefull to a beginner?

Thanks in advance.