which poker book should i read first?

the psychology of poker, or no limit holdem theory and practice.

i bought these a while back.

im reading harrington on holdem series right now.

i play sit n goes

theory

Harrington on holdem (Volumes 1-3 are all great, his cash game gook is great too. Read em and weep is a great read, (Phil Helmuth and Joe Navaro)

Abbbott

U SHOULD READ A BOOK ON ,,,PLAYIN A STYLE OV POKER CALLED TIGHT AGGRESSIVE PLAY,,theres a great book on begiiners giude to poker tournies,,by tony holdem,,,it teaches u the style tight agrressive play,,it helped me learn a solid style ov poker,,,ut its a basic book on poker tournies,,that will help u learn the basis ov a solid game

could u give a link to that book. i couldnt find it anywhere when i googled it. thanks.

If you've not read any Sklansky before then NLHETAP isn't really a good place to start and there isn't that much in there that is really applicable to SNGs. Then again the psychology book probably isn't all that useful for SNGs unless there are chapters dedicated to how to avoid suicidal thoughts after playing them for too long.

haha yea. i think i might actually just finish up my tournament harrington books and then get his cash game books and read those other books i got after i finish the harrington cash books.

brunson's super system is the best book available to read and learn.

I read "Play Poker Like The Pros" by Phil Hellmuth early on when I began playing. He's one of the best players, the money/bracelets say it all. He has some excellent advice in there.

Moshman - Sit n Go Strategy

i think doyle brunsons super system is a good book check it out

I think this book is way outdated & for myself it wouldn't be on my Top20 poker books.

Don't want to be mean here with my post but this book by Phil Helmuth is very, very lame in comparison to most other poker books out there on the market. If you liked this book I strongly suggest checking out some other books.... cuz I think you will REALLY like them.

I think it really depends on what type of poker u are going to play... I personally started with a book called killer poker online: crushing the internet game by John Vorhaus. I also read part 2 from him. Its a very easy read and its touches on all aspects from tourney, sitngo, cash sh and fr.I would look into reading that book but its personal preference. Also look around u can get all the same info from articles online. PM me and i can send u a link with a few of them depending on what ur into....

This.
People please stop recamenting SS in every thread because:
1. Its outdated.
2. It has little(or actualy no) barring on online play(or todays live play either since u dont get alot of 200bb+ deep super passive scared money games today).
3.There are alot of much better books out there.
4. Its a absolutly horrible "beginer" book.

Yes it was the best book in world when written, yes it changed poker forever, yes its a masterpice but its still worthless imo unless your reading it for the 5card draw section or w/e.

/rant.


As for OP if your choices are psychology vs NLHTP I would go with NLHTP.
But if your playing SNGs not reading SNG Strategy by Collin Moshman is a crime imo.

+1, super system is a decent read, but you won't get much poker strategy out of it for play today, especially in the micros...

thanks for everybodys suggestions and to the people who recommended moshman. im reading it now.


what do you guys think about the HOH series?

Harington on Holdem is great imo.
Harington on Cash is good but not really applicable if your playing micro/small stakes imo.

+1
If you are serious about SnGs this book is an absolue must. Breaks down excellent play through low, mid, and hi blinds. Harrington is a good read, though HoH is not geared towards single table SnGs.

Best of luck to you

I have read a lot, and agree with Super System being outdated, Harrington & Sklansky are good.

Moshman's SNG strategy is excellent and as OP is playing those then the best one IMO.

I think having Moshman's strategies in your head while playing and reviewing hands that you felt went poorly (I am doing that quite a lot) would be most beneficial.

Phil Hellmuth's book is fine for tight Limit Holdem, giving a good grounding in starting hand selection and player types, but that's about it, no good for NLHE at all.

The only ones I have not really looked at yet are the Kill Everyone books, anyone else read these?

yeh,Collin Moshman sit n go is really good book,i am reading it....