| This is a discussion on poker books within the online poker forums, in the General Poker section; has any1 read poker books if so which poker book did that book help r improve your game how did it help r improve ur ... |
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| poker books has any1 read poker books if so which poker book did that book help r improve your game how did it help r improve ur game im reading a few books rite now n have read tons of Articles the books im reading now r Doyle Brunson's Super System - A Course in Power Poker Full Tilt Poker Tips From The Pros Hold'em Brain (King Yao) and they all have helped me i think in some way and improved my game i think Last edited by bigdog6262 : 18th July 2011 at 11:48 PM. |
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| Harrington on holdem volume1 ...2 ...3 were good reads. Mike Caro put out a lot of good things too, Book of Tells if you play live. There are so many that will help your game if you study them vs read them. Reading them is fine, studying them is better. What I mean by that is if you find something really useful, write it down in a notebook or on a word doc. It's good to have notes to review at a later time. The act of writing notes reinforces the ideas. |
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and Harrington on holdem volumes and Book of Tells as well im def. trying improve my reading skill i think im pretty good at that because when i was playing in a online torny was able to read that some1 had poket qs he raised preflop got some before me to call then me i think i had 108s r something like that flop came 86k the person who opened with his qs paused then bet thats how i know he didnt like the k the guy before me calls n i call knowing that i was beat by the qs hoping to bluff the turn but he shoves and the guy before me calls with k7 Quote:
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| My personal views on a few of the ones mentioned so far: - Phil Gordon's Little Green Book (and the follow-up Little Blue Book) are both excellent starting points for learning the game, highly recommended. - The Harrington on Hold 'em series is a great resource for basic MTT strategies. - Joe Navarro's Read 'em and Reap is a bajillion times better than Mike Caro's Book of Tells if you're looking for a live tells resource. Seriously, exactly one bajillion times better. I read both multiple times and did the math. Maybe only three quarters of a bajillion if you're looking for tells specific to self-dealt stud games. - Super System is obviously a classic but is (sadly) largely irrelevant unless you have a time machine that lets you go back thirty years and play high stakes mixed games against nits. |
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| re: poker books Just adding my endorsements to some of the above: Little Green Book is excellent and HoH for MTT's is a must. For SNG's Moshmann's book is very good with Phil Shaw's 'Secrets of Sit n Go's' behind (Moshmann explains better imo). I've heard the 'Kill' series are very good although haven't read any myself yet. |
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| IMO if you're just grinding the micros and play word for word what it says in things like Harrington on HE and Little green book. You will be a winning player. But once you get more to "real poker" Super System's Hold Em' section is the best thing ever written. |
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| I like having the books for trips and such, but to tell you the truth, I've found that a few good forums work just as well for free! I'm glad I found this place, that's for sure, and I get more out of 2-3 hours a week spent here than I would 2-3 hours of reading Brunson, Harrington, etc. |
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| Not a typo. It really does cost that much I think.. I haven't read it. I assume there really good stuff in there but I can't imagine how the info could be worth the price.. that money could go towards playing and u prolly get better playing than reading a book |
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There are many threads on here re: poker books. Probably worth doing a thread search for them. |
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| I have read a lot, and will put in my 2 cents here. First, I agree with the Phil Gordon books, and HoH Vol 1+2. I enjoyed 3 as well, but that is a matter of taste, and it is a matter of opinion whether the way he suggests playing the hands are relevant for todays online players, but I likes it. Tommy Angelo : Elements of Poker. IMO a great book. Sklansky has a number of books. I really liked Tournament poker for advanced players. (Obviously for Tournament play) I also really like The Theory of Poker. It covers almost every form of poker, so is not geared primarily around Hold em, but is an excellent read IMO. Winning Poker tournaments one hand at a time is a great study on the thought process from the beginning to end of hands at different tourney stages of 3 winning players. Mastery by George Leonard. Has nothing to do with poker, but deals with setting goals and how to deal with one-step-forward-two-steps-back phases of learning anything. It like a "its the journey, not the destination" kind of philosophy book, but I found it very good, and if you are trying to reach a goal in poker (or anything) it can be a good source of info. |
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| I agree some people can prolly learn more from a book. And if. ur an experienced player it can open ur mind to new things u haven't considered. But as far as reading hands nothing is better than experience. I m not talking a $20 or 30 dollar book. By all means they r worth it. But over a thousand dollars for a book? I think ur better off getting a few of the average priced books, maybe a session or two with a poker coach, and rest go to ur bankroll. I would think that be way better. I don't know what u get for that money. Like maybe if u get a bunch of coaching sessions and a membership to one of the pay poker teaching sites. Maybe then it be worth it. Does anyone have it? What do u get with it if anything? |
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| Oh and I didn't mean just depositing and playing having never studied the game. There's plenty of free information in sites like this as well as plenty of normal priced books. But u can read every book out there. But to be able to read hands u have to play. That's why I can't see paying over a grand for one book.. unless u get a ton of stuff along with the book. And I mean a ton of stuff with it for that price |
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I found Phil Gordon's Little Green Book very useful for covering the basics, so for inexperienced players I would recommend that as a starting point. |
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It's on my list of books to read, though |
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