The three Harrington Books are slightly outdated, but still good stuff for beginners...
Sklansky's Theory Of Poker (sp?)
That is a good book Pokerman27 I just go it. Here another one Randy Burgess Ultimate Guide To Poker Tells. Its a good book for a person ready to get to that next level of poker play where they start playing the player not just the cards.
They are pretty outdated to today's standards of MTT play. They take a very conservative approach to the game, whereas since 2004 when the books started to be published, the game has become much much more aggressive, so as if you were following a lot of the advice in there, you would be getting trampled over. They are good for beginners to learn some of the concepts, but not to follow word for word(not that any book should be in the first place though)Outdated?
dont agree with this.
So which books are the ones to read instead of these?
I assume you mean the HoH series....
absoluthamm;1545908 They are pretty outdated to today's standards of MTT play. They take a very conservative approach to the game said:Fair enough. I am over 50 so I may be living in the past....lol But just re-read the first 2, so I still like em. But for MTT players, what books would you say are more geared toward the tournys being played now?
And I agree that the ultra-conservative approach may not correlate to today's games, but I still find loads of useful info in these books. I am not a very advanced player, but I am not a beginner either, and I really got a lot even tho I have read these books a few times. But I read and re-read books I like, so that is just my way.
HoH is much more suited to live play, not online play. Live tourneys tend to be slower and deeper stacked, which requires a different (and generally higher) skillset to play well than typical online tourneys. While Harrington provides useful info, you'll find more modern online-oriented books like the One Hand At A Time series and Snyder's A Poker Tournament Formula Vol I to be better for online play.
Yeah it's a bit of a sleeper, I think. Doesn't have the name of a Harrington or Sklansky or the internet phenom du jour behind it, so I guess it doesn't get a lot of attention. I came across it almost by accident and nearly passed over until I read the positive reviews of Vol I, so I snagged both volumes. Vol I is great IMO, but Vol II is once again geared towards slower, live tourneys which I don't often play. I do recommend Vol I if you play fast/online tourneys, but I wouldn't recommend Vol II at this point unless you play a lot of live tourneys (and then I question whether it's any better than HoH).I was not aware of the Snyder or his books, and just read about them, and thanks for that, I am getting Vol. 1. It got good reviews from what I have seen so far.
Haven't read the latter, but Moshman's SnG book is one of the best, if not the best, on the subject of STTs.I have a couple of SnG books, but Collin Moshmans seems to be the No.1 on everyones list. I also have heard about "Secrets of Sit 'n' Gos: Winning Strategies for Single-table Poker Tournaments." Does anyone here have an opinion on this book?
I was told on here Sklansky's book is the first book you should read.
There is nooooooo way id recommend any of the 2+2, sklansky, malmuth or zee books to a beginner. Unless I wanted them to get a book that would collect dust because the books would be waaay over the head of a beginner.
Sklansky/Malmuth books are great resources, but tend to be a bit to cerebral for most beginners. Those guys are both eggheads and don't communicate particularly well at the beginner level. Their books where Ed Miller contributes are a bit better in this regard, as Miller is a great author and teacher, but they can still seem daunting.
Fair enough. I am over 50 so I may be living in the past....lol But just re-read the first 2, so I still like em. But for MTT players, what books would you say are more geared toward the tournys being played now?
The books that I have been hearing a ton about, but have not yet read myself is Winning Poker Tournaments - One Hand At A Time by Rizen, Apestyles and Pearljammer . The three are very successful online MTT players and really breakdown the different stages of a tournament and how you should adjust. I haven't heard any bad things about these books and they seem to be way more current than Harrington's.
The only "must-own" book on poker is Tommy Angelo's "Elements of Poker." And it's not even close. Most of the others mostly say the same things (some in better ways than others), and whether to get this book or that book is often a toss-up. Maybe read them all. Maybe skip them altogether and get a subscription to a coaching site instead. But not reading Tommy's book is missing out on some really important stuff, besides it being a very pleasant read.
what do you guys think of doyle brunson's supersystems books? Too old?