Best Book?

hey everyone. now ive played poker for a little while now but i just started getting really serious about it, im looking to read books on it, i have one book called "ken warren teaches texas hold'em", has anyone read that book and have any feed back? if not does anybody have any books they could direct me too? thanks.

Harrington on Hold'em, Volum I and Volume II.
They're cheapest on Buy.com, but all major book sellers (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.) have them.

When I looked to buy book I looked up people's top ten poker books, and this series was almost most consistently towards the top of the list.

It was very helpful for my game. I've read each of them twice.

Zen and the art of Poker is a fun and interesting one.

But to help your game I suggest any of Daniel Negreanu's books the first one is best for begginers.

I read a book when I first started playing, written by Matt Matros. I recommend it, but I forget the title. I'm pretty sure it's the only one he wrote, but it's very basic in terms of helping a beginner player. If you consider yourself a beginner, I wouldnt jumo into advanced books just yet.

Aliengenius has a couple of very good posts on poker books - I think at this stage he owns almost every single one that's ever been written. Anywho, do a search on his posts on the topic and you'll find they're most informative.

For my money:

Phil Gordon's Little Green Book and Little Blue Book are both very good. The green book is theory, whereas the blue book is practice (ie: it's all analysis of real hands). He's very easy to read, and he really focuses on how you should think about poker, and how you should work your way through hands. Not so much "You should play this hand this way" as "You should think about X, Y and Z, then make your decision". Recommended.

The Harrington on Hold 'em series is very good if you're a tournament player, it gives you some good grounding in how to respond to various tournament situations (when you're short stacked, when you're heads up, when you're on the bubble, etc.). Gives very good definitions and guidelines on a few useful moves (like the squeeze) too. The quiz sections at the end of each chapter are very good as well.

I'm re-reading Killer Poker - No Limit by Vorhaus at the moment and, despite the cheesy title and awful, awful intro by Mark Seif, it's a really good book. What I'm finding especially helpful is that it encourages you to do a lot of self-analysis. It also covers stuff other than the cards, like the frame of mind you need to be in to win, how you should choose your games and when you should choose to play, etc. Deals mostly with cash games, but has some tournament content. Highly recommended.

I think if you can get your head around those three authors I think you'll be doing very well.

I have Ken Warren's book too. That's a good overview kind of book but if you really want to get some serious stuff, read the Online Poker Guide in the strategy section. There's a page on good books to read.

With that said, read Ken Warren's book and then check out Small Stakes Hold Em.

Play Poker Like The Pros (Phil Helmuth), Super System 2 (Doyle Brunson). Though there are books more focussed on particular aspects or particular games (e.g. Ray Zee's High Low Split book, which covers 7 Card Stud High-Low and Omaha High-Low).

Re: Super System (and Super System 2, as some sections are very similar), if you're using it for NLHE advice then you need to keep the following in mind:

- It's not a low-stakes text. Doyle encourages you to put maximum amounts of pressure on your opponents in certain situations, and when you're only playing for a couple of bucks, sometimes that's just not possible.

- It's also a bit outdated. The game has moved on quite a bit since the NLHE section was written. It gives the impression that the majority of opponents you're facing will be weak-tight: they'll rarely enter a pot without good card, and they'll play back at you without a good hand even more rarely. If this is the kind of game you find yourself in regularly then great. But my experience is that the mix of players in a typical game is very different to this, aggression levels on the whole have raised substantially compared to what the book describes, and some of the strategies will be just plain suicidal against, say, the loose-passive types you'll find in many games.

Much though I hate to malign Doyle's work, I think there are definitely better NLHE books out there - especially for beginner or low-stakes players.

If you're looking for some solid reading on lowball draw, however, then by all means give it a read.

Thank You Everyone For The Replys, I AppreciateAll The Suggestions And Will Deffinatly Look Into All Of Them, Thank You

harringto no holdem both volumes they are pretty good to hepl your game

thank's for books...they are just for me