Which Book Would You Recommend For A Beginner To MTT’s?

[sammy22]

Which book would you recommend to someone who knows the rules of no-limit holdem tournaments....but not much about strategy?

Harrington on Holdem volumes 1-3
OR
Jonathan Little’s “Mastering Small Stakes No-Limit Holdem: Strategies to Consistently Beat Small Stakes Cash Games and Tournaments.

 

[Iryna Stryzheuskaya]

I recommend looking for new information on poker sites and watching videos.

 

[perrywh]

Talk to other poker players.

 

[sammy22]

I recommend looking for new information on poker sites and watching videos.

Isn’t JL’s book only a year old?

 

[Iryna Stryzheuskaya]

Books are wonderful, read - useful. But poker is changing and better studying today's poker.

 

[VITOS]

Chris Murman "Murman about poker" The book "Murman about Poker" is written in very unusual style. In it the author who repeatedly showed skill in tournament poker and earned by a game over $19 000 000 carries out the analysis of the distributions played by his companion Byron Jacobs. You can visually see a difference between thinking of the average player of average limits and the professional of level of Murman. In poker community the book collected preferably good responses.

 

[Roger1960]

Books are wonderful, read - useful. But poker is changing and better studying today's poker.

Yes always changing it seems.
A lot of the basics of how to use position even though changing will let you see what changes are being done. You will still have a strong foundation on positioning in general I feel.

I have read a good assortment of books, maybe too many. lol

I do recommend Phil Gordon's books, solid game theory and he shows you details on how he plays, bets, position. etc... The big thing about reading books is that after reading I would go to the play money tables and practice what I had read, then go back and read again and see what I did right and wrong. Then repeat. The more you play after reading different books the more you will truly understand what you read and be able to apply.

 

[Bearclaws8989]

I would recommend to a beginner playing mtts to sit back and be prepared to fold about 75 to 85% of the time and play passive and tight at first until you gain an above average stack then switch it up a lil and play aggressive on big hands and strong draws to steal pots. Also you should think about what your opponent has based on what he or she raises preflop

 

[infonazar]

The Jared Tendler book "The Mental Game of Poker". is, in my opinion, a very useful book.

 

[5pAce_C0wb0y]

Yes strategy's change and the game is evolving but for a beginner these books still hold a lot of value and give a good insight into the basics of poker strategy. Read Harrington on holdem first then move onto Jonathan Little.

 

[sammy22]

Thank you for the replies everyone! It’s really appreciated.

 

[Lena M]

Hello.
I read Ed Miller's book Texas Hold'em for Beginners.
I also to read the book of Jared Tendler's "Poker: The Game of the Mind"
Good luck.