Poker Books

[ShatnerPants]

Bought Slotboom's omaha booka, but again i have'nt read them!

I'd like too try this, but I always think of him being called Slotbottom, and I just can't take him seriously.

My bad.

I've always rated Phil Gordon's little green book, Slanskys newest one is good too.

But my fave poker book is Aces & Kings.  I've read it half a dozen times, and I'll read it again.

I wanna read the poker mindset, and maybe now elements of poker.

[weller001]

I just read 'every hand revealed' whilst on holiday, was some pretty enlightning stuff in there.

In case you didnt know, it is basically a hand by hand analysis of his Aussie Millions Win.

I can see this book spawning a good number of gus hansen playalikes.

[fatshaft]

After Harrington (which you have to read as everyone else has) I rate the Killer Poker series by John Vorhaus, it may not be full of highbrow poker strategy but it does get down and dirty with modern(ish) low to mid stakes internet play. It is also quite well written.

Killer Poker Online by Vorhaus is the worst poker book I've ever read imo.

Harrington 1&2, Internet Texas Hold em by Hilger, Small stakes Hold Em by Ed Miller, and Poker mindset by Ian Taylor/Hilger would be my picks.

[ShatnerPants]

So far there's not a lot of love for Sklansky & Miller's

NLHE Theory and Practice.

Any explanation why, please.  It seems to be a master class to me, but if it's flawed, then is it a waste of time rereading ?

[cambo]

Andy Ward always does good reviews of all the books tht come out on his blog

[EvilPie]

Never read anything decent but i gave up after sklansky, internet has all the info you need for proven winning MTT players

Try the Hansen one. I promise you'll like it. Not so much for the learning element but the entertainment value is superb.

If you don't like it I'll buy it off you at face value. How's that?

[jakally]

In the first year or so I played I bought a number of books and didn't seem to get very far.
It maybe that I'm not good at absorbing info. this way (I've never been a big book reader).


Seemed to have learnt more from t'internet - hand analysis posts and learning resources (e.g. CardRunners).

I would much rather read a poker related non-strategy book - e.g. Big Deal / Bigger Deal, Stu Ungar's Biog. etc....

[Longy]

In the first year or so I played I bought a number of books and didn't seem to get very far.
It maybe that I'm not good at absorbing info. this way (I've never been a big book reader).


Seemed to have learnt more from t'internet - hand analysis posts and learning resources (e.g. CardRunners).

I would much rather read a poker related non-strategy book - e.g. Big Deal / Bigger Deal, Stu Ungar's Biog. etc....

Yeah my thoughts exactly, i read quite a few non strat poker books. Stu Ungars biog was a great read, also enjoyed Ghosts at The Table by Des Wilson.

[LOJ]

super system 2. haringtons 1-3, and tom mcevoys tournament poker

[cambo]

i thought the NL and Omaha chapters in super system 2 were rubbish

[AlexMartin]

The Science of poker - D.Mahmood
How to win NLHE tournaments- Vines and McEvoy

Also i really like Tournament tips from the pro's by Shane Smith. More like a pampthlet really and designed for limit players but sort of like a bigger fox+farmer strategy guide. Says everything important really concisely. N.B fox and farmer piece (think in 2+2 archives) was a real eyeopener.


Also, snoops, you by any chance writing an atricle on the top 5 poker books out there?

[MANTIS01]

The best bit about Hansen's Every Hand Revealed is his light-hearted mentality to confrontation. If you want to win tournaments his attitude is spot on. He is playing a game and having fun with it. Quite an amusing read and generally a very good book.

[ShatnerPants]

The best bit about Hansen's Every Hand Revealed is his light-hearted mentality to confrontation. If you want to win tournaments his attitude is spot on. He is playing a game and having fun with it. Quite an amusing read and generally a very good book.

But can it help me improve ?  I'm the antithesis of Gus. There's no way I could ever be a Gus clone, no matter how hard I try.

And don't tell me everyone should have a little bit of Gus inside them.  I hear he says that to all the waitresses in Vegas.

[MANTIS01]

Taking a little bit of something is very different to trying to clone yourself exactly. I think people should run with their own personalities, but there is no harm in taking a bit of something that works when endeavouring to improve generally.

[Jon MW]

The best bit about Hansen's Every Hand Revealed is his light-hearted mentality to confrontation. If you want to win tournaments his attitude is spot on. He is playing a game and having fun with it. Quite an amusing read and generally a very good book.

But can it help me improve ?  I'm the antithesis of Gus. There's no way I could ever be a Gus clone, no matter how hard I try.

And don't tell me everyone should have a little bit of Gus inside them.  I hear he says that to all the waitresses in Vegas.

I haven't read it yet, but if it's written well (as people suggest it is) it might be worth reading partly for the entertainment value and partly as an insight to how the Gus wannabe's will play.