Top 9 Poker Books Of All Time |
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Posted Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:36 pm GMT by Sid Lambert
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Posted Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:47 pm GMT by age_of_sages
I've seen that Positively Fifth Street around, but havne't heard anyone say anything about it. Personally I'd put Harrington 2 in before that book, but who knows it could be great, I'm not much of a judge as I haven't read each and every book on that list.
Posted Wed Oct 05, 2005 6:05 pm GMT by Sid Lambert
Fifth street is there more for entertainment value....if yer ever at a book store, just read the first chapter....its craziness
Posted Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:07 pm GMT by Rikje-Suede
| Sid Lambert wrote: |
Please let us know what you think and post any suggestions or disagreements here. |
As long as there is Harrington, Harrington, and maybe some Harrington in the list I do agree..
The Slansky books are of course ok, but very hard to read.
I only do miss Ted Warner here on the list. That was the first book I did read after I discovered online poker, so I do have a special "friendship" with it.. and yes it's big and heavy 8)
Posted Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:12 pm GMT by Ninja
I know a lot of people like Zen and the Art of Poker.
Posted Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:13 pm GMT by General Sal
Harrington will definitely be at the top of my list... I'm not quite sure, and well maybe some of you can give input on this, but do you think that Harrington's work is easy for the newcomer or tough? I understood it well, just because I was at the point that pot odds now come naturally to me. Most people I meet take awhile to understand the concept.
I think the best book though for any starting player is Lee Jones "Winning Low Limit Hold Em." Great starting point.
I love Sklanskly's books, but they are definitely not the easiest to stomach.
Posted Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:41 pm GMT by DougisRad
| General Sal wrote: | Harrington will definitely be at the top of my list... I'm not quite sure, and well maybe some of you can give input on this, but do you think that Harrington's work is easy for the newcomer or tough? I understood it well, just because I was at the point that pot odds now come naturally to me. Most people I meet take awhile to understand the concept.
I think the best book though for any starting player is Lee Jones "Winning Low Limit Hold Em." Great starting point.
I love Sklanskly's books, but they are definitely not the easiest to stomach. |
I think Harrington's Vol. 1 is far easier for beginner's than Vol. 2. I had problems with the Zones at first.
Posted Wed Oct 05, 2005 11:16 pm GMT by General Sal
quote="DougisRad
I think Harrington's Vol. 1 is far easier for beginner's than Vol. 2. I had problems with the Zones at first./quote
Thanks for letting me know this one. Yeah, I've seen the M concept and the Zone thing in a different form in other books. I advise going back and rereading Vol 2, which is what I'm doing right now... taking notes and what not. Really the thing I've seen with poker players out here in Vegas is that they'll read a book, but they don't improve much. It's like they never read it at all!
I think putting into effect what you've learned is a threefold process. 1. Read the book. 2. Remember what you read. 3. Put into practice what's been learned to you! Discipline is the toughest thing to apply.
Posted Thu Oct 06, 2005 3:23 am GMT by Muck
3 down, 6 to buy.
Great list, good all-round titles selection.
I might give this link to mates at Christmas :D
Posted Thu Oct 06, 2005 8:10 am GMT by golddog
Yes Positively Fifth Street is really a good read. Almost no strategy, but really interesting.
Should we also have a more general "media" or maybe "website" list too? I'd hate for people to miss out on pointers by the 1998 Worldwide Poker League Champion just because Fillmaff is not a print author... :D
Posted Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:06 am GMT by zeroswarm
I've never read any of them.
Which 1 is the best of the lot? I might buy it. I guess my game could do with some improvement... 
Posted Thu Oct 13, 2005 3:10 am GMT by Muck
It depends which part of your game you want to work on Zero.
I think this set of titles is very good because they cover lots of different aspects of poker and the content doesn’t overlap much so each one has it’s own special value.
Posted Sat Oct 22, 2005 11:08 pm GMT by truplaya_177
Doyle Brunson's book called Super System 1 is referred as the bible of Poker. He aslo has a book called Super system 2. Probably the best book out there ever and ever will be.
Posted Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:56 pm GMT by truplaya_177
killer poker is an entertaining, funny book of poker.
Posted Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:29 pm GMT by xDiamond_CutteRx
Personally, my list would be something like this:
1. Theory of Poker
2. Small Stakes Hold'em
3. Harrington Vol 1&2 (basically one book)
4. Super System 2
5. Hold'em for Advanced Players
6. 7 Stud for Advanced Players
7. High-Low Split for Advanced Players
8. Caro's Book of Tells
9. Ace on the River
Posted Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:24 pm GMT by scez
How advance does mike caro's book of tells get? Does it get into things that are not as obvious, or not known by most players? I have seen the clips on his site and they seem pretty basic.
Posted Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:42 pm GMT by Dat_Dude
| scez wrote: | | How advance does mike caro's book of tells get? Does it get into things that are not as obvious, or not known by most players? I have seen the clips on his site and they seem pretty basic. |
The book is way more in depth than the video. The cool thing about the video is that you see the tell while it is happening. The detail in the book describes how effective the tell is or how certain you can be if you spot it and compares this to a novice, intermediate, and advanced player.
For example:
Tell: Player looking away from the table while in a hand...acting uninterested -- Meaning they are likely to have a monster:
Against a novice: 85% effective
Against an intermediate: 60% effective...and so on.
So if you spot this tell and you are playing your brother's kids, you can be 85% certain they have a really good hand. If you spot this same tell on, say, Layne Flack, you might only be around 35-40% that it is actually a valid tell.
I think it is a definite MUST have/read for any serious poker player and was the first book I purchased.
Posted Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:14 pm GMT by Jefecaminador
Thats odd, I have Mike Caro's book and I found it to be almost worthless. I'm not saying the book isnt telling the truth, but it seemed like everything he said in there was pretty obvious. Basically you have to determine two things, is the person aware that they're acting, are they acting strong or weak. Weak means strong and strong means weak.
Posted Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:56 pm GMT by davepoker
I think that Small Stakes hold'em by sklansky, malmuth, and some other guy deserves to be on there.
Posted Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:26 am GMT by UtrechtSlim
Harrington has definitely taught me the skills but no book has affected my poker personality more than
The Art Of War by Sun Tzu
If you're interested in playing the player rather than the cards..
Posted Sat Sep 02, 2006 2:53 am GMT by MrDarling
I've finally decided to order some books - there are some great deals to be found on ebay.
I'm now ordering 3 from the above list.
just one questions : is "winning low limits" a FL book or a general poker book that will apply to NL as well.
I haven't played almost any FL poker , though I might need to. My poker game leaves a lot to be desired
Posted Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:08 pm GMT by AHBrownell
I don't care much for the Lee Jones Limit Hold'em Book. King Yao's book on limit is far better for learning low limit.
I think Phil Gordon's book being absent here is shocking! That is clearly one of the best poker book ever written.
My list would probably look like (no particular order):
Harrington on Hold'em Vol. 1
Harrington on Hold'em Vol. 1
Phil Gordon's Little Green Book
Weighing the Odds in Texas Hold'em by King Yao
Hold'em Poker for Advanced Players by David Slansky
Super System
Caro's Book of Tells
I have not read TJ's book, but nobody has told me its a must read. I'm really looking foward to Negraneau's new book on Hold'em and Phil Gordon's second book. I just order Greenstein's book last night, so we'll see how that one is.
Posted Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:46 am GMT by AcesUp
I loved "Positively Fifth Street" and I am sure any person who enjoys poker and a good read would, but as long as you are going to include that on this list of top poker books let me offer two others: "The Professor, The Banker and The Suicide King" and "One of a King: The Story of Stu Unger". These are both two great poker books that would definately make my top list. They are completely entertaining and they also show a different side of poker that is completely foreign to many of us.
I have read all of the books on this list and many others looking for good advice on No Limit Cash games. Outside of Doyle's classic, there isnt too many that standout. But I did just get a new one that I really liked and I think I would put it ahead of some of the books you listed. "No Limit Hold 'Em: The Book of Blunders". I am always trying new books and I found this on on Amazon. It would definately rank high on my poker cash game books.
Posted Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:51 am GMT by Felting
| davepoker wrote: | | I think that Small Stakes hold'em by sklansky, malmuth, and some other guy deserves to be on there. |
Absolutely, this book took me from a losing FL player to averaging almost 2 BB/an hour.
Posted Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:05 pm GMT by Ensano
| Dat_Dude wrote: | | scez wrote: | | How advance does mike caro's book of tells get? Does it get into things that are not as obvious, or not known by most players? I have seen the clips on his site and they seem pretty basic. |
The book is way more in depth than the video. The cool thing about the video is that you see the tell while it is happening. The detail in the book describes how effective the tell is or how certain you can be if you spot it and compares this to a novice, intermediate, and advanced player.
For example:
Tell: Player looking away from the table while in a hand...acting uninterested -- Meaning they are likely to have a monster:
Against a novice: 85% effective
Against an intermediate: 60% effective...and so on.
So if you spot this tell and you are playing your brother's kids, you can be 85% certain they have a really good hand. If you spot this same tell on, say, Layne Flack, you might only be around 35-40% that it is actually a valid tell.
I think it is a definite MUST have/read for any serious poker player and was the first book I purchased. |
it's funny you mention pros having such an easy to spot tell like this, cause it's seems Jennifer Hartman has ( or at least had, hopefully she watched HSP season1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns5IAsoajEs
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