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Poker Books
Apart from knowing the rules and hand rankings you also need to learn about poker strategy, pot odds, implied odds and more. Read a few poker books while playing at the lowest stakes you can find. As your game improves increase the limits you play at.
The more you know the less you will loose, and then eventually you can become a long term winning player.
This selection should help you get started.
Title: Pot-Limit & No-Limit Poker
Authors: Stewart Reuben & Bob Ciaffone
Games: Texas Hold'em, Omaha & Lowball Draw
Product Details
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Bob Ciaffone
Language: English
This is definitely a thinking man's book. It discusses a lot of theoretical aspects of big-bet poker rather than specific hands or situations. This is similar to Sklansky's tournament book in general, but the advice presented here is far more specific and actually is geared towards No-limit cash ring games. However, the suggestions can obviously be applied to NL tournaments. The book addresses some problem situations that a lot of people find themselves in during No Limit play, such as playing draws, beating a bully, reading opponents, and how deep the money is. The second section addresses specific games, but it still does not give you specific advice on how to play specific hands. It simply applies the concepts to various situations.
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Title: The Psychology of Poker
Author: Alan N. Schoonmaker
Games: Texas hold'em
Product Details
Paperback: 330 pages
Publisher: Two Plus Two Publishing LLC
Language: English
Poker demands many skills and strategies. To be successful, you must be able to master all of them and then apply them at the appropriate times. They include proper hand selection, appropriate aggression, bluffing, semi-bluffing, understanding tells and telegraphs, choosing the right games, and reading hands. These skills do not come easily since they require unnatural actions. You cannot win just by "doing what comes naturally." This book does not provide strategic advice; you should get it from other Two Plus Two books. Dr. Schoonmaker is concerned only with the way that psychological factors affect your own and your opponents’ ability to play properly.
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Title: Super System
Authors: Doyle Brunson
Games: Texas Hold'em tournament play
Product Details: Texas hold'em, 7 Card stud
Paperback: 624 pages
Publisher: Cardoza
Language: English
When this was first published in the seventies it caused a sensation. Immediately recognized as the most ambitious poker book ever written, it nonetheless was received with irritation by some professionals because it was believed that Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson and his collaborators gave away too much, thereby allowing the amateurs to catch up, thereby cutting into the professional player's take. And there is more than a little truth to this accusation....
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Title: Tournament Poker
Authors: David Sklansky
Games: Tournament play, can be applied to all games
Product Details
Paperback: 245 pages
Publisher:Two Plus Two Publishing LLC
Language: English
Tournament poker is different from standard ring game poker. From a distance, it may look like a typical poker game, but there are many factors that can lead to proper strategy that is very different than what most players, (including good poker players), are familiar with.
Yet some people excel at tournament poker. This is not luck. These are players who have a good understanding of what the proper strategy adjustments are, and when they come into play. It is not a coincidence that the same players make it to the final table far more than their fair share.
This text is the first book ever written that explains tournament strategies which only a small number of players have mastered. It assumes you already know how to play poker well, but aren’t knowledgeable of tournament concepts and when and where to use them. Some of the ideas discussed include the effect of going broke, The Gap Concept, how chips change value, adjusting strategy because the stakes rise, all-in strategy, the last table, making deals, The "System," and much more.
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Title: Play Poker Like the Pros
Authors: Phil Hellmuth Jr.
Games: Strategies on home and online games
Product Details
Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
Language: English
Play Poker Like the Pros is the perfect introduction to the world of poker, including tournaments, home games, and Online play as Hellmuth begins by laying how to set-up and play the games and then moves on to basic and advanced strategy.
Phil teaches exactly which hands to play, when to bluff, and when to raise, and when to fold. In addition, Hellmuth provides techniques for reading other players and avoid "going on tilt"---poker speak for staying cool under pressure. There are also special chapters for advanced players on how to beat Online games and an inside look at tournament play.
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Title: Internet Texas hold'em
Authors:
Games:
Product Details
Paperback: 298 pages
Publisher: Dimat Enterprises, Inc.
Language: English
As Internet poker exploded, thousands of players turned to Internet Texas Hold’em to help them become winning players. Today, Internet Texas Hold'em is now the best-selling poker book ever on Internet poker.
Internet Texas Hold'em is an excellent tool for players at all levels to be successful at limit Texas Hold’em with specific topics focused on Internet play. The book has been so successful that many players recommend it also for live play. A comprehensive overview of Texas Hold’em is presented including general poker concepts such as probability and odds, bluffing, raising and check-raising. Various deceptive tactics are also discussed such as free cards, slow playing, and inducing bluffs and calls. You’ll learn the correct strategies for starting hand play as well as playing on the flop, turn, and river. You’ll learn the intricacies of playing on the Internet and the differences in strategies between Internet and live play. Finally, you’ll be able to practice all of these strategies on over 200 actual Internet hands.
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Title: Harrington on Hold'em
Authors: Dan Harrington & Bill Robertie
Games: Texas Hold'em
Product Details
Paperback: 350 pages
Publisher: Two Plus Two Publishing LLC
Language: English
This is a great book on no-limit hold'em tournament strategy. It has an easy-to-read style, and focuses on advanced topics. This is probably not a beginner's book, but will be very helpful to intermediate and advanced players. I consider this to be the best poker book I have ever read, and I've read most of them. Even if your style differs from Harrington's (and he does tend to be of a more conservative mentality than most), this book will absolutely add to your game.
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