Top 9 Poker Books Of All Time

[Sid Lambert]

We now have a section recommending the Top 9 Poker Books of all time.

Please let us know what you think and post any suggestions or disagreements here.

[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.

[Sid Lambert]

Fifth street is there more for entertainment value....if yer ever at a book store, just read the first chapter....its craziness

[Rikje-Suede]

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)

[Ninja]

I know a lot of people like Zen and the Art of Poker.

[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.

[DougisRad]

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.

[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.

[Muck]

3 down, 6 to buy.

Great list, good all-round titles selection.

I might give this link to mates at Christmas :D

[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

[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...

[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.

[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.

[truplaya_177]

killer poker is an entertaining, funny book of poker.

[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