Best books

[karasz]

I am looking for the best holdem books to read to improve my game, any limit is fine...


also any tourney hold em books, played in my 1st 2 tourneys ever yesterday

127-735 @9am
564-731 @3pm


dont knwo what happened...

[Poker_Vendetta]

It is my understanding, the best poker book ever written is: "Supersystem", by Doyle Brunson. Read that first I suppose, and it's my understanding it covers other card games as well. Then next, I believe Slansky's "Theory of Poker" or "Advanced Poker" also by Slansky...Read Theory of first I guess. And of course there is Phil Hellmuth's book as well. As far as I know, these are the 3 hot ones.

[TheMrLegendary]

You want to read the best poker books out there? I have to disagree with reading Super Systems first, it says in the beginning not intended for beginners. It has alot of subject matter that frankly is over most starters and intermediate players, no offense guys, though if you are going to read just one poker book in your life, its the only choice.

Read Ken Warrens Winning Holdem or the Complete guide to Holdem by Gary Carson. If you want a starters book on Omaha, 7-stud and Holdem alike, Play Poker like the Pros is a great book by Phil Hellmuth Jr. When you finish those, read David Sklanskys book on Advanced Holdem and The Theory of Poker. The Tao of Poker and Zen and the Art of Poker are great reads, if you learn that way, and have learned alot of things from those books. Tournament Poker for Advanced Players by David Sklansky is another great read, those these 3 books and the many others by Sklansky arent for just anyone, its takes alot of experience and prior reading in poker to understand these concepts well enough to help your game. Then when you are all done with this, read Super Systems and then your poker reading is really complete, just keep up on new books and books by famous authors like T.J. Cloutier or Hellmuth.

I hope this helps!

[mindgame]

So many books, so little time.

If your game is Hold'em, start with Sklansky's introductory book on the subject, entitled, I believe, Hold'em Poker. This is a book written specifically for the casino (ring) game, but it teaches the fundamentals and doesn't assume you know much more than how to rank a hand. Tourney play is covered well in other books already mentioned above. But IMO, there's no point in buying a really difficult or advanced book to start out with.
One of the immediate benefits of ready any decent book on the subject is just learning that there are ways of thinking about the game and the action that are never going to be apparent to the average player who's just out there playing but not serioulsy trying to develop his game.
Once you start at least thinking analytically about the game you are on your way to busting out of the pack and becoming a pain in the ass to the rest of us.

[John MacEnroe]

Books relate to what games you play aswell.......

Ask yourself questions before working on your play...

1)Am I gonna play mostly with cash or play freeze outs?
2)How many people am I gonna play with - shot handed or a ring games?
3)Am I better than my regular opponents and am I trying to get even better or am I just trying to maximise profit?

-Brunson,Doyle - Super/System - Advanced play (mostly for ring games).
-Sklansky, David -Various - Wide range, from the maths to shorthanded play.
-Hellmuth, Phil Internet site - (Beginners to advanced) + wouldn't recommend the book
-Caro, Mike -Various - Mostly statistics etc.
-Bellin, Andy -Poker Nation - Real Beginners guide plus general interest information

Other than that I wouldnt bother + only a couple of these will be interesting unless you're a big fan.