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    Hey everyone I was wondering what poker books are good ones for

    Overall Gameplay, ring games, tourneys, but just overall gameplay.

    Does anyone know of a book or maybe 2 books like that?

    Thanks for the help in advance!

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      CommentAuthorcanotwin1
    • CommentTimeAug 12th 2007
     

    You learn by playing not by reading.

    Poker books are basically worthelss.

    This is not true of backgammon, bridge, chess and other skill game books where study is crucial. And playing without proper preparation will only lead to practicing your mistakes.

    Obviously not everyone has what it takes to be a succesful gambler, just as not everyone has what it takes to be a professional athlete.

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      CommentAuthorcanotwin1
    • CommentTimeAug 12th 2007
     

    If you are unable to discover all the skills of the simplest game in the world , POKER, you do not have the makings of a professional gambler.

    Obvious is nothing. i have read at least one dozen poker books. I find them more annoying than anything else. Mostly because they reveal things that are manifest. "Concepts in all of the different poker games that many will never discover by playing on their own."

    But any experienced poker player who needs a book to reveal poker concepts will not be able to apply them. This type of player will simply just not get it.

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      CommentAuthordrtre1987
    • CommentTimeAug 12th 2007
     

    I would be willing to bet that you arent reading the right books. 2+2 books are the way to go. Youre probably reading beginner books and are mad because they dont do anything for you. What books have you read that you are "annoyed" by?

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      CommentAuthorpikeamus
    • CommentTimeAug 12th 2007
     

    FYP

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      CommentAuthordrtre1987
    • CommentTimeAug 12th 2007
     

    You obvisouly have not read any good poker books then. There are a lot of skills and concepts in all of the different poker games that many will never discover by playing on their own.

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    For tournaments, not cash.

    For cash game look for books by Sklansky, they were already mentioned.

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    They aren't for beginners, it's just T&P is so much more deep that I suggest you read the first two before.

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    mainly just for overall holdem play

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      CommentAuthorBigbobm11
    • CommentTimeAug 13th 2007
     

    I enjoyed Doyles book Super System. It helps understand the logic behind a more aggressive style of play towards cash games.

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    Hey guys thanks for all the advice!

    I'm gonna read Skalanskys and then Harringtons, and hopefully more!

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      CommentAuthordrtre1987
    • CommentTimeAug 13th 2007
     

    NLH: TAP

    I was a losing cash game player until I read this book. This book completely turned my game around.

    The general trend I picked up on was that any Two Plus Two book is top notch.

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      CommentAuthorcanotwin1
    • CommentTimeAug 13th 2007
     

    perhaps there is a reason Sklansky named his publishing company 2+2

    cause there is not one thing in any of his books that is not intuitive.

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    Phil Gordon's Little Green Book

    Theory of Poker

    NL Theory and Practice (a bit more advanced, read the other two books first)

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    Ok thanks, any other advice?

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      CommentAuthorsosodef_87
    • CommentTimeAug 13th 2007
     

    I have learned a lot from the HoH series that I have applied to my game. There is no way someone can just learn these concepts from just playing experience. PLUS, reading the concepts gives a "basic" player some advanced terminology which he/she cannot just learn from playing. (probe bets etc)

    I beleive that once you HAVE read all the good poker books, then, and only then does the learning yourself by playing work.

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      CommentAuthordaimonion
    • CommentTimeAug 14th 2007
     

    For No limit it would be Harrington on Hold'em. (vol. 1, 2 and 3)

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    I know how to play and all, just want to improve, so dont give me a book for beginners in poker

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      CommentAuthortenpin477
    • CommentTimeAug 14th 2007
     

    The Full Tilt Book is good for tournaments, as well as Harrington on Hold'em, 2 must reads IMO.... and for cash games, although it does help in tournies and something you should read anyway, pick up Super System by Doyle Brunson.

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