The Best Poker Books

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So many books on poker strategy on the market these days. What are the best ones out there?
Peronally I think "Harrington on Hold'em Vol. 1 and 2" are essential for tournament play. (I have yet to read the 3rd). "Caro's Book of Poker Tells" is another must have for anyone playing live games.

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  • dgangstadgangsta
    If you like the Book of Tells..... Matt Lessinger's How to Bluff is a great compliment to it. Caro writes the forward stating that.

    An interesting read
  • JimmyHoJimmyHo
    Is the 3rd volume out yet?
  • DrTyoreDrTyore
    pokerJAH wrote:
    Is the 3rd volume out yet?

    No

    Best books:

    The Theory of Poker - Sklansky

    Super System I & II - Brunson

    I also love the Harrington books

    Mark
  • sstarsstar
    I agree with all the books mentioned, though I haven't finished the book of bluffs yet. Personally, I would add Phil Gordon's Little Green Book. An amazing amount of information in such a small book.

    sstar
  • Jay845Jay845
    DrTyore wrote:
    pokerJAH wrote:
    Is the 3rd volume out yet?

    No

    Actually this book is available (see twoplustwo).

    My favorite books are:

    Small Stakes Holdem
    Harrington Vol 1/2
    Little Green Book

    Looking forward to:

    Ed Miller's/Skalansky NL cash game book (just released)
  • pkrfce9pkrfce9
    I see Phil Gordon has a little blue book coming out soon.
  • ChrisWinsorChrisWinsor
    Super system, Super system, Super System.
  • gokordagokorda
    I've found harrington vol 1 to be a decent book, but most of what was covered was similar to the play I had pretty much picked up as I went. Looking forward to reading vol 2, as I so often tend to screw up once I'm in the money.

    also, Small stakes hold 'em was pretty helpful.
  • QuasiQuasi
    pokerJAH wrote:
    Is the 3rd volume out yet?

    If your talking about HOH 3, it's out now. I ordered it off Amazon the other day along with No limit Hold'em Theory and Practice by Sklansky & Miller.
  • AcidJoeAcidJoe
    If your looking for it it's not listed as Vol 3 on amazon. It's listed as Harrington on Hold'em: The workbook. $22 cnd on amazon.
  • Young GrimmmYoung Grimmm
    I picked up the HOHE Workbook last week and I'm half way through it. What a great book! Basically it's a set of 50 "questions"/scenarios with multiple choice answers available at each stage of the decision making process. In the solution part he awards points for the "correct" or "most correct" answer (of course, based on his style of play). At one point he even writes, "Hey, it's my book" when commenting on a play.

    In the follow-up they give a ranking based on 591 points being a perfect score and then there is a section (which I haven't really examined) which classifies where you need to improve your game based on your answers to the questions.

    I plan on keeping all of my little scribble sheets and retaking the test in 6 months or a year to see if I've improved at all.


    Well worth the investment IMHO.
  • PopkornPopkorn
    I really liked Barry Greentein's book Ace on the River, goes over a lot of concepts that most books don't cover.
  • earthpokerearthpoker
    I play a lot of O8B hi lo and there is a book I believe by Capelletti? A poker pro that plays the game...there really isnt a lot out there on the subject. As for NL HOLDEM books I really like (forgive me) Phil Hellmuths book I think he makes it easy to understand and has a good list of starting hands to work from for beginning players...that really helped me out.
  • mrdeedsmrdeeds
    HOH 1 and 2 for sure.
    Phil Hellmuth's Texas Hold'em helped me out in the beginning.
  • SpicolSpicol
    mrdeeds wrote:
    Phil Hellmuth's Texas Hold'em helped me out in the beginning.

    I read this when I was starting out and felt the same way. Then I flipped back through it a few weeks ago and realized I had to unlearn a lot of the things Phil was talking about in order to improve my game. If you're as tight as he is suggesting in the beginner stages of play, you'll have a heck of a time making any money and miss a lot of opportunities to take pots. He writes very little of position or number of opponents and focuses far too much on starting hands. One good thing about it is his emphasis on classifying players into profiles (even if his animals are cheesy) and playing them accordingly.

    Looking back, I'd say it's a good crutch book for when you're starting out and need something rigid to lean on, but your goal should be to ditch the crutch asap and learn the concepts for walking on your own.
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