Which Book?

[NorthernRed2]

I know this has been done many times, but i need some advice. I haven't posted in awhile due to new job taking up alot of my time, but have got back into the game recently and had some good results, mainly coz of very selective plays, (won a tournament the other day, but only played 4 hands in the first 1 1/2 hours). Anyway was wondering if Super Systems is the book to get, i haven't ever read a poker book and feel i need to take my game to that next level, so need to swot up. So which books would people recommend.

[GreenPlasticWateringCan]

Re: Which Book? I've only read the original Super System and not Super System 2 (and only read the Texas Hold'em sections), but I think there are many other books worth reading ahead of that one. I think the best place to start is The Theory Of Poker by David Sklansky. Rather than tell you what to do when you have certain hands or are in certain situations, it teaches you what you should be thinking about and why. I'd say this book is a "must-read" for any serious poker player. Hold'em Poker For Advanced Players, by Sklansky and Mason Malmuth unfortunately focuses on limit rather than no limit hold'em, but is still definately worth reading even if you only play no limit. For advice specifically on tournament play, Harrington On Hold'em by Dan Harrington is very good in my opinion, and is probably the most up to date and relevant tournament book out there. I have only read volume I so far (volume II is on it's way from amazon) but I found it very useful, as I almost exclusively play tournaments online (both STTs and MTTs). I have also just got Tournament Poker For Advanced Players, again by Sklansky, which is supposed to be good although I haven't read it yet. The following link will probably be useful as well: http://www.flopturnriver.com/poker-books.html Hope this helps and if you have any specific questions on the books ive mentioned i'd be happy to answer them