Poker Books

[Jezza]

Someone asked in another thread about poker books? Here are my views on a few (I have read quite a lot although by no means anywhere near all of the ones on the market!) David Sklansky - The Theory of Poker This is probably the best book on poker in general ever written probably. However it must be said it is not light reading, dry as 20 crackers stuffed into your mouth at once does not describe this book adequately - its like you've gone back to advanced poker at school and are being made to sit through it! But it is the best, if you can master everything in this book then you are sorted. Infact anything by sklanksky is pretty good, although is books on hold em deal with the limit variety (which it has to be said, is gay as fcuk) Tj Cloutier + Tom McEvoy - Championship pot limit/no limit hold em Now this is a good one as well - its not dry in the slightest and has plenty of good poker storys in it as well on actual advice on how to play specific hands. For cash game and tournament no limit play it is great for a beginner and will teach you how to take down some massive pots with your big hands. Caros Book of Poker Tells - Mike Caro Apart from the fact this book is full of photos of people who probably still think the mullet was a good idea this is another good one...its for live play only tho as it discusses the art of reading what people have from their body language/speech. The stuff in here is REALLY spot on and contains exact descriptions of all the common tells/what someone will say when they are bluffing all this sort of stuff, if you play live poker at all I recommend it. On another note, dont buy phil hellmuths book - its pish Jez

[swampster]

books Not about playing poker exactly, but check out 'Shut Up and Deal' by Jessie May (the guy off Late Night Poker) - great fiction book about poker players and the poker life.