Poker Books

[Spikelad71]

Just wondering what are the best books to buy to help improve my overall game.I have read couple of very basic books and would appreciate any feedback.

[Steve A]

Just wondering what are the best books to buy to help improve my overall game.I have read couple of very basic books and would appreciate any feedback.

I still rate Sklansky's "Theory Of Poker" highly for excellent grounding in poker concepts.

[TylerStroud]

If youve read a few basic books and know where you are then I definitely recommend Harrington on Hold'Em I and II since thats what Im going through myself at the moment. If youre playing Tournament style poker itll sort you out with where your head needs to be.

[PokerWoody]

I still rate Sklansky's "Theory Of Poker" highly for excellent grounding in poker concepts.

Agreed. Best poker book ever written imo.

...but the internet is a better resource than any poker book.

[Spikelad71]

Thanks for the replies it has given me something to think about.Lucky in answer to your questions at the moment i am playing tournaments,i am losing but i only play small stakes which i can afford .I have been playing for just over a year.

[TylerStroud]

Playing online and having read a few basic books you will have a slight edge perhaps over the most standard of opposition but the variance at those stakes is huge. What Im reading the Harrington books for is to hope that I can then progress onto higher stakes MTTs and create a larger bankroll.

[Spikelad71]

Thanks Tyler you have convinced me i will get Harrington on Holdem1 to start off with.

[tfalbb]

Harrington on Holdem 1 & 2 are must reads for NLHE tourneys. I'd get them both together if I were you, along with book 3 if you can stretch to it.

[tfalbb]

I know what you're saying, but thought it was worth the time to reinforce the concepts from the first two books, and think I got them all together on a 3 for the price of 2 offer and sure something like that will be out there still somewhere if you shopped around.

[wilfuljoker]

Ditto re: Harrington 1 and 2. If you want a different perspective to what a lot of the books repeat try: The Poker Tournament Formula by Arnold Snyder. It has interesting stuff on different types of tourneys. I think Harringtons books apply best to deepstacks and aren't always helpful for low buy-in, low starting stack crap shoots but Snyder has advice for these.