This book, often referred to as the poker bible, is truly one of the most important books on poker ever written.
It was written in 1978 under the original title “How I Made Over $1,000,000 Playing Poker” by two-time World Champion Doyle Brunson (1976 and 1977).
Included poker game variations are: Draw Poker, Seven-Card Stud, Lowball, Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split, Limit Hold’em and No-Limit Hold’em.
It offers a unique view of how to play no-limit Texas Hold’em.
Even if you are only interested in reading about Texas Hold’em this book is still a great read.
No other poker book on the market has the same approach as how to play no-limit Texas Hold’em as Doyle Brunson’s....
Included poker game variations are: Limit Hold'em (Jennifer Harman), Omaha Eight-or Better (Bobby Baldwin), Seven-Card Stud High-Low Eight-or-Better (Todd Brunson), Pot-Limit Omaha High (Lyle Berman), Triple Draw (Daniel Negreanu), and No-Limit Hold'em (Doyle Brunson). Other content worth mentioning is general poker advice from Mike Caro, a tournament overview by Doyle Brunson (only 10 pages)
Two of the brightest minds in poker, David Sklanskys and Mason Malmuths, have written ”Hold’Em Poker For Advanced Players”. A book that more than anyone else has affected the way poker is played today.
Even since the first issue in 1988, the book has had a great influence on the way limit Texas Hold’em is played around the world.
Many leading poker players have studied this book thoroughly. The latest edition which is called ”The 21st Century Edition” has been extended a lot compared to the original.
The first part of the book deals with start hands and contains the now somewhat classic setting that ranks different start hands and shows which hands you should play from...
Hellmuth's “Play Poker Like the Pros”, is mainly an excellent first read for beginners, rather than a deep conceptual text. It is a good quality book for the intermediate player who wishes to quickly brush up on basic strategy, get understandable advice, or find one of the few books with meaningful Omaha strategy. For being a professional poker player, rather than a writer, Phil Hellmuth succeeds in bringing out his advice in a surprisingly pedagogical way, with first-class humor and clever language. It is a delight to read. To sum it up, it is highly suggested for all beginners, but also intermediate players looking for quick reference work including Omaha and Seven-Card Stud. The most...
A varied playing style and strong betting patterns are some of the
qualities needed to succeed in a poker tournament. Experienced poker pro Dan Harrington presents battle-proven techniques that will be useful to any player.
How much you win in a poker tournament depends on how you handle the finishing stages. This book is packed with effective, ground-breaking strategic advice that will help you climb the money ladder.
"Championship No Limit & Pot Limit Hold’EM" is made up like a discussion between the poker champions Tom McEvoy and T.J. Cloutier.
The weakness of this format is that it sometimes is hard to tell whether an advice comes from Cloutier or from McEvoy. A great advantage is that the reader constantly gets two views on how to play poker the best way.
The book handles a lot of subjects – all from how to play satellites to how to best handle the great stress that can occur when you have finished playing a big tournament. This is mainly a good book for beginners as it encourages a restrictive playing style.
It can also be interesting to read the book ”Super System” of Doyle...
