[spurgeon]

I think I have read almost every book in print on hold em. My favorite book is still Middle Limit Hold Em Poker by Ciaffone. I do not know what it is about this book, but I feel I have learned more from it than any other. Maybe my mind learns best by quizzes rather than by theory. I feel that I have learned more from this book than hold em poker for advanced players. My second favorite book is small stakes hold em. This book kind of makes all other limit hold em books obsolete. In some ways it kind of makes hold em poker for advanced players obsolete. The writing is so much clearer in SSH than in HEPFAP. You just have to make some adjustments as you move up in limits, but SSH should still be applicable. If you play no limit, get Harrington on Hold Em. These are the only books you need! Just get these three and memorize them. It will save you a lot of money. I have every hold em poker book written in the basement, and these are the three best. Just rotate reading these three books. Do not waste time on any others (if you want to get a fourth book get theory of poker).