Vote For Your Favorite All-Time Poker Author

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Your vote should be based on the totality of an author's work not, "I liked this book best so I voted for him". Works could include books, magazine articles, internet postings, etc.

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[andyfox]

John Fox. The totality of his work was one book, but it was "Play Poker, Quit Work, And Sleep 'Til Noon." A classic.

I voted other as a lark. With all due respect to Mason, I don't see how anyone could vote for anyone other than Sklansky.

[SNOWBALL138]

I voted for Ed because he writes better than everyone else on the list (Caro included).

[Mason Malmuth]

Hi Andy:

I guess you never read his book on home poker.

Best wishes,
Mason

[Daliman]

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Hi Andy:

I guess you never read his book on home poker.

Best wishes,
Mason

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Dude, hoagies are SO +EV.

[Eclypse]

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Hi Andy:

I guess you never read his book on home poker.

Best wishes,
Mason

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Dude, hoagies are SO +EV.

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I thought the "hoagie ploy" was from Poker: A Guaranteed Income For Life, by Frank Wallace. I could be wrong though, I haven't read either book in at least 20 years, so it COULD have been in How To Hustle Home Poker by John Fox.

This is crazy...
That Ed Miller can get so much votes..
With out any doubt it is between Sklansky and Brunson, my vote goes for Sklansky, but Brunson is a clear 2nd, these to men were the 1st to write books of this nature and great authors like Miller,Harrington,Hilger and Yao etc. Have clearly studdied Sklansky, Brunson and Malmouth.
That needs to be taken into account.
Doyle Brunson is probley the greatest role model for poker, of all time...Give credit were its due.

[Eclypse]

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Hi Andy:

I guess you never read his book on home poker.

Best wishes,
Mason

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...and, don't forget "Hold'em Poker For Winners" which was co-authored by Carl Anderson.

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...and, don't forget "Hold'em Poker For Winners" which was co-authored by Carl Anderson.


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Have you read that book and if so, what did you think?

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[bygmesterf]

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...and, don't forget "Hold'em Poker For Winners" which was co-authored by Carl Anderson.


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Have you read that book and if so, what did you think?

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The first rule about John Fox, is that we don't talk about John Fox.

The Second rule, (and I learned this from speaking to John Fox personally), is that Mike Caro is John Fox's favorite poker author.

Hold'em Poker for winner's was not written by John Fox, it was written by Carl Anderson based on Fox's/Anderson's idea's that John Fox agree'ed with. Basicly John Fox wanted to create a sort of multi-dimensional matrix that would describe the correct action based on several factors including table, flop, hand fit and opponent characteristcs. There are other charts for back-solving what people are likely to hold based on thier actions etc .

Unlike Draw, (or preflop hold'em) it wasn't possible to create a simple table that said if you hold X do Y under different conditions. Eventually good players will do the ame action's as in the charts as a result of developing a good thinking process.

I think that if you read the book carefully it's a very good book considering the general level of hold'em knowledge in 1981 when it was written, and it has some idea's that werent talked about till well into the 1990's.