NL Books

[melnik]

what are the best NL books to buy? i have all the books everyone says to read but none deal specifically with NL. thanx in advance

[fimbulwinter]

Books to get:

Poker in general:
-Theory of poker (S&M)
-Improve your poker (ciaffone)

Small Stakes Play:
-Small Stakes Holdem (Ed Miller) (Yes, this book DOES help with SSNL)

No limit:
-Pot Limit and No Limit Holdem (ciaffone)
-No Limit Holdem (ciaffone, yet to be released)

if you've yet to buy anything, buy them in this order:

ToPoker
PL&NLPoker
SSHE
IYPoker
(when it comes out) NLHE

proceed to beat SSNL, then midstakes, then highstakes games. win the WSOP. cut me 5%.

fim

[melnik]

i have :

theory of poker -s&m
hold em for advanced players - s&m
winning low limit - jones
internet hold em - hilger


fundanmentals are useful but i want specific scenarios for nl. ill try caff 1

[kongo_totte]

I play NL only but all books I've read (except for Brunsons SS) are limit books. I just like you feel like reading atleast one NL book, though I really like reading limit books applying them to NL. When I read books that aren't custom made for my game my mind has to be alert every second I read. It forces me to have a critic view on every segment of the book asking myself "does this apply to NL as well as limit?). I'm afraid if I read a NL-book I'll just read without considering what I'm reading, learning just the words not considering how I should apply the information I read to the game. If I read something I'm not sure is applyable in NL I simply study the matter, using different sources. I feel this has worked well for me. Point being: don't worry to much that you've only read books that aren't custom made for you, you'll learn alot, maybe even more, from reading limit books. Does this make any sense?

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Theory of poker - 8
Improve your poker - 5
Small Stakes Holdem (Ed Miller) - 4
Pot Limit and No Limit Holdem (ciaffone) - 5
No Limit Holdem (ciaffone, yet to be released)

SS - 5
CNLPL - 7
New Player - 5
SS2 - 7

At the moment the 5 is still readable, but there are books coming that will drop them to under 5 (= forget it).

[JohnG]

'Pot and no limit poker' and 'improve your poker' are currently the 2 best books to read for no limit, along with supersystem. The 2 Ciaffone books are the best place to start for no limit beginners/intermediates and will help to better understand supersystem when you read that.

Add these books when they come out:

volume 1 of Harringtons tourney book, as that book will also apply to cash games.

Ciaffones new no limit holdem book

Fossilmans tourney book, as that will also have a lot of stuff applicable to cash games.

I heard rumours a while ago that a poker math book was being written by Jerrod Ankenman and Bill Chen so also get that if it ever comes out.