Book recommendation for Deep Stack STTs

Larimani · #1 07-24-2005, 08:15 PM

A friend of mine has won a satellite to a big buy-in tournament ($10K). He has never read any books on poker [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img].

He hasn't got much time to get a quick fix for his lack of knowledge on tourneys. The stucture of the tourney is a single shootout with a field of 128. Moreover it's a very deep stack tourney.

If you could recommend 1 or 2 books max, it would be appreciated.

bluewilde · #2 07-24-2005, 08:35 PM

Ionno anything about deep-stack play, but out of everything I've read, Harrington seems to have the best material on NL hold 'em tournies.

Edit: and it's very accessibly written

Maulik · #3 07-25-2005, 09:15 AM

reccomend your friend to have someone extremely good atplaying and work some sort of arrangement on the profits.

JohnG · #4 07-25-2005, 12:41 PM

Your friend needs to learn how the depth of money affects things. I would get him to buy the 2 ciaffone books.

nate1729 · #5 07-25-2005, 12:54 PM

What tournament is it?

Larimani · #6 07-25-2005, 04:39 PM

VC Poker Cup

Larimani · #7 07-25-2005, 04:41 PM

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reccomend your friend to have someone extremely good atplaying and work some sort of arrangement on the profits.

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You mean someone to play instead of him?? The seats are non-transferable.

Larimani · #8 07-25-2005, 07:37 PM

another friend recommended TPFAP. what do you think?

Amerzel · #9 07-26-2005, 04:06 AM

I'd recommend both volumes of HOH. They are both great for tournaments and would translate very well for a tourny with a large chip stack.

JohnG · #10 07-26-2005, 12:30 PM

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another friend recommended TPFAP. what do you think?

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I'd probably go with the Ciaffone and Harrington books rather than the sklansky book. The Sklansky book assumes you already know how to play no-limit.

All together, that's 2 ciaffone books, and 2 harrington books. If 4 is too much, I suggest you pick the 2nd harrington book, and any number of the other 3. I think the 2nd harrington book is a definite read because it explains how to adjust to shorter stacks later in the tourney. The other 3 books are more concerned with the deeper money stages.

I wouldn't be able to say which of the other 3 would be best. If your friend has played limit poker, and is familiar with limit starting hand values, the ciaffone books explain the differences between the 2 games, and how that changes the hand values and your play. They are also very good on explaining the importance of stack sizes, and other general big bet concepts.

The 1st harrington book is more specific on starting hands etc, and would be more suitable for players coming in cold with no experience of limit hand values. It also has more practical examples.