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#1
11-22-2005, 12:22 PM
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Re: Revised poll: what\'s the best/greatest poker book?
The book that had the most impact on me was Super System (specifically Doyle's chapters) as it was the first book that got me to think differently and HUGELY effected my results in live (Single Table) tournies.
After that point I read everything I could get my hands on and my new personal favorites are Theory of Poker HoldEm for advanced players Small Stakes Holdem Harrington on Holdem 1&2. 
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11-22-2005, 02:02 PM
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Re: Revised poll: what\'s the best/greatest poker book?
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I think I came up with a better list of choices based on forum input. [/ QUOTE ] Sorry, but you didn't. You still haven't defined "best" or "greatest", or put them in context. The choices are all over the map, and cannot be compared. Among other things, "best" is defined as " Most satisfactory, suitable, or useful". If something is most suitable or useful, it must be suitable or useful for something. The books listed are worse than apples and oranges, they are fruit cocktail. Except for SS, none of those books are comparable to any of the others for a particular area of study. SS tries to be all things to all people, and there is generally a better dedicated book out there for any particular area discussed in SS. You have asked the poker equivalent of what is the best motor vehicle. One person might answer a BMW sedan is best. Another might reply that a BMW is a horrible motor vehicle for hauling plywood, and a Ford F-150 is the best. In both cases, the lack of context makes the question, and the answers, meaningless.
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11-22-2005, 02:15 PM
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Re: Revised poll: what\'s the best/greatest poker book?
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] I think I came up with a better list of choices based on forum input. [/ QUOTE ] Sorry, but you didn't. You still haven't defined "best" or "greatest", or put them in context. The choices are all over the map, and cannot be compared. Among other things, "best" is defined as " Most satisfactory, suitable, or useful". If something is most suitable or useful, it must be suitable or useful for something. The books listed are worse than apples and oranges, they are fruit cocktail. Except for SS, none of those books are comparable to any of the others for a particular area of study. SS tries to be all things to all people, and there is generally a better dedicated book out there for any particular area discussed in SS. You have asked the poker equivalent of what is the best motor vehicle. One person might answer a BMW sedan is best. Another might reply that a BMW is a horrible motor vehicle for hauling plywood, and a Ford F-150 is the best. In both cases, the lack of context makes the question, and the answers, meaningless. [/ QUOTE ] If you had a poll on what the best motor vehicle is, I don't think you would have one car getting 2/3 of the votes as here with "Theory of Poker". I also don't see what is wrong with a poll as to the best motor vehicle. There is no right or wrong answer, just opinions.
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#4
11-22-2005, 02:45 PM
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Re: Revised poll: what\'s the best/greatest poker book?
The only reason Theory of Poker is running away with this poll is because you failed to include Play Poker Like the Pros.
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11-23-2005, 12:07 AM
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Re: Revised poll: what\'s the best/greatest poker book?
I've read 4 of these books, one is on its way (ITPM), and have no desire to read the 6th (SS)
7CSFAP is probably the most in-depth book of the 4 I've read - it's amazingly put together TOP is brilliant SSHE is, well, the best 25 dollar investment I have ever made HPFAP is great too - but not at the level of these other three IMO PLNL is decent (I'm not a big fan of it), but does not deserve to be on the list as these other books
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11-23-2005, 02:44 AM
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Re: Revised poll: what\'s the best/greatest poker book?
I judge best by the best at what it tries to achieve. Harrington is IMO the best among these.
TOP is awesome and the most important, but it's not as well written or easily digested. In all fairness, HoH came much later.
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11-23-2005, 09:39 PM
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Re: Revised poll: what\'s the best/greatest poker book?
I think that HOH2 is the best poker book iv ever read.
I will follow that with TOP,HPFAP,HOH1,followed by chiffy's book
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11-23-2005, 10:41 PM
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Re: Revised poll: what\'s the best/greatest poker book?
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[ QUOTE ] I think that HOH2 is the best poker book iv ever read. I will follow that with TOP,HPFAP,HOH1,followed by chiffy's book [/ QUOTE ] Who's Chiffy? [/ QUOTE ] I think 'Chiffy' is Bob Ciaffone - that's the first time I've heard him be called that. He didn't state which book by Ciaffone though..PLNL, Improve Your Poker or Middle Limit Hold'em. All 3 books are very popular.
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