TOP or Improve Your Poker?

[jtnt1096]

I play mostly NL tournies, SNG's, and ring games. I have all the NL books (Harrington, Brunson, Cloutier, Ciaffone, etc.), but I am looking to add another book to my arsenal.

Between Theory of Poker and Improve Your Poker (Ciaffone), which one will help me more in NL play? I have heard TOP is catered more towards Limit HE, so I wasn't sure if IYP would be better or not.

Thanks for the advice.

[MEbenhoe]

Get TOP, its definitely not catered towards Limit HE. Its one of the most important poker books ever written and a must own for any serious player.

[nate1729]

ToP. I own both and have read both multiple times; IYP is nice and all, but ToP is where it's at, and NL is no exception.

[deacsoft]

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Get TOP, its definitely not catered towards Limit HE. Its one of the most important poker books ever written and a must own for any serious player.

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It's like your reading my mind.

TOP and it's not even close.

[K C]

TOP isn't even geared to holdem per se, it really is a book on poker theory. When this came out over 25 years ago it was head and shoulders above anything else. Still is today.

KC
kingcobrapoker.com

[johnnybeef]

read it...asap. it lays the fundamentals of poker. you can't build a building without a good foundation, right? On a side note, improve your poker is an excellent read. Ciaffone gives many tips and tactics that i have not seen printed anywhere else that have given me an edge in a game.

good luck
Johnny

[yeltzen]

Improve Your Poker, and it's not even close.

[deacsoft]

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Improve Your Poker, and it's not even close.

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Oh, okay, we'll take your word for it.

[Rudbaeck]

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Improve Your Poker, and it's not even close.

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Because it's a non 2+2 book?

You know Mason gave it a 9 right, so you might want to start hating that book.

[yeltzen]

What the hell do I care what Mason rated it?