NL Tourney Reading

[jtnt1096]

I am trying to compile a list of books for a buddy who is a beginng NL tourney player. He will probably start by playing $5 SNG at Poker Stars. Here is what I have so far in order of reading:

1. Winning Low Limit Hold Em - Jones (for HE background)
2. No-Limit Texas Hold Em: Beginners Guide - McEvoy
3. Theory Of Poker - Sklansky
4. Championship Satellite Strategy - McEvoy/Daugherty
5. NL/PL Hold Em - Cloutier/McEvoy
6. PL/NL Poker - Ciaffone
7. Tournament Poker For Advanced Players - Sklansky
8. Championship Tournament Practice Hands - McEvoy/Cloutier

Any thoughts or suggestions.

[SossMan]

that time would be much better spent reading and posting hands in the one table tourney forum and the MTT forum.

[Stew]

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I am trying to compile a list of books for a buddy who is a beginng NL tourney player. He will probably start by playing $5 SNG at Poker Stars. Here is what I have so far in order of reading:

1. Winning Low Limit Hold Em - Jones (for HE background)
2. No-Limit Texas Hold Em: Beginners Guide - McEvoy
3. Theory Of Poker - Sklansky
4. Championship Satellite Strategy - McEvoy/Daugherty
5. NL/PL Hold Em - Cloutier/McEvoy
6. PL/NL Poker - Ciaffone
7. Tournament Poker For Advanced Players - Sklansky
8. Championship Tournament Practice Hands - McEvoy/Cloutier

Any thoughts or suggestions.

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Yea, get the Jones book out of there if he is playing NL tourneys, if limit tourneys are included then OK, but the McEvoy/Daugherty will cover the basics of NL play and the Jones book isn't needed.

Get rid of the two McEvoy/Cloutier books as the advice is spotty and they are way too weak-tight, particulary for sit and goes. Finally, I'd add a read of the NL section of Super/System and possibly Improve Your Poker by Ciaffone.

Here's my recommended NL reading course for the beginner/novice (in order):

New Player Series, No-Limit Hold 'Em (McEvoy/Daugherty)
Theory of Poker
Tournament Poker for Advanced Players (Sklansky)
Championship Satellite Strategy (McEvoy/Daugherty)
PL/NL Poker (Ciaffone/Reuben))
NL Section of Super/System (Brunson)
Improve Your Poker (Ciaffone0

[CollegePlayer]

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I am trying to compile a list of books for a buddy who is a beginng NL tourney player. He will probably start by playing $5 SNG at Poker Stars. Here is what I have so far in order of reading:

1. Winning Low Limit Hold Em - Jones (for HE background)
2. No-Limit Texas Hold Em: Beginners Guide - McEvoy
3. Theory Of Poker - Sklansky
4. Championship Satellite Strategy - McEvoy/Daugherty
5. NL/PL Hold Em - Cloutier/McEvoy
6. PL/NL Poker - Ciaffone
7. Tournament Poker For Advanced Players - Sklansky
8. Championship Tournament Practice Hands - McEvoy/Cloutier

Any thoughts or suggestions.

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#7 should be #1