Poker Psychology books

[speirs]

To further improve my (limit) poker game I want to buy a couple of psychology books on poker.

The kind of books that identify what player you exactly are, what kind of players your opponents are, there tendencies, crawl into their mind and understand what they are thinking and why, why they do what they do, etc, etc, I'm sure you get the point.

So far, with some reading and searching on 2+2 and other sites, I have come up with the following books I want to buy:

- Psychology of Poker by Al Schoonmaker
- Inside the poker mind by John Feeney
- Killer poker by John Vorhaus

Good/bad? Opinions? Am I missing something? Also, In which order would you read them?

[Eclypse]

I've never read Killer Poker, but the other two on your list are great.

I would also add Poker Sex & Dying: Inside the Mind of a Gambler by Juel E. Anderson to your list.

[speirs]

Thank you for your respons.

But, is that all? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] No other opinions? [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[sammy_g]

the first two are great. the third not so much.

i would probably add barry greenstein's new book to the list although i haven't read it yet.

[avatar77]

If you really want to get into the pyschology aspects of poker, you may want to check out:
"Beyond Tells: Power Poker Psychology"
I picked it up about a month ago..and am about 1/3 through (just too many books to read at a time).
This book is written by a PhD in psychology and is definately different than the other psychology books out there.

[speirs]

OK thanks all. Beyond tells was also mentioned by someone else on an other forum so I'll surely will look into that.

So now to decide what to buy...

[Poker60181]

read the psycology of poker. you will learn a lot. although the benefits of reading a book like this would help you more in no limit ( or at least pot limit)... there isnt as much psycology going on in limit poker as there is just numbers and odds.

[Malachii]

Why do you need to understand psychology to be a good limit player?

[AngryCola]

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Why do you need to understand psychology to be a good limit player?

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To become a better poker player, and that includes limit.

I know limit often seems like Blackjack to you guys, but it's not.

[speirs]

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Why do you need to understand psychology to be a good limit player?

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To become a better poker player, and that includes limit.

I know limit often seems like Blackjack to you guys, but it's not.

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Thank you for answering that.

With the exception of Barry's book, I ordered all books mentioned above. Let's do some reading! [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]