Top 10 Favorite Poker Books

[benkahuna]

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It seems almost unanimous that Theory of Poker is the best one out there. Knew it was good, but didnt think that this many people would be in agreeance.

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It's weird, I never reread it (like a lot of people here do), but the reason it's on every list is because it's the single most important book on poker theory. Almost every other (decent) work in some way derives from its material. If you could successfully apply TOP to all games you played, you'd be an extraordinarily good player.

It's the Rodney Mullen of poker books.

Theory of Poker
Harrington on Hold Em V1&2
Internet Texas Hold Em
Super System 2
Small Stakes Hold Em
Hold Em Poker for Advanced Players
Seven Card Stud for Advanced Players
Positively Fifth Street
Biggest Game in Town

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Theory Of Poker
Small Stake's Hold'em
Getting Started In Hold'em
The Advanced Player's Series
Omaha Hold'em Poker
Super System I&II
Harrington On Hold'em I&II
Tournament Poker and the Art of War
Pot Limit & No Limit Poker
Improve Your Poker

[SNOWBALL138]

I'll write my list in english because some posters don't speak 2+2ese. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

1. Theory of Poker by David Sklansky

2. Hold Em Poker for Advanced Players by Mason Malmuth and Ray Zee

3. Seven Card Stud for Advanced Players by Mason Malmuth, David Sklansky, and Ray Zee

4. Ace on The River by Barry Greenstein

5. Harrington on Hold Em by Dan Harrington and Bill Robertee vol. 1


6. Getting the Best of It by David Sklansky

7. The Professor, the Banker, and The Suicide King

8. Small Stakes Hold Em by David Sklansky, Ed Miller, and Mason Malmuth

9. Improve your Poker by Bob Ciaffone

10. Real Poker II: The Play of Hands.

The books aren't exactly in order. Incidentally, I truly believe that seven card stud for advanced players might be the best poker game specific book ever written. Its absolutely amazing what Mason, Ray, and David put together.

Cheers,
Snowball

[gildwulf]

Top Ten Best Poker Books (note: I only really play hold'em so this might as well be called top ten hold-em related books):

1. Theory of Poker
2. SSHE
3. HPFAP
4. How Good is your Limit Hold'em
5. Harrington on Hold'em One
6. Middle Limit Hold'em
7. Inside the Poker Mind
8. Super System (it's outdated, overrated and somewhat poorly written)
9. Weighing the Odds- King Yao
10. NL/PL Hold'em-Ciaffone

I have yet to read Improve Your Poker but Ciaffone rules so I am expecting great things.

Some overrated books:

SS2- a good chunk of this is the same as SS1 and a few chapters are absolute garbage...Brunson's Chapter on Internet Poker is a joke

Poker Essays I (I haven't gotten through 2 and 3 yet): if you read 2+2 and have read the above books, don't even bother. It's filled without a lot of information that has been covered 100 times on the forum. Also very dated.

WLLH by Lee Jones: this book is just not very good in comparison to the other intro poker books out there. I don't have the new edition with SNGs though...that might be good.

Also avoid anything written by Cloutier or Hellmuth.

[SNOWBALL138]

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1. How to Play Winning Poker, Avery Cardoza
2. More Hold Em Excellence, Lou Kreiger
3. Winner's Guide to Texas Hold'em Poker, Ken Warren
4. The Archer Method, An Expert's Guide to Winning at Poker, John Archer
5. Winning Poker for the Serious Player, Edwin Silberstang
6. Hold'em Poker for Winners, Carl Anderson
7. Cappelletti on Omaha, Mike Cappelletti
8. Secrets of Winning Poker, George Coffin
9. Hold'em Excellence, Kreiger
10. Play Poker Like the Pros, Phil Hellmuth

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Expect to get multiple heads up challenges.
GG.

[Bazuul]

these 12 are the ones i have either loaned out the most or i have bought multiple copies as gifts:

Hold 'em Poker for Advanced Players - Sklansky
The Theory of Poker - Sklansky
Getting the Best of it! - Sklansky
Harrington on Hold 'em Volume 1 - Harrington, Robertie
Harrington on Hold 'em Volume 2 - Harrington, Robertie
Small Stakes Hold 'em - Miller, Sklansky, Malmuth
Phil Gordon's Little Green Book - Gordon
Tournament Poker for Advanced Players - Sklansky
Weighing the Odds in Hold 'em Poker - Yao
Professional Poker - Blade
Zen and the Art of Poker - Phillips
Getting Started in Hold 'em - Miller

[maurile]

The Theory of Poker
Harrington on Hold 'em Volume I
Harrington on Hold'em Volume II
Ace on the River
Improve Your Poker
Small Stakes Hold 'em
Super System 2
Weighing the Odds
Phil Gordon's Little Green Book
Real Poker II

1. Middle Limit Holdem Poker

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2. How good is your limit holdem
3. HEPFAP
4. Inside the poker mind
5. play of the hands 2
6. killer poker series
7. Improve your poker
8. SSHE
9. Zen and the art of poker/tao
10. TOP

[gildwulf]

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1. Middle Limit Holdem Poker

(big gap)

2. How good is your limit holdem
3. HEPFAP
4. Inside the poker mind
5. play of the hands 2
6. killer poker series
7. Improve your poker
8. SSHE
9. Zen and the art of poker/tao
10. TOP

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Wow, how is Killer Poker number 6 and TOP is 10? Killer poker books are the fluffiest bunch of fluffs that ever fluffed.