best book for beginner that teaches being very tight/agressive?

[eugeneel]

I have a few friends who want to give online poker a try and I plan on teaching them. They know very little about holdem and it would be a waste of my time teaching them the very basics (such as what hands to fold freflop) so I want them to read a book for this. Another reason for the book is to filter out the more serious potential players from the less serious ones without wasting my time as the less serious ones will show themselves if they are too lazy/cheap to buy and read a book.

So what do you all recommend? I want a book that will emphasize playing very tight but not one that will teach anything complex such as advertising or mixing up one's play (for example limping in with AA).

I have only read "TOPFAP" and "gambling for a living" myself.


-Eugene

[symphonic]

Either Winning Low Limit Hold'em by Lee Jones or Sklanskys Hold'em Poker.

[artman]

Lou Krieger has a couple of books. They are supposed to be good. I haven't read them though. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[jwp]

Not to blaspheme in the 2+2 forums, but I would recommend reading Winning Low Limit Hold 'Em, by Lee Jones. The writing style of the book is conducive towards learning how Hold 'Em is played. Problems with his advice have been discussed and rehashed in this forum, and it may not teach them to play quite as tight as you might like. But, for the combination of reasonable advice and readability, I believe it's best.

For whoever passes your "weeder course", you could then discuss some of the looseness in his book, or even better -- have them read Sklansky's Hold 'Em to teach them tight play. For a total novice, the style of Sklansky's Hold 'Em can be difficult to penetrate (my own opinion).

Good luck.

[Mason Malmuth]

Hi jwp:

In my opinion, the best book in this category is Hold 'em Poker for Low Limit Players by Ed Miller, David Sklansky, and Mason Malmuth. It should be available in a few months.

Best wishes,
Mason

[barrett]

New book announcement?

[Henke]

Damn!

I thought I would be done for a while with my 10+ 2+2 books [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Is Ed Miller none other than "our own" Carpal \'Tunnel?

[Ed Miller]

Is Ed Miller none other than "our own" Carpal \'Tunnel?

Yes.

[Henke]

Cool! Or should I say congratulations?

It will be nice to have your knowledge on paper, so I can read it when I'm off-line! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Looking forward to the book.

[Mike Gallo]

Go you [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]