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Old 06-11-2009, 06:37 PM     Post subject: Is it still usefull reading books nowadays? #1 (permalink)  
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If so, which ones?

I play micro stakes at the moment, cash and SnG.
Cash: 5-10NL
Sng's: Usually $3.40 MTT with 18 players

Last night I had a chat with a friend of mine, who is a winning (professional) high stakes poker player online. (placed 2nd on a FTP tourney last night for 9k )
I asked him if reading Harrington on Holdem books(and later on any poker book) would be good for my play.
To which he replied something along the lines of "it wouldn't hurt your play, but it's probably a bit out-dated"
I have read super system and I can't really say it improved my game A LOT. Some things are true, and usefull, but most of the advice just don't cut it online at my stakes.

Basically the discussion I'm trying to start here is:

Is it still worth your time and money to invest in reading poker books, or are you better off subscribing to a video training site/reading new articles on forums?

If you think it is worthwhile reading; which ones do you recommend?
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Old 06-11-2009, 06:48 PM #2 (permalink)  
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 Yes books will be beneficial to you. Not so much in telling you want to do in a specific situation, but teaching you how to think about the situations you are in and how to make the correct play based on the estimations you conclude. So yes, books would help your game.

As far as which, use the search feature, or browse the digests. That single question "what books do you recommend?" has been asked probably more than 1k times on this forum alone.
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Old 06-11-2009, 08:21 PM #3 (permalink)  
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 it depends on what helps you to learn, I think you can do OK with vids/forums/books only or a combo.

However:

every new player should read HOH 1 and every tourney player should read HOH2

Every serious player should read Theory of Poker.
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