Suggestions for poker book?

Just finished Harrington on Cash Games, Part I. I'm wanting to solidify my TAG game before reading the next part on LAG Play.

While I digest that, I'm looking for a really good book on poker psychology. Especially on how winning poker players think, both at the table and off.

Any serious suggestions would be appreciated.

Mike Caro's Book of Tells is a good one. The subtitle is "the psychology and body language of poker."

Phil Gordons - Little Gold Book, is a pretty recent , decent read. Goes into combinatorics, HUDs, range v. range, 3b'ing vs. different opp's, It was the book that got me back into playing back in April.

Its a good book , but i think honestly you will find all of it and more here on FTR.

Originally Posted by WeldPhaser

[...] , but i think honestly you will find all of it and more here on FTR.

None of these books posted would make top five, probably not top ten.

Ed miller, Baluga. Fees, Improva, Slowhabit, sklansky, Tommy Angelo have all wrote better books

Little Green Book is the only poker book I've ever read, when I knew nothing about poker - from what I remember, it's a good intro

Originally Posted by jyms

Ed miller, Baluga. Fees, Improva, Slowhabit, sklansky, Tommy Angelo

I'd love to hear which titles you think are worth reading, jyms.

My list of poker books to read:

The Biggest Game in Town -Al Alvarez

The Book of Tells -Mike Caro

Harrington on Cash Games, Volume I -Dan Harrington
Harrington on Cash Games, Volume II -Dan Harrington

The Psychology of Poker -Alan Schoonamaker

Theory of Poker -David Sklansky
Hold 'em for the Advanced Player -David Sklansky


What I've read:

Super System -Doyle Brunson, et al

Ace on the River -Barry Greenstein
(this one's more of an autobiography than a poker book)

I would scratch Theory of Poker off that list MMM, you've already outgrown it.

Poker puzzle by Improva
2Ppdf is a free PDF by Ryan Fees
Easy Game 1& 2 - Baluga
Let there be Range - Slowhabit and CTS
NLHExploiting Regulars Workbook - Slowhabit
SSNL -Ed miller
Poker Blueprint - Aaron Davis Tri Nguyen
Mental Game of Poker - Jared Tendler
Elements of Poker - Tommy Angelo
Theory of poker - Sklansky
PNLHE - Ed miller, sunny Metha

Everything in bold should be read by SSNL players.

Originally Posted by Lucothefish

I would scratch Theory of Poker off that list MMM, you've already outgrown it.

Thank you, sir. Good to know.

Theory of Poker is probably the single most important book that you could read. The problem that most people have is that they aren't prepared to go into as much depth as the book would require you to if you want to actually get a lot out of it.

Elements of Poker offers some good models for performance psychology as regards poker.

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+1 to Sklansky's theory of poker. Hard to read but worth the effort. It will get the basic math straightened out before going on to more advanced stuff like Easy game and Let there be range.

No flattery intended, but include all Spoon's math posts in your reading (links in the stickies). Actually, probably read those before theory of poker. It will get you in the right frame of mind to attack the book.

The Biggest Game in Town -Al Alvarez is the book i read on poker and think it is the from the best ones. Recommend it to you also.

Thanks all. This should keep me in study material for a while.

Originally Posted by JamesFrank

The Biggest Game in Town -Al Alvarez is the book i read on poker and think it is the from the best ones. Recommend it to you also.

You read one poker book... and you think it's among the best?

(This thought process is why most Christians make no sense to me.)

EDIT: Easy Game I and Easy Game II are easy to download and after only 1 chapter, I can tell they'll be good reads.

Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey

...Easy Game I and Easy Game II are easy to download...

which edition u lookin' at MonkeyBoy?

Theory of Poker offers a lot more than just basic math and basic ideas. It's a very in-depth book, but it's hard to get that depth in just one or two readings of it.

Originally Posted by DoubleJ

which edition u lookin' at MonkeyBoy?

copyright 2009

FYI there's a 3rd Edition out now (c 2011)

prolly not so easy to download, tho but....

Good to know, thank you, sir.

psychology is a load of crap, don't waste ur time on that. Better read some non-poker book, Harrington is enough.

you can try with "The Theory of Poker: A Professional Poker Player Teaches You How To Think Like One" by David Sklansky or "Small Stakes Hold 'em: Winning Big With Expert Play" also by David Sklansky. If you are advance player there is "Hold'Em Poker for Advanced Players (Advance Player)" by David Sklansky.

Originally Posted by STILL_mkd

you can try with "The Theory of Poker: A Professional Poker Player Teaches You How To Think Like One" by David Sklansky or "Small Stakes Hold 'em: Winning Big With Expert Play" also by David Sklansky. If you are advance player there is "Hold'Em Poker for Advanced Players (Advance Player)" by David Sklansky.

LOL WOW AWESOME POST BROTHER NEVERMIND THAT TWO OF THOSE BOOKS ARE FOR FIXED-LIMIT HOLD'EM

I swear, does anyone read previous posts before answering or is it that they can't get qualified if they see it's already been answered.

Thanks for suggesting theory of poker guys, it made me reread it and...well, hot damn.

Originally Posted by jyms

Poker puzzle by Improva
2Ppdf is a free PDF by Ryan Fees
Easy Game 1& 2 - Baluga
Let there be Range - Slowhabit and CTS
NLHExploiting Regulars Workbook - Slowhabit
SSNL -Ed miller
Poker Blueprint - Aaron Davis Tri Nguyen
Mental Game of Poker - Jared Tendler
Elements of Poker - Tommy Angelo
Theory of poker - Sklansky
PNLHE - Ed miller, sunny Metha

Everything in bold should be read by SSNL players.

Very good list, +1 for Sklansky, Baluga and Fees and of course CTS's 2k$ book "Let there be range"

Another one that focuses more on the emotional / mental side of the game is called The Poker Mindset. Don't remember the authors offhand, but there are two of them.

The Black Swan (Taleb book) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Also good for poker players

I'm currently re-reading Theory of Poker thanks to this thread and yeah, it will pay for itself no matter who reads it.

Originally Posted by spoonitnow

The Black Swan (Taleb book) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Also good for poker players

This one is good for everything, not just poker. Excellent book.

Weird, saw The Black Swan book mentioned for the first time a couple of days ago somewhere (maybe on the forum, would make sense) and thought it looked cool. Had never heard of it before. Will check it out.

brb re-reading slanskys

Thanks to Spoon for recommending Theory of Poker. I'm only 2/3 through the first reading, but it's making a BIG difference in the quality of my play. This is one that I'll have to break down into sections and exercises to fully digest. So much good on semi-bluffing, position, aggressive moves, thinking about equity bet by bet, bluffing frequency, etc...

This is completely different from many of the semi-vanity books out there.

Can anybody suggest some poker books exclusive to NLHE? I tried reading Sklansky's Theory of Poker but he refers to a lot of other poker games and I can't relate to it as I only play NLHE.

Sklansky's no limit theory and practice

NLHE:TaP is like a holdem specific ToP so always a good suggestion.

Harrington on cash games is highly regarded, although some of his suggestions (like randomising play) are more applicable to live than online

Originally Posted by jyms

Poker puzzle by Improva
2Ppdf is a free PDF by Ryan Fees
Easy Game 1& 2 - Baluga
Let there be Range - Slowhabit and CTS
NLHExploiting Regulars Workbook - Slowhabit
SSNL -Ed miller
Poker Blueprint - Aaron Davis Tri Nguyen
Mental Game of Poker - Jared Tendler
Elements of Poker - Tommy Angelo
Theory of poker - Sklansky
PNLHE - Ed miller, sunny Metha

Everything in bold should be read by SSNL players.

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6max players should read Ryan Fees' 6max NL PDF, I don't know if that's what you're referring to jyms. Link:

http://www.gamblingsystem.biz/books/2p2NL6max.pdf

ya it is, it's still decent for a beginner

Brunson's Super System: A Course in Power Poker I think this is intersting