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Poker Books

  • 08-12-2005 1:30am
    #1
    Rnger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,266 ✭✭✭


    I've read Super System 2, Theory of Poker, Holdem for Advanced Players and Big Deal.

    What next? I'm looking for both educational books and novels. I'm probably going to get Al Alvarez's "Biggest game in town" because I enjoyed Big Deal so much. Maybe something by Harrington? Malmuth? More Sklansky?

    Whats your favourite book and why?


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  • #2
    Dub13
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,254 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dub13


    I have you tried the two Harrington on Hold em books...?


  • #3
    Rnger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,266 ✭✭✭Rnger


    Dub13 wrote:
    I have you tried the two Harrington on Hold em books...?

    No I havent. Which one would you recomend?


  • #4
    Dub13
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,254 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dub13


    Rnger wrote:
    No I havent. Which one would you recomend?


    Both...they are a set one is early to mid tournament's and the second one is the latter stages of tournament play or "the end game" as the yanks would say.


  • #5
    bohsman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,881 ✭✭✭bohsman


    Rnger wrote:
    No I havent. Which one would you recomend?

    Both, theyre a series, read 1 first then 2. Both available from Hogdes fidgis AFAIK


  • #6
    Rnger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,266 ✭✭✭Rnger


    Cheers for the advice. It would make a world of sense to invest in these as stt's and mtt's is all i'm playing regularly these days


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  • #7
    Lex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 403 ✭✭Lex


    And if its a few of da story books ya're after... :p

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054855418&highlight=poker+books


  • #8
    RustySpoon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 420 ✭✭RustySpoon


    The Harrington books come Highly recommended.

    I bought both volumes and after reading them my STT and MTT cashes have really improved. Only playing small stakes $10/15/20 but still i am making the money on around 75% of the STT's i'm playing in.

    Using some of the techniques helped me to my first decent cash in a live tourney where i came 2nd for €400 last week for a €20 plus top up €20 last week.


  • #9
    kincsem
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,013 ✭✭✭kincsem


    The Biggest Game in Town is a good read.

    Last night I was browsing through "The Hand I Played" by David Spanier (did I get his name right?). He had a chapter about books written about Las Vegas and gave some honest comments on them. I have read most of the books listed on boards so I might buy some of the books he mentioned. Only problem is they were published in the 1960s. 1970s, 1980s and might be hard to find. Topics were varied but none were poker instructional.


  • #10
    DeLaBass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 105 ✭✭DeLaBass


    Just recieved my copy of harrington on hold'em from amazon. I've got about 12 poker books already but this is by far the best yet. Absolutely loads of hands analysis and he never over complicates things either. Don't think i'll be finished reading it for a long time yet. That reminds me, i must order vol 2 aswell.

    highly recommended.


  • #11
    Amaru
    Closed Accounts Posts: 680 ✭✭✭Amaru


    Does anybody know the name of the highly rated Cloutier & McEvoy book on tournament hold em? I've been trying to find it on Amazon for my christmas list, but can't decide which one it is.


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  • #12
    bohsman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,881 ✭✭✭bohsman


    Amaru wrote:
    Does anybody know the name of the highly rated Cloutier & McEvoy book on tournament hold em? I've been trying to find it on Amazon for my christmas list, but can't decide which one it is.

    Fairly sure you can buy this in the Fitz


  • #13
    Hitchhiker's Guide to...
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,323 ✭✭✭Hitchhiker's Guide to...


    or Hodges Figgis have a HUGE collection of poker books for some unknown reason...


  • #14
    Amaru
    Closed Accounts Posts: 680 ✭✭✭Amaru


    bohsman wrote:
    Fairly sure you can buy this in the Fitz

    Yeah, but i need it for my christmas list, so i won't be the one buying it. I'm pretty sure you can get it in HF, i just need the name of it.


  • #15
    Hitchhiker's Guide to...
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,323 ✭✭✭Hitchhiker's Guide to...


    Following books available from Cloutier and McEvoy:

    Championship Omaha by T. J. Cloutier, Tom McEvoy (1999)
    Omaha High-Low, Omaha High, Pot-Limit Omaha

    and

    Championship no-limit and pot-limit hold'em: On the road to the World Series of Poker (Paperback)
    T. J. Cloutier, Tom McEvoy (1997) ISBN: 1884466311


  • #16
    Hitchhiker's Guide to...
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,323 ✭✭✭Hitchhiker's Guide to...


    p.s. the later book is available from Amazon.com here:

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1884466311/103-8421780-8133419?v=glance&n=283155


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