Books

fuzzbox

Well since the book topic has come up in another thread.

What books did you all find good/bad?

I've read quite a few. Some good ones

Harrington on Holdem I & II - Dan Harrington
How Good is your Pot Limit Holdem - Stuart Reuben
How Good is your Pot Limit Omaha - Stuart Reuben
Pot Limit & No Limit Poker - Reuben & Ciaffone
Little Green Book - Phil Gordon
Super System - Doyle Brunson (& co)

Some bad ones
Play poker like the pros - Phil Helmuth (yuck)
Championship Omaha - TJ Cloutier & Tom McEvoy

Gholimoli

Good ones:
The theory of poker (what a read!)
Harrington on Holdem I&II
Tournament poker for advanced player
Holdem poker for advanced player
Inside the poker mind
Weighting the odds in holdem
Small stakes holdem
Zen and the art of poker
Phil gordon’s little green book
Pot-Limit & No-Limit Poker

Bad ones:
Super system (my first book on poker)
Championship No-limit and Pot Limit Hold'em (Championship Series)

jtsuited

bad ones:
sklansky's holdem for advanced players.
Which should read:
A badly written guide to mid/high stakes limit ring games

Running Bing

The Good:
Winning low limt holem by Lee Jones- great intro to the game
Theory of poker by Sklansky-essential for anyone serious about poker
Winning small stakes holdem by miller et al- possibly the best poker book out there at the moment
Super system- essential reading as it gives an insight into how one of the greats play. But shouldnt be taken out of context and imo has little use as an instructional text.

The Bad:
Caros secrets of winning poker- Barely a book, the material is actually included in ss2
Zen and the art of poker- held in high regard but I found it just presented very basic poker info in a fancy way. not impressed.

The Ugly:
Caros book of tells-badly needs to be updated
Internet Texas Hold'em: Winning Strategies from an Internet Pro by matt hilger- some good info but a very boring and diificult read, not great but not bad either.

clint_silver

for what its worth

learned and learning from...
Harrington on Holdem I & II - Dan Harrington
Little Green Book - Phil Gordon

good for lim/not good for NL
Play poker like the pros - Phil Helmuth

didnt learn anything from/completely harmless??
how to play poker online - brunson

ditpoker

erick lindgren - making the final table.... i swear by this one! its a USA purchase so kinda hard to come by, but i'll swap it for harrington for a while if anyone wants...

view this book
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006076306X/sr=1-1/qid=1139355998/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-8296807-7220635?%5Fencoding=UTF8

shoutman

i'll take that for a bit Jeff, I harringtons first one lying around somewhere

ditpoker

accension got in ahead of you with a pm...
i'll bring it along on sat at the team event (have to get it back off anto) and will swap it with anyone who has harrington...

also on offer.... HOW TO BLUFF
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446695629/qid=1139357816/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-8296807-7220635?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

breadmonkey

I'm thinking of buying Harrington, can you buy it in town (Dublin) or do you have to order it, and how do proces compare? (I don't have a credit card so buying things on the internet is a pain in the hole.)

shoutman

it's available in waterstones in jervis street, well was last time i checked i think. Alternatively you could get yourself a 3v card, www.3v.ie and buy a copy off www.amazon.ie

Culchie

breadmonkey wrote:

I'm thinking of buying Harrington, can you buy it in town (Dublin) or do you have to order it, and how do proces compare? (I don't have a credit card so buying things on the internet is a pain in the hole.)

PM Doc Farrell, they may have it in the bookshop he works in.

Doc Farrell

damn u culchie , i was trying to stay out of this one.

yes, we have had every book known to man on poker previously but we're low stocked after xmas returns.

however if u want a book ring 6774754 (hodges figgis in dawson st) and ask to speak to the first floor staff who deals with the poker books.

please don't get me involved. amazon is cheaper for 2nd hand copies.

dit pokercan i have a quick look at the lingdren book on Saturday?

on the general subject all books are worth reading if only to be sure that you will never want to pick them up again. except mark strahans!

i've read 'em all and at this stage would say, make up ur own mind.

the poker books are kept near the dictionaries on the 1st floor.

i personally recommend harrington and brunson. i have all of sklanskys and admire/hate his stuff. read em all, u have nothing to lose.

the only ones i reread are 'zen and the art of poker' for wisdom, 'the education of a poker player' by herbert o yardley for storytelling greatness and Brunsons super system books for jaw dropping power playing fear inspiring fun.
gl, d.

Culchie

No worries, always glad to help.:) Have you a mobile number as well Doc we can ring for books?

DapperGent

Pot and No-Limit Poker by Stewart Reuben and Bob Ciaffone is the only one I own. Only one I've read actually.

It's really good.

Ste05

Culchie wrote:

No worries, always glad to help.:) Have you a mobile number as well Doc we can ring for books?

And a home address in case we're passing....

On Topic, I've read pretty much everything too.

Harrington is my bible.
Brunson is also good I find, nice to take a bit from all the books to come up with your own style. But probably not for newbies - some pretty hairy stuff in there.

Looking forward to receiving Kill Phil.... Bloody Amazon.com takes months to get here from the States. Culchie have you received your copy yet, any good??

RoundTower

DapperGent wrote:

Pot and No-Limit Poker by Stewart Reuben and Bob Ciaffone is the only one I own. Only one I've read actually.

It's really good.

I would like to get my hands on a copy of this, have heard good things about it. I have Reuben's other two books, also the Harrington ones, also Theory of Poker, also the biography of Stu Ungar, also one or two others. If someone is willing to swap that'd be great, or I'll buy it off you if you think it's not worth keeping.

DapperGent

My copy of it is actually out on lend at the moment or I'd be happy to leave it in the Fitz/ with a mutual aquaintance. It is on Amazon though.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0966100719/qid=1139386202/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/202-7361658-4071044

The best bit is when you have to learn London Low-Ball.

Culchie

Ste05 wrote:

Looking forward to receiving Kill Phil.... Bloody Amazon.com takes months to get here from the States. Culchie have you received your copy yet, any good??

Just started reading the intro and foreword last night.

They are already making no apologies that the strategies in the book are aimed at results, and are mostly preflop techniques, and basically any top class pro is going to absolute hate the sight of you after 20 mins playing at his/her table. Indeed quite a few attempted to persuade the authors not to publish the book.
They also indicated that they got a panel of players to adopt the principles with very successful results.

So I look forward to the read, but no idea yet whether I can say it's a good book or a bad book.

breadmonkey

however if u want a book ring 6774754 (hodges figgis in dawson st) and ask to speak to the first floor staff who deals with the poker books

They're out Anywhere else I could try? I really really really want to buy it today!:)

masterK

I've been trying Hodges Figgus on and off since the start of the new year for Harrington's books, they keep telling me they'll be getting them soon, ended up ordering off Amazon in the end. I tried everywhere else in Dublin CC without any luck, you're better off getting a 3V card and order off the web, you'll probably have it in 3-4 days.

ditpoker

i've gotten a couple of PM's about the erick lindgren book, i figure this weekend i'm going to bring my poker books to the vegasnights team game and IF/when i get knocket out go around swapping books with people. so my suggestion is if everyone could bring whatever books they're willing to swap to the vegasnights team event on saturday. i'll be bringing the erick lindgren book, matt lessinger's how to bluff and maybe one or two others. i'm looking for harrington books. gholimoli said he has both so that'll be pretty handy.

SATURDAY, FEB 11th - VN TEAM EVENT / BOARDS BOOK SWAPPING!

breadmonkey

masterK wrote:

I've been trying Hodges Figgus on and off since the start of the new year for Harrington's books, they keep telling me they'll be getting them soon, ended up ordering off Amazon in the end. I tried everywhere else in Dublin CC without any luck, you're better off getting a 3V card and order off the web, you'll probably have it in 3-4 days.

Picked up the last copy in Waterstones today! Mwahahaha

Running Bing

If any bookshop ever tells you "we have it ordered it will be in soon" go home and order of the internet. It will be quicker that way.

Doc Farrell

ok, if u ring the shop and ask to speak to Des in corporate accounts then I'll take care of it for u. if i'm not there leave a number and tell whoever answers that it's a personal call. u don't have to mention anything further especially poker. they may take 3-4 weeks to arrive but i'll be honest on the date of arrival.
thats all i can do.

ty u culchie,

des

if u dont mind 2nd hand copies then i recommend amamzon.

the number is 6774754

Culchie

Doc Farrell wrote:

ok, if u ring the shop and ask to speak to Des in corporate accounts then I'll take care of it for u. if i'm not there leave a number and tell whoever answers that it's a personal call. u don't have to mention anything further especially poker. they may take 3-4 weeks to arrive but i'll be honest on the date of arrival.
thats all i can do.

ty u culchie,

des

if u dont mind 2nd hand copies then i recommend amamzon.

the number is 6774754

So, do I get commission, Des?

Doc Farrell

r u nuts?

do u think this benefits me?

we're not all business owners like the culchies!

Culchie

Doc Farrell wrote:

r u nuts?