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Can anyone recommend the best poker book out there to read?

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I think the 2-part series "Harrington on Hold 'Em" is about as good as it gets from an overall perspective.  It doesn't get into the real complicated game theory, but it gives you a great outline of the game top to bottom.  I re-read certain chapters fairly often. 

It not only provides great information, it gives you exercises at the end of each chapter where you try to decide what to do....then it gives answers and explanations.
 
Very good resource IMO.
 
 
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right on thanks Hutch, I'll check it out.


 
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i play lower limit and the sklansky book on winning big in small stakes hold em was pretty good
 
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It really depends on what you want to learn, Harrington is for Tourney play, I have yet to read his books but heard they were really good..   Sklansky has a book for pretty much anything.  If you want cash games I would reccomend "In the Money" or Poker Wisdom".
 
Little green book is pretty good for tourney play too. 
 
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Super System will introduce every game, and there is a fairly good No Limit section. Super system preaches aggression.
If you are a tourney player who plays a bit tighter or more patiend you must pick up Harrington.
Skylynsky's is probably the best all around.
"Harrington on Hold em" is actually a 3 part series strictly for the No-Limit tourney player. They are practically considered mainstays for any serious no limit tourney player. I'm currently almost done with the second.
 
The first volume is strictly for beginners, if you already know how to play, there isn't a whole lot you don't already know in here. They do lay out alot of percentages that are handy to know. 
 
The second volume is alot more depth with, types of bets, situational bluffing and betting, and how to succeed in late stages of tournament play. Alot of emphasis on short handed and head up play. The second volume also has a boat load of these problem scenario's where Dan will list the type of tourney your playing, the buy in, number of players started the tourney, your position, everyone's chip stacks, tendencies/styles of other players at the table, and then he will give you "what if" scenarios for nearly every style of play and follows it up with inflection points. It takes alot of patience and a good memory to read through and remember all of these of these problems, but there is extremely valuable information in them
 
The third volume i have not gotten around to reading yet, though i've peeked through it and the whole thing is all of the problem scenarios. 
 
 
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Killer Poker by John Vorhaus
 
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when u read Harringtons books do you have his annoying Bawston accent in your head the whole time?
 
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dont cawl pre flawp with a paw hand
 
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Ace on the River
 
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devil, what's a paw hand?
 
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i'm a yankee fan, so most of the time i'm just saying f*ck the sox all day long especially this time of year....
although, harrington is probly the only boston accent i'll actually listen to!
 
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Quote Originally Posted by NJDevils:

dont cawl pre flawp with a paw hand
 
 
That's great $hit NJ.  And no, I never thought about his accent when I read his book.  But I'm sure I will now. 
 
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kurtz..thats dan harrington saying poor hand
 
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Quote Originally Posted by NJDevils:

when u read Harringtons books do you have his annoying Bawston accent in your head the whole time?
 
 
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Theory of Poker  by Sklansky 
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