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Napcuz, there's lots of books out there that are great but all books can serve different purposes.
majority of the poker books out there are for beginners, reading them will teach u how to play poker etc, telling u what an online poker is (and i'm assuming ur already at the level to know what online poker is). most beginner books state all the obvious things that u'll find in the internet. telling u basically what the premium hands are, telling you that u should sit left to loose players etc.
then there's the advanced book,s which all serve different purposes.
Harrington on Hold'em is by far THE book to read if ur gonna be playing Tournaments or sitngo's. Reason this book is specialized for tournaments is (not only the title) but the fact that i takes into account the rising blinds and the concept of fixed chip amount, player elimination etc.
and i'm assuming ur gonna be willing to read up on No-Limit Holdem.
if ur willing to read up on low stake nolimit holdem ring games. (ie 0.25/0.5 NL, 0.5/0.1 etc)
then u might wanna read Small Stakes Hold'em by Miller/Sklansky
I also read there was a book by Lou Krieger , or was it Leejones? which is also good for low limits.
also, yeah, Theory of Poker is known to be a good read, although i haven't read it myself, but it provides the fundamental knowledges that u have to know about the general game of poker. (less strategy, more logic and numbers)
then there's Super System by doyle. its a good book allaround, not just Holdem but all the other various types of Poker. i personally didn't like the NL part in the book but to others, its the bible of aggressive playing.
so u should consider what type of game ur willing to improve, ring game or tournament, low or high stakes, limit or no-limit, aggressive playing or not. etc.  |