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When I began playing poker choosing a ‘primer’ -as poker strategy books are often called-was a fairly simple process, since there were typically only a handful of books on the particular topic in print! And no, I’m not 75 years-old, I began playing poker a few years before the nuclear bomb known as Chris Moneymaker [...]

When I began playing poker choosing a ‘primer’ –as poker strategy books are often called-was a fairly simple process, since there were typically only a handful of books on the particular topic in print! And no, I’m not 75 years-old, I began playing poker a few years before the nuclear bomb known as Chris Moneymaker [...]

10 Poker books you MUST read: Ace on the River
When I began playing poker choosing a ‘primer’ –as poker strategy books are often called-was a fairly simple process, since there were typically only a handful of books on the particular topic in print! And no, I’m not 75 years-old, I began playing poker a few [...]

Week 2 of The Big Game saw another collection of Poker Pros take on an amateur player -who it turns out isn’t much of an amateur-and the table talk was able to rival Week 1’s despite the absence of Phil Laak, Tony G, and Phil Hellmuth. In Week 2 we heard table talk that went [...]

World Series of Poker Day 1 recap: Casino Employees and $50k Championship
The World Series of Poker has come a long way since Benny Binion invited six of the most formidable poker players to battle it out in his casino for the title of Best Poker Player in the World. The current incarnation of the WSOP [...]

The Premise:
The Theory of Poker was first published in 1987, by Two Plus Two Publishing; written by David Sklansky, considered one of the foremost poker theoreticians of all-time.  Sklansky takes the reader on a journey through every aspect of poker theory and concepts, always tying the topics in with his Theory of Poker, which states: [...]

The Premise:
Ace on the River was written by poker pro Barry Greenstein and is a mix of strategy, psychology, and biography. Throughout the book Greenstein gives readers an unbiased view into the world of high-stakes poker, and what it means to be a professional poker player. Greenstein makes sure Ace on the River readers will [...]

Are you a grinder? Do you spend hours every day putting your stack at risk for a few big blinds an hour? I used to do that. I used to grind away at the cash tables, but one day something caught my eye. It was a $5 [...]

This book is the undisputed bible of poker. No book has made more money for more poker players than David Sklansky’s The Theory of Poker. This book is in every serious poker player’s book collection and it’s usually easy to spot. It’ll be the one that’s creased, marked, and [...]

Are you looking for a book that teaches you how to determine pot odds and show you how to calculate probabilities in your head? If you are, you’ve got the wrong book. The Psychology of Poker has nothing to do with how you play your cards. This book won’t [...]