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Following on the heels of my recent 5 Best PLO books article I’ve decided to keep going with the theme of separating poker books into categories, and the next genre I will look at is Limit Holdem.
Limit Holdem books were, for many years, the most abundant poker books available -before 2003 Limit Holdem was king [...]

While there are numerous lists covering the best poker books, and the best Holdem books, very little attention has been given to Pot Limit Omaha (PLO), both in terms of the amount of written content covering the topic as well as the publicity these books receive.
Considering PLO’s current rise as the second most popular form [...]

When it comes to lists of the best poker books people’s minds immediately gravitate towards the poker primers like Super System, Harrington on Hold’ Em, and The Theory of Poker. Lost in the shuffle are the books that do not detail the strategies of poker, but instead offer insights and background into the most American [...]

When it comes to lists of the best poker books people’s minds immediately gravitate towards the poker primers like Super System, Harrington on Hold’ Em, and The Theory of Poker. Lost in the shuffle are the books that do not detail the strategies of poker, but instead offer insights and background into the most American [...]

Titanic Thompson, born Alvin Clarence Thomas, has been the subject of a few books over the years as well as a long expose in Sports Illustrated, so I went into Kevin Cook’s latest effort of cataloguing the legends of the perhaps the most famous gambler in world history wondering what point of view Cook would [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]