Welcome to PokerBookReport.comHere you will be able to read the reviews of all of the best and most popular poker writers on the market today. From Adams to Vorhaus with multiple books under many author's credits here, if you heard of it - the book is here.
How to get the most from your poker book.There is a better choice than ever before in the publishing world, with regards to the variety of poker books can choose from now. You can now find hundreds of titles in a poker book section of Amazon, and many more e-book style downloads online that might include videos is well.
With that in mind there is obviously a significant buying market that continues to grow in spite of poker having reached its growth peak just before the US ban on online poker. Poker books then, obviously still play a significant role in the education and consistent growth of online and live players. This is especially true with more professional poker players becoming writers.
As much material as there is out there, I do find that among poker players - especially online players that expectations in a poker book are often out of line with reality, mostly as a result of the lack of effort on the part of the reader. So here are some tips, which may help you get more out of your poker book investment. | | 1. Read the poker book in its entirety. Trust me, this happens more often than you think when an enthusiast buys poker book. The read a few chapters, and possibly find something quite interesting or new that they can put into practice in a poker game. That in itself is great, but too often that book never gets picked up again. | 2. Stop playing. Many a poker book have been left behind on the shelf due to near addiction to online poker playing. You have got to get that under control, and in doing so, you will add discipline to your game. This is also a great way to get off tilt. | 3. Allow yourself thinking time - away from the game - to really discover content in a poker book. I have reviewed over a hundred poker books, and although many of them were rather lame, I found that there was invariably at least some bit of valuable information in each and every one of them. So when something of value hits you, don't go rushing to login to an online table. Think about it. Just think about while NOT playing poker. You will find that your mind can work much better when you allowed to focus. | 4. Rereading. This is probably the toughest thing or poker players to do given that a lot of poker books are never finished in the first place, but going back to a poker book after you have read it, and worked it into your game, and studied did the concepts, you may find a whole new point of view, when reading the book for a second time. This happened to me in particular with Colin Moshman's "Sit and Go Strategy." and Dan Harrington's "Harrington on Holdem." | 5. Compare content of the book you're reading with other books you have read. It's interesting to find out different points of view, especially from professional players - and then to further discover why there is a difference of opinion. This will allow you to choose and formulate a strategy that will work for you. | | 6. When you find an interesting or debatable concept discussed in a poker book, follow-up by doing some online research. In particular, using poker forums to find out if anybody else thought that passage or chapter was interesting and participate in the debate further by starting threads and asking questions pertaining to that author. A couple of years ago, Arnold Schneider started many poker forum debates with the release of his book titled "The Poker Tournament Strategy." | | |
Some Poker Book review highlights inside this website: Of Scot Fischman's Poker Book review ONLINE ACE: Fischman has a guiding theory that the way to temper, bad beats, bad luck, poor cards, and self brow beating is to simply play more games at once. This has a positive effect on your mind set, as some other table is going to require your attention in less than 2 seconds. No time for self pity, bad beat anger, or wrong play remorse. Learn. Adjust. Accept. Get on with the game because there is money to made and the fewer mistakes you commit during your play, the better you will be in the long run. Of Anotnio Esfandiari's Poker Book Report: IN THE MONEY: Only about half of this book, if that, is actual poker strategy... and much of it is beginner to intermediate level. Still, there are some great nuggets tucked away, and Antonio gives many VERY specific examples of what he does in particular situations, and goes into both limit and no limit play. Of Dan Harrington's Poker Book Review: Harrington on Hold'em: Harrington's book evolves around inflection points where stack size, player type, position, and cards all come together giving you more opportunities to outplay your opponents. Learning about Magriel's M-Zone calculation will also make you more aware of what hands your opponents are likely to play, at what stage, and what you can do about it. The examples are numerous, presented in a skill building way, taken from internet and live games alike. Harrington also goes into some of the great hands played at the last two WSOP final tables where he participated in both. On Colin Moshman's Poker Book review for SIT AND GO STRATEGY As a regular contributor to the forums at 2+2 Moshman learned his trade soon after achieving an honors degree in theoretical math from Caltech. His online expereince grew from $6 sit and go poker tournaments all the way to up $215 single table sit and go tournaments. Even though he could be labeled as a math geek, Moshman’s play is as aggressive as Phil Ivey’s and in explaining this strategy within these pages, Collin Moshman has definitely filled a market void. Yes, this whole manual introduces many new and exciting strategies.
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