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7 Recommended Books

Doyle Brunson's Super System by Doyle Brunson

Acknowledged for 25 years as the bible for poker players, Doyle Brunson's Super System—A Course in Power Poker brings the proven strategy and wisdom of twice-world champion and Hall of Famer (Brunson) together with the five leading experts in their various specialties, including David "Chip" Reese, Mike Caro, David Sklansky, Joey Hawthorne, and former world champion Bobby Baldwin. Learn to win money using advice from the very best poker players. In 605 power-packed pages, Doyle and his expert collaborators tell you when to raise, call, bet, and fold at hold 'em, 7-stud, draw poker, and lowball.

Doyle Brunson's Super System 2 by Doyle Brunson

Poker's all-time best-selling book, Doyle Brunson's Super System, has a follow-up, and it's amazing. Super System 2 follows the format of the original Super System in having large sections devoted to the various games of poker: Hold 'em (limit and no-limit), Omaha 8 or better, 7-card stud hi-lo, and even Triple Draw. Mike Caro has a powerful section containing 43 tips that are certain to improve your game. Other contributors to Brunson's poker "thesis" are Crandell Addington, Bobby Baldwin, Lyle Berman, Todd Brunson, Johnny Chan, Jennifer Harman, Steve Lipscomb, Daniel Negreanu, and Steve Zolotow. This book not only teaches powerful winning methods for the major poker games, but is an enjoyable and entertaining read, replete with anecdotes, photos, and stories from poker's past. It's a hulking 653 instructive pages of poker. Anyone with an interest in poker will find this book a must-have.

Kill Phil by Blair Rodman & Dr. Lee nelson

With this year’s $50 million prize pool, the World Series of Poker is now the richest sporting event in the world—and anyone can enter. There’s only one problem: No-limit hold ’em, is a tough game. That’s where HP’s newest blockbuster title, Kill Phil, comes in. The Kill Phil strategies have been designed so that even a rank novice can compete with the world’s best players. • Master “Kill Phil Rookie” in an hour and hold your own in your first tournament. • Implement Kill Phil’s advanced strategies as you gain real-time experience. • Adjust your play for online tournaments, Sit-n-Go’s, and single-table satellites. Phil Hellmuth, Jr. wrote the Foreword to the book that aims to put him out of business.

Fundamentals of Poker by Mason Malmuth & Lynne Loomis

In Fundamentals of Poker, authors Mason Malmuth and Lynne Loomis discuss the most popular casino and cardroom poker games--seven card stud, Texas hold 'em, Omaha, razz, and lowball draw. The book covers everything from the ranking of hands and poker etiquette to the most important strategy considerations necessary for survival in the poker pits. Fundamentals of Poker is the perfect pocketbook for beginners.

Weighing the Odds in Hold 'Em Poker by King Yao

>Author King Yao, who spent nearly as much time playing poker as he did trading during his eight-year tenure as a derivatives trader, has been playing poker since he was ten. He shares what he's learned along the way in Weighing The Odds in Hold 'Em Poker, which covers sizing up your opponents; counting "outs"; figuring pot odds; the value of position; determining when to raise, call, or fold; bluffing; semi-bluffing; slowplaying; check-raising; regular games; shorthanded games; and playing poker on the Internet.

Internet Poker by Lou Krieger & Kathleen Keller Watterson

At last, there's a definitive how-to book explaining everything a cardplayer needs to know when it comes to the fast-growing world of online poker: Internet Poker: How to Play and Beat Online Poker Games. This book covers a host of issues unique to online poker, including which online poker casinos to play at, which games to choose, when to join a game, protecting yourself against fly-by-night operations, and much more. Best of all, the $14.95 price includes a free CD tutorial disc containing demonstrations of Wilson Software's Turbo poker games, accompanied by a chapter in the book explaining how to use and learn from the CD. Even without the CD Internet Poker is an invaluable resource, a first-of-its-kind guide to the phenomenon of online poker; the free CD and tutorial elevate it to a must-buy.

How to Cheat Your Friends at Poker The Wisdom of Dickie Richard by Penn Jillette, Mickey D. Lynn

Jillette (the Penn of Penn & Teller) and his pseudonymous poker-cheating guru, Dickie, begin by saying that anyone who loves playing poker should "throw this book away." Readers will find no better advice. The dubious premise is that Dickie took Penn under his wing when Penn was 18, and as a favor, he has agreed to publish the card sharp's book. But calling the wit and wisdom of Dickie Richard sophomoric is far too kind. More accurate descriptions would be amoral ("Morality is what you make of it"), , scabrous and without redeeming social value. And the book is marred by obscenities, class insults and a machismo that would be comical if it weren't so vulgar ("If you are going to cheat, whip out your prick and cheat like a man"). If this was meant to be a joke, it's not funny. And if it's meant seriously, then the book itself is a cheat: when you're done with it, you still won't really know how to cheat at poker. (Oct. 5) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From the Inside Flap Penn Jillette—entertainer and magician extraordinaire--knows poker. Not necessarily because of his own skill, though he has that in spades. Jillette knows poker because he knows “Dickie Richards,” a lifetime card player who has earned hundreds of thousands of dollars over more than thirty years of cheating at home poker games. Dickie’s wisdom, filtered through Penn’s showman’s style, is distilled into this tidy volume. This is not a book about how to play poker. It’s about how to cheat, make money, and win big. You’ll master the art of making friends just so you can gull them at cards, you’ll excel at marking cards and tossing the pot, and you’ll understand why the dealer should always win. Lousy with attitude, stylish with swagger, HOW TO CHEAT YOUR FRIENDS AT POKER delivers a true card-sharp’s tricks and tips, down to the last gambit. HOW TO CHEAT YOUR FRIENDS AT POKER is the ultimate player’s handbook.