I have to agree with Flintsword on the Harrington series and Gordon's Little Green Book. These were some of the first titles I read when I began playing poker. I know I've spoke of this before, but it should be said frequently for new beginners: Read the books, play for a while, then read the books again! I learned so much more reading them a year later; I picked up on MANY leaks in my game. Quite different from reading them the first time when you don't really know you're leaking!

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As my father always said, "Son, choose your sword wisely for some day you may find you must fall on it".

Did you know that the book Positively Fifth Street is the book version of Jim McManus' December 2000 article in Harper magazine called "Fortune's Smile" which if I can track down I will post on the forum.

This article communicates the excitement and personal tension of playing in the WSOP Main Event so vividly that you become absorbed by the story. It is one of the finest pieces of writing on poker there is, IMHO and I told Jim that when I played him on FullTiltPoker in a Pot Limit Omaha game. The Harpers article does not have the crazy Binions trial sidelines and is shorter, but runs a number of pages.

I will try and post it in the next little while, but it is tough to get because the copywrite weasels are hard at work stopping casual reading of archived Harper's articles .

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"The lucky player is usually the player that knows how much to leave to chance."

Zen, the art of poker interesting book!

I love dthe book positively fifth street, I got it for a birth day poker present, greatest gift ever.!

Not poker strategy, but I enjoyed "The Professor, The Banker, and the Suicide King"

I did a review on the book in this section.

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"You will succeed far more by capitalizing on your opponents mistakes than you will by the greatness of your own play." --- I am not sure who said this but it is a great quote and piece of advice.


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