I like Super System for an end game type stratefy in touraments. I think for low limits his advice his a little too aggressive considering players call too liberally than they did when this book was written.

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Yeah I almost just did a review of SS2 but decided not too. Glad you liked the post.

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I have never read a Book that I didn't get something out of, and you will find out in time that their alot of repeated saying and thought in books, thats what I look for..
There are over 36 GOOD POKER BOOKS online that you can get for free all you need is a bit turrent, and that should keep you busy for a while
gl to ya..

what would you say are the best free ebooks out there

Well first off, I was kinda speaking about good books, but if I wanted to read All the ebook I think I'd downlowd
Complete TexasHoldemPokerEbook Collection
Some of the one available out their that you can find are, but you must use a BIT TORRENT TO SEE THEM!!!!!
1#Ace on the River
2#NL Holdem Theory and Practice by(David Sklansky, Ed Miller)
3# PHILL GORDEN'S LITTLE GREEN BOOK
4# ShotHanded and sng's (JasonPohl)
5#SuoerSystem 1 and 2 (DoyleBrunson)
and this list really go on and on, with all the other books out their I'd say you can get 60 or so online for free but I was really just talking about the better one's.
I hope this helps.

Well, that's why you dropped into a poker forum . Welcome.

From your post I will peg you (hoping to be right ...) as a basic player that has played a lot for over five years, with a good basic grounding in poker. I would guess you tend towards a passive style and enjoy playing as opposed to pushing people around, which makes you a nice guy, for sure, but you are not winning any tounaments.

It never hurts to read a poker book and try to apply some of the ideas. For people like yourself that know what they are doing, Phil Gordon's Little Green Book is an excellent poker skill builder, because he isolates specific plays and ideas. Poker players like you will get the message fast, and can apply the ideas one at a time to improve your game.

Keep in mind that not all poker players are book-oriented types. If books are not your idea of fun, try an instructional video or two on cardrunners.com or pokerVT.com.

Keep in mind this key practical idea: reading a poker book will *not* improve your game. Applying ideas you read in a poker book into your game will improve your play.

I still remember the basic idea that pocket pairs play better against fewer opponents, so I started raising more often just to thin the number of players. It helps and is one of many ideas you want to keep in mind when playing. Before I get burned at the PokerStategyForum stake, I hasten to add that there are a lot of other considerations you have to be aware of before raising any hand,but the factual, mathematical truth that pocket pairs play better with fewer opponents remains true.

Nice feed, and I agree the reading will never hurt..

I've Played with "RoyaLKnight"
quite a bit, have talked to him allmost every day for the past 17 months, and I MUST say their's NOT MUCH SOFT about his game, and he does win, and make withdraws, But I don't think he wins as much as he would if he did some homework.. Iv'e staked him, many of time and watch him hit final table, I just need to express my friendship their..
I respect his game that he has developed on his own..

My god I hope he don't take the advice.....
peace Royal...
when he's saying BIG he means big!!!lol

Harrington on Holdem is a must for MTT players imo

If I start reading books or watching videos. Everyone would have basically the same style. Doing as the book or video says. Ill stick to freestyle and luck. Its more fun.

I played very casual poker for years and years until I stumbled on the WSOP many, many years ago, and frankly did not know there were books on poker, though I should have suspected it since I was a master-level chess player and had already build up & read an impressive library of chess books.

When I got interested in improving my game, I read a few books. My style would change, it is true, but the main change is my game improved ... a lot. Last April I won $16,000 in a MTT full of very tough players and poker books fundamentally improved my game so I could be a good enough player to win.

Poker books will not contaminate your game. They will give you ideas that you will be able to use whenever you want to. They are tools.

When I am taking something mechanical apart, I drag my toolbox and get to work. Sure I could sweat and maybe succeed with only a wrench and a srewdriver, but a better toolbox allows you to do the job right. Having good tools does not suck the enjoyment of taking a piece of machinery apart and putting it back together ... in the same way, learning a poker idea from a book does not make the game worse ... it makes it better.

I am not arguing against your right to play freestyle without input from books and videos ... in fact I have played with a lot of guys just like you live in tournaments in Vegas. You are all tough birds and tricky as hell.

That said my game has come a long way by learning some of the interesting poker tools you find inside these books. If you get curious and want to get a book you can "dip into" to pick up some tools, get Phil Gordon's Little Blue Book instead of his Little Green Book. You probably are advanced enough to enjoy the blue book more.

Meanwhile, good luck and live the "I love to crack the whip over the book-learned weasels that come to play in Vegas" (a direct quote from a gentleman I played with ten years ago in a Stud game at the Riviera Casino in Vegas.

Just a comment, don't want to change you and good luck in all of your games!

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