Poker Book Review

Poker Books are normally chock full of strategy from a varied field of poker players (normally a poker pro). And many are very valuable, not only as learning tools for newbies, but also to help refresh a style of play or an idea that may have been forgotten as one progresses along the footpath of poker. While one's concept of poker - how particular hands should be played, from what position - bankroll requirements - poker tells - tilting - and many more concepts to numerous to list, may vary from author to author, the most valuable tools for being a winning poker player are held within the covers. PokerWorks has compiled a review to help you decide which reading would best guide your poker game play

December 8, 2009

A Review of Championship Hold’em

The vast majority of poker books that focus on Texas Hold’em have been written about the no-limit variant of the game, from Doyle Brunson’s seminal chapters in Super System to Dan Harrington’s three-volume tournament series and two-title cash game books. There are few books written by players of that magnitude on limit hold’em, a game that doesn’t have the reputation of its no-limit cousin, but is played even more frequently in cash games, both live and online. Read more

December 2, 2009

A Review of Championship Omaha

TJ Cloutier and Tom McEvoy are two of the most accomplished players/writers in poker history. With Cloutier already having been inducted into the Hall of Fame, and McEvoy being a strong candidate for inclusion, you can believe them when they say that their intention in their books is to “let the champions lead you to the winner’s circle.” Recently, they published an updated edition of Championship Omaha, which was first released in 1999. Read more

November 18, 2009

A Review of Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker

There are many who feel that James McManus’ first book on poker, Positively Fifth Street, is the best book ever written on the subject. In that legendary account, the author himself became a major part of the story when he reported on his successful attempt to satellite into and play the 2000 World Series of Poker Main Event, ultimately making the final table, while describing both the tournament and the trial of the suspected killers of Ted Binon, scion of the family that founded the WSOP. Read more

November 1, 2009

A Review of The Godfather of Poker

There are lives that are lived out quietly, affecting few, if any people, making little or no mark in the world. And then there are lives like Doyle Brunson’s, as big as the wide-open Texas expanses from which he came, as full of risk and adventure as a typical Indiana Jones movie. The publication of The Godfather of Poker: Doyle Brunson - An Autobiography, written in conjunction with Mike Cochran, gives us a look back at the life of probably the most influential figure in the rise of poker in America. Read more

October 25, 2009

A Review of Caro’s Book of Poker Tells: The Psychology and Body Language of Poker

Almost all poker aficionados know the saying “Weak means strong and strong means weak.” But not everyone knows where that saying, describing the physical betting mannerisms of players, originated. It comes from one of the classics of poker literature, Caro’s Book of Poker Tells (originally known as Caro’s Book of Tells), which I would say belongs on the Mt. Rushmore of poker books, alongside Brunson’s Super System volumes and Harrington’s hold’em books. Read more

October 17, 2009

A Review of Super System 2, Revised Edition

For those who may not have read my original review of Super System 2, you can find it in PokerWorks' Poker Book Review section. While there have been numerous printings of this best-selling poker book, Doyle Brunson and his team of collaborators have now come out with a revised edition of the book. While all the material from the original edition is still present, there are three new chapters intended to add even more to what is already a classic poker book. Brunson has enlisted Phil Hellmuth, Jr. Read more

June 13, 2009

A Review of The Poker Tournament Formula II

If you read my review of The Poker Tournament Formula, you will know that author Arnold Snyder has a very different approach to playing successful tournament poker than most of the previous writers on the subject. While in the first volume of this series, Snyder focused on a complete strategy for beating fast-structure tourneys, in The Poker Tournament Formula II he switches gears and writes about slower, deep-stack tournaments, up to and including the Main Event of the World Series of Poker. Read more

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