http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/poker-book-review/ Daily news from poker and online poker world Sun, 19 May 2013 05:42:36 -0700 http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2011/01/23/super-system-2-revised-edition-book-review.html Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:54:35 +0000 http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2011/01/23/super-system-2-revised-edition-book-review.html 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... http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2010/12/31/poker-book-review-the-psychology-and-body-language-of-poker-mike-caro.html Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:00:56 +0000 http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2010/12/31/poker-book-review-the-psychology-and-body-language-of-poker-mike-caro.html 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... http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2010/12/18/poker-book-review-championship-holdem.html Sat, 18 Dec 2010 23:21:55 +0000 http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2010/12/18/poker-book-review-championship-holdem.html 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... http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2010/12/15/review-of-zen-and-the-art-of-poker.html Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:33:31 +0000 http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2010/12/15/review-of-zen-and-the-art-of-poker.html I have reviewed many of the newest poker books on the market for PokerWorks.   I am beginning a new series, going back in time to look at some of the best poker writing of the past 25 years, beginning with Larry Phillips’ Zen and the Art of... http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2010/10/16/poker-book-review-the-god-father-of-poker.html Sat, 16 Oct 2010 20:39:03 +0000 http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2010/10/16/poker-book-review-the-god-father-of-poker.html 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... http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2010/10/12/cowboys-full-the-story-of-poker-review.html Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:32:22 +0000 http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2010/10/12/cowboys-full-the-story-of-poker-review.html 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... http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2010/08/01/harrington-online-cash-game-6-max-no-limit-holdem-review.html Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:45:51 +0000 http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2010/08/01/harrington-online-cash-game-6-max-no-limit-holdem-review.html With his three-volume series on tournament no limit holdem: Expert Strategy for No-Limit Tournaments - Volume 1: Strategic Play Expert Strategy for No-Limit Tournaments - Volume II: The Endgame Review Harrington on Hold’em: Expert Strategy for... http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2010/07/18/expert-strategy-no-limit-tournaments-the-workbook-volume-3-harrington-book-review.html Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:48:42 +0000 http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2010/07/18/expert-strategy-no-limit-tournaments-the-workbook-volume-3-harrington-book-review.html In past articles we have reviewed the first two volumes of Dan Harrington’s classic series on no-limit holdem tournament play.  In this third and final book, Harrington offers his readers a chance to put what they have learned into practice with a... http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2010/06/22/harrington-on-holdem-expert-strategy-no-limit-tournaments-volume-ii-the-endgame.html Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:19:46 +0000 http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2010/06/22/harrington-on-holdem-expert-strategy-no-limit-tournaments-volume-ii-the-endgame.html While the first volume of Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie’s legendary series on tournament no limit holdem focuses on the early stages of tourneys, the second book deals with the later portions of tournaments and the unique problems players face... http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2010/05/31/harrington-on-holdem-review-volume-i-strategic-play.html Mon, 31 May 2010 16:05:15 +0000 http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2010/05/31/harrington-on-holdem-review-volume-i-strategic-play.html If there were a Mount Rushmore for influential poker writers, one of the faces that would be carved into the mountain would undoubtedly be the Boston Red Sox hat clad head of Dan Harrington.  Best known as a player for his victory at the Main Event...