Poker Books From The Poker Pros

Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street

In fiction there was Bonfire of the Vanities; in reality, there is Liar's Poker--the fascinating insider's account of what really happens on Wall Street. This irreverent and hilarious birds-eye view of Wall Street's heyday will appeal to anyone intrigued by the allure of million dollar deals. Now in trade paper. First serial to Manhattan Inc. Author: Michael Lewis Paperback: 256 pages Company: Penguin (Non-Classics) (1990-10-01) ISBN: 0140143459 List Price: $16.00 Amazon Price: $8.64 Used Price: $4.38

The Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide: Tournament Edition

The professionals of Full Tilt Poker include the best and most famous poker players in the world. Their accomplishments are unparalleled, with countless World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour championships to their names and well in excess of $100 million in winnings in private games. Now, this group of poker legends has banded together to create THE FULL TILT POKER STRATEGY GUIDE, which will stand as an instant classic of the genre and is sure to become the industry standard. Author: Andy Bloch, Richard Brodie, Chris Ferguson, Ted Forrest, Rafe Furst, Phil Gordon, David Grey, Howard Lederer, Mike Matusow Paperback: 448 pages Company: Grand Central Publishing (2007-06-01) ISBN: 0446698601 List Price: $29.99 Amazon Price: $14.34 Used Price: $10.96

The Theory of Poker

The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky discusses theories and concepts applicable to nearly every variation of the game, including five-card draw (high), seven-card stud, hold ’em, lowball draw, and razz (seven-card lowball stud). This book introduces you to the Fundamental Theorem of Poker, its implications, and how it should affect your play. Other chapters discuss the value of deception, bluffing, raising, the slow-play, the value of position, psychology, heads-up play, game theory, implied odds, the free card, and semibluffing. Many of today’s top poker players will tell you that this is the book that really made a difference in their play. That is, these are the ideas that separate the experts from the typical players. Those who read and study this book will literally leave behind those who don’t, and most serious players wear the covers off their copies. This is the best book ever written on poker. Author: David Sklansky Paperback: 276 pages Company: Two Plus Two Pub. (1994-12) ISBN: 1880685000 List Price: $29.95 Amazon Price: $16.75 Used Price: $13.99

Phil Hellmuth Presents Read 'Em and Reap: A Career FBI Agent's Guide to Decoding Poker Tells

very great player knows that success in poker is part luck, part math, and part subterfuge. While the math of poker has been refined over the past 20 years, the ability to read other players and keep your own "tells" in check has mostly been learned by trial and error. But now, Joe Navarro, a former FBI counterintelligence officer specializing in nonverbal communication and behavior analysis—or, to put it simply, a man who can tell when someone's lying—offers foolproof techniques, illustrated with amazing examples from poker pro Phil Hellmuth, that will help you decode and interpret your opponents' body language and other silent tip-offs while concealing your own. You'll become a human lie detector, ready to call every bluff—and the most feared player in the room. Author: Joe Navarro, Marvin Karlins, Phil Hellmuth Paperback: 240 pages Company: Collins Living (2006-11-07) (2006-11-07) ISBN: 0061198595 List Price: $18.95 Amazon Price: $10.39 Used Price: $8.49

Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time Volume I

Want to win poker tournaments? Now you can learn exactly how consistent winners REALLY do it! Meet PearlJammer, Rizen, and Apestyles. These top guns of tournament poker are frequent winners in today's highly competitive online scene, as well as in live tourneys. Their collective experience and track record is staggering: more than 35,000 tournaments played, more than 1,000 final tables made, over 200 major wins, and more than $6,000,000 in cashes. They regularly outplay fields consisting of other top professionals victories that are documented by detailed online hand histories. Are you ready to learn winning ways from today's true tournament experts? The authors are not only consistent winners, but powerful teachers as well. Step-by-step, they reveal their decision-making processes, using hands drawn from actual play not examples contrived to fit a particular poker theory. Reading this book is like attending a master class in tournament poker. You'll see the way cutting-edge pros use their wisdom and incredibly extensive experience to analyze almost every poker situation imaginable. Deep-stacked or short-stacked, against single or multiple opponents, you'll learn the skills that will make you a winner, including: - When and how to play aggressively or tightly - When to make moves - When to make continuation bets and when to hold back - How to induce and pick off bluffs - How to accumulate chips without constantly risking your tournament life. Poker is a fun game, but it's even more fun when you win. If you want to become a great tournament player, shouldn't you be learning from the best? NOW You can! Author: Eric 'Rizen' Lynch, Jon 'Pearljammer' Turner, Jon 'Apestyles' Van Fleet Paperback: 423 pages Company: Dimat Enterprises, Inc. (2008-06-20) ISBN: 0974150274 List Price: $29.99 Amazon Price: $18.80 Used Price: $18.76

Pot-Limit Omaha Poker

Bob Ciaffone "This book is very accurate technically and a great addition to poker literature." Lou Krieger "Lucid, literate, and comprehensive. Dissects the complexities of this game and explains why big play strategy is the winning strategy." Are You Ready for the Next Wave of Poker? If you've never tried Pot-Limit Omaha, you're missing out on the most exciting, most lucrative cash game around. Omaha has long been one of the most popular forms of poker in Europe, as well as the Midwest and Southern United States. PLO is also the highest-stakes game in every cardroom in which the game is spread. And now it's spreading like wildfire throughout North America. The reason is simple: Omaha offers more action and bigger pots than Texas Hold'em. Isn't it time you got in on it? Whether you're a cash-game professional or a recreational player -- and whether you play live or online -- this book will arm you with a winning big-play strategy that's easy to master even if you've never played Omaha before. Key topics include: - The Big Play Objectives - The Power of the Big Draw - Straight Draws and Starting Hand Construction - Limit Omaha Hi/Lo and Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Complete with practice situations and hand quizzes, this is the most comprehensive Omaha book available -- and the only one you'll ever need. Author: Jeff Hwang Paperback: 332 pages Company: Citadel (2008-01-01) ISBN: 0818407263 List Price: $14.95 Amazon Price: $7.52 Used Price: $9.50

The Poker Mindset: Essential Attitudes for Poker Success

What "secret" separates top poker players from poker wannabes? Is it zen-like mind-reading skills, a computer-like brain or thousands of hours of play? No. It is a series of established approaches and behaviors that enables these experts to bring their "A" game to the table session after session, regardless of short-term results. In this groundbreaking book, Taylor and Hilger lay bare the secrets of the Poker Mindset: seven core attitudes and concepts that ensure you have the optimal emotional, psychological, and behavioral framework for playing superior poker. The Poker Mindset deeply explores vital topics that most poker books only touch upon: - Tilt: What it really is, why and when you are most prone to it, and how you can avoid it. - Bankroll: A complete examination of bankroll management from a technical, but more importantly, from a psychological and emotional viewpoint. - Opponents: How to determine your competitors' mental and emotional processes so that you can dominate, out think and outplay them. - Downswings: Every poker player experiences them, but you will truly understand and be armed against low ebbs when they occur. - Bad Beats: The Poker Mindset will enable you to overcome the trauma of bad beats and losing big pots. Poker is a fun game, but it is even more fun when you win. The Poker Mindset may be the most valuable poker book you will ever read. Embrace its concepts and you can overcome the unseen obstacles that are limiting your success at the table. When you make the Poker Mindset your mindset, you will take control of your game and walk away a winner. Author: Matthew Hilger; Ian Taylor Paperback: 280 pages Company: Dimat Enterprises, Inc. (2007-04-05) (2007-03-26) ISBN: 0974150231 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $15.65 Used Price: $12.40

Caro's Book of Poker Tells

One of the ten greatest books written on poker, this must-have book should be in every player's library.  If you're serious about winning, you'll realize that most of the profit comes from being able to read your opponents.  Caro reveals the secrets of interpreting tells - physical reactions that reveal information about a player's cards - such as shrugs, sighs, shaky hands, eye contact, and many more.  Learn when opponents are bluffing, when they aren't and why - based solely on their mannerisms.  Over 170 photos of players in action and play-by-play examples show the actual tells.  These powerful ideas will give you the decisive edge.  320 pages Author: Mike Caro Paperback: 320 pages Company: Cardoza (2003-03-18) ISBN: 1580420826 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $14.20 Used Price: $9.25

Hold'Em Poker for Advanced Players (Advance Player)

Texas Hold ’em is not an easy game to play well. To become an expert you must balance many concepts, some of which occasionally contradict each other. In 1988, the first edition appeared. Many ideas, which were only known to a small, select group of players, were made available to anyone who was striving to become an expert, and the hold ’em explosion had begun. It is now a new century, and the authors have again moved the state of the art forward by adding over 100 pages of new material, including extensive sections on "loose games," and "short-handed games." Anyone who studies this text, is well disciplined, and gets the proper experience should become a significant winner. Some of the other ideas discussed include play on the first two cards, semi-bluffing, the free card, inducing bluffs, staying with a draw, playing when a pair flops, playing trash hands, desperation bets, playing in wild games, reading hands, and psychology. Author: David Sklansky, Mason Malmuth Paperback: 332 pages Company: Two Plus Two Pub. (1999-06) ISBN: 1880685221 List Price: $29.95 Amazon Price: $12.90 Used Price: $7.24

Elements of Poker

Beyond statistics, beyond whether to raise, call, or fold, Elements of Poker reveals a new world of profitability for your bankroll and your life. You know tilt costs you money, but do you know how to make it go away? You know position is important, but do you know how to cash in that knowledge? Elements of Poker will teach you all of this and much more. Tommy Angelo is a top tier poker coach, poker writer, and philosopher. Humorous and provocative, Elements of Poker turns conventional poker wisdom inside-out. Join professional, winning poker players like Ed Miller, Jay Rosenkrantz, and Lee Jones in reading what Al Schoonmaker calls "the most original poker book I've ever read." ---------------- Tommy's book is the best poker book I've ever read. -- Jay Rosenkrantz, a.k.a. KRANTZ Author: Tommy Angelo Paperback: 266 pages Company: Tommy Angelo (2007-12-13) (2007-12-10) ISBN: 1419680897 List Price: $29.95 Amazon Price: $29.95 Used Price: $25.95