Re: Most over-rated poker book of all time?
Hi bellatrix:
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AFAIK prior to SS1 there was no serious poker book out there. No guide on how to play.
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You're completely wrong and this is an example of what a strong publicity campaign can do.
Hold 'em Poker by David Sklansky first appeared in 1976, well before Super/System. It is the first modern poker book and discusses stuff like semi-bluffing, the free card, odds and implied odds, inducing bluffs, and readig hands. Most of this wasn't even mentioned in Super/System and what was isn't very thorough.
Then two years later in 1978, Sklansky on Poker Theory was published. You know this book today as The Theory of Poker. All the good modern poker literature can trace its roots back to these two books. Not to Super/System.
By the way, a while back I started a thread about the most influential poker book of all time. There is no doubt that it is Hold 'em Poker by David Sklansky. Nothing else is even close.
Best wishes,
Mason
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