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good non-strategy poker books
could anyone suggest some good books set around the world of poker which arent strategy ones. Are there any good ones? i think the only one ive heard of is 'The Professor, the Banker & the Suicide King'. Is that worth reading?
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Re: good non-strategy poker books
I enjoyed it. I would also suggest How To Win The World Series Of Poker (Or Not) by Pat Walsh as well as Positively Fifth Street by James Macmanus.
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Re: good non-strategy poker books
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I would also suggest How To Win The World Series Of Poker (Or Not) by Pat Walsh [/ QUOTE ] This is absolutely the worst book about poker I have ever read. For some reason, I read the whole thing, just hoping it would have some redeeming quality. It didn't, other than unintended humor. The story is standard: Writer and average poker player dreams of the big game, and figures if he can get a book deal out of it, it will at least pay his WSOP entry fee. Except this guy is not average; he is a really bad poker player, and he doesn't know enough about poker to know that he is bad. (He is barely an average writer.) He plays in a family home game and gets beat by his aunts and uncles and in-laws. In a memorably pathetic scene at the end, he is playing in the main event, and has managed to make it to the first break. He is out in the hallway getting some food, and his wife is there, and she is explaining to him the strategic errors he made in the game. And she is right. |
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Re: good non-strategy poker books
- Take me to the river by Peter Alson (2+2er Shaniac featured prominently)
- Hunting Fish by Jay Greenspan - Big Deal & Bigger Deal by Tony Holden - Poker Nation by Andy Belin - Pizza, Pasta, and Poker by Vince Burgio - Poker Face by Katy Lederer |
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Re: good non-strategy poker books
Positively Fifth Street
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Re: good non-strategy poker books
If you can find it, 'The Cincinnati Kid' by Richard Jessup
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Positively Fifth Street [/ QUOTE ] QFT And although it has some strategy material, Ace on the River is a short, though entertaining read. |
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Re: good non-strategy poker books
The Biggest Game in Town by A. Alvarez is a great read about the professional poker scene in Las Vegas. Written in the early '80s, it's a very different world than the glamour world of today.
Read 'Em and Weep, edited by John Stravinsky. Quoting from the back cover, "A literary tour of the wide world of poker, from the Wild West to the present day." Published in 2004, this is a collection of 39 nuggets of pure poker gold. Most selections are less than 10 pages long, so they make for quick reading. A fascinating break when you're tired of calculating M, Q, reverse implied odds, and SPR's. I'll add my vote for Poker Nation and Positively Fourth ... I mean Fifth ... Street. |
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Re: good non-strategy poker books
My all time favorite non strategy poker book though is Positively Fifth Street by McManus. It covers the Binion murder quite thoroughly if you are interested in that topic.
The Professor, the Banker & the Suicide King is a great book and well worth reading if you are interested in the world of very high stakes poker. I really enjoyed the sections on Ted Forrest and other players' gambling addiction. Even though I am going to get ragged for this one, I also liked Chris Moneymaker's book and Matt Matros' book: "Making of a Poker Player" |
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Matt Matros' book: "Making of a Poker Player" [/ QUOTE ] I thought it was lame. I do want to read Positively Fifth Street though - can't believe I haven't read that one yet. |
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