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Mathematics of Poker and what else?
I'm thinking about buying Mathematics of Poker (reviews?), and probably another book as well. But I have no idea what else I should have to add to my poker library.
I play $5/$10 NLHE online, FWIW. I also occasionally play MTTs, but I suck at them. Here is what I currently have: The Poker Player's Bible (lol, first poker book though) Internet Texas Hold 'em Ace on the River Caro's Book of Poker Tells Super System I Small Stakes Hold 'em Poker Wisdom of a Champion Bobby Baldwin's Winning Poker Secrets Theory of Poker Inside the Poker Mind The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King Harrington of Hold 'em I Harrington of Hold 'em II No-Limit Hold 'em: Theory and Practice Professional No-Limit Hold 'em So... what else? |
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Re: Mathematics of Poker and what else?
Why not read some of those first?
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Re: Mathematics of Poker and what else?
he is implying that he has, i think
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Re: Mathematics of Poker and what else?
Oh.
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Re: Mathematics of Poker and what else?
I've read all except for PNL, which I'm halfway through. I also need to re-read HOH I+II, because it's been a while and I don't think I really absorbed it the first time.
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Re: Mathematics of Poker and what else?
Mathematics of Poker is a very heavy book. It's 300 some odd pages, but it's a lot of small text and numbers that hurt my head (I suck at any math beyond basic calc). It has the feel of a college textbook more than an actual poker book which turned me off from it.
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Re: Mathematics of Poker and what else?
Bob Ciaffone's Pot-Limit and No-Limit
Roy Cooke's Real Poker II: The Play of Hands Chen and Ankenman's Mathematics of Poker MoP is an absolutely brilliant book. I consider it Theory of Poker II. It *is* tough, but 100% worth it. It does not require any math beyond high-school level Calculus. The most complex math is finding local minima or maxima by setting the first derivative to zero. If you want to know the Allen Cunningham, Chris Ferguson, and Bill Chen kind of poker math, this is where you find it. The push or fold derivation is worth it alone. Ciaffone's book is old-school cash NL. The only good NL book outside of 2+2 IMHO. Roy Cooke's book is basically his thought process of hands he's played. They are all limit, but the hand reading examples are worth it for any kind of poker. FWIW, Jim |
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