Little green book lil blue book

shymijo2love4 · #1 04-12-2007, 01:53 AM

Im an average intermediate player. will these books help me improve my game alot?

Niediam · #2 04-12-2007, 02:24 AM

I don't really know what an average intermediate player is in your mind but LGG is very good and LBB is ok. There are literally over a dozen threads on these books if you use the search function.

phydaux · #3 04-12-2007, 02:33 AM

I like them both, and re-read them both every 6 months or so.

raze · #4 04-12-2007, 05:42 PM

Green book is absolutely a must-have.

Haven't read the Blue book, it seems geared towards tournament play & I play cash games. Any thoughts on this anyone?

chiptray · #5 04-12-2007, 06:00 PM

Hi!

I like them both very much.
The blue one is a analytic continuation of the green book.
Both are highly recommanded, but read the green one first.

regards

Nsight7 · #6 04-12-2007, 06:02 PM

Both are decent, but I am going to buck the trend and say that Blue Book is more important. The stuff you can get in Green can be gotten from other books that are perhaps significantly better (i.e. NLHTOP and HOH:1). After getting this info, one really just needs examples and practice, which LBB is good for (though HOH:3 seems like it should be better for that as well).

Gonso · #7 04-12-2007, 06:47 PM

Little Green Book is excellent for it's purpose, which really shouldn't be anything more than a first NLHE book. It's short, to the point, and written for anyone to understand without being over-simplified.

LBB isn't really necessary at all IMO, although there's nothing wrong with it.

I'd recommend Harrington's books, then NLHE:TAP. After that Theory of Poker and the Mathematics of Poker will give you a lot to work with.

Once you got through HoH 1 & 2 and LGB, then you could mess with LBB or HoH3 whenever to do some hand analysis.

smbruin22 · #8 04-12-2007, 10:49 PM

i think LGB is the BEST NL out there. i'm inclined to say by far. but i don't want to get jumped on.

LBB is decent. o.k. to buy if you have already bot a bunch of other books. alot of big flops, and if not, then make sure you don't play out of position (OOP)

shymijo2love4 · #9 04-13-2007, 04:19 AM

NLHTAP seems so much more complex then LGB and LBB. Im not sure if this makes NLHTAP a better book overall or if NLHTAP is to complex for its own good. Or is LGB and LBB to simple for its own good.

Quetz@lcoatl · #10 04-13-2007, 07:48 AM

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Green book is absolutely a must-have.

Haven't read the Blue book, it seems geared towards tournament play & I play cash games. Any thoughts on this anyone?

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Little Blue has a cash game section(page 9-95).
I like them both, but i don't think that they're really a must-have. NLTAP is a must-have.