Sklansky's small stakes holdem book

[jasonfish11]

Does this mainly focus on limit or no limit holdem? I ask because I feel that I am pretty good at limit holdem but I want to improve my no limit game. What book would you recomend for small stakes no limit holdem player. Most of the time I play live in a casino or home game 1-2 and 2-5NL is what I have played. I feel that I am better than the majority of players at the table but I dont see results like I do when I play limit games.

Has anyone read Mastering No-Limit holdem? The discription I read makes it sound like it is focused on small stakes games.

I realize I may get some 2+2 bias on this forum but I dont know where to ask with out getting a biased answer. Plus I like most of the 2+2 books I have read so far.

[jasonfish11]

I just read something about Skalansky's No limit holdem theory and practice. It pretty much describes exactly my questions addressed above. For anyone that has the same question as I did here i what I just read regardging Skalansky's No Limit Holdem Theory and Practice.

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Those of us who have been playing and studying poker for years know what huge contributions David Sklansky has made to poker and this book is no exception.

No limit holdem had all but disappeared(except for tournament play) until about three or four years ago and any one playing today understands the explosion in poker is primarily centered around no limit holdem. Many veteran players like myself have tried to adopt and adapt a solid limit approach to no limit and achieved mixed results. Often the mixed results have left us wondering if were are getting better or just experiencing a good run. This book will help you think about and understand the game better than most of the previously published no limit material.

Many of the "greats" that we have come to know play and teach the game through their own experience and developed "feel" for the game, which is nearly impossible to teach. By learning the underlying theory of no limit holdem as taught by Sklansky, the student comes to understand how "situational" especially no limit is and how to think about the game in numerous situations. Those players willing to study this book will accelerate past the players who are primarily playing an adapted limit game or by trial and error. I have already expanded my approach and thinking process after only one reading and am eager to re-read it after a few more sessions of play. Highly recommended.

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If anyone has anyother recomendations please let me know I will not be buying a book for a couple days and I would like to know which NL book to START with. I plan on reading a couple but I would like to know which one to start with.

[playersare]

"Small Stakes Hold Em" is exclusively a fixed limit book.

fox/harker didn't get particularly great reviews on this forum. I would look into these for NL starters:

"Getting Started In Hold Em" - Ed Miller
"Little Green Book" - Phil Gordon
"Harrington On Hold Em" vol. 1-3 - Harrington/Robertie
"Pot Limit And No Limit Poker" - Ciaffone/Reuben
"No Limit Hold Em Theory And Practice" - Miller/Sklansky

some people will mention the Angel Largay book as well, though I personally didn't like it.