limit holdem em semi-beginner book

suzy89222 · #1 05-18-2007, 01:57 AM

so my boyfriend has been playing LHE for a few months, and it's time he reads a book or two. what do you guys think the best semi-beginner LHE book is? thanks.

fraac · #2 05-18-2007, 01:59 AM

"Weighing The Odds in Texas Hold 'em" by King Yao

suzy89222 · #3 05-18-2007, 02:00 AM

hmm never even heard of that one, i'll check it out. thanks.

Poker Plan · #4 05-19-2007, 07:41 AM

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"Weighing The Odds in Texas Hold 'em" by King Yao

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Brilliant book. Should get the same publicity as "Small Stakes Holdem" IMHO

fraac · #5 05-19-2007, 01:17 PM

Of course it's actually called "Weighing the Odds in Hold'em Poker", thank you for giving me a chance to correct that.

I stopped reading SSHE shortly into it as it was giving prescriptive advice, which I don't think is appropriate in a textbook, especially as the games it describe barely exist above play money only three years later.

checkmate36 · #6 05-19-2007, 03:49 PM

ITH is a very good book to get started with.

Pokamon4e · #7 05-21-2007, 06:51 AM

Yes, ITH is very sound, very complete. SSH is a great book as well, but I'd read ITH first.

Gelford · #8 05-18-2007, 02:02 AM

Small Stakes limit hold'em by Ed Miller is the semibeginner book

Winning in tough hold'em games by Grudzien (stox) and Herzog is the advanced book

(And Getting started in hold'em by Ed Miller is the beginners book)

That is what the 2+2 library can do for you [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] (IMO the Stox book has pushed Hold'em for advanced players by Sklansky/Malmuth a bit in the background)

Edit: Weighting the odds in hold'em by Yao is a good book, but I wouldn't put it ahead of the above ones.

kassdog · #9 05-18-2007, 02:47 AM

Would you guys recremend small stakes holdem too. I just picked this up and just by reading a couple of pages(the beggining) I feel like I've learned more than the past 4 "pro written"(hellmuth/doyle) books combined. Or do you think small stakes holdem is a little more advanced.

Adman · #10 05-18-2007, 02:47 AM

Small stakes hold em is the best book for the limit player bar none. Internet Texas hold em by Matthew Hilger is also excellent. I strongly disagree with the recommendation of "Weighing the odds" for a beginner. It's a bit more of an advanced book and the chapters on calculating odds via his DIPO method are, in my opinion, a bit ridiculous and only serve to complicate what should be a pretty simple process. Definitely go with either SSHE or ITH and he won't go wrong.