Worst Poker Book You've Ever Seen/Read?

[No Fizzle]

*Couldn't find anything in search, thought this might be fun.*

I don't think you can get any worse that "Comprehensive: No Limit Hold 'em and Tournament" by Rock Banker.

Check out some examples (from Amazon):

Example 1:
(Chapter 1, Odds of a full house on turn or river, page 15)
[Jh Qh] vs. [Kc Ts] and Flop [Ks Tc 2c]
"There are three 10's and three Kings left in deck which could help make the hand a Full house, for a total of six Outs."

Example 2:
(Chapter 2, Playing the Board Bluff, page 48)
[As 8c] vs. [Kc Ac] Board [4s 2c Qs 7c 5s]
"The two hands are not the same, but they split the pot because their kickers don't play:"


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[Grumbo]

Looks truly horrible. All I can say is Hellmuth's "Play Poker Like the Pros", although some people saw the Omaha section is pretty good.

[Tom Bayes]

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*Couldn't find anything in search, thought this might be fun.*

I don't think you can get any worse that "Comprehensive: No Limit Hold 'em and Tournament" by Rock Banker.

Check out some examples (from Amazon):

Example 1:
(Chapter 1, Odds of a full house on turn or river, page 15)
[Jh Qh] vs. [Kc Ts] and Flop [Ks Tc 2c]
"There are three 10's and three Kings left in deck which could help make the hand a Full house, for a total of six Outs."

Example 2:
(Chapter 2, Playing the Board Bluff, page 48)
[As 8c] vs. [Kc Ac] Board [4s 2c Qs 7c 5s]
"The two hands are not the same, but they split the pot because their kickers don't play:"


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I just checked out the Amazon customer reviews on this book. There are some more gems the OP left out. It's worth checking out the Amazon customer reviews just for the laugh, but I wouldn't buy the book unless you have a perverse need to have the likely worst poker book ever.

[loveminuszero]

I've seen that same one on Amazon, that's definitely gotta be one of the worst.

Another bad one is "Bad Beats and Lucky Draws". Phil Hellmuth strokes his ego for the whole book and it didn't even provide that much insight.

[deacsoft]

I not long ago read In the Money by Esfandiari. Pretty much sucked. I picked it up because it was pretty much one of the first books on NL cash games. The only problem was that it wasn't really about NL cash games.

[steamboatin]

Greatest
The Book of Poker for Winners! and it is not even close.
^

Dude actually recomends keeping your winnings in a seperate stack from your buyin and when that stack starts to get low, you should consider leaving.

I didn't finish the book.

[jfk]

Don't know what the exact title is, but I thumbed through a Brunson book on internet poker for about five minutes at the bookstore while my kid was playing with the train there.

Unfortunately, my recollection of specifics is very lean but I was dumbfounded at the fluffy nature of the advice. He covered stuff like what name and image to use on the screen. I know the guy is a legend and all, but at some point, when you start to put your name on anything and everything, no matter how shoddy, it tends to dilute the brand.

[loveminuszero]

jfk: I believe it's just "Internet Poker"

The book was basically just an ad for DoylesRoom.

[portisfreak]

"I don't think you can get any worse that "Comprehensive: No Limit Hold 'em and Tournament" by Rock Banker. "

Isn't a rock banker a Tight-Passive Player?

[govman6767]

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I've seen that same one on Amazon, that's definitely gotta be one of the worst.

Another bad one is "Bad Beats and Lucky Draws". Phil Hellmuth strokes his ego for the whole book and it didn't even provide that much insight.

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Does every poker book ever written have to give you a new insight to strategy.

The title of the book was not "How to put bad beats on people and how to Make lucky draws" but the way you people talk I'm sure it would be a seller.

There are a lot of poker books out there that do not deal in strategy. They were not written to give you some magicical power at the table.

How dare you say this book sucked because your a bad player and it did not give you the secrets to stop losing your money.

Some poker books are GOOD because they are a fun, witty, energetical read.
Peter Thomas Foratale's Winning Secrets of Poker.
Is nothing more than a bunch of Interview's with Players
But it's an AWESOME read. Sklansky thrashing Negreanu.
Al Boston Threating to beat up Hellmuth.
Like bad beats and lucky draws they are just stories for people who know how to play the game and just want something fun to read.

Who the hell said a Poker book had to be "only" about strategy.