Good "poker story" books

[beaver]

I am currently reading Positively Fifth Street and The Professor, The Banker, and The Suicide King. I've also got The Biggest Game in Town on the way, and will probably purchase One Of A Kind next.

I also love reading Johnny Hughes' posts on this forum.

What are the best "poker story" books out there? Are there any in particular that are must reads?

[dupree]

Sorry to be the one to tell you, but you already have every single one worth owning.

[Hairball]

Give Hunting Fish a go. It's sort of a travelogue written by a guy who is tried to go pro. He started in NYC and travelled from the East coast to the West visiting home games, underground card rooms, and a casinos along the way. His goal was to swell his $10K roll into $30K so he could afford to sit in the mid-stakes NLHE games in LA.

I enjoyed the book for a number of reasons. The author is pretty honest about his game and emotions, so you get an insight into what's its like to struggle as a grinding pro. It was also fascinating to get a glimpse of the underground poker world and how it differs from one location to the next. Finally, the voyeur in me enjoyed reading about the author's highs and lows in the same way and for the same reasons I enjoy reading trip reports in the B&M forum.

Also notable are The Big Deal, Poker Nation, and Matt Matros's book (the title escapes me).

[TylerD]

The Big Deal by Anthony Holden is very good, not as good as The Biggest Game in Town, but better than Positively...

http://www.amazon.com/Big-Deal-Profe.../dp/0349115192

[Central Limit]

Here are a bunch that are all worth reading. Some are better than others. I'm not going to rank them per se, but the ones near the top of my list are better than the ones near the bottom.

"According to Doyle" Doyle Brunson
"Poker Wisdom of a Champion" Bobby Baldwin
"Shut Up and Deal" Jesse May
"Take me to the River" Peter Alson
"Poker Nation" Andy Bellin
"Big Deal" Anthony Holden
"King of a Small World" Can't remember the author's name
"Education of a Poker Player" Yardley.

[playersare]

for short anecdotal writing on individual poker hands, tournaments and lifestyle, these are okay too:

"The Championship Table" - Dana Smith, Tom McEvoy
"The Best Hand I Ever Played" - Steve Rosenbloom
"My 50 Most Memorable Hands" - Doyle Brunson

[Peter McDermott]

Cards by Brandon Something or other. Young guy who posts on here, does a creditable job of telling a story of a post poker-boom player's life.

[WuTank]

i wonder how "My 50 Most Memorable Hands" - Doyle Brunson is written

[steamboatin]

I liked "Aces & Kings" it is short biographies of the TV poker players. I am not a TV poker Player Fan Boy but I found the book very interesting.

[Jetto]

Anyone read ACE ON THE RIVER by barry ?