I just ordered these titles from Amazon - feedback?

[mephisto]

-LGB by Gordon
-Kill Phil by Nelson
-HOH 1 and 2 by Harrington
-NL odds by King Yao
-Making Final Table by Lindgren

I'm a new and ambitious player, and the game I want to focus solely on is No Limit Texas Hold'em. Have I covered all the bases here? I want to load up on all the tools and concepts so I can play to my potential, are these sufficient or is there another book with another angle I am missing?

Any feedback would be really helpful.

[Gallopin Gael]

Lindgren's book is junk.

I don't have Yao's book yet (mine is also coming from Amazon...should be here next week).

The other 4 are good.

[Gelford]

That is basically it (some might want you to throw in Supersystem II, which btw has an identical NL section as Supersystem I, but I think you have got plenty)


I you really want to do it ALL, then become friends with the relevant forums here, and perhaps invest in the SNG Powertools software (and also perhaps pokertracker)


Only thing that makes me curious is the NL odds book by Yao, I only know of Weighting the odds in Hold'em, which is one of the better Limit Texas Hold'em books

[uDevil]

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If you're refering to Weighing the Odds in Hold'em Poker, that book is on limit poker, not NL. If you're not, then this book just appeared out of nowhere (just in case, I searched Amazon and the web-- no dice).

[mephisto]

Darn... yeah. It is Weighing the odds in Hold'em Poker, my bad. Oh well, do you think I can get anything out of it for my NL game anyways?

[Gelford]

It is one of the better poker books out there, so you haven't wasted your money

FWIW from my own expirience, I have found there comes a day where you are sick and tired of nolimit texas hold'em and start looking for other games to play, limit texas hold'em or perhaps stud or something completely different ..

[mephisto]

I hear ya. I'm migrating from the chess scene to NL poker, so if I ever get tired of NL poker (hope not), I'll be playing chess. I like taking my hobbies very seriously.

[Gelford]

You are not the only one, most notably we have got Byron Jacobs and Andrew Kinsman writing poker books these days .. the rewards in chess are zero, but poker [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[RedGladiator]

consider "pot limit and no limit poker" by ciaffone and reuben. i've not read it but am seriously considering it.
only down side its not all hold em.

[King Yao]

Hi - my book is only on limit hold'em. If you are only interested in No-Limit, it would be a stretch to say that you'd get much out of my book - the games are just too different.