Have you ever dreamed of playing poker for a living? Do you wonder if you have what it takes to survive and prosper as a professional poker player? Mark Blade covers the modern poker player’s dream in his book, “Professional Poker: The Essential Guide to Playing For a Living”. After getting a degree at UCLA…
Winning Low Limit Hold’em
With “Winning Low Limit Hold’em” Lee Jones does an amazing job giving beginners solid foundations for becoming successful poker players. Some other titles might be a little fast for the beginning poker player, this book is much simpler. Jones’ thoughts are clearly expressed and he avoids in-depth strategy (partly because beginners might get confused, partly…
The Psychology of Poker
Written in 2000, The Psychology of Poker filled a void in poker literature by dealing strictly with the mental game of poker players. The book does not provide strategic advice (nor does it claim to), but sets out to investigate why players play the way they do. Mainly, it helps readers understand the motivations behind…
Zen and the Art of Poker
Zen and the Art of Poker at first seems to simply play on the recent slew of ‘Zen and…’ books on the market today. Author Larry Phillips even openly admits at the beginning of his book that poker and Zen ostensibly share very little in common: poker requires aggression and deception and measures success with…
Positively Fifth Street
Harper’s magazine sent writer James McManus to Las Vegas in the spring of 2000 to write an article on the World Series of Poker. What he returned with was a first hand account from the championship table that became the nonfiction novel Positively Fifth Street. Willing to bet his entire Harper’s advance on a seat,…