since reading slims 'memoirs' book i've been trying to aqquire more books that relate more to hands and just good stories.

last week i bought:

poker nation
bad beats lucky draws
and
big dead: one year as a professional poker player

so has anyone got any more that they'd recommend?

please don't tell me the above 3 are terrible as they should be here in the morning...


also i'm interested in aqquiring a book that has good coverage on NL/PL tournament books like many UK casinos offer. With £5, £10, £20 buy ins. unlimited rebuys for 2 hours then elimination. (less than 100 enterents)

i don't want to maybe get a tournament book that is really geared towards bigger, more expensive tournaments.

thanks

I noticed a few that you may like but apparently do not have yet. I am in the process of reading The Biggest Game In Town by A. Alvarez and I finished The Man with the $100,000 Breasts. I like both of them, even though the latter is more about gambling in general. Just a warning, a lot of the anecdotes are present in multiple books, so prepare yourself for a little bit of repitition. Daniel's review of Positively Fifth Street by J. McManus is right on as well, a great book.


As far as a good PL/NL book, I can't think of one in particular off of the top of my head, so maybe someone else will have more helpful advice. Tom McEvoy's Tournament Poker covers as many situations and possibilities (Large buy-in, Small buy-in, Rebuys, Satellites, etc.) as any book I have ever seen, but I just don't know how good of a player/teacher Mr. McEvoy is, he was even listed on this forum as one of the worst WSOP champions of all-time. So take that into account when you look at it.

Hopefully that helps you out, good luck my friend....

Poker nation, Bad beats and lucky Draws, and Big Deal are all good. As are the books recommended by the second post. Those being The Biggest Game In Town, The man with $100,000. breasts, ans Positively Fifth Street. Other books I would reccommend for fun reading would be: MONEYMAKER by Chris Moneymaker and Daniel Paisner, Shut UP And Deal by Jesse May, Telling Lies and getting Paid by Michael Konik although much of the book deals with other gambling besides poker), The Cincinati Kid by Richard Jessup (although this novel deals mostly with stud which was the game of that period). And finally I would reccommend "ROUNDERS," a novel by Kevin Canty based on the screenplay by David Levien and Brian Koppelman, which takes the reader further into the internal thoughts of the main character than were depicted in the movie. As for PL Holdem books read: Championship No Limit & Pot Limit Holdem by T.J. Cloutier. Check out the rest of the book forum for other recommendations concerning PL & NL holdem

"poker wisdom of a champion" by Doyle Brunson, the book was previously known as "According to Doyle". I lent it to a friend and never got it back, so I bought another copy. It's that good.