Poker Books: Recommended Poker Strategy Books

Recommended Poker Books
Books on poker strategy and
tournament poker recommended by
our staff members. Our top picks
include poker books by
Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu,
T.J. Cloutier, and Dan Harrington.

Recommended Poker Books

Would you like to improve your poker game?

Ultimate Poker Forum's Recommended Poker Books section features
some of our staff's top picks for the best poker books. Read about Texas
Hold'em and Omaha, Professional and Tournament Poker, Poker Basics &
Techniques, Poker Variants and Advanced Skills.

Want to get great advice from some of the best poker players in the
world? Look through our staff's selection of top picks for poker books.

Want to learn to play poker from Dan
Harrington?

Harrington on Hold'em features tips on
strategic play in the early stages of
tournaments and later stages of a tournament.

Dan Harrington won the 1995 World Series of
Poker Main Event and made the final table in
both 2003 and 2004.

Written by Dan Harrington and two-time World
Backgammon Champion Bill Robertie.

Harrington on Hold'em

Harrington on Hold'em: Expert Strategy for No-Limit Tournaments

David Sklansky is one of the premier poker
players in the world. Sklansky has written
numerous books on poker.

In Tournament Poker for Advanced Players,
some of the tips Sklansky will teach you about
are the gap concept, position play, all-in
considerations, and how chips change value.

This book can show a good poker player how
to become a great tournament poker player.

Our staff highly recommends this book - in
fact, we recommend all of David Sklansky's
poker books.

Tournament Poker For
Advanced Players

Tournament Poker for Advanced Players

Another poker book authored by David
Sklansky. In this book you will learn about
the theoretical approach to poker.

Sklansky discusses concepts which include
manipulating the pot size, adjusting
correctly to stack sizes, winning the battle of
mistakes, and reading hands.

Easy to follow and thorough poker book that
will help any player improve their poker
game.

No Limit Hold'em: Theory & Practice

No Limit Hold'em: Theory and Practice

This is a great book to learn one of the most
powerful moves in poker - the bluff. The
Book of Bluffs is written by Card Player
columnist and pro poker player Matt
Lessinger.

Lessinger discusses the basis for bluffing,
classifying opponents, and bluffing situations.

Other topics that are talked abut are hand
selection, tells, and timing of bluffs.

Foreword by Mike Caro.

Book of Bluffs: How to Bluff
and Win at Poker

Book of Bluffs: How to Bluff and Win at Poker

Learn all the tricks and strategies in the vast
arsenal of pro poker player Phil Hellmuth's
poker game.

This book is definitely is a huge hit for
Hellmuth fans and will be a great read for all
poker players - beginners and advanced.

Learn straight from the 'Poker Brat' how to
bets, raise, bluff, and improve your ability to
read opponents.

Phil Hellmuth's Texas Hold'em

Phil Hellmuth's Texas Hold'em

This book is written by professional poker
player Erick Lindgren. In this book, Erick
discusses his strategies for making more
money in poker tournaments.

Erick explains his tips for winning satellites,
taking advantage of tight players, playing on
the bubble, and playing heads up.

Lindgren also discusses such topics as bluffing,
poker mathematics and odds, and living life as
a professional poker player.

World Poker Tour: Making the
Final Table

World Poker Tour: Making the Final Table

This book is written by T.J. Cloutier and Tom
McEvoy. Championship Strategies at Limit and
No Limit Hold'em is a great guide on how
hands are played in poker tournaments.

Two poker tournament legends discuss key
concepts and the thinking behind 100 hold'em
hands.

This book will give you a great insight into how
tournament poker is played at the highest
levels.

Championship Strategies at Limit &
No Limit Hold'em

Championship Strategies at Limit and No-Limit Hold'em!

Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson is a living legend
in the game of poker. Super System is
considered by many to be one of the best
books written about poker ever.

Receive some of the best poker advice,
strategies and tips, and professional concepts
ever published.

Some players who contributed to this
unbelievable book include Daniel Negreanu,
Johnny Chan, Lyle Berman, Jennifer Harman
and Todd Brunson.

Doyle Brunson's Super System 2

Doyle Brunson's Super System 2: A Course in Power Poker

Daniel Negreanu has written a great poker
book which features some of the best young
players, theorists, and world champions of
hold'em.

Negreanu discusses subjects such as insider
professional secrets and winning strategies for
the most popular poker game today - Texas
Hold'em.

Power Hold'em Strategy covers no limit and
pot limit for cash games and tournaments.
Negreanu provides in depth coverage on all
aspects of poker play. Sure to become a
classic.

Daniel Negreanu's
Power Hold'em Strategy

Daniel Negreanu's Power Hold'em Strategy

David Sklansky authors this book which has
been called the first definitive book ever
written on the texas-derived world
championship poker game - by a pro player.

Features the exclusive Sklansky Hand
Rankings chart, which offers an easy to use
and simple approach to the game.

Sklansky also discusses the importance of
position, semi-bluffing, slowplaying, check
raising, and how to read hands.

Hold'em Poker by Sklansky

Hold 'em Poker

The Theory of Poker is another poker book
written by professional poker player David
Sklansky. This book offers a look into how the
professional poker player thinks at the poker
tables.

Learn about such subjects as Bluffing &
Semi-Bluffing, the Value of Deception, The
Free Card, Slowplaying, Position, Reading
Hands, and much more.

Also includes a discussion on the general
theories and concepts of poker and describes
the thought process of advanced poker players.

The Theory of Poker

The Theory of Poker

Another book from the powerful duo of T.J.
Cloutier and Tom McEvoy. Both are top notch
hold'em players at both cash games and
tournaments.

Detailed advice on how to play starting hands
in various positions, how to read an opponent,
tournament play, and essential strategies.

Learn from two champion poker players who
are some of the best players in the world.

Championship No Limit &
Pot Limit Hold'em