![]() | The Game Day Poker Almanac Official Rules of Poker by Kelli Mix
Buy new: $15.56 / Used from: $12.91 A fully authoritative rule book for the game of poker. Well researched, and rules are clearly explained for all levels of play, including casino poker and tournament poker. Many different variations of poker are included.
|
![]() | The Professional Poker Dealer's Handbook by Dan Paymar
Buy used from: $13.25 Solid guide for the serious, professional poker dealer.
|
![]() | The Little Black Book of Poker (Little Black Books) (Little Black Book Series) by Peter Pauper Press
Buy new: $8.96 / Used from: $0.24 Cool little poker guide, perfect for teh relaxed poker game.
|
![]() | According To Hoyle: The World-Famous Book On Rules Of Games by Richard L. Frey
Buy used from: $0.01 According to Hoyle. What else can I say? Card Games as they were played when Hoyle wrote the rules in the 19th Century.
|
![]() | Scarne on cards by John Scarne
Buy used from: $0.01 Scarne, need I say more? Out of date, but still a classic.
|
![]() | Harrington on Hold 'em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments, Vol. 1: Strategic Play by Dan Harrington
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $15.89 The best poker available from a professional backgammon player. (Oh, and he wins a lot at poker tournaments, too.)
|
![]() | Harrington on Hold 'em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments, Vol. 2: Endgame by Dan Harrington
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $13.49 Action Dan Harrington comes back with more on his favorite poker game.
|
![]() | Harrington on Hold 'em: Expert Strategies for No Limit Tournaments, Vol. III--The Workbook (Harrington on Hold'em) by Dan Harrington
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $10.00 If you liked books 1 and 2, you'll enjoy getting deeper into the game of Texas Hold 'Em with book 3.
|
![]() | Doyle Brunson's Super System: A Course in Power Poker, 3rd Edition by Doyle 'Texas Dolly' Brunson
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $7.71 Considered the singular best book on poker by many, by one of the pioneers of modern poker. along with many of the people who have ever beat him in tournaments. Professional poker players used to pay hundreds of dollars for this book before it became publicly available.
|
![]() | Doyle Brunson's Super System 2: A Course in Power Poker by Doyle Brunson
Buy used from: $3.27 The follow up to Super System, and a little bit better (if that is possible), in my opinion.
|
![]() | The Theory of Poker: A Professional Poker Player Teaches You How To Think Like One by David Sklansky
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $10.25 David Sklansky is considered one of the best game theorists in the world of poker. This book gets down to the deepest numbers.
|
![]() | Small Stakes Hold 'em: Winning Big With Expert Play by Ed Miller
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $5.88 This book is a Godsend. Many of the books on poker deal with larger stakes, tournaments, or no-limit games. But play at the low-stakes limit, where most players play most every hand, is completely different. Following Sklansky's strategies helps make these games profitable, and enjoyable. But be ready for the math and be ready to calculate pot size and pot odds.
|
![]() | Ace on the River: An Advanced Poker Guide by Barry Greenstein
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $8.93 You can't play poker without living the poker life. Ace on the River addresses elements of the game that are unfamiliar to many players. Included are chapters on the poker society, money management, family matters and even sex. This compilation of philosophies and real-table scenarios provides a rare chance to see the poker world through the eyes of someone who lives it.
|
![]() | Winning at Internet Poker For Dummies by Mark "The Red" Harlan
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $2.53 Mark Harlan doesn't just play poker, he produced software for online poker sites. No one knows Internet poker from the inside out better than Harlan.
|
![]() | Texas Hold'em For Dummies by Mark Harlan
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $3.89 I enjoyed meeting Mark Harlan in a wonderful discussion about poker and poker books. His knowledge about the game and history of poker is excellent, and I highly recommend this book as a great primer to learn about the hottest game in poker.
|
![]() | Every Hand Revealed by Gus Hansen
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $7.26 Gus Hansen plays poker a little differently. He talks about his unique strategies in this book. You can't argue with his winning record.
|
![]() | Phil Gordon's Little Green Book: Lessons and Teachings in No Limit Texas Hold'em by Phil Gordon
Buy new: $15.64 / Used from: $7.00 Phil Gordon's popularity came from Celebrity Poker, a show where celebrities who weren't very good at the game played for charity. Phil was tasked with teaching them good Texas Hold 'Em playing. In this book, Gordon gives players the basic lessons of what is good play.
|
![]() | The Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide: Tournament Edition by Andy Bloch
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $7.49 This book is hyped a bit by Full Tilt Poker, an online site, but it does have a large sampling of different poker strategies by successful poker professionals. Just keep in mind that the book is meant to draw you in to Full Tilt Poker.
|
![]() | Caro's Book of Poker Tells by Mike Caro
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $5.85 There are many books on how to play your cards, but every poker player knows, you don't play the cards, you play the players. This classic is still the best on how to read the other players and how to respond. And Mike Caro is still one of the best poker teachers in the business.
|
![]() | Phil Hellmuth Presents Read 'Em and Reap: A Career FBI Agent's Guide to Decoding Poker Tells by Joe Navarro
Buy new: $12.91 / Used from: $4.72 By Joe Navarro, not by Phil Hellmuth. Another really good book on poker tells, from an FBI agent's point of view.
|
![]() | Texas Poker Wisdom by Johnny Hughes
Buy new: $13.45 / Used from: $10.15 Here's a novel where Poker takes center stage. Delightful.
|
![]() | Mike Matusow: Check-Raising the Devil by Mike Matusow
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $12.49 Mike Matusow opens up and tells you about his life of poker, sex, drugs and fast times and bottoming out, again and again. Yet he is one of the best poker players. A tough look at the world of poker at its darkest.
|
![]() | Rounders (Collector's Edition)
Buy used from: $2.12 Perhaps the best movie about modern poker.
|
![]() | Sit 'n Go Strategy by Collin Moshman
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $12.98 If you play small to medium stakes Sit and Go games, this is the book to have. If you don't have it, ask around, one your opponents probably does.
|
![]() | Kill Everyone: Advanced Strategies for No-limit Hold 'em Poker Tournaments and Sit-n-go's by Lee Nelson
Buy used from: $23.95 For those that liked Kill Phil and who follow the Sklansky system to Texas Hold 'Em tournaments, this is the next level. Includes some new tricks that seem sound but that I have not seen elsewhere.
|
![]() | Power Hold'em Strategy by Daniel Negreanu
Buy new: $23.07 / Used from: $17.23 Who better than "Kid Poker" to round up a bunch of young poker pros and dig deep into the game of Texas Hold 'Em in all it's different manifestations?
|
Listmania!


























