I have been wanting to learn more about stud. I started looking for books to broaden my knowledge base. I have noticed that the most recent books are from around 2003. Has the game changed enough to make these obsolete or is good info from that era still applicable?
I have been wanting to learn more about stud. I started looking for books to broaden my knowledge base. I have noticed that the most recent books are from around 2003. Has the game changed enough to make these obsolete or is good info from that era still applicable?
Games haven't changed that much over the years. The best books are still applicable. These would be Supersystem 1 and Seven Card Stud for Advanced players.
FWIW I'll have a few articles in the 2+2 Magazine on Stud in the upcoming months
I would recommend "Championship 7 Stud" by Stern, McEvoy, and Johnson. I includes Stud Hi, Stud 8 or Better, and Razz. It's a good intro Stud book to read before Zee. It's more indepth than SS2. SS2 doesn't have Razz or Stud Hi. Just a chapter on Stud 8 (which is pretty good). Todd Brunson who wrote the chapter is one of the best Stud 8 players in the world. I would also suggest watching the WSOP 2016 videos for these events. This year has hole cards and great commentators who are great players such as Brian Rast etc.
I would recommend "Championship 7 Stud" by Stern, McEvoy, and Johnson. I includes Stud Hi, Stud 8 or Better, and Razz. It's a good intro Stud book to read before Zee. It's more indepth than SS2. SS2 doesn't have Razz or Stud Hi. Just a chapter on Stud 8 (which is pretty good). Todd Brunson who wrote the chapter is one of the best Stud 8 players in the world. I would also suggest watching the WSOP 2016 videos for these events. This year has hole cards and great commentators who are great players such as Brian Rast etc.
Championship Stud has decent Razz and S8 advice but I would not recommend the Stud chapter. I just think some of the advice is just too weak right. Don't have it in front of me now but IIRC it suggests folding something like K82 all diamonds even though you have a live overcard and flush draw
Othmers book on stud hi is a great book. You can pick it up on amazon super cheap also because its out of print. Besides Sklanskys book, I feel that Othmers title is one of the best 7stud hi tools a serious player can have in his/her arsenal. Good luck.
Championship Stud has decent Razz and S8 advice but I would not recommend the Stud chapter. I just think some of the advice is just too weak right. Don't have it in front of me now but IIRC it suggests folding something like K82 all diamonds even though you have a live overcard and flush draw
I said as in "intro." For deeper level thinking, you will need to look elsewhere.
I'm a winning stud player and have been playing for decades. I think some of the best reading you can do on stud is here on this forum. I find some of the posts here so good that they are literally stunning. It seems that many of the posters here have done much original research and a lot of original thinking. It amazes me at what they are willing to share.
