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Old 02-01-2012, 11:35 PM   #1
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Best book to buy for MTTs low & medium?

Im looking for a book that are recommended for MTTs low & medium buyin.

(recommended high buyin aswell so i can have them ready in the future when im ready to move up)

Got 3 books posted other day and they are

Elements of Poker
Theory of Poker
Psychology of poker

Are theses for MTTs or not? i didnt order them, it was my girlfriend who order them for presents

Thanks.
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Old 02-02-2012, 06:44 AM   #2
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Re: Best book to buy for MTTs low & medium?

I wouldn't read Elements of Poker.
Here is Mason Malmuth's review of this book:

"Elements of Poker (4) by Tommy Angelo. In the avalanche of poker books that have been released the past few years, it’s just expected that non-standard books, whatever that means, will appear, and this includes the self-help variety which is what we have here. This author writes 144 elements, which are snippets of his thoughts on lots of different subjects related to how he perceives playing poker and the impact that certain actions and attitudes have on your mental make-up and how these actions and attitudes can affect your play.

Even though the elements are written in a witty fashion, with cute made-up words and catchy expressions, the question I ask is “Will any of this help a beginning or intermediate player achieve better results at the poker table?” It is my opinion that the answer is no. Boosting someone’s confidence without supplying solid strategic advice (or at least giving the source where that advice is available) is, again in my opinion, a sure formula for negative results.

Now with this being said, there are some ideas in this text that I do think have value. For instance the ideas of striving to have two tight players seated on your left and then the live ones will take care of themselves, his “look to the left” discussion, and some of his starting hand discussion where he emphasizes hands that you should never play are worthwhile.

But there are also discussions that don’t seem to have any value at all, or if they have value exactly where that value is derived is not explained. This includes “Slow Folding and Fast Folding,” some of his tournament discussion, and the idea that king-queen is in a hand group all by itself.

The reason I don’t rate this book lower is that there are probably a few people out there who might get some benefit from this stuff, or at least adamantly think that it helps them, and perhaps for a small minority or readers that might be the case. But this text is certainly not recommended, even as supplemental reading."


For tournaments start with Harrington on Hold'em.
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Old 02-02-2012, 08:26 PM   #3
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What about psychology and theory books?

Ive been thinking to get poker mindset book and its for all poker games not just mtts?
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Old 02-16-2012, 04:56 AM   #4
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Re: Best book to buy for MTTs low & medium?

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What about psychology and theory books?

Ive been thinking to get poker mindset book and its for all poker games not just mtts?
Poker mindset and Inside the poker mind are good for psychology. They are better than Elements of poker. I personally thrown Elements of poker into the trash after reading it. A rating of 4 is generous for this book.

For theory read Theory of poker, Tournament poker for advanced players and No limit hold'em theory and practice.
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Old 02-16-2012, 05:12 AM   #5
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Re: Best book to buy for MTTs low & medium?

is nlhe theory and practice really good? It's about cash games and tournaments right?
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