Everyone "learns" differently, though, so the on-line training is not "always" the best option. And the real book total is 47, though I have gotten rid of a few less than stellar titles (hellooo Phil Hellmuth).

Nice!

Bigger please! I want to see how many I can recognize.

Your wish is my command...

Shelf 1


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Wow! Would you describe yourself more of a collector or a connoisseur of poker literature? What are some of your favorite books?

Wow, what an awesome collection. What are some of your favorites?

"How many poker books have you bought so far? "

All of them.

At one point about 5 years ago I owned every poker instructional book currently in print, and many that were out of print.

Haven't kept up my buying since Black Friday, but my library is big.

I'm a book collector, I guess.

Which books do I like?

In no particular order:
According to Doyle (now "Poker Wisdom of a Champion", I think). More about life than poker

Biggest Game in Town - I read the serialisation in a paper as a 12 year old

The Making of a Poker Player - Seriously good. The "Jesus problem" is mind-blowing.

Maths of Poker - If I were left with one book, this would be the one I chose, obv.

Play Poker, Quit Work and Sleep Till Noon - mainly for the brags.

HoH 2 - possibly the best poker book ever, in terms of the impact of inflection point theory

Education of a Poker Player - classic stories by a poker playing code breaker

Thanks for the list. What is the "Jesus" problem in Matt's book?

You are playing 1-2nl live with Chris Ferguson. Effective stacks are 50k (!).

He opens to 5 in the SB and accidentally exposes his hand. Two black aces. You point this out and get a ruling that the hand is live.

I hope it's obvious that you aren't raising. What is your calling range?

I would hope it's ATC for just about any competent player

From Jesus' POV, He should really fold to any bet on the flop unless he hits a set on a Flop where it's the nuts

From my POV I would call with ATC, and Bet Bet Bet untill I was All-IN

I it, nice collection!!! I thought you were joking around.
do you play as well as you read?

As someone who has owned and read a ton of poker books, I have to say I disagree quite strenuously because at times I've got competing theories running through my head due to the sheer number of books I've read. Quantity, in this case, doesn't equal quality.

How many have I bought? I'm not sure because I've given a number away and I think I've got some in a box but I counted a hundred and eleven a few minutes ago.

According to Doyle, which did become Poker Wisdom Of A Champion, is back to the original title. It seems like most of your favorites are more biographical in nature as opposed to playing instructives so I would suggest The Godfather of Poker and Checkraising The Devil. The former is Doyle's autobiography while the latter is Mike Matusow's.

My most recent acquisitions, if anyone cares, have been the two Dusy Schmidt books and Elwood's Reading Poker Tells. This last book is going to have the honor, probably dubious, of being the first book I do a review on. NOT because the book is dubious but my writing ability is dubious.

All in all, I would say we have many of the same books which is understandable given the volume we both have. Do not let it consume you or your game.

Like the one ring, I fear it has consumed me and my next acquisitions will be Little's books, the other two volumes of WPTOHAAT, and a couple of Miller's most recent offerings.