Originally Posted by jump115115

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

Originally Posted by AmazonPrime

Owning higher number of books != better understanding of game.

Originally Posted by Doc T River

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.

Originally Posted by Doc T River

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.

Originally Posted by phydaux

"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.

Originally Posted by sp1ke36

Slowjoe: Are you refering to Mathematics of Poker by Bill Chen, Jerrod Ankenman. How do you feel about Moshman's book "Math of Hold'em"

BTW, I think I own a book no one on this thread has. A 1st Edition of Doyle's Super System. It's actually titled, "How I made a 1,000,000 dollars playing poker."

I think I have 40 books, 10 ebooks, DVD's, Downloaded videos from DC. PXF sub.

And I still don't know what I'm doing.

Originally Posted by slowjoe

Kudos for the Brunson book! I'm slumming it with two hardback editions. MOP is Chen and Ankenman.

>>>Your copy of SS1 looks like it might be a 2nd Edition. You might want to check. I saw a 2nd Edition on Ebay for $400.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...2&postcount=12

I wouldn't wipe my arse with the Moshman book. I have a little bit of a psychosis about badly taught math, and that thing is probably the worst example I've come across. It's just a knowledge dump passed through a liquidiser.

>>>I have Moshman's book but haven't finished it. Not that it's hard, just not the most exciting book to read. I get bored easy. One of the reasons I've been putting off MOP. A friend who has a masters in mathematics told me it would only be a benefit for heads-up play.

And I'm with you on the last bit "don't know what I'm doing". I can analyse a hand, but I can't fold the second best hand.

>>>tell me about it. I've been making way too many hero calls. just stop it for the love of god.

With the DC sub, they spent a long time going through MOP, so that could act as a companion. The important bit is the optimal strat section, roughly Chapters 10-22 or so.

>>>I think I have this series downloaded, but never watched it. Just so much good content on DC, never have the time to watch everything and internalize it.

Originally Posted by Zanardi

I have less than 10 poker books on my shelf or Kindle. And I feel it's enough.

Originally Posted by The Meal

!= means "not equals."

My collection is somewhere around 60 physical books and 20 ebooks (much prefer the ebooks for non-fiction I'll be referring back to). I find having many different authors' takes on situations beneficial as it forces me to think through their thought process to arrive at a position that makes the most sense. It also helps me understand how some players make the plays they make. Finally, I think it keeps my game a bit less straightforward than many of my opponents' games.

I don't recommend using any particular book or author as a revered authority from whom stone tablets have been handed down and you must play your game within that rigid framework. Try to understand an author's thought process and constantly keep your mind engaged for ways you can generate unexpectedly terrific situations at the tables.

Originally Posted by bluem3

how long did it take you guys to read 100+ books?

Originally Posted by avatar77

I am going to chime in here because I think I have a very large poker library... probably one of the largest in this community..

Sorry for the multiple photos... I don't have large shelves so they are separated into multiple shelves. I have also included some videos that I have. In some photos, there are some bounded books.. those are the e-books which I have printed (pretty much have most of the major ones except for Miller's latest one).

As you can see, I have a lot of books I regret buying and probably should throw out.

I also have another 5 or 6 on my Kindle and probably a few more in my house (i.e. Zachary Elwood's Tells Book) that are left out. Just doing a quick count, I probably have around 160 to 170 books if I include the E-books and kindle books.... I probably only read about half of them and have reread a lot of the classic ones.