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05-18-2016 , 08:47 PM

Popetman

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Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,315

Hi

I have a friend [I know this should be in the Brags forum]

He has never played poker

He may or may not know even the basics [hand rankings/etc]

He’s asked me to recommend him a book to read

I would think it doesn’t need to be very advanced

I would think it needs to be an easy read

I would think it doesn’t matter if the book is dated and doesn’t have up to the minute plays and thought processes

I think it needs to be a read on the beach type book [rather than a work book]

I’m just not sure what to suggest

Any ideas or suggestions?

Thanks

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05-18-2016 , 08:48 PM

Popetman

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Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,315

I was thinking a second book I would suggest [if he gets through the first]

Would be Owain Gains Maths book

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05-18-2016 , 09:05 PM

thecantonkid

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Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 515

You could try one of the Phil Gordon books. Green for tourneys, blue for cash as far as I remember. There is also Helmuth´s Play poker like the pros, which is easier reading.

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05-18-2016 , 11:20 PM

Popetman

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Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,315

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Originally Posted by thecantonkid

You could try one of the Phil Gordon books. Green for tourneys, blue for cash as far as I remember. There is also Helmuth´s Play poker like the pros, which is easier reading.

Thanks for that

had a little look

Little Green Book is cash game

Blue is tourneys

So... I have sent him:

Poker for dummies [for the boring basics]

and then Little Green book for a follow up book

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05-18-2016 , 11:58 PM

Mason Malmuth

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Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 13,014

This is what you need:

http://www.twoplustwo.com/books/poke...tals-of-poker/

Best wishes,
Mason

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02-02-2017 , 06:24 PM

Alternate Identity

journeyman

Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 386

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Originally Posted by Mason Malmuth

This is what you need:

http://www.twoplustwo.com/books/poke...tals-of-poker/

Best wishes,
Mason

And after that, Theory of Poker, Psychology of Poker, Inside The Poker Mind, and ending with Getting Started In Hold'em perhaps.

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