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Originally Posted by BrickMMA
This subject is right up my alley; I've read many of the classics but looking for something more modern. I worry a bit about Harrington's book; written in 2008, maybe a bit dated? I'm looking for a book that is maybe incorporating more modern Game Theory Optimal concepts. I've been eyeballing a couple of the books that Little has on beating cash games, both written more recently and likely with bit more of a modern perspective.
If you are playing live small stakes cash games, you are usually better off focusing on learning optimal exploitative strategy rather than GTO. It's good to understand GTO, but it's more important to understand the difference between GTO and exploitative strategy.
A good book aimed at live small stakes players probably shouldn't be pushing GTO concepts too hard. One reason is that GTO may not exist for games with a lot of multi-way pots, as small stakes games tend to be. If you want to incorporate GTO into your game, you might be better off looking for a book focused on GTO and figuring out for yourself when those concepts are applicable to the games you play in.