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When I was coming up through the poker ranks there were only a handful of poker books available, and truth be told they all were pretty consistent in the strategies and theories they preached. Because of this I have added to my poker knowledge base in many ways over the years, and in a very […]

This is the final installment in this series and will cover tournament poker books that were single, standalone, volumes. I’ve left off some of the older entries like Tom McEvoy’s and TJ Cloutier’s work. Here is a look at each of the entries I will cover in this series: Harrington on Hold’ Em, by Dan […]

The current installment in this series will focus on the most controversial tournament strategy books released, Arnold Snyder’s, The Poker Tournament Formula. Here is a look at each of the entries I will cover in this series: Harrington on Hold’ Em, by Dan Harrington Volumes 1-3 Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker, by Jonathan Little (Volumes […]

We are now up to Part 5 in this series and have come to the series with perhaps the most unique layout and structure of all, Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time by John Van Fleet, Eric Lynch, and Jon Turner. Here is a look at each of the entries I will cover […]

In Part 1 of this series I outlined what this series is all about, and now we are up to Part 4, one of the most interesting series of books to hit the poker shelves, and one of the most interestingly titled as well! Here is a look at each of the entries I will […]

In Part 1 of this series I outlined what this series is all about, and how I would be judging and comparing the different tournament poker books. Part 3 will delve into my personal favorite among the tournament strategy guides, Jonathan Little’s Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker. Here is a look at each of the […]

In Part 1 of this series I outlined what this series is all about, and how I would be judging and comparing the different tournament poker books. The first series I will discuss is Harrington on Hold’ Em, which was considered the Tournament Poker Bible up until very recently. Here is a look at each […]

When it comes to mastering the principles of poker tournaments there are a lot of factors to consider. A book can only cover so much and the numbers of concepts that need to be covered to play a tournament are numerous, which is why most tournament strategy guides are multi-volume sets. In this series I […]

Poker is a game of continuing education, and if you are not continually learning as a poker player the game is going to pass you by. One of the best, and most commonly used, ways of improving your game is to read. This doesn’t necessarily mean you have to be reading poker strategy books (which […]

Poker is a game of continuing education, and if you are not continually learning as a poker player the game is going to pass you by. One of the best, and most commonly used, ways of improving your game is to read. This doesn’t necessarily mean you have to be reading poker strategy books (which […]