Books

Online Ace by Scott Fischman

Online Ace

His book Online Ace: A World Series of Poker Champion's Guide to Mastering Internet Poker is not one that has any real value for poker players at any level. After perusing the book, his publisher should have renamed it “Cliff Notes from Captain Obvious.”

Winning 7-Card Stud by Ashley Adams

Winning 7-Card Stud

There was a time in poker history when stud poker ruled the roost. For a lot of us this happened during our lifetimes, but for another significant chunk of the poker playing population the stud days of the game are ancient history. In short, the art of playing seven card stud is becoming a lost one. This is a problem for some players.

MIT Holdem Point Count System

MIT

The eBook “MIT Hold’em Point Count System” is intriguing on its face and for the money was definitely worth a look. Overall this is seven chapters of mathematics, probabilities, and other such ideas that take into account your hole cards as well as position and other concepts that the most poker players are very familiar with.

Matthew Hilger's 'Internet Texas Hold'em' (Expanded Edition)

Internet Texas Hold'em

Matthew Hilger has managed to make quite a life for himself playing poker, both online and in live tournaments. This gives him the sort of street cred when it comes to writing a book about playing Texas Hold’em in cyberspace that very few can match. He originally wrote the book Internet Texas Hold’em a few years ago and did rather well with it. Just like in poker, if something works, keep doing it. This year he re-released the same book, only with about a hundred pages of new material and tweaks to the original work.

52 Ways to Cheat at Poker by Allan Kronzek

Cheat at Poker

This is a book that will inspire mixed emotions among people who read it. First the good news is that Allan Kronzek has managed to write a book that is not only informative, but highly entertaining. A lot of us have not been entertained and informed at the same time since the days when cookie monster was teaching us the value of the letter “G” in between carbohydrate and sugar binges.

Your Worst Poker Enemy by Alan Schoonmaker

Your Worst Poker Enemy

A lot of people don’t like to read books by Alan Schoonmaker for one simple reason; they don’t look a heck of a lot like everyone else’s books. They don’t have hand by hand analysis of what is going on and how you can overcome in various situations. His style even manages to offend some people.

More Hold'em Excellence

Hold'em Excellence

There are a lot of reasons that people write books, sometimes it is because they are competent authorities on a subject, and have something fresh and new to say about their area of expertise. Of course there those who write books to satisfy a publisher’s contract, because they have a lot of time and just want to kill a few trees, or they do it to make a fast buck.

The Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide

The Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide

The Full Tilt logo can be seen on everything from T-shirts and hats to the posterior of Ultimate Fighting Championship contenders. One place most people never thought they would find this corporate emblem is at their local Barnes and Noble or Borders books.

"Kill Everyone" by Lee Nelson, Tyson Streib, and Kim Lee

"Kill Everyone" by Lee Nelson, Tyson Streib, and Kim Lee

In 2007 Lee Nelson returned with Tyson Streib, and Kim Lee and followed up “Kill Phil” with a book entitled “Kill Everyone”. Nelson’s preoccupation with killing things aside, “Kill Everyone” is an exceptionally good book. While Kill Phil focused on an infuriating strategy that helps a novice to cut down the most experienced pro, Kill Everyone is written more for those who are more interested in playing the game with a scalpel instead of a nuclear warhead.

Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time, Volume I

Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time, Volume I

Most people would assume is someone nicknamed “PearlJammer” were the co-author of a book, the subject matter of the tome would about really epic guitar licks and how to grimace musically. Obviously that is not the case with this particular literary work, and Jon “PearlJammer” Turner is partnered with fellow poker players Eric “Rizen” Lynch, and Jon “Apestyles” Van Fleet as the authors of this tournament instructional.