Any guy whose dating life didn’t include taking his cousin to the senior prom knows the value of a good little black book. While a black book full of phone numbers has its place (especially in cold weather regions where snuggling with the television remote control doesn’t fulfill all of one’s needs), it does little to help someone’s poker game. For help with your Texas Hold'em skills, it may be time to go green (and I don’t mean in the way that those ecological Nazis want us to go green). In other words, it may be time to invest in the Phil Gordon's Little Green Book.
Phil Gordon is a successful, professional poker player. A lot of folks probably recognize him from his days on Celebrity Poker Showdown, but we shouldn’t hold that against him. Having to analyze the play of the likes of Cathy Griffin and Coolio shouldn’t take away from the fact that he is really one of the most well respected players on the planet. In other words, this is guy who knows what he is talking about.
Phil Gordon’s Little Green Book is not your father’s poker book. Some of the advice in it will seem counterintuitive to those who learned the game in the Brunson era of poker. Of the books that have come out in the last few years, this one seems to be among the top guides for helping someone survive and thrive in the hyper-aggressive world that poker has become.
Phil doesn’t just sling words out there and hope people believe him. His easy to understand, and conversational form of writing is supported with charts, math, and other related material that further reinforce the wisdom behind his words. Fundamentally, the point of reading any poker book is to become a better poker player. Anyone who reads, understands, and applies the lessons of the Little Green Book will find that they are winning more hands then in the days before they bent the spine on Phil’s latest literary offering.
