Free Poker Online Coaching Reviews The Best Poker Books To Read

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The NoPay lesson series is a super library of poker skills yet we know that you may want even more or stuff specific to different situations.

So to that end we’re starting a series of posts highlighting some of the best poker books to read we know about.

This has been researched in depth and only best poker books to read with a majority of very positive reviews on places such as Amazon have made the cut.

In this post we begin by looking at the most obvious sub-topic of interest, namely online poker specific books. This is a difficult subject area, there is less published that you’d imagine and a lot of it has bad reviews plus, of course, online poker is a fast changing subject meaning that some good review but older books are now outdated. Because of this only a handful make it to the “best of” list.

The framework is always to give the essential information on the book, a synopsis of the content and then summarised evaluations we have uncovered on both the good and bad points of the book.

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From there you may also go play some online for free poker for fun against real people with no risk of losing your cash, an ideal place to test everything you read before taking a chance on actual money.

Title – Harrington on Online Cash Games; 6-Max No-Limit Hold ‘em
* Author(s) – Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie
* This edition released – June 2010
* Pages – 530

Synopsis –
Dan Harrington explains the top concepts and knowledge which will allow you to become an expert at online poker. Internet poker is a environment, as any of you who also play live games know, which deviates in a number of crucial ways from the world of casino games.

Theme areas covered include:
* How to deal with sizes of stack.
* Playing at six max tables.
* Coping with high aggression.
* And, in contrast to most online poker books, making use of poker databases and heads up displays (HUDs) to acquire in depth and useable information on how your opponents play.

Plus, there are detailed strategies for micro and small stakes preflop and post-flop play.

This book is highly recommended for all online poker players who already play cash games and lose more than they like! In addition it is ideal for free online poker players planning to step up to micro and small stakes real money play and live card room players who have not played online before.

For players just starting poker we strongly suggest that you start by playing free online poker games first and learn the ropes before risking your real money. Sure get the book but don’t risk real money yet please!

Favorable review comments –
* Don’t Think Of Buying this book – I don’t need you getting any better! I strongly recommend this book to the online player who isn’t my competition.
* Specially explains several helpful statistics that can be utilized to reap the benefits of patterns in your oppositions pre and postflop habits.
* Several truly great suggestions on note-taking.
* He provides the know how to analyze your oppositions play and exploit them when they are weak, or when they are good.
* I am impressed by this book. Each of his books are good, but this particular one really gets to details regarding the different types of games and circumstances that you come across.
* It’s an incredible book and a necessity for every online player. You can use the know how in the book for full ring game too. Fantastic book.

Cons –
Nothing major seen apart from one nuts naysayer sort who would likely say night was day just to be different.

Title – The Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide: Tournament Edition
* Author(s) – Andy Bloch, Richard Brodie, Chris Ferguson and Ted Forrest
* This edition published – June 2007
* Pages – 448

Synopsis –
Full Tilt might be Rip now but the information from their team pros who collaborated to write this book remains awesome for all online poker players.

Pros –
* I was worried that this would be a fast buck job aiming to cash in on the popularity of internet poker and that the writers would push out basic low value material. This is not the case. There is material in this that is superb.
* Ferguson’s section is like a small coaching lesson with him.
* It will turn into a “need to have” book for poker tournament players.
* I hate to have to endorse this. It simply provides too many trade secrets.
* Novices and players who’ve played for under 5 years might play 10 more years and never absorb close to this much information.

Cons –
* Split up into several chapters with each different from the previous and authored by a different player. As such it is a bit here and there.
* Some say it is little use for internet as online poker is all rigged…

So this ends the first best poker books to read review article, keep an eye out for the next which will have more online poker specific resources that, while not free have been proven to pay for themselves by those who are willing to read, learn and apply what they learn.

If this sort of stuff is not for you or you can’t afford it then do yourself a favor and get into the NoPay free poker lessons sections and, at the least read or reread a free online poker training lesson or 5.