Hold'em Poker by David Sklansky Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Hold'em Poker
Book Review: Definitely Improve Your Game
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are fairly new to Hold 'Em Poker, this will definitely help your game. The ideas are easy to grasp and easy to read. Good graphics with cards helps a lot. The advanced book gives more details on each setup, but you still might want to read this book first -- better introduction and coverage.Book Review: Difficult reading
Summary: 2 Stars
I can't say how good the advice in `Hold'em Poker' is. I haven't tried playing for real yet. There's no way I'd risk money with just this book for preparation. It's hard to read and sometimes doesn't make sense even with repeated readings.Book Review: Do you REALLY want to win?
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an outstanding book on Hold 'Em! It takes some mental "work" to understand all of the nuances, but it's easier than the REAL work you'll have to do to replace the money lost through bad play. Most losses happen through attrition, not so-called "bad beats." Sklansky does a great job of teaching you to stop seeing the flop with garbage hands and therefore beating yourself. The low-limit games are great opportunities for making money if you'll follow the advice in this book and use DISCIPLINE. This book is not for the impatient. This book is for the person who wants to WIN! Others criticize Sklansky for being "arrogant," but he's right. Jack-ten suited is NOT the best hand, you don't HAVE TO CALL with top pair (when you know you're beat), and you need to get away from those small pairs when you don't get help on the flop. Want to win? This is THE book!Book Review: Excellent Book for Beginners and Experienced
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been playing poker all my life but just started playing Texas Hold'em a few months back. This book gives outstanding information for playing Hold'em. It not only helps you with the fundamentals but it helps you to start thinking of the advance playing strategies. I recommend this book, that is, unless your playing at my table.Book Review: Foundation booklet for Limit Hold'em
Summary: 5 Stars
This book (more like a booklet, actually) gives a quick yet firm foundation from which one can start building his/her own Hold'em strategies. It was originally written when the single blind game was the norm then updated, but the "update" consists mostly of footnotes at various pages. Some of the concepts aren't exactly explained as well as they could have been, but they're good enough to understand what the author is trying to get at - it's the overall wins you care about, not the game you're currently playing, and encourages you to look at the long-term probabilities of winning rather than the individual game.
The book discusses almost exclusively the limit hold'em games, not the no-limit hold'em games. It's not for those that are not familiar with the rules of a hold'em games but it does touch up on the variations of the limit hold'ems and the differences between the limit and the no-limit games. The reader will likely want to read other books after reading this one. It's a fairly easy read that focuses on concepts more than the exact numbers, but some probability calculations and tables are provided if the reader is interested in them.