The Theory of Poker: A Professional Poker Player Teaches You How To Think Like One by David Sklansky Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Theory of Poker: A Professional Poker Player Teaches You How To Think Like One
Book Review: A great Book!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is great for experienced players. although the name "theory of poker" would make this book seem to be the first book you read...it definately is not. Read some other books first and then come to this one. It is the ultimate book at taking your game from intermediate to expert level.Book Review: A must have for the serious player!
Summary: 5 Stars
Accolades from serious players led me to this book. It is well worth the price. The book "schooled me" in what seperates the amatueurs from the pros. It taught me how to base decisions on odds, and how a bet can be good even if I end up losing the pot. It also made me realize that *I* should only play for fun, because the best players, who TRULY understand it, will take me to the cleaners every time.Book Review: A serious book for serious players
Summary: 5 Stars
Any person who needs to know "when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em" must pick up this book. Mr. Sklansky teaches you what the good players know. Ever wonder if you were wrong in folding that four flush? With the help of Mr. Sklansky you will understand.Book Review: A solid read for those interested in winning at casino poker
Summary: 4 Stars
If you thought you knew before how to approach the game of poker, this book will completely change your mind. Sklansky paints a very businesslike portrait of what it takes to be a consistent winner at real stakes poker. From understanding raising, to caculating your odds for actually betting your hand, this book can give any weekend player a boost to the next level. The best part is that this book is not a one time read. To fully benefit, one must continue to study the tools provided within in order to eventually master the basic mathmatics that will make the average player become a powerful player. Already I am reaping the benefits, and I feel as if I am just starting to learn. The "Theory of Poker" is an excellent text for learning an age old game you thought you already knew.Book Review: Absolute great book for Poker, but not a specialist.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the best book on how to think about poker, and how to play poker, generally speaking. If you plan on seriously approaching more than one game of poker, there is no excuse for not reading this book several times, no matter how good you think your memory is.
I hate to say it, but if you plan on playing only one game of poker (with the exception of no limit holdem), than you really don't need this book. There are plenty of books out there that cover whichever game you are trying to learn, and the Sklansky or 2+2 books usually do a good job at covering the parts of this book that apply to that particular game.
If you are mainly playing no limit holdem, then this might be the best book for you to get, but you still will need lots of experience to understand what the book is talking about. That particular game doesn't really need hand requirements, and doesn't really need absolute rules limited to that game, other than that game's actual rules. What that game needs is a complete knowledge and understanding of how to think through a hand, on every street, which is what this book is about, but it's lessons are as advanced as a graduate school course. For no limit holdem, this is required reading, but most people will need another book or two to accompany it to help make some sense out of it without risking going broke too many times.
This book is must reading, but it seriously takes a studious approach to this book for it to really help that much. I mean like a semester of reading it and writing papers on it just so you know you understand it. Do it for your senior seminar class or your english class. If you don't take this book that seriously, it could seriously cost you more money than you ever expected. Don't buy it if you only will read it once or twice. Be warned.