Poker Books
Bringing down the House
On the New York Times bestseller list for over 10 years, Bringing down the House recounts the double lives lived by MIT students who were on an underground MIT Blackjack team that won literally millions by using math concepts and body language to beat the game of blackjack in major Las Vegas casinos.
A fun tale that gives you the chance to live vicariously through this team, but also points out some intricacies of the game as well like card counting and how to read dealers.
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Aimed at improving your poker skills, Barry Greenstein has written an easy read here with a very casual approach to understanding the game of poker as a beginner or as a professional. Topics include a more general approach to the game such as money management, the psychology of the game and a review of high-stakes poker as per the opinions of some well known professional players.
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Bad Beats and Lucky Draws
Famous professional poker play Phil Hellmuth gives a step by step recount of his view to the world of high stakes professional poker and what players were thinking when he played them during some high profile tournaments. An instructional read guiding you with some of his best bluffs, good plays that earned him some record breaking titles and bad plays that had him knocked out as well that you can learn from.