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Recommended Poker Books?

What are some great poker books out? I've read the Dan Harrington hold em books, not the cash ones though. I have Theory of Poker, Mike Caro Tells, No Limit Holdem Practice and Theory, and Negreaneu Wisdom Poker, but not the newest one. Anyone recommend any other? I am about to turn 21, so tournaments are going to be a crucial part of my game, and I play cash with my friends.

For reads/tells I can recommend Joe Navarro's "Read 'Em and Reap". I found it to be much better than Mike Caro's tells book.

You can also search "read em and reap" on youtube and find some videos by Joe.

Arnold Snyder's tournament books are said to provide a different view on tournaments than Dan Harrington does, in fact, he attacks some of Dan's points quite massively. Never bad to read about different perspectives.

There are different books for different tournament structures. I think Snyder covers a lot of them and tells you to adjust to structures. Daniel Negreanu's new book, "Power Hold'em Strategy" talks about small ball poker which is only usable with big stacks compared to blinds and antes or pot sizes respectively. Gus Hansen's "Every hand revealed" tells the story how he won the Aussie Million, which is also a deepstack tournament. So I recommend these two only if you intent to play the big tourneys like EPT, WSOP and WPT. Usually tourneys in your average local casino or card club will have faster structures.

Some books I heard good things about but cannot tell you more about:
"Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time" by Jon Turner
"The Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide" by Michael Craig

For good reading I also recommend the pokerroad.com red pro forum. It's a forum where only pros discuss hands on a very high level.

Training sites like deucescracked or cardrunners might also help but I think a lot of them focus on cash game. PokerVT might be good but it's also very expensive.

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Last book I'll recommend: "Elements of Poker" by Tommy Angelo. It does not teach tactics or mathematics but rather a state of mind you need to hold yourself up when playing, something that is often left out in other literature.

The Grand History of Poker

The history of poker has been debated heavily over the years. Today, it is a wildly popular game, but its origins are not known by many. It is likely that the name "poker" came from the French word "poque," which evolved out of the German word "pochen" (which means "to knock"). However, some historians doubt that the origins of poker are the same as those games bearing similar names. The Persian game "as nas" is very similar to poker. The Persian game may have been taught to the French settlers in New Orleans by Persian sailors. Additionally, poker has been connected with the game "primero" which was popular in the Renaissance. Bluffing was incorporated in the English game "brag."

An English actor by the name of Joseph Corwell said that the game was played in the city of New Orleans in 1829 with a deck that had 20 cards. The game spread to the rest of the United States by way of the Mississippi riverboats that traveled up and down the Mississippi frequently. Gambling was very popular during riverboat trips.

After poker spread, the game started to incorporate a 52-card English deck. After the deck change, the flush was introduced. Draw poker, stud poker, and the straight were all introduced to poker during the Civil War. The wild card was developed around 1875 in America. Lowball and split-pot poker followed suit in about 1900. The U.S. military spread poker to many countries, including Asian countries.

Poker tournaments became popular after the World Series of Poker began in Las Vegas in 1970. American casinos have had poker tournaments and tables ever since. During the seventies, strategy books first became available. The first two of these types of books were "Super System" by Doyle Brunson and "The Book of Tells" by Mike Caro.

In recent years, poker has gained massive popularity for two reasons. The first reason is the introduction of online poker. There are many online poker sites today, and millions of people from around the world log on every day to play poker. The second reason that poker has become vastly popular is because of the introduction of the hole-card camera. This camera has turned the game into a spectator sport. The World Series of Poker is frequently on ESPN and has had a rapid increase in registrants in recent years.

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