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[Aequitas58]

I heard that Killer Poker Online is trash.

How is Hilger's Internet Texas HoldEm? I guess you don't have SSH or WLLHE, but how does ITH distinguish itself?

[BrianSwa]

It's the 1st book I ever read on poker, even before SS . I like it, think its well put together, he explains about bankroll management ( yea didnt read the section to well obviously) and about how it is playing poker for a living. I dont think it would be good for you Lou, It is more for begginers. Think you would read it and be like "no kidding".

[Aequitas58]

I just hear it's good for the loose / aggressive online low limit games. I wonder if anyone on this board can draw a distinction b/n ITH and SSH...

[Aequitas58]

I guess people don't read books here?

We need more members.

[2Tone]

of any book specifically geared towards Internet play. It seems to me that SSHE should cover the Party games just as much as it does the ones at my local card room.

I've posted this before, but the poker books I really enjoy are novels that aren't instructional in one sense of the word, but very much are so in a broader sense.

Shut Up and Deal

Worth the price just the narrator's description of the differences between 10/20 and 100/200.

King of a Small World

A vivid reminder that the game has a cost, even for those who win.

[Aequitas58]

I haven't gotten into the poker "story" books. Even Positively Fifth Street... I hear that was good though. Nevertheless, if you tend to stick w/ just this side of poker literature, where do you look to plug leaks?

Experience is HUGE when it comes to knowledge, but if someone already figured out a good pre-flop strategy for loose-aggressive tables, why not take advantage of it?

I guess my Q is: Where do you turn to learn more about the game, or, ultimately, how do you get your game to reach the next level?

[drewjax]

I actually think its good to switch it up. Read an instructional book, then read a novel. Shut up and deal was real good, abit out there at times, but definately a must read. 5th street is good. Stu Ungar book is supposed to be excellent. And people keep saying to read LLHE, play some, read SSHE, play some, reread, again and again. I just finished LLHE, and am about to start SSHE. I will eventually mix both Harrington books in as well. That my plan.

I thought killer online poker sucked. Hilgers book is much better. I have actually started an excel spreadsheet, listing preflop play for Hilger, Jones(LLHE), and I will add Miller (SSHE), and possibly a list of my own, taking from all three. Just using the two lists has already improved my limit play, although I havent played that much in the past few weeks (playing and doing much better in tourneys at the moment). YA, and warming up for the HE tourney.