Book Reviews
Book Review: No Limits: the Fundamentals of No-Limit Holdem

Book Review: No Limits: the Fundamentals of No-Limit Holdem

Recently we were going through old issues of Blind Straddle and noticed a glaring omission in our coverage of current poker literature. We have not posted a book review of the brilliant work on no-limit cash games No Limits:The Fundamentals of No-Limit Holdem by Chris Wallace and Adam Stemple. This was a big surprise to...
Book Review: How I Made My First Million from Poker

Book Review: How I Made My First Million from Poker

This week we received Trii ‘Slow Habit’ Nguyen’s How I Made My First Million, and whipped through it as quickly as we could to get a review up for the November issue. Lucky for us it reads easily and comes in at a reasonable 45,000 words, so we were able to get through most of...
Reading and Stuff - Book Reviews - August 2011

Reading and Stuff – Book Reviews – August 2011

This month we’ll be taking a look at some books that have nothing to do with poker strategy and everything to do with poker. They might not make you a better player, but they’ll give you something entertaining to read on a flight or while you’re chilling in a hammock in the backyard enjoying the...
Reading and Stuff - Book Reviews - July 2011

Reading and Stuff – Book Reviews – July 2011

This month we decided to take a look at books on alternate and mixed games. There is a great deal of money to be made playing these games online, in live cash games, and the tournament fields in alternate games are much weaker than your standard no-limit holdem tournaments. Everybody has read a little something...
Reading and Stuff - Book Reviews

Reading and Stuff – Book Reviews

Every month here on Reading and Stuff we cover a few books, starting with whatever publishers send us (hint – send more free books) and moving to anything new on our bookshelves. This month we’ll be taking a look at our favorite books on psychology and the mental game. As our pal Al Schoonmaker says,...
Reading and Stuff - Book Reviews

Reading and Stuff – Book Reviews

Every month here on Reading and Stuff we’ll cover a few books, starting with whatever publishers send us (hint – send more free books) and anything new on the bookshelves that relates to poker. This month we’ll be taking a look at our favorite books that relate to poker on the fringes. Reading math and strategy...