Read, read, read, read!!

I just finished reading Harrington on Hold 'em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments, Vol. 1: Strategic Play and then turned right back to the front and started to reread it again. I have read Phil Gordon's Little Green Book twice, Sklansky's Small Stakes Hold 'em: Winning Big With Expert Play almost three times and a couple of lesser poker books. Harrington's book may very well be the best of the three but it is close as each is an excellent book in their own way.

If you want to be a serious poker player, whether it be on-line or at Brick and Mortar joints, you should be reading and studying as many poker books as you can and especially Harrington on Hold 'em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments, Vol. 1: Strategic Play as it may well be one of the best books written on Poker. What makes this book so good are the problems at the end of each chapter. They really explain how to play this game and how to look at every hand and the possibilities that are there.

Then you need to play. The more you read, then play, then read again, the better player you will be. I have seen a few videos on how to play Limit and No Limit Poker and I like them very much but I don't own any. I own the books so I can pick them up and read them at any time. What is nice about poker books is after you have read them once you can pick them up and go to any section or any page and start reading. You don't have to always be at the beginning of the book to learn something new or re-emphasize things you have already learned.

If you want to reinforce how to play the blinds then you can go to that section and read up on it. If you want a refresher on starting hands or what hands to play in early position, you can jump around and read up on the different areas that pertain to what you want to restudy.

Now sit down with tha book, give it a once over and then hit the tables. You will be a better poker player because of it.