is sklansky's touney poker worth it?

SingleMaltFan · #1 (**permalink**) 01-26-2007, 03:23 AM

a bookstore near me is going oob...40% off books (cover), they have a few copies of this left...so about $18...

not much else worth it that i dont already own...(poker wise anyway)

they also had which i considered..

Tom McEvoy's book on no limit touney's

and

johnny chan's Million dollar poker (limit)

but i know nothing of either...are they worth the read for 40 % off cover?

1malt

jojobinks · #2 (**permalink**) 01-26-2007, 09:34 AM

skalnsky yes, mcevoy no...

haven't read chan.

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Originally Posted by SingleMaltFan

a bookstore near me is going oob...40% off books (cover), they have a few copies of this left...so about $18...

not much else worth it that i dont already own...(poker wise anyway)

they also had which i considered..

Tom McEvoy's book on no limit touney's

and

johnny chan's Million dollar poker (limit)

but i know nothing of either...are they worth the read for 40 % off cover?

1malt

smoore · #3 (**permalink**) 01-26-2007, 10:07 AM

Sklansky yes.

From what I've read of McEvoy in cardplayer I wouldn't buy any of his books. I don't read his articles anymore. Nice guy though, e-met my wife at 'stars and played her HU for $10. She won with a donkaliciously aggressive style.

Chan is a limit master but who knows if he can write...

SingleMaltFan · #4 (**permalink**) 01-26-2007, 04:50 PM

thanks guys..

1malt

kimdol13 · #5 (**permalink**) 01-26-2007, 10:21 PM

Used, from feebay.....maybe.

jbones · #6 (**permalink**) 02-04-2007, 10:31 PM

Sklansky's is the only useful one of those 3 books, imo.

SingleMaltFan · #7 (**permalink**) 02-05-2007, 04:31 AM

thanks, but i went back, the store had already shut its doors...

1malt

yeltzen · #8 (**permalink**) 02-05-2007, 09:28 AM

If you're talking about Tournament Poker for Advanced Players... it's worth it if you can get it cheap. There's some decent concepts, I guess, but the only really interesting thing in the book is Sklansky's tirade against no limit tournaments. If you have Harrington's books, they pretty much cover the concepts from this book that you need (i.e., Gap concept, deal-making, etc).

jbones · #9 (**permalink**) 02-05-2007, 08:32 PM

Agreed, Harrington's books are much better.

I assumed you had already read them though, because yousiad you were only looking at those 3 books.

Zentish · #10 (**permalink**) 02-06-2007, 03:01 AM

I just finished reading "Tournament Poker for Advanced Players" and either it set better or I'm finally starting to put a bunch of pieces together from that and other books, but I noticed a change in my tournamnet game right away.

Using some of the ideas I picked up I felt more in control and got a lot farther more often than I had been defore. Maybe now I need to go back and re-read the Harrington books.