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I am a beginner to Hold ‘Em, and I was looking on Amazon.com, and I came across 2 books, by the same author, and I was just curious if anyone knew which book I should pick up, and if I should get both, which one first? Titles are: Hold’em Excellence: From Beginner to Winner AND More Hold’em Excellence: A Winner for Life The titles tell me I should go with the first one first……Is this
true? I am just wondering if it is the same book, just a newer edition, as the 2nd one is 188 pages, compared to 159.

Answer 1:

Get the first one, along with Lee Jones’ Winning Low Limit Holdem. Read them, study them, apply the principles when you play. Then, get the second book, which I believe is the best holdem book in existence for somewhat experienced and mid-limit players (and not just because Lou Krieger pays me a royalty every time I recommend one of his books).

Answer 2:

I second that the Krieger books are worth reading, but would like to throw in Lee Jones’ _Winning Low Limit Hold’em_ (available at amazon, or www.conjelco.com, rec.gambling. Poker’s favorite gambling store. Extremely well written, and it’s the only poker book I’ve read where I’m willing to say you *will* be a consistent winner at the game if you apply the advice therein.

Answer 3:

You can read some of Lou Krieger’s Hold’em articles on his website … http://www.loukrieger.com/. There’s information on all of his books, including his newest one, Poker for Dummies. Before the jokes on the “for Dummies” tag begin … I used to be a for Dummies” snob. The series title simply turned me off. After all, those framed brag thingies stuck in a box in my garage say I’m no dummy, right? Only I am…when I have to learn a new subject. I learned to appreciate the “for Dummies” books when I had to hurry up and learn Unix, Windows NT, networking, Photoshop and a few other subjects. Those “… for Dummies” books saved my tush more than once. In general they’re twice as informative and half as expensive as other books on any given topic. I wish Poker for
Dummies had been available when I started playing poker six months ago. As it was, I was fortunate to be directed to Lou’s books as well as Lee Jones’ Low Limit book. One of the things I wanted Lou to include on his website was his recommendations for poker books. They’re at http://www.loukrieger.com/bookrec.htm.
Based on my own experience, I recommend confining yourself to one or two books MAXIMUM for the first month or two while you’re learning the fundamentals. I didn’t. Being a book junkie I went out and bought about 10 books and Turbo Texas Hold’em within about a month … and yes, I read them all! But I didn’t have (and still don’t have) the experience to evaluate the various (yes, the authors disagree!) philosophies. Thus I know tons of great information but I’m still stumped on what gets applied where. I had a really HUGE meal and it’s taking me a long time to digest it! Along with reading books, there’s a tremendous amount of great information available online on various websites and here in RGP. I must admit that my eyes glaze over when I read some of the stuff but I read it any way. Somewhere along the line I figure it will kick in and make me some money!