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A selection of books on poker. We will do our best to keep our members up to date with the latest titles. HARRINGTON ON HOLD'EM VOLUME 1: STRATEGIC PLAY 
- Dan HarringtonFor my money 'Action' Dan Harrington has got to be one of the best No Limit Hold'em Tournament players in the World and right now he's at the top of his game - his record of final table finishes at the WSOP alone attest to this. He won it in '95, came third in 2003 and fourth in 2004. That's some accomplishment, especially considering the size of the field in 2004. This book (the first of two) is probably the single best thing I have read on NLHE tournament strategy to date. Covering value and probe betting, pot odds and including comprehensive analysis of example hands taken from actual play, this book offers tremendous insight into what you should be thinking when play comes round to you. I can't recommend it highly enough to anyone aspiring to become a better tournament player.
HARRINGTON ON HOLD'EM VOLUME2: THE ENDGAME
Volume 1 of H.O.H. covered how best to play in the early stages of a tournament when you still had full tables, big stacks relative to the blinds and were a long way off the money. In his second, eagerly anticipated (by me, anyway) book Dan shows the reader what happens when you reach the closing stages of a tournament, when none of the above conditions apply. New topics such as 'inflection points', the 'Zone Concept', and short-handed play are all covered here. along with stacks and stacks of example hands taken from real play. All this and a bright red cover too. Not available in the UK yet
POKER FOR DUMMIES
Written in the same offbeat style as all the other 'For Dummies' series, Poker for Dummies is a good entry-level book for the beginning poker player. If you're trying to lord it over the $15/$30 PLO ring games on 'Stars this isn't the book for you, but for a more general overview of several different poker games this really isn't a bad place to start your poker reading, and I think there's something here for everyone. I especially liked the second part of the book (Advanced Strategy) which deals with bluffing (clearly a major part of my game!) and the thorny issue of money management, a subject we could all do with reading up on. I keep my copy in the loo to skim through while I'm smoking a 'bum cigar'...
CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT POKER
– Tom McEvoy
"Offers strategies and advice for winning each of the eleven games of the World Series of Poker". Yeeees. - probably the least helpful thing I've ever taken the trouble to read. Astounding. Hands up who thinks the reviewer hasn't even bothered to read the bugger and just skimmed the (albeit very colourful) front cover for that gem of information? Not just me then. Any road up, be warned - this book is more a collection of McEvoy's anecdotes from the game than an insight into specific strategies for tournament play. There's only about two dozen pages on No Limit Holdem so unless you plan on entering every event at the WSOP I'd spend your money elsewhere.
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