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So I'm putting together a list of smaller priced stuff($30 or so) for friends and family. I can't think of much, and don't want to be stuck with a bunch of gift cards to applebees, or borders where I'll have to pay full price. Looking for poker books that's aren't instructional. Positively Fifth Street, Professor Banker Suicide King, or Bringing Down the House(MIT BJteam), were entertaining reads. I also enjoyed Michael Konik's books. Looking for more entertainment, or at least a mix, like Ace on the River. Anyone have anything they've read and would recommend?So farMike Matusow: Check-Raising the DevilEvery Hand Revealed Deal Me In: Twenty of the World'sTop Poker Players Share the Heartbreaking and Inspiring Stories of How They Turned Pro Busting Vegas: A True Story of Monumental Excess, Sex, Love, Violence, and Beating the OddsThe Biggest Game in Town by A. Alvarez

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'Hustler Days' by R. A. Dyer.No poker or something but this book follows the rise and fall and rebirth of the old school pool Hustlers. Very nice read with wonderfull and colourfull stories around a scala of hustlers.I've read it 2 times.

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So I'm putting together a list of smaller priced stuff($30 or so) for friends and family. I can't think of much, and don't want to be stuck with a bunch of gift cards to applebees, or borders where I'll have to pay full price. Looking for poker books that's aren't instructional. Positively Fifth Street, Professor Banker Suicide King, or Bringing Down the House(MIT BJteam), were entertaining reads. I also enjoyed Michael Konik's books. Looking for more entertainment, or at least a mix, like Ace on the River. Anyone have anything they've read and would recommend?So farMike Matusow: Check-Raising the DevilEvery Hand Revealed Deal Me In: Twenty of the World'sTop Poker Players Share the Heartbreaking and Inspiring Stories of How They Turned Pro Busting Vegas: A True Story of Monumental Excess, Sex, Love, Violence, and Beating the OddsThe Biggest Game in Town by A. Alvarez
It sounds like I'm on your tail. How did you like positively fifth street? I've actually just got back into reading the last year and I have read both bringing down the house and Konik's the smart money. Thoroughly enjoyed them both. Never bought anything, just used the local library. I know they have 5th street, so if it's a legit read I'll probably make that next.If you are willing to stray from the straight vegas-based type subjects, I read moneyball and canseco's juiced. Moneyball was fantastic if you like baseball theory at all, and juiced was interesting, sometimes a little too self-serving though. Plus, moneyball is a trendy addition to diversify your library, lol.
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I'm currently reading: Doyle Brunson 'Godfather of Poker' I've only read the first 3 chapters so I can't give you a review but I will say that his ghost writer is excellent. I've read positively fifth street the parts of MacManus at the WSOP were excellent. The parts about the Binion Murder were blah. It's sort of like Godfather II - (De Niro scenes great the scenes with Al Pacino were ok.) The Biggest Game in Town by A. Alvarez was a nice read but a little dated but worth a read. However, if you want to read an awesome story of a by-gone era read: 'The Green Felt' it's what the movie Casino was based off of. I'm not a fan of Michael Konik. I read The Man with the $100,000 Breasts and was totally underwhelmed. Also, I'd recommend you got to is 'The Gambler's Book Shop' http://www.gamblersbook.com/home.php - If you're ever in Vegas, it's got everything.Joe

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"Poker Wisdom of a Champion" by Doyle Brunson, some interesting stories he has in this book from his early days traveling through Texas and playing.

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"Poker Wisdom of a Champion" by Doyle Brunson, some interesting stories he has in this book from his early days traveling through Texas and playing.
This is what I would've said. Good book.
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It sounds like I'm on your tail. How did you like positively fifth street? I've actually just got back into reading the last year and I have read both bringing down the house and Konik's the smart money. Thoroughly enjoyed them both. Never bought anything, just used the local library. I know they have 5th street, so if it's a legit read I'll probably make that next.If you are willing to stray from the straight vegas-based type subjects, I read moneyball and canseco's juiced. Moneyball was fantastic if you like baseball theory at all, and juiced was interesting, sometimes a little too self-serving though. Plus, moneyball is a trendy addition to diversify your library, lol.
I like 5th street a lot, and have read it quite a few times over the years. I liked how it was mixed in with the Binion trial, especially the way Vegas appears today. Canseco was my favorite baseball player growing up, I don't think I could stomach juiced. Moneyball was something I always meant to read, but then the A's started to suck.
just tell santa you want "some poker books" when you go to sears to sit on his lap and get your annual picture taken and everthing should take care of itself
Not an option. After the easter bunny incident of '03, I was told trespassing charges would be pressed if stepped foot in any mall owned by Westfield again.
This is what I would've said. Good book.
Ace on the River and Poker Wisdom of a Champion are both dog earned and sitting in the bathroom. Poker Wisdom of a Champion is the perfect bathroom reader for any poker player.
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'Hustler Days' by R. A. Dyer.No poker or something but this book follows the rise and fall and rebirth of the old school pool Hustlers. Very nice read with wonderfull and colourfull stories around a scala of hustlers.I've read it 2 times.
I'll try and find that one on my own. It's no coincidence there used to be so many poker games in the back room of pool halls, similar worlds back in the day.
"Play Poker like the Pros" by Phil Hellmuth. AINEC.
Worst poker book ever. Phil never responded to my email telling him so, and I did not receive a refund.
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Haven't read it yet, so I can't recommend it, but I'm thinking about getting Vicky Coren's book "For richer for poorer." Then again, I'm based in London and actually saw her in the Vic, so I'm biased. She reads a couple of excerpts in her videos on pokerstars.tv

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