sshe... read!

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i was on my way to the bookstore when i read a post regarding SSHE. Let me tell you, I don't play small stakes, but after reading the first couple of sections, this is a book everyone should read. I feel like every poker book out there talks about the importance of position, but none ever really discuss why. I've read a lot of poker books, a lot of them are great, but so far this has the best discussion of position i've seen. some of you are comparing it to SS2. SS2 is an excellent book, but i believe it is a little advanced. Those of you who call the book mediocre probably haven't played enough to understand it. I don't say that as an insult, i know when i first started out, i wasn't able to fully understand SS1, nor have i still digested everything in it. SS1 and SS2 are really designed to make you think about poker decision making on an advanced level. i mean just look at who wrote them. I always feel that position is the most poorly explained poker concept out there, and it might be the most important. This book really makes it clear in a very easy to understand way. I'm not the biggest sklansky fan, but this book is worth every dime. I hope the rest of the book lives up to the expectation set up in the first couple of chapters. On a final note, if you are just starting out, i think the first book you should read is "low limit hold'em'' by lee jones. just my two cents.

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On a final note, if you are just starting out, i think the first book you should read is "low limit hold'em'' by lee jones. just my two cents.

I wouldn't read "low limit hold'em" at all as it could teach you some bad habits.Instead, try "Getting Started in Hold'em" by Ed Miller or "Hold'em Poker" by David Sklansky.

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I wouldn't read "low limit hold'em" at all as it could teach you some bad habits.Instead, try "Getting Started in Hold'em" by Ed Miller or "Hold'em Poker" by David Sklansky.

One thing I learned from this forum early on: Sklansky is good. One time a poster here referred to us all as "Sklansky bots". I really think it means that we have discerning taste in which poker literature to read. SSHE is a must read for everyone. I've been through it twice and haven't even begun to digest everything in that book.

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i was on my way to the bookstore when i read a post regarding SSHE. Let me tell you, I don't play small stakes, but after reading the first couple of sections, this is a book everyone should read. I feel like every poker book out there talks about the importance of position, but none ever really discuss why. I've read a lot of poker books, a lot of them are great, but so far this has the best discussion of position i've seen. some of you are comparing it to SS2. SS2 is an excellent book, but i believe it is a little advanced. Those of you who call the book mediocre probably haven't played enough to understand it. I don't say that as an insult, i know when i first started out, i wasn't able to fully understand SS1, nor have i still digested everything in it. SS1 and SS2 are really designed to make you think about poker decision making on an advanced level. i mean just look at who wrote them. I always feel that position is the most poorly explained poker concept out there, and it might be the most important. This book really makes it clear in a very easy to understand way. I'm not the biggest sklansky fan, but this book is worth every dime. I hope the rest of the book lives up to the expectation set up in the first couple of chapters. On a final note, if you are just starting out, i think the first book you should read is "low limit hold'em'' by lee jones. just my two cents.

I just picked up SSHE a couple of days ago and I can't put it down. It's such a great read, and I'm confident my game will improve ten fold from learning and using the techniques described in this book...definitely worth every penny...........