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[Doc T River]

A poll about poker books and how many times you read them.

[Stew21]

I don't know if it's just me, but I need to read a book more than once to get as much as I can from it.

Oh, and I should state more than two to three times.

[Fumseck]

One quick read and after a more in dept read with paper pencil and my trusty Poker Stove .

[Raisindye]

more now, than ever before, have i caught myself highlighting concepts in the books and then returning to reread these particular areas of interest. typically after i've done something stupid, or think i have, i'll try to find one of my highlighted notes pertaining to what/where i made the error and see if it helps me patch that hole.

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[Taardvark]

I don't do it with all books but there are several that I consider on the high end of instruction that I reread pretty regularly in parts.

[ciaran]

I read at least some sections of good books multiple times.

I thought this thread was going to be about which poker books were worth more as kindling than poker advice, though. I've got a few of those around...

[Doc T River]

I read at least some sections of good books multiple times.

I thought this thread was going to be about which poker books were worth more as kindling than poker advice, though. I've got a few of those around...

The main title of the thread comes from the new Coen brothers movie as I thought it would make for a cute title to use for this subject. I also thought about calling it Farenheit 451.

The impetus for the thread came from something Mason Malmuth said over at the 2plus2 forum. He said that he only reads books once. The two implications being that he did not need to read books more than once to retain their teachings and that this is the way everyone reads books.

At this point, I would say the response is too small to refute the latter implication, but I think common sense does that already.

[toronexti]

my personal approach is to not read books, but to have someone who has explain what's in it. Then you both learn and u save a bunch of time by skipping the reading.

[Pentahouve]

Some I only read once.

Those I read a second time will tend to get looked at again

Some have fallen apart (though Theory of Poker did that due to crap binding...it's now held together with selotape at various points)

[chrisjp]

I read at least some sections of good books multiple times.

Some books I basically never did more than skim. My fault for not perusing them more fully before buying. Like Phil Hellmuth's...yuck. Others I keep going back to. Can't get enough of Gus' book. WPT is great too. I spent much time on Harrington Vol 2 especially. Not anymore though. Some of the chapters in Full Tilt book are priceless. I use Matthew's Odds book as a reference book.

I have the first printing of Doyle's book that I bought around 1980. I used it big time for Stud. It has completely fallen apart. I wouldn't recommend it now but back then it was priceless. Thank you Chip Reese. You are gone but not forgotten.

Chris

[dhwma]

most just once but a few over and over....especially after a cold streak...