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[Da_Big_Fish]

Since $2/$4 live is not going so well, I thought I would give $1/$2 NL a try. My only problem is all my NL experience is in tournaments. I have two books NLHE Theory and Practice by Sklansky and No-Limit & Pot Limit Holdem by TJ and McEvoy. I've tried a couple times to get through Skalnsky's and it becomes cumbersome at times. I am not sure the TJ and McEvoy book will give me what I want.

Perhaps the Harrington Cash Game book? I got his Tournament books and like them a lot.

I searched through the posts and didn't find anything helpful, either.

If you were a new player to NL which book would you recommend that would give me the information I need to be not too big of a Donkey-Fish at the $1/2 NL live tables?

Thanks!

[Zenjo]

I was wondering the exact same thing the other day as I've decided to give cash games a proper go. I searched through lots of posts but there didn't seem to be any equivelent to HOH that nearly everyone likes. I ended up ordering Professional No-Limit Hold 'em: Volume I, so I'll see how that goes.

I'm actually going to start off playing limit first to get in the correct mindset of not flinging all my chips into the middle at the slightest provocation. Going straight from turbo SNG's to NL cash is asking for trouble.

I remember the last time I played it was comically bad. I was doing OK until everyone suddenly left and I was getting crushed HU. I looked at the chip counts and they added up to about $30. For some reason I imagined I was playing a HUSNG and there were 3000 chips out there instead. Thinking "I need a double up quick to get back in this" I proceded to shove in 70BB with A4o and deservedly lost!

So does anyone have any good limit book recommendations as well as the NL cash? I've just downloaded the Holdem Manager free trial. It makes Tournament Indicator look simplistic.

[Zenjo]

Hey I forgot Mr Hilger had a new book out! Unfortunately I can't find it for sale in the UK for a reasonable price yet. Will it be widely available here soon?

[Piscivorous]

Hey I forgot Mr Hilger had a new book out! Unfortunately I can't find it for sale in the UK for a reasonable price yet. Will it be widely available here soon?

You can get Matthew's new expanded edition of Internet Texas Hold'em through our Poker Book Store for $19.99.

To answer Da Big Fish' question. Look for Sklansky/Miller's No Limit Hold'em: Theory and Practice, also available here.

I haven't looked at the Harrington books for Cash Games, but I trust Ed Miller as much as I trust Matthew for teaching and quality of books.

[Da_Big_Fish]

I have that book, the Sklansky one. I am just having trouble staying interested because of all the math and trying to learn that. It confuses me sometimes, but if that's the best book by which to learn by then I will get through it.

[Doc T River]

There are a number of books out there written specifically for live $1/$2 No Limit. Sitting on my shelves are Angel Largay's No-Limit Texas Hold'em, and Russell Fox and Scott Harker's Mastering No-Limit Hold'Em. Another book written for this level of game is Sam O'Connor's How To Dominate $1/$2 No Limit Hold'em.

You might check out one of those.

[TheGShark]

I like Angel Largay's book that Doc mentioned above. Helped me out.

[Taardvark]

There are a number of books out there written specifically for live $1/$2 No Limit. Sitting on my shelves are Angel Largay's No-Limit Texas Hold'em, and Russell Fox and Scott Harker's Mastering No-Limit Hold'Em. Another book written for this level of game is Sam O'Connor's How To Dominate $1/$2 No Limit Hold'em.

You might check out one of those.

+1 for what you are looking for. Once you have read these and are comfortable with the concepts and have a little NL experience under your belt then I'd move to Harrington.

[Avatar77]

Though it isn't a book, the Rolf Slotboom DVD is an intro on NL Hold'em from the perspective of a limit player making the transition. I have watched it and thought it was OK.

I would suggest the Professional NL Poker, NL Holdem Theory and Practice and the Harrington Cash series after you read Angel Largay's book.

[simmo5050]

I have never, yet, played any live poker but I have found that Fox and Harker's 'Mastering No Limit Holdem' to be a solid introduction which I try and return every so often to stop me developing terrible plays.

If nothing else, the record of one of the author's 8-hour session of live NL play is instructive for its tightness!

simmo

[Scully]

The best resource I found for providing a solid foundation for my NLHE game wasn't actually a book, but a series of videos on Stoxpoker.

It's called the Poker Made Simple series and was done by Ed Miller. It is essentially a series of video classes/lectures and not commentary on an actual session like most training videos are.

It's aimed at providing the viewer with all the tools required to beat up small stakes games (up to $0.5/$1 online), which in my experience is considerably tougher than $1/$2 live