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    Default NL books helping your game??

    any harrington on cash or tournie books or other NL books help your game??
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    theory and practice is clearly the best book ive read about poker, but i still think that theory of poker is the book that will provide the most for many players and would recommend that above all else.
    i still cant think of anything ive ever used from a harrington book, but ive just bought Harrington on cash so we'll see if i pick up anything i dont already 'know'
    For non-holdem games, caro was the best, especially for 5cd. Havent read anything truly spectacular on PLO yet
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    Theory and Practice
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    you will make lots of money in cash games if you read both PNL and theory And Practice.
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    which parts of skylanksy thoery and practice book did u find most beneficial to nl cash games online
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    Quote Originally Posted by hockey4433
    which parts of skylanksy thoery and practice book did u find most beneficial to nl cash games online
    pg 1-298 minus the SC ratings
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    Why did you not like the SC ratings?

    I thought you were a tourney Donk drmcboy... those should be pure gold for you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by iopq
    Theory and Practice
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    I just purchased my first book from PS because of this thread. I look forward to reading it!
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    Is there really that much extra info in PNL?
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    yes, there are some most important NL concepts mentioned in the book like SPR and REM analysis. This book will help you grow as a poker player IMO.
    Quote Originally Posted by dev
    Is there really that much extra info in PNL?
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    1. PNLHE
    2. NLHET&P
    3. ToP
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    I think the three are all you need, and maybe HOH if your new. HOH will be very benificial to a beginners game. Once you have played for a bit I think HOH becomes pretty obvious.

    As for your list Vrax, I think ToP becomes higher up the list as you move up. I got more from my 3rd reading than I did from the first two.
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    i'm currently reading TOP for the first time :P i never took it seriously even though i knew its one of all-time best poker books. Go TOP,mate.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ragnar4
    Why did you not like the SC ratings?

    I thought you were a tourney Donk drmcboy... those should be pure gold for you.
    beneficial to nl cash games online
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    Quote Originally Posted by pokerfan
    yes, there are some most important NL concepts mentioned in the book like SPR and REM analysis. This book will help you grow as a poker player IMO.
    Quote Originally Posted by dev
    Is there really that much extra info in PNL?
    +1.

    I reread the REM section and finally had a chance to read the SPR section over the weekend. Even though I feel I am using REM effectively, I had a recent downswing that was part bad beat/variance, and part terrible and inconsistent use of SPR and target SPR. I highly recommend this book be read and reread until the concepts are burned into your skull (Also this is a reminder to myself since I am not quite there yet).
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