Tournament Poker For Advanced Players By David Sklansky

This book lays out simple principles on how you will make money at the table. David Sklansky has written a book that will help you from total beginner up. Numerous people have written that if you are going to buy one poker book then buy this one.
The book will help you cash game cash-game and how to read your opponents and read the game through their eyes, so you will be able to work out how to play against them easier.

The advice on the difference between being a good player and a good tournament player is nothing short of enlightening. Upon reading the first three chapters alone you should be able to spot those players at your table that exhibit strong tournament play and those who do not. The edge that this gives you is quite simply immense.

If you want to move from cash games to tournament play. Some concepts like the Gap Concept and how they alter during the tournament, how the value of chips alters etc. seem really obvious, but only when someone points them out to you. Other concepts such as when to go all-in when short stacked seem counter intuititive too, but you can’t argue with Sklansky’s well reasoned logic.

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