David Sklansky’s Theory of Poker is often – correctly – considered to be the best book on poker ever written. Applying mathematical and psychological theory, this book is truly the “Desert Island Disc” of poker books. I can’t reinforce that enough – if you only ever read one poker book in your life, make it this one.
At first the mathematical processes can be overwhelming but in all honesty there’s nothing overly challenging there – it’s around a high-school level of mathematical problems, and even people who struggle with numbers should wrap their heads around it after some time.
He expresses complex points in a very simple and understandable way, and while you might (nay, will) need to read it several times to fully understand the meanings of what he talks about, once you absorb even a small fraction of what he is getting at you will be a better player.
Some people may be put off by the fact that he draws on examples from lesser-known games such as Stud and Draw poker, but even those examples are explained well enough for novices to those games – and in the back of the book he includes a brief run-down of the rules of Stud, Razz, Draw and Hold ‘em.
In short, if you don’t get this book you are quite literally burning money. It’s as valuable a tool to a player as cards and chips.
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