Book & DVD Review List

So here's a list of books and DVD's that I've purchased and studied over the years that I plan on reviewing here in future posts.

Note: This list is not in a ranking order, but in the order I purchased them.

1. Winner's Guide to Texas Hold'em Poker - Ken Warren
2. Play Poker Like the Pros - Phil Hellmuth, Jr.
3. Hold'em Poker for Advanced Players - Sklansky/Malmuth
4. Winning Low Limit Hold'em - Lee Jones
5. Killer Poker - John Vorhaus
6. Super/System - Doyle Brunson
7. Poker Wisdom of a Champion - Doyle Brunson
8. Championship No Limit & Pot Limit Hold'em - Coutier/McEvoy
9. Harrington on Hold'em - Harrington/Robertie
10. Super/System 2 - Doyle Brunson
11. Ace on the River - Barry Greenstein
12. Phil Gordon's Little Green Book - Phil Gordon

For DVD's

1. Secrets of No Limit Hold'em - Howard Lederer
2. More Secrets of No Limit Hold'em - Howard Lederer
3. National Heads-up Championship - NBC

Other books I have that aren't related to poker but has the potential to help your game are...

1. Zen in the Art of Archery - Eugen Herrigel
2. The Method of Zen - Eugen Herrigel
   

I will also briefly go over other books that I've read through but have not bought as of yet. These include...

• Theory of Poker - Sklansky
• Poker Essays Vol. 1,2,3 - Sklansky/Malmuth
• Amarillo Slim: In a World Full of Fat People - Thomas Preston
• Caro's Book of Poker Tells - Mike Caro
• Tournament Poker for Advanced Players - Sklansky
• Small Stakes Hold'em - Miller
• The Psychology of Poker - Shoonmaker
• World Poker Tour: Making the Final Table - Eric Lindgren
• I'm All In - Lyle Berman
  

A Year in Review, New Year Resolutions, and Book Reviews

2005 has been a bit of a lackluster year as far as bankroll development and growth goes. I feel things are stabilizing out now and the upcoming year looks promising. I will soon be hired on at my work and will have my doctor bills paid off. My goal this next year is to enter at least one major tournament by winning a seat in a satellite. Also, I plan on writing a series of reviews on the books I've read aswell as some of the DVD's about poker.

A Little Tournament Play

Full Contact Poker was just getting too boring with their slow software chugging out the cards and waiting for players to complete their decisions with their bad layout. So I've been watching the action on Full Tilt Poker and have noticed that there are a lot more people playing there than when I played regularly. It's more than doubled in size. Plus the action is a lot looser, especially in the middle and micro limits. The small limits are still a bit conservative. I deposited some money and decided instead of playing cash games I'll try my skills at tournaments. I played a satellite and won a seat into a $200 +$16 $60,000 guaranteed tournament which ran today. 364 people registered for this tournament including a couple of well known pros Allen Cunningham and Aaron Bartley. They didn't do too well and placed far out of the money. I actually made in the money, but wish I could've won more. I ended up placing 25th and netting me $400. First was around $18,000 which would of been really nice to win. Anyway, now I have some money to do some last minute christmas shopping since the place I work at stiffed me on a holiday bonus. It's workplace crap like this that makes me wish I could either own my own business or be a professional poker player. The straw that breaks the camel's back will eventually happen someday. Hopefully by that time I will be ready for it and travel off on a nicer ride.

The School of Fish

I deposited some money back into my neteller account for use at a
new site backed by Daniel Negreanu, Full Contact Poker. The players
here are so unbelievably bad! I should be raking in some cash here at
this site for sure. I've been focusing a lot more on two things
recently...poker and music. I play in a few professional jazz bands in
the area which has helped my pocket book a bit. The subject of poker
has more cerebral for me than tactial since I've been on a tight
budget. Basically I've been mentally honing my strategies to
perfection. Hopefully they play out well in reality.