Harrington on Holdem 1 and 2, Elements of Poker, and The Poker Mindset.
I'm trying to decide if I should read HoH before the WSOP event I won a seat to. On the one hand I'm an "uncarved block" in tournament poker and my luckbox seems strong. But on the other hand, it wouldn't hurt to study up before I take a shot outside my roll.
The Poker Mindset seems like a very standard "poker advice" book. Probably nothing I don't know, but a reminder from time to time might be nice.
But Elements of Poker by Tommy Angelo I'm really looking forward to! I think this book could really help me out. I got a thrill from reading the excerpt on the back cover:
"All of my good streaks and all of my bad streaks of every length and depth have one thing in common. They did not exist in your mind. They only existed in my mind. And this is true of for everyone's winning and losing streaks. none of them actually exist. They are all mental fabrication, like past and future. Everything that ever happens happens in the present tense. But how can you have a "streak" in the present tense? You can't. And therefore, if you are in the present tense, which, in fact, at this time, you are, then at this moment there is no streak in your life. There is no inherent existence to streaks. The streak is there when you think about it, and when you stop thinking about it, it goes away. It blossoms and whithers all in your mind. And when your mind invents a streak, you believe it exists, because you believe what your mind tells you. but the truth is there is only the hand you are playing."
Wow! I can't wait to read this. A couple times, hopefully.
Also, my boss is in The Onion this week. Yes, that's actually him in the picture.
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