THE WORLD'S #1 POKER MANUAL - Card Games

Poker Book, Bibliography
1. Anno, James N., An Encyclopedia of Draw Poker, New York, Exposition, 1973. Shows
mathematical calculations of various poker odds and probabilities. Some errors. Not much value.
Interesting history of poker.
2. Anthony, Ross, Get Rich Playing Poker, Birmingham, Alabama, RAM Enterprises, 1975. Author
is objective and honest. Valid advice for low-stake games with poor players. Good tips for
running profitable house games.
3. Brunson, Doyle, How I Made Over $1,000,000 playing poker, Las Vegas, Nevada, B & G
Publishing Co., 1978. A monumental work on public professional poker. Reveals not only the
strengths and secrets of the best traditional professionals in public poker, but their flaws and
weaknesses that will allow any Advanced-Concept player to beat them.
4. Caro, Mike, Bobby Baldwin's Winning Poker Secrets, Las Vegas, Nevada. B & G Publishing Co.,
1979. Mainly a fictionalized, biography that is embarrassingly personal and rather ludicrous, but
provides a useful list of poker tips for various games.
5. Castle, J. L.. How Not to Lose at Poker, Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1970. Perpetuates
many of the erroneous clichés about poker. Goes deep into probability mathematics. Little value.
6. Dangel, Philip N., Poker Poker, Las Vegas, Nevada, Gambler's Book Club, 1977. Little new
information. Mainly theoretical and mathematical. An unrealistic approach to poker.
7. Dowling, Allan ("Jack King"), Play Winning Poker, Las Vegas, Nevada, Gambler's Book Club,
1974. Good history of poker. Some interesting observations about opponents and table-stake
games. But littered with fallacies.
8. Fox, John, Play Poker, Quit Work, and Sleep Till Noon, Seal Beach, California, Bacchus Press,
1977. Poorly written. Borrows, uses, and distorts various Advanced Concepts of Poker. Contains
some original and useful ideas about draw poker in public card clubs. Worthwhile for serious
players who can sort the useful information from the misleading material.
9. Gibson, Walter, Poker Is the Name of the Game, New York, Barnes & Noble, 1974. Instructions
and "rules" for eighteen basic variations of poker. Little new or useful information. Some
erroneous concepts.
10. Hamilton, Mark, Poker Answers, Las Vegas, Nevada, I & O Publishing Company, 1978. An
exclusive interview with Frank R. Wallace. 250 new questions about poker are answered.
11. Jacoby, Oswald, Penny-Ante and Up, Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc.,
1979. Mostly rules for various poker games. Reveals such a naive and faulty understanding of
poker that one wonders if someone other than Oswald Jacoby wrote this book.
12. Livingston, A. D., Poker Strategy and Winning Play, Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company,
1971. Little new information except for two tables of odds for hold 'em poker.
13. Montgomery, John, How to Play and Win at Poker, Santa Barbara, California, Cameron and
Cameron Publishers, 1978. Little valuable information. Many erroneous concepts.
14. Percy, George, 7-Card Stud, The Waiting Game, Las Vegas, Nevada, Gambler's Book Club,
1979. Best primer available for seven-card stud. Well written and adopts many Advanced
Concepts that apply to stud. A few errors. Helpful section on casino poker.
15. Preston, Thomas Austin ("Amarillo Slim"), Play Poker to Win, New York, Grosset & Dunlap,
1973. Interesting poker anecdotes. Some useful tips about hold 'em and lowball.
16. Rubins, J., Win at Poker, New York, Funk & Wagnalls, 1968. Well written, but based on many
of the fallacious concepts advanced by other poker books.
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