Read the whole book

Most of the time, we browse for a good title of a poker book and leap through some chapters of the book where we can find some useful things that can help us with our game. Then we get bored and we never pick up the game again. This should not be the case ideally.

Stop and Read

A lot of books are left unfinished because we are busy playing online poker or playing in local tournaments. We should take some time off the game and have the discipline to pull out the poker books from our shelves and read. This will also help us learn some discipline. Stopping is also one great way to recover from a series of bad beats.

Thinking time

When you devote time reading away from the poker table, you will be able to discover the real content of the poker books that you have. You will find out that there are a lot of lame poker books out in the market but however lame they are, I am pretty sure that you will be able to pick an important lesson or two about the game.

Re-read and Compare

Rereading a poker book is actually a tough thing to do knowing that we do not finish a lot of them. Doing so though may give you another point of view about the different concepts it presents which you might use in your game. Comparing different books will also help you understand why different poker players differ in opinion about a lot of thing about poker. You should be able to discern which things you should pick up and use as part of your poker strategy.

Discuss and follow-up

When you discover something about poker through a book, it will be best to discuss it through poker forums so you can compare your understanding of the concepts with other poker enthusiasts or professionals.

• 1992 – $2500 Limit Hold ‘em – $168,000
• 1993 – $2500 – Omaha 8 or Better – $94,000
• 1994 – $5000 – No-Limit Hold ‘em – $210,000

World poker championships rank Erik Seidel in the list of top ten money makers in poker tournament. Erik’s biggest accomplishment was winning the 2005 WSOP tournament, earning a fortune of $611,795 for which he defeated 1,402 rivals. In his adulthood, Erik used to work as a trader at the Wall Street and used to play part time poker. Seeing his skills in the game of poker, his family and friends supported him to play in World poker championships.

The very first time Erik played at WSOP he lost to all nine of his competitors but this did not shattered his confidence and at the next WSOP which was held in Las Vegas he outshined all his competitors.

Erik Seidel also had a movie made after his life which was named as ‘Rounders’. The movie featured Matt Damon and was directed by John Dahl. At present Erik lives with his wife and daughter in Las Vegas, Nevada and devotes his free time to teach poker to others.

Excellent hand from an excellent High Stakes Poker season. We need Sam Farha back on Season 5 of High Stakes Poker, if you ask me!