Book Details:
Phil Gordon Little Green Book - Pub. Date: October 2005; ISBN-13: 9780641913532; 320 pages

Power Poker Course’s Book Review:

I told someone the other day that I usually take just one thing from each poker book that I read. After all, most of them give quite similar advice -- it's not too often that someone will recommend consistently going all-in with a terrible hand, or flipping your cards face up as you play. The simple fact is that there is only so much good advice that can be given in Hold 'Em -- although with the complexity of no-limit, there are a few different viable strategies to consider.

Not all of it is original, but Phil Gordon's Little Green Book compiles some of the best advice in the game under one set of covers. He points out early that his book is not meant to tell you how to play; rather, it's intended to tell you how he plays. And his playbook is significant - as a player and poker commentator, Phil has had a chance to pick the brains of some of the greatest players out there.

I especially like the way the book is laid out. The chapters are broken up into small sections, and although the text takes a stream-of-consciousness style of writing, the topics are sectioned off into bullet points that make it easy to remember the crucial concepts he discusses. There are also several excellent charts that the book offers: practical percentage information of various scenarios, which I frequently re-read and refer to during my online poker play.

One new thing I took from this book was Phil's discussion on pre-flop raise-sizing. He tries to keep his average raise-size at about three times the blind, but he varies the size (from 2.5 times the blind to 4 times the blind) based only on his position. His logic is that the worse his position, the less money he wants to commit to the hand. I like this advice quite a bit, and I keep it mind when I play. Phil's short-stacked advice is also something I greatly respect, although Harrington's discussions on the subject are prominent for me when I play.

In closing, this book is definitely worth picking up for the intermediate or advanced player. It's okay reading for the novice poker player as well, but certainly not for the bare-bones beginner, as it wasn't designed to explain the basic mechanics of the game -- instead it focuses strictly on strategy. I'd definitely recommend buying this book to have it on your poker book shelf.


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