This poker book is a collection of articles about the various skills needed for playing good poker. Several poker forms are discussed, including limit holdem, no-limit holdem, and pot-limit Omaha. It is oriented toward the intermediate and advanced poker levels.
Bob Ciaffone has been a professional poker player for most of his life. He is the author of several other poker books, and writes a regular poker column. He spends a lot of time teaching poker, and his students have won over two million dollars in tournament prize money.
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I would place Bob Ciaffone's Improve Your Poker as one of the ten best poker books I have read to date. This collection of essays by "The Coach" provides the reader an example of how a highly successful poker player approaches his craft. The material in this book is squarely aimed a relatively advanced player playing at a level tougher than typical 3-6 Hold'em games, so those just starting out or who choose to play predominantly low-limit poker can probably afford to pass on this book. However, anyone who plays a little higher (or wants to) will definitely find considerable information of value in this book.(thepokerforum.com)
"Ciaffone has a reputation for putting into print valuable poker information that should be classified as top secret," Dan Harrington, the 1995 World Champion, said "and he really outdid himself this time." After reading my first review of Improve Your Poker when the book was published two years ago, several top-notch players have thanked me for recommending it to them, so I believe that you can take Harrington's endorsement to heart. And if you take Ciaffone's well-written, professional advice to heart, you undoubtedly will improve your game -- and your bottom line results along with it. (pokerpages.com)
Improve Your Poker is a very good book that I believe will stand up well to re-reading. Unlike the many books that attempt to be relatively comprehensive in their coverage, Ciaffone in this book sets as a more attainable goal simply to give the reader thought-provoking material on a wide range of subjects. While I wouldn't want to try to learn poker as a novice from a book like this, I think this format serves the book's stated purpose (to improve your poker) ideally. The individual chapters are short (typically 3-4 pages) but I think tend to provide an appropriate level of detail. (seriouspoker.com)
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