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Message: [QUOTE="aliengenius, post: 538696, member: 11924"] NL cash game books: If you like the play of hands (even though The Play of Hands was re limit) type stuff you might look at Gordon's Little BLUE Book, a similar concept, but NL. And obviously Sklansky's NL book (Theroy and Practice) wont be fluff. Esfandiari's book "In the Money" is subtitled "Strategies for Winning Texas Holdem Cash Games"-- it's not as theoretical or mathematical as Sklansky (what is?), but it doesn't quite fall into the "fluff" category either, so you might want to check it out (knowing that it will be a bit more "basic" than most of your library). Not strictly NL cash game, but King Yao's "Weighing the Odds" has sufficient gravitas to hang with your current gang of books. Internet books I general consider to all be fairly "basic" and if you are already an experienced online player they probably are not going to add too much to your game. That being said, Hilger's book is probably the best of the bunch. Biography: There are so many good ones. If you are not set on "biography" per se I would recommend McManus' "Positively Fifth Street", a very good read-- it's about McManus doing a story on the murder of Ted Binion and playing in the WSOP ME at the same time. In a similar "real person plays ME" storyline, but with a humorous slant, both Richard Sparks' books and the Pat Walsh book are both pretty funny. "Professor Banker and Suicide King" about the pros battle with Texas banking billionaire Andy Beal was also interesting. A book I found super interesting and recommend to everyone is "Fortunes Formula" by Poundstone. It's not about poker per se, but a look at concepts like the Kelly Criterion, statistical arbitrage, and gambling/stock market similarities. Like I said, super interesting. Straight biography, I liked "One of Kind" (by Dalla) about Stu Ungar. Annie Duke and Moneymaker were both decent too. Other "fun" reading: Konik's "Telling Lies and Getting Paid", "Man with the $100K Breasts", and his sports betting book "The Smart Money" were all good. [/QUOTE]

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