Learning poker the "old school" way...are you ready?

gabryyyel31 · May 27, 2024

I would take with me Dan Harrington's book and some printed charts with the all-in ranges from short stack and for rejam and call to rejams from 20-30 blinds and I would try to learn them logically for each position.

yuriko oyama · May 27, 2024

I think I would actually take a book by Lousie L Hay, because as Harvey Specter from the suits series would say, "poker is not a card game, it's a people game." Based on this assumption, I would try to become a less explosive and complaining person, so I believe that my game would improve by around 60%, and poker has its secrets that no book can reveal.
I would no longer enjoy the landscape, drink lots of coconut water and get a nice tan.

PHX · May 27, 2024

Since we going old school Doyle Super System is the perfect choice.

Start the day off by going for a jog or more like a stroll on that beautiful beach in the picture. Write 10 times in sand (I will not try to bluff the calling station". After lunch and siesta read under shade of one of those trees.

MK_ · May 27, 2024

I mean the books I would choose have already been named but I would pick Super system 2,
not for the holdem stuff but for all of the mix games which is still relevant and far more interesting!

My other choice would have been Theory of Poker since this book is required reading if you want to really learn the game.

I'm the kind of person who wants to know how things work so I would spend time going through odds of various games,
.... you don't really need anything to learn if you have a deck of cards and all the time in the world and can count lol

....Although I'm also a beach person so can't promise there wouldn't also be a lot of swimming, fishing and rum😏👍

ADRI7HO · May 28, 2024

When it comes to tournament strategy, Dan Harrington's series is the pinnacle for me and I would definitely take this with me.
They have everything you need for the basics and even more:

riff_raff312 · May 28, 2024

This will be hard for me i don't like to play alone so i would need at least 4 other people in order to play after reading Doyle's books.

Flyer35 · May 28, 2024

Nafor said:
Well, the devil is in the details.

If there are no modern conveniences and I have to pack light, then the book that I choose will have to have other use cases as well.

I probably choose the thickest poker book ever written. Then I read as much is needed every day, and I tear out the read pages. I use some of them as toilet paper, and some to make a bonfire.

I love it!

I'd also use some of the pages to pad my nest (mattress) and wrap my fish (save for dinner cooked later over the bonfire).

Balou1982 · May 29, 2024

One book and one card deck - that will be a great time of studying poker

I would choose this book: . Super/System 2: A Course in Power Poker by Doyle Brunson - if there would be a villain on the island then it would be more
competitive ;-).
Otherwise it cant be a fault to read the book 2 times in those weeks .

gustavofuentes2 · May 29, 2024

Well. If I'm only allowed 1 book, I would probably take something else other than a poker book. Old school ways for me is through actual playing and learning from your mistakes so that you don't do them again. I guess we have different views as to what old school means. LOL

Mr.$t0k · May 29, 2024

i think i take any book about poker every poker book will be useful

finaltable1 · May 29, 2024

Well in such place I would like to concentrate on my problems in poker and on my poker problem in general. So for such educational trip I think that I need to re-read a book by Immanuel Kant, it actually was 3 books in one. I think that more than 20 years have passed since I read them...

The Critique of Practical Reason
The Critique of Pure Reason
The Critique of Judgment

Poker Orifice · May 29, 2024

Hmm... 1 book while stuck on a deserted island???

I was going to say Michael Acevedo's book 'Modern Poker Theory' but considering the fact that I've had it on the shelf for over a year and am yet to even open it has me thinking it might be a poor choice.

Hmm... Oh I know!

A Hustler magazine! Allot a different card for each page... cut the deck and discover what I'll be studying

YLAN · May 30, 2024

gustavofuentes2 said:
Well. If I'm only allowed 1 book, I would probably take something else other than a poker book. Old school ways for me is through actual playing and learning from your mistakes so that you don't do them again. I guess we have different views as to what old school means. LOL

Yup. The "old school" of studying the game I remember was railing the games & discussing the hands with friends. There's not a lot of books then on poker.

KrazyKoo · May 30, 2024

I would bring no books but axe

No but seriously I would bring this:

With nothing else to do I would learn the math behind poker for sure. Something I can't do with these real life distractions around

seiya1989 · May 30, 2024

Poker theory would be a book I would take with me... although I can't imagine spending a lot of time playing poker in a place like that... even imaginary poker hands where he won the main event, oh yes

Atararo14 · May 30, 2024

I choose “SUPER SYSTEM” by Doyle Brunson.

To study poker, I take with me a notebook and a pen, I experiment with the deck of cards and note the results of the equities.

I also try to estimate the best decisions to make in different post-flop situations.

Gdefender · May 30, 2024

If my poker addiction got to the point where I would go to a beautiful tropical island just to develop my poker skills in peace, I think I would rather go to a doctor...

But joking aside, maybe I would study Wladimir Taschner's book - (Mastering Pot-Limit Omaha)

billibooo · May 30, 2024

If I had to bring a poker book it would be one that was filled with blank pages and then draw or write <3 I would absolutely get all I can out of my surroundings <3 I would be poker-free for a week and ready to crush when I got home.

<3 Great question Thanks CC

Sorry my strategy is to do nothing

and recharge.

ms_attack · Jun 3, 2024

I would take the book hand by hand from gus handson and try to understand and comprehend all his hands. I would ask myself how I would have played each hand. I would have the time to play through every single hand in my head.

What's not so nice, of course, is that it's a hotspot where you can come to rest and reflect and snorkel in the sea. I would always have the feeling that I was missing out on something. I'd rather be in a lonely mountain hut in the mountains where nobody disturbs me and I don't have the internet.

Flyer35 · Jun 4, 2024

Doyle Brunson's Super System 2 for sure. Brunson is the master. I've seen him play a fair bit. I respect him and he's the kind of guy I'd love to study.

I'll bring an umbrella and a beach chair, obviously both lightweight, foldable and easily packed in my small carry on suitcase. My strategy - each day walk to the beach, set up my chair under my umbrella in a breezy location next to the other Cardschatters who have also made the trip to the island. I'll read each chapter and then join my forum colleagues in some rounds of poker to practise our skills. Read/practise, read/practise ... a time honoured learning strategy.

ScooperNova · Jun 4, 2024

I'm the farthest thing in the world from a poker literature expert. I really have no idea what one book would be the best for learning and improving my game. That said, and even though I know it's considered outdated, I would choose Doyle's Super System. I have been interested in reading the book for years but never got around to it. I figure it probably had plenty of anecdotes from Doyle and his sense of humor hopefully bleed through.

WhiskeyFix · Jun 5, 2024

if I only had one book Super System 2

jaymfc · Jun 6, 2024

probably like many the Harrington on holdem book but if I got a small duffel bag
and no one was searching it I would cram survival stuff in it. a flashlight, bug spray,
a pocket fisherman some worms, water, a lighter, a gun, some chocolate, and of course
a deck or two of cards.
then I would use the book as a pillow and play on the island trying to survive for a week.
may search the island for any lost tribes for a companion and someone to teach poker to.

thejuice1 · Jun 9, 2024

like many others, being in such a beautiful place for a week, no poker learning for... nothing but beers, babes and sunshine

Rumengh · Jun 9, 2024

It's a pretty good idea to disconnect from the mobile world and learn about poker with only books, decks of cards and personal belongings. I'd take it as a break and it's nice to actually do it. For this one week, I would take a book that explains everything important about poker in a concise and clear way, and I will focus on the basics. Learn poker in 30 days here in the forum is quite suitable. Of course, you will print it and you're done. Everything is very clear in it and it will take less than 30 days

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