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Phil Gordon's Poker Box Set: Phil Gordon's Little Black Book, Phil Gordon's Little Green Book, Phil Gordon's Little Blue Book

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Sometimes you've got to give a little to get a little. In this case, Phil Gordon gives a plethora with his insight to no limit holdem. Regardless of your skill level, there are so much to gain from this. The key to this is not just what he's saying, but "how" he breaks down the game. Be patient, read thoroughly and you'll realize that Phil's teachings reflect the decision making & question making necessary for holdem success. The black book is a great intro. The green book reviews the fundamentals such as betting, position, strategies, and more. The blue book sums up the first two books and shows actual game scenarios and how they were played out (or shouldnt have been).

For some valuable and very entertaining info., get this set. It will bring you much more in return like it has done for my game.

There are a lot of poker books out there now, and most of them have at least some value in generally outlining how to play solid, aggressive poker live or online. Phil Gordon's set is a little different from most books, and in a good way.

Gordon's emphasis isn't just on how to play medium pocket pairs, or how to calculate pot odds; he is interested in the whole experience of being a poker player, of living the poker lifestyle and basing your life choices around that kind of an ethic. He will cover starting hand requirements, yes, but he also wants the reader to ask himself important questions about the kind of person/player he really is, wants to be, or has the stomach for, particularly in the Black Book. I can't think of another poker author who has approached the subject from this angle.

The Green Book gets more into strategy, and the Blue Book is all strategy, tactics, and sample hands to go through with Phil, and they are all well worth reading, studying, and rereading. Along the way there is a lot of relatively lighthearted poker banter, some name-dropping, and good charm and humor; Phil Gordon is a very entertaining story teller and writer. But the heart of it is the analysis and the attitude, and both shine through with insight and value. There are a lot of hands reviewed where Gordon gives names of his opponents, how they played, how he played and why, and of course he harpoons Hellmuth more than once, as who wouldn't given the chance? It's all done with wit, humor, and penetrating analysis.

Gordon's books are not the heavy lifting of Sklansky or the workbooks of Harrington. Nonetheless they are valuable learning tools, and a reminder that especially in poker there is no single perfect way to play. Add that to his optimistic and invigorating attitude towards life in general, and these books are well worth your time and money.

EXCELLENT trio of books for novice to expert. Phil does a great job of explaining as well as challanging you to think. your game will definately improve after this book. Put it together with Dan Harringtons 3 books and you can't find a better poker combo period. 2 contrasting style of players but overall the same message. Just a great trio of books.

I have read 15-20 poker booksa and these are among the best I have read in a long time. Phil's dedication to the game and his committment to keep learning is well communicated in an easy to read style. It keeps you entertained and makes you feel ready to be more aggressive with a better understanding of what winning poker is about.

Phil Gordon, a world class player, although he's not the greatest one, he certainly knows a lot about the game. This a collection that every serious player must have, yes some advanced players may think that they didn't really need to read the Little Black Book, but the truth is that all three of them have information you never knew existed, and that you couldn't really find in other books. The Little Black Book is a great introduction to the world of poker, The Little Green Book gives you the formula to playing a strong profitable game, and The Little Blue Book is simply the key to take your game from a very good, solid Amateur, to thinking like a pro and succesfully compete in tournament poker. Phil Gordon is now in my opinion one of the greatest educators in poker, right along with Sklansky, Harrington, Caro, Brunson and many others..

For begginers and expirience players!

The black book: Begginers

The green book: Expirienced

The blue book: Professionals

I have won a number of important hands after reading this book. It let's you know what the pros are thinking. I know a lot of ambitious amatuers have this book. Pick it up, read it and apply it!

The Little Black is an introduction to the game of poker.

Phil Gordon's Little Green Book is a comperhensive step by step book that takes throught the strategy and mathematics of Phil Gordon's game.

The Little Blue is a hand for hand process through Phil Gordon's adventures through the poker world

First off - I have the audio version of the little green book and have not taken it out of the car and I have had it in the audio player for 3 weeks. I listen to nothing but Phil Gordon's Little Green Book in the car. It has turned me from an average player to a winning player in 3 weeks. One thing you will learn is "position, position, position" it is like "location, location, location" in real estate, without this tip you will lose at poker - guaranteed. He explains position better than anyone. He has great advice for stealing the blinds, it has improved my 1 table tourney game from average to "winning" as Charlie Sheen would say.

I have read dozens of poker books, but Phil helped me turn the corner. Simply excellent. If you were to only read one poker book, read "The Little Green Book" by Phil Gordon. It turned me into a confident and winning poker player.

hi all,

i have read the first one of the three and i haver just start reading the green book, i think they are very useful to starting players because he aproximate us to the mind of a poker player.

he knows how to take the attemption of the reader and you can read it very fast because it is very easy to read and very interesting.