Famous Poker Authors
Most of the poker players learn their game via poker books and magazines. The huge surge of Texas Hold’em poker has made a number of famous poker players to write valuable texts on the game to help newbies. While numerous poker books repeat the same information, there are several books by some great authors which have proved to be a breakthrough for new players as well as for professionals. Here is a list of some famous poker authors and some of their worth mentioning books on poker:
Dan Harrington
Born on 6th December, 1945 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Dan Harrington is among the most successful poker players and his poker career is ranked as the most impressive all over the world. He has $7 million winnings in poker tournaments.
Harrington, along with the co-author Bill Robertie, wrote the most popular “Harrington on Hold’em” Series which comprises of three volumes. These books provide the best poker strategies available and this series is a must read for serious poker players.
Barry Greenstein
Born on 30th December, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois, Greenstein is a professional poker player who started playing poker at a very young age. In the year 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceeded $7 million.
In the year 2005, Barry Greenstein wrote a book named “Ace on the River’. This book not only talks about strategy but also talks about the experiences of a renowned poker player by his own eyes. The book is a quick, interesting read, and first step toward the pro player journey.
Doyle Brunson
The God father of poker, Doyle Brunson was born on 10th August, 1933 in America and his professional poker career is more than 50 years. He is the first player who earned $1 million in poker tournaments and is the winner of World Series of Poker bracelets all through his career.
Brunson wrote the book “Super System 2”, a sequel to Super System. The book gives basic knowledge on poker and is for beginners as well as professionals. Every poker player has something to learn from this book.
Dennis Purdy
Dennis Purdy is a successful poker game player and he has written a very famous book called “The Illustrated Guide to Texas Hold’em” in which he has shared his own experience of playing hold’em and the strategies he used. In his book he has given some informational essays in the start and then talked about the actual gameplay circumstances. This is a good book for beginners as it talks about fixed limit games.
Anthony Holden
Anthony Holden was born on 22nd May 1947. He has written several autobiographical books on poker, even though he is an English writer, critic, and a broadcaster.
His famous book called Big deal was published in the year 1990, and the book covers latest resurgence of interest in the poker game. The book targets Holden who is a British journalist and other authors of non-gambling books, and his decision to spend one year on professional poker tournament circuit.