Poker tournaments have become very popular and players can win millions of dollars by winning one event. There are also many low stakes tournaments being held every day in the card rooms and online. Many novices are entering tournaments and if you learn the proper strategy and concepts of poker tournaments you can have a huge advantage over other them. Here are five poker books dealing exclusively with Tournament Strategy.
1. Kill Everyone
Most players have a weakness in one area or another during tournament play. You may play too loose or too tight during different stages of the tournament. The concepts in this book will help you do a better job of analyzing your own situation during any given time throughout the tournament to help you adjust your play for the best chances of winning. [p] The book deals extensively with two situations that give many players the most difficulty during a tournament: being near the bubble and during short-handed and heads up play at the end. The specific examples will surely help you improve your game regardless of your current skill level.2. Tournament Poker for Advanced Players: by David Sklansky
Poker tournament strategy is different from ring game strategy. Author David Sklansky is considered the foremost poker theorist in the county. In this book he explains tournament tactics which only a few players have mastered. He details how the tournament strategy differs from ring games and why you need to make adjustments in tournament play. This book is not for the novice and assumes that you are familiar with some poker theory.
3. Tournament Poker: by Tom McEvoy
Tom McEvoy is one off the top tournaments players and a proven winner. Tournament Poker was one of the first books published dealing specifically with tournament play. It cover basic tournament information and then goes into specific detail for all of the poker games including Hold’em, Stud, Omaha and more. McEvoy writes about how to win the tournaments not just the theory. This is an excellent book for the novice or experienced player.4. Championship Satellite Strategy: by Tom McEvoy and Brad Daugherty
More and more players are gaining their way into large tournaments by winning a small Satellite tournament. Neil Furlong, Robert Varkoni, Chris Moneymaker and Greg Raymer all won the WSOP after gaining entry by winning a satellite tournament. They turned a toothpick into a lumberyard. In the Championship Satellite Strategy, authors Daugherty and McEvoy give you specific proven strategies for most satellite structures and situations.5. Poker Tournament Tips from the Pros: by Shane Smith
Poker Tournament Tips from the Pros covers 20 top tournament picks, 26 tournament traps and the four stages of a poker tournament. It show you how to win the low-stakes tournaments with small buy ins. Although this book was published in 1994, the concepts can be well adapted to the many daily low stakes tournaments you can find online.