Phil Gordon's Little Green Book

Lessons and Teachings in No Limit Texas Hold'em

By: Phil Gordon

Narrated by: Phil Gordon

Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins

Publisher's summary

Phil Gordon plays poker with the best players in the world. He has won, and lost, in tournaments and cash games around the globe, all the while studying the game and learning from every hand dealt. As the resident expert and cohost of Celebrity Poker Showdown, Phil has quickly become one of the most sought-after teachers of No Limit Texas Hold'em. It's a tough game. But anyone can become a winning player with the right amount of courage, patience, aggression, observation, and, perhaps most important, dedication to becoming a better player.

After fifteen years of keeping notes on the things he's learned, the greats he's played with, and the celebrities he's taught, Phil Gordon has poured every single thing he knows about No Limit Texas Hold'em into this little green book. Taking a page from Harvey Penick's bestselling book of golf wisdom, Phil plays the role of both teacher and student, offering up insightful tips on how to think about poker and how to develop a singular style of play. Through philosophy, psychology, strategy, math, and the knowledge gleaned from playing poker with everyone from T. J. Cloutier and Phil Ivey to Hank Azaria and Ben Affleck, Phil breaks down the game into enlightening instructional tidbits and illustrative anecdotes that inspire the kind of persistence and motivation necessary to improve your game.

A book to rank with Doyle Brunson's Super System and David Sklansky's The Theory of Poker, Phil Gordon's Little Green Book deserves a spot on the shelf of every serious student of the game.

©2005 Phil Gordon (P)2005 Simon & Schuster Inc. All rights reserved.

Excellent learning tool!

If you want to learn No Limit Texas Holdem poker or improve your game, this is one of the books you will need to own. You may have see Phil on Bravo channel's Celebrity Poker describing the stars good, bad, or ugly play of the cards. He says that you can't play poker just by a chart because it's much more complex than black jack. He'll explain what to do and when to do it from each position at the table (under the gun, on the button, or in the big blind). He says he doesn't know everything about Texas Holdem and no one does. There's always something new to learn and you should develop your own style.

Tons of useful tips and straight to the point.

This book is mainly about no limit holdem tournaments because that's the authors main experience come from. He doesn't seem to be holding anything back. Excellent book for beginners and advanced players.

I haven't read the book but there is a lot of content in here and you'll probably need to listen a couple of times before you can soak in everything he has to offer.

GOOD INFORMATION

Good information but short. Guess I need to get Phil's other two little books. Well written, easy to digest. Can't wait to put it to practice. Will need to listen a few more times I'm sure to get a good grasp of his theories of poker.

OK but...

Seemed more for tournament poker. Picked up a few ideas though.

Helps Re-Evalutate Your Game

It reminds you that you must be aggressive. Good book to read/listen to every few months to remind you some stats. Helped me learn that hands I previously considered trash, are actually worth playing. Has improved my game dramatically. Good tournament strategy book. Recommneded for players who finish middle of the pack regularly.

Make some money!

My poker game has improved tremendously since buying Phils book. I beat over 1300 people to win my first free roll tournament after studying the Little Green Book! Now I win tournaments and place in the money all the time! Phil, I can't thank you enough for sharing your ideas and opinions with me!

This is a great little book for novice players.

If your an advanced player? You should already know what Phil has to say.
if you are a novice player? This is a great book for you.

good one

Listened twice now, prolly will a 3rd time too. good book, very informative. will check out his others too

Far better than I expected

This audiobook had much useful information than I expected it would. Phil Gordon clearly knows what he is talking about and shares his knowledge in a way that is easy to understand as well as interesting.

Great Listen

Easy to listen to Phil Gordon talk about his playstyle. Will defnitiely have to relisten.