Posted by: admin : Category: Has anyone read “Psychology of Poker” by Alan N. Schoonmaker, published by 2+2, and is it good? Also, I noted one generally positive review of “Inside the Poker Mind” by John Feeny. Any other comments on that book?
Answer 1:
I haven’t read the Shoonmaker book yet. Haven’t bought it yet either. In fact, if anybody has not bought my book because you wanted to use a credit card (and you can’t use paypal), email me about buying me the Shoonmaker book and trading. I liked the Feeny book. There are parts where I disagree with what he says, but he gives a good enough backgroun/reason for his conclusions that the reader can easily see when some of his conclusions might not have as broad application as Feeny suggests. I recommend it.
Answer 2:
I did not get the Schoonmaker book because I didn’t like his articles in Poker World. I DID buy Feeney’s book and was utterly disappointed because of his constant re-hashing of Sklansky and Malmuth. Do yourself a favor and just buy S&M’s material and skip Feeney’s book.
Answer 3:
I would suggest the opposite. Buy Feeney’s book, and skip HEFAP.
Of course, you should still get Sklansky’s Theory of Poker, but I think that Feeney presents most of the critical concepts in HEFAP much more clearly.