Posted by Dr Fro 7:47 PM
I am in Belize and starting reading Positively Fifth Street today as a result of an endorsement of the book from Barclay at Houston Hobby airport that was so strong that he insisted on my taking his copy.

That was a month ago, but I started it today over a pina colada by the pool and am about 100 pages deep. This book rocks, and I know the reason why.

Most books on poker focus on strategy. They are written by guys that understand math but not the English language (guys like me). I am educated enough to appreciate a well written book, but I can't do it myself. It's like good music - I know it when I hear it, but damn if I can't even clap and sing at the same time.

The author, Jim McManus, evidently has a background in both math and humanities, and the combination is a refreshing change to the usual staticentric (i just made that up) stuff that is 100% on spot but makes for slow reading.

And as a plus - he is a baseball fan and makes some insightful analogies between the two forms of competition. As a MLB fan myself, these analogies hit home (pun intended).

Poker Nation is a clear 2nd place to PFS so far...

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