Poker strategy books often fit into their time, and in some ways define it. Super System jumped right out of that first era of Doyle Brunson winning the World Series. But others manage to transgress the time in which they were published and apply themselves to poker past, poker present, and even poker future.

Elements of Poker by Tommy Angelo, which was first published in 2007, fits very well into the section of poker books that you can pick up and apply the advice therein to any era of playing the game.

“I think it struck a chord for a couple of reasons.” said Angelo when we spoke with him about his popular poker book. “The topics that were covered had not been covered before, most of them. Quitting, what to say and not to say at the table, the sheer variety of topics made it popular.”

Another very deliberate effort by Angelo, who has written a lot of strategy books over the past decades, was where Elements of Poker could assist players who bought it at the time of its first release.