There are many poker books that promise to help the beginner become profitable at the game. These are traditionally the most popular books for the simple reason that they appeal to the most players in the poker world – the recreational players.

Just as there are as many books per player as there are players at each level of poker, there are less books available for players the better they get at the game. This makes sense, but can be frustrating. You might argue that Fedor Holz doesn’t need to get any better at the game, having won millions and millions of dollars at the game and we’d take your point, but still.

The number of poker books to bring the intermediate player up to the level of a professional one is lower than it should be, however. So it’s a good idea when a book comes along that appeals to virtually every level of player, which can be done by showing rank amateurs what they can reach for, allowing intermediate level players how to still improve their games and showing elite players the patterns into which intermediate players will still fall.

Small Stakes No-Limit Hold’em by poker author Ed Miller, professional player Sunny Mehta and practical theorist Matt Flynn was published in 2010 and continues to lead good poker players down a path to more profit to this day.