A bit of a book review, because I think this book deserves a look...

In the Frugal Endeavor spirit, I have been trying to increase my poker aptitude without investing too terribly much. Fortunately I work close to a Barnes and Noble bookstore and have discovered the "Games" section that holds about two shelves worth of poker books. My good friend ohcaptain (who you have read about now more times than need mentioning) has quite an extensive home library of poker related books. One book that he does not have is "Killer Poker Online" by John Vorhaus.



Now flipping through this book, I didn't see a whole lot of strategy on what hands to play at what times during cash games versus tournaments, so it is not that type of book at all. What it does give you is pointers on how to psychologically play better poker online with that information already in hand. I found numerous portions of this book to be extremely helpful, especially the portions on Mind and Mood management. I had been doing a LOT of multi-tabling, which I thought was the best thing to do. In fact, after simply adopting an idea of maintaining focus on one game, the same as you would do in a brick and mortar casino, my returns have increased dramatically. I always thought, "Oh, this is a hand I have no interest in. Fold this 7-2 offsuit. Now what is new on website (insert your favorite website here)?" and would go to become distracted with something else until the alarm on the next hand told me it was my turn to act. It is odd to think that something as simple as "Keep your head in the game" written down in a book can have the sort of effect. I guess reading it was what I needed.

I also found a couple of similar type reviews on this book here and here. All in all, I think that most online poker players could benefit from portions of this book.