RIP David Sklansky (1 Viewer)

[Moxie Mike]

https://www.pokernews.com/news/2014/02/poker-legend-david-sklansky-passes-away-50722.htm

Seemed appropriate to post this in the strategy forum.

 

[AlbinoDragon]

"The Theory of Poker" was the first 'real' poker book I bought to try to improve my game. Every once in a while, I'll go through sections I've dog-eared again just to remind myself of some little detail I might be overlooking.

RIP one of the early teachers.

 

[Old State]

I went through a phase where I bought a ton of books

While I did find his dry and difficult to read you can’t deny his influence. Definitely helped my game back in the limit Holdem days

 

[btbmason]

The first two poker books I ever read were Hold’Em for Advanced Players, and Seven Card Stud for Advanced Players, back when I just couldn’t comprehend why I was so “unlucky”. I probably wouldn’t be around poker at all right now without those books.

RIP Mr. Sklansky

 

[suchj0sh]

RIP to a legend.

 

[CardRally]

This man made me so many Sklansky Dollars over the past 20 years. RIP and thank you to a poker legend.

 

[goatblackmagic]

Man what a legend. RIP

 

[IowaHoldem]

RIP Legend, his books helped me buy my first house in the boom days online at Party Poker.

 

[Jimulacrum]

RIP David Sklansky! He was my favorite all-time poker author (and in general I like 2 + 2's body of work).

I have owned and read nearly all of his books; I think I'm short just a few more recent ones. The Theory of Poker and Small Stakes Hold'em were particularly transformative for me. Tournament Poker for Advanced Players is another really excellent one that expanded my thinking a lot.

I actually destroyed the binding of TTOP so badly I had to buy a second copy (the pages were literally falling out in chunks), and now the new one's binding is destroyed too, but I've kept it in one piece for like 15 years with packing tape and a binder clip.

Okay, my turn for a stack photo.

(@suchj0sh, I believe High-Low-Split Poker is by Ray Zee, not Sklansky, but IIRC Sklansky wrote the foreword or something. I used to own it but lent it out and never got it back IIRC. Very good book just the same.)

 

[MeridianFC]

He was one of the giants

 

[NotRealNameNoSir]

He was one of the giants

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That's still on Spotify free if you have premium, if people want an audiobook. Listened to it during a few work trips. Most of it is fine but occasionally a table doesn't translate well.