Phil Gordon Little Green Book Review

About Phil Gordon

Phil Gordon Quick Facts

Nickname: Tiltboy
Current Residence: Las Vegas, Nevada
Year of Birth: 6 July 1970
Place of Birth: Las Vegas, Nevada

Phil Gordon Achievements

Phil Gordon is an American professional poker player. He is well known poker author, writing columns regularly for poker magazines.
Gordon was a commentator on the popular Bravo’s Celebrity Poker Showdown for seven seasons and currently hosts The Poker Edge, an ESPN podcast.
As of 2007, Phil Gordon’s live poker tournament winnings totalled over $1,600,000, of which $641,073 was earned at the World Series of Poker.
Phil Gordon has had 15 money finishes at the WSOP and finished 4^th in the 2001 main event to take home $400,000.

Phil Gordon’s Little Green Book: Lessons and Teachings in No Limit Texas Hold’em

Although Phil Gordon’s Little Green Book is rather small in size, it is a packed with winning poker strategies. Released in October 2005 by Simon Spotlight Entertainment, the book explains Phil Gordon’s personal approach to poker. Since he has won $1 million at tournaments in a 3 year period, you can be sure the advice Phil Gordon has to offer is worth reading.

Even though Little Green Book is light-hearted and quite entertaining, it does not skimp on explaining credible poker strategies from the pre-flop to the river.

What are the strong points of the Phil Gordon ’s Little Green Book?

Clear, concise and well structured practical poker strategy advice for almost every No Limit Texas Hold’Em scenario you might encounter.
Contains a useful and easily comprehensible section on calculating pot and implied odds
Explanations are basic and precise, accompanied with hand examples and practice charts
Packed with painstaking accurate poker math

Where does Phil Gordon’s Little Green Book fall short?

Focuses exclusive on No Limit Texas Hold’Em
Not suitable as a first book for complete novices

Who will benefit from Phil Gordon’s Little Green Book? Phil Gordon’s Little Green Book is geared primarily towards No Limit Texas Hold’Em. The strategies are best applied to tournament and cash game play for amateur and intermediate poker players. This mini-guide to poker is a definite winner.