Doyle Brunson Super System
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Doyle Brunson, a true poker legend and the author of two famous poker books: “Super System” and “Super System 2” Topping in at, I believe, about 700 pages it isn’t unreasonable to call this book the Bible of Poker as features some in-depth strategy on all popular forms of poker played today. Twice-world champion and Hall of Famer Doyle Brunson and five leading experts in their various specialties tell you when to raise, call, bet, and fold at hold 'em (limit and no-limit), 7-stud (high and low), draw poker, and lowball.
Doyle Brunson is one of the biggest legends of poker and author of Super System and Super System 2.
He gained legendary status by winning the world series of poker main event multiple times and has since then won 10 world series of poker bracelets.
His first poker book, Super System was (and still sort of is) considered to be the bible of poker. During its release, not many other poker books got published, let alone books with high quality poker stategy. Super system has become the single most influential book ever written about poker.
Super System consists of different chapters covering different variations of poker. Each chapter is written by the best poker experts on the matter. Some people have complaints about this and would prefer if the book only covered texas holdem strategy exclusively. Having so many different writers working on the book also means that the quality varies from chapter to chapter.
The no limit holdem chapter written by Doyle Brunson himself is the most popular one. Since its release in the 70’s, it has been considered one of the best pieces ever written on advanced power poker.
In Super System 2 this no limit holdem chapter has hardly been updated or rewritten at all. It’s pretty much a word by word copy of the original text from the original Super System and this is definitely a missed oppurtunity and misleading for consumers.
On a more positive note, they did succesfully implement a chapter specialised in pot limit omaha strategy. Omaha poker has gained much popularity and is the most played poker game online and at casinos after Texas Holdem around the world. Despite the rise in popularity, it is still hard to find good omaha strategy books.
Overal the Super System poker book series written by Doyle Brunson definitely deserves a spot in any serious poker player’s library. It is a 666 page counting piece of poker history, which covers the basic poker strategy for many types of poker games, at a relatively cheap price.
Super/System, one of the first books about poker strategy, was written and published in 1979 by Doyle Brunson, a professional poker player and multiple winner at the World Series of Poker.
History and title[edit]
(publ. B & G Publishing Co.)
How I Made Over $1,000,000 Playing Poker was primarily written by Doyle Brunson who, at the time of publication in 1979, had won the main event of the World Series of Poker in 1976 and 1977. The book was one of the first comprehensive books on strategies for various poker games. Many notable poker players and tournament champions contributed sections to the book.
The title of the book was originally How I Made Over $1,000,000 Playing Poker. The title is also sometimes written as Super System, without a slash; Doyle Brunson's Super System; or Super/System: A Course in Power Poker.
Doyle Brunson Super System Summary
Contents[edit]
The book begins with a biographical sketch of Doyle Brunson and then quickly discusses general poker strategy. General strategy includes controlling emotion, watching competitors play, reasoning out play, and other similar tips that benefit all forms of poker play.
The sections of the book dedicated to strategy were divided as follows:
- Draw poker written by Mike Caro. Among other things, Caro writes in detail about tells, how to gain information about an opponent's hand based on how they act. He is regarded as an expert on poker psychology and behavior and would later go on to write his own seminal book on tells.
- Seven-card stud written by Chip Reese
- Lowball written by Joey Hawthorne and Doyle Brunson
- Seven-card stud high-low split (with no qualifier for low) by David Sklansky
- Limit Texas hold 'em by Bobby Baldwin
- No-limit Texas hold 'em by Doyle Brunson
Finally, there is a comprehensive list of probability and statistics calculated by Mike Caro. In addition to raw numbers, many scenarios are investigated and common questions are answered.
Influence[edit]
Many of today's top poker players, young and old, swear by Super/System. Although many years have passed since the original publication, it still contains relevant strategies and statistics. Brunson himself believes that because the book has been so influential, it probably cost him more money than he was paid for writing it.
Many of the poker variants are played differently today, and there are many new variants that are not covered in Super/System, so the book has been superseded in some areas.
Super System 2[edit]
A sequel titled Super System 2 was published in October 2004 (ISBN1-58042-136-9).
The second book is broken up into several sections, each covering a different variant of poker, and written by experts on those games. Contributors include: Daniel Negreanu; Lyle Berman, founder of the World Poker Tour; Bobby Baldwin; Johnny Chan; Mike Caro; Jennifer Harman; Todd Brunson; Steve Zolotow; and Crandell Addington.
Bibliography[edit]
- Brunson, Doyle; Reese, Chip & Hawthorne, Joey (2003) [First Published 1978]. Doyle Brunson's Super System: A Course in Power Poker. Bobby Baldwin, Mike Caro, David Sklansky (3 ed.). Cardoza Publishing. ISBN978-1-58042-081-5.