These are excerpts from a review of Elements of Poker written by Lars Hermansson.

How to combine deep poker knowledge, humor, poetry & self irony while being thought provoking? Ask Tommy Angelo, author of Elements of Poker, he knows.

This is a book for the thinking poker player, no doubt about that. It centers around a great deal of new thoughts and ideas, unheard of elsewhere. The material is demanding, but the payoff is huge, if you are ready for the mental challenge. The road there is easygoing and fun, since Tommy writes highly entertaining prose. I smiled most of the time.

The real treat of Elements of poker is the depth and overview perspective.

None of the conventional step-by-step poker books can measure up against Elements of Poker. Here you learn the essence of the game, and you learn how to analyze the game and yourself from a higher perspective.

Elements of Poker is definitely a future classic, not only in the poker literature, but in the gambling literature as a whole.

For us thinking players (and human beings) there is no poker book that can match Tommy Angelo’s Elements of Poker. I have Elements of Poker as my #1, and prefer that to 20 other books by poker celebs and non-celebs. You should read it as well.