Rating: 
Summary: Excellent for Serious Home Games
Review: This book is unique in that it covers strategy and tactics for play in
serious home games instead of a casino or online. (Some differences
are the blind/ante structure, the number of players, and how many
players enter each pot.)
An excellent selling point is that it covers all of the serious poker
formats: Hold'em, Omaha, 7 Card Stud, 5 Card Draw, and 5 Card Stud.
(The section on Draw is quite good!) It includes hi/lo versions of
some of these games, including with a declare. It also covers limit,
no-limit, and pot-limit. It does not cover any of the crazy or
wildcard games that are popular in nickel-ante home games.
The included example/problems are an excellent way to learn. Each is
answered and accompanied by a good explanation. Various player
stereotypes are used throughout the book to stage the problems. The
stereotypes are unfortunately one-dimensional, but do remind the
reader to play the player instead of just your cards.
If you play serious home games, this book can easily suffice as your
only poker book. If you go to a casino or play online, this book will
help plenty versus no book at all.
Rating: 
Summary: Great Fundementals of non-Casino Poker
Review: This book is wonderful - Kinda long but divided into chapters that you can clearly jump to/from. The author was actually a statistics professor, but he doesn't get too much into the mathmatics - actually only grazes the surface but it's enough to keep a non-Rain Man person busy. The Steiner only covers a couple of games - 7 card stud, 5 card draw, Hold 'em, and Omaha. I was a little sad to see that there wasn't more on wacky types of games like Follow the Queen and Baseball that you usually find on Thursday nights...
Rating:
Summary: Great Book!
Review: This is a great book for intermediate level players. Since reading it, I have not lost yet(in 3 sessions). The only thing that could be better is the way in which the author gives the answers to excersises. He tends to give all excersises, then gives an explanation, causing you to flip back and forth between the pages. Still, if that's all I can find wrong with the book, then its got a ton of stuff right. Learn to beat your friends, READ THIS BOOK!
Rating:
Summary: A Real Value.
Review: This is a very good book that is quite well written; however, since it is from 1996, it's rather dated. The author, of course, does not make any mention of the internet which is the vehicle through which most of us play poker nowadays. He also could not have foreseen the extraordinary success that amateurs have had against professionals which is why he stated that amateurs usually lose their money at the World Series of Poker. In the last two years Greg Reimer and Chris Moneymaker thoroughly disproved such a notion. Yet the author should not be blamed for historical eventualities he could not anticipate. He has written a highly functional and readable guide for the weekly, or Thursday night, poker game. It's ideal for beginners as his explanations of the game (and its many variations) are clear and concise. His knowledge of strategy and tactics is notable. A big plus at the end is the annotated bibliography which I read a couple of times.
Rating:
Summary: My favorite poker book
Review: This is the best poker book I own and I can't recommend it highly enough. It is well above the basic "play tight" poker advice books, but not so far above that I can't get it. It's not for casino poker (although it couldn't hurt your game) but for moderate stakes poker (wins and losses in the $100 to $1000 range) and for that it is perfect. I disagree with the poster who says it doesn't bear re-reading; I've re-read it three times. And I think it's made me about $500 in the last four months. Nice return, huh?
Rating:
Summary: BUY THIS BOOK!
Review: This poker book is the one I have been looking for and the one you should buy!!! The book is great with percantages of gettting a certain hand and it will make you a sure winner in home games. Also, if you are new to the game and have not yet visited Las Vegas casinos, the book gives somewhat of what you should expect and how to handle it.
Rating:
Summary: Very Enjoyable Book¿Now Get To Playin!!!
Review: This was a very Enjoyable Book. It provided important and useful concepts about the game of Poker. I learned new concepts, which identified some leaks in my game. Leaks in your game can come from anywhere!!! Leaks can originate from lack of aggression, overcalling raises, misreading opponents and any other number of ways. So this book helps. Many people look at poker the wrong way. They think to win they need to do all of this super fancy plays and mindblowing stunts. Well folks...there are not that many options in poker...you fold, call or raise. So its really hard to do thinks that will just fool your opponents all the time. To win at poker it is mostly limiting your mistakes and getting all that you can from winning hands and minimizing losses on losing hands...that's it Ive been playing for about 5 years now and love the game. Ive read many poker books and found this one to be very good. So I would suggest you buy this book and maybe a couple others and get to playing. There's really no excuse anymore - since anyone can access the internet. If you are a new poker player and would like to start playing poker online at www.partypoker.com - make sure you use the bonus code: "AMAZON25" and you will receive $25 free on your first purchase at www.PartyPoker.com. You can also use the Bonus Code "AMAZON100" and you will receive a 20% bonus up to $100! If you already play at PartyPoker, you can also play at www.Pokerroom.com. Use the promotion code "100BONUS" and you will receive 20% up to $100.
Rating:
Summary: Thursday Night has drastically improved my home game play!
Review: Thursday Night Poker is a well written and easy to read book that can help players of all levels improve their home game as well as prepare you for some basic strategy to use in the casino. Since reading the book I have become much more aware of many previously ignored, yet important aspects of the game of Poker. The section dealing with seven card stud beginning holdings was worth the price of the book all by itself and has definitely paid for itself many times in game play situations. I recommend this to all poker players, especially those who are new to the game.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent on play before and on the flop.
Review: While Steiner doesn't cover the subtle expert strategies that Sklansky does, he presents some very practical advice that I haven't seen explained as well elsewhere, such as how to evaluate fit with the flop and how to use this in deciding what to do, and the importance of how many rounds it will take to find out how good your hand is.
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