The limitations of common sense

The poker terminology for it is 'semi-bluff'. Common sense gets a lot of poker things very wrong and I have a lot to thank David Sklansky for ridding me of my intuition and giving me a new one

Sklansky is one of the leading authorities on poker books. He is the deviser of the Fundamental Theorem of Poker, and lays out the mathematical considerations one should consider whilst playing poker of all varieties. Check out some of his books for more info. A word of warning though: most of his work is primarily concerned with mid-high limit poker, so most of the work is too subtle to work in most people's poker career (unless you have a massive multi-k bankroll).I enjoyed reading the books, but to make some proper headway into small and mid stakes try Lee Jones' work for low limit hold 'em. With his much simpler poker playing style it is easier to pick up the fundamentals from which you can begin intergrating Sklansky's work. I have made a profit (small) from Jones' techniques.To retire early, you need the Poker Bible, or more accurately the Principia Poker - The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth (I don't have the book close to hand so I'm not sure if Malmuth is credited as an author, though he did have significant influence either way). I can say with high confidence that basically all serious limit poker players have read it...and in it, common sense is often turned on its head entirely (I think you are suitably warned :-D).

Naturally the accelration depends on where you are on earth, and how far away you are from it. 9.8 is generally close enough though