| |  | Authors: Dan Harrington, Bill Robertie
Publisher: Two Plus Two Pub.
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Rating:  251 reviews
Sales Rank: 3,329
Media: Paperback
Pages: 381
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 1880685337
Dewey Decimal Number: 795.412
EAN: 9781880685334
ASIN: 1880685337
Publication Date: December 1, 2004
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Don't buy it March 27, 2005
JD (VA)
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is a terrible book. The book doesn't address going all in with 7-2 off suit like you should.
Sorry, I have a feeling this book is going to hurt me in tournaments if all the fish start reading it. The best part of the book is bet sizing which no other book I've read really goes into. The is the last piece I needed to plug my last leak. I was sizing bets based on....well...some mystical feeling I suppose. This book made me, a conservative player, a serious force in live tournaments. The average players have no idea what to do with me now and the really good players show me a lot of respect and stay aaway form me in the early stages and let me build my stack. This book will pay for it a thousand times over.... as long as only a few people read it. Otherwise we are all in trouble.
If you want to be a top player this is the book but ONLY if you have a goood core understanding of NL. Once you have that this book is worth it's weight in gold!!!!!!!!!
Awesome Read March 27, 2005
Ron Widelec
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
By far, the best poker text I have ever read. Slansky and Cloutier were useful, but Harrington is far far better at explaining the small details and strategies one must employ to compete at the top level. Honestly, worth its weight in chips...
Buy this book! March 21, 2005
Daddy Brain (Wisconsin)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Can't say enough about this book by one ofthe most mild mannered players in the game. He's also one ofthe brightest, having written an excellent book that might just be the best Hold 'em poker book out there.
I don't reccommend for a novice or beginner though. Table time and a few more fundamental books like Super System is necessary to realize the nuance and incredible advice given here.
A tremendous book!!!!!
A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Simply the best March 21, 2005
R. Carter
I have been totally blown away by this book. This is simply the best no-limit hold em book on the market. The detail, anaylsis and overall wealth of information make this book well worth its $20. The reason why this book is so excellent is because it attempts to teach you how to think like the pros and gives you clear guidelines on how to accomplish that. Warning though, this book is not for the lazy, get-rich-quick wannabees. This work is going to require a major investment in time and mental resources in order to fully upgrade your game and become competitive. If you are willing to do that, then this book cannot be beat. It's even better than Supersystem.
Please, Don't Buy This Book (Let me win instead)!!! March 21, 2005
aptman (Los Angeles, California)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I set out to buy a book on Poker, specifically on no limit hold 'em, and started reading the reviews on Amazon to decide which one to buy. After reading the reviews up here on Harrington's book, I decided to buy it. Boy, am I glad I did. I don't know why I'm putting this review up, because I've made some ok money in the few times I've played since reading the bood, and I can't understand why I would want others to play better, but I guess I owe a debt to those who gave great reviews before me.
This book is very easy to read, I breezed through it in a matter of a couple of days. It has problems at the end of each chapter that test your skills and strategy. I found, as the book went on, that I was able to think more and more like Harrington suggests a good hold 'em player should. More importantly, I began succeeding in the poker clubs. I've used the thoughts from this book to play no limit and limit games at local card clubs, as well as in Las Vegas, where I made final table at a no limit tourney (and played a hand very well pre-flop that almost went my way and would've put me in the chip lead at that table had it stayed right).
This book lays out strategy that sound intuitive once you consider it. He recommends a fairly conservative style of play, but when you begin understanding the way the table works, you realize that you can play other styles as well, using the tools he's equipped you with.
All in all, a great book, and hope that Harrington makes more money from his poker than he does from this book, or it's trouble for all of us.
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