| |  | Authors: Dan Harrington, Bill Robertie
Publisher: Two Plus Two Pub.
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Rating:  254 reviews
Sales Rank: 1,541
Media: Paperback
Pages: 381
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 1.1
ISBN: 1880685337
Dewey Decimal Number: 795.412
EAN: 9781880685334
ASIN: 1880685337
Publication Date: December 1, 2004
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Best Poker Book of All March 3, 2005
David M. Solomon
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Three things separate this poker book from all the others I have read (and I think I have read them all):
1. It is in plain english.
2. It gives clear and excellent problems for you to work out.
3. It is well organized throughout.
I suggest new poker players read Sklansky, "Theory of Poker" and this book. Sklansky does not write as clearly, but he gives you a good grounding in the basic mathematics of poker. Harrington will then give you an excellent introduction to the theory and practice of No Limit Hold'em.
One of the better ones out there March 3, 2005
Michael D. Grills (Elyria, Ohio United States)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I added this to my collection recently. Its one of the top books I have read. I haven't read them all, but have about 9 books. Dan's book will help keep you out of trouble by limiting the tough decisions you have to go through in a tournament. He has a conservative style, but that is what you need to survive early. I like his hand examples. You really get two for one on most questions. He lays out the situation and goes over the "right" play. After that, he'll continue through the hand assuming you took the "less than best starting play" and works his way through the hand trying to limit the damage of the novice type play.
I don't think I have ever recommended a poker book, and I am thinking twice about recommending this one. I want the information all to myself! And I want volume two to come out soon.
I think there should be a pre-req to this book. Get a Sklansky book and learn the game from the math angle. Sometimes when faced with the absolute, "I have no clue what to do here" situation, go to the math and let it decide for you. Harrington does it.
Excellent reading March 3, 2005
J. W. Olson
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
About time there was a book dedicated to grinding it out in a NLHE tourney. The hand examples are well thought out (pot odds, betting patterns, hand analysis, etc) and several are real examples seen through the eyes of Harrington himself. I chose this over Super System and do not regret it. Props to 2+2 for publishing yet another classic and props to "The Cincinnati Kid" quote at the beginning.
Casino Rama Kid March 1, 2005
Andrew Smith (Beaverton, Ontario Canada)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have read just about all books on hold'em poker. I play mostly limit hold'em live in casino everyday, and just starting to play online limit tables and no-limit tourneys. This is the only book you need to read to develope a tough no-limit tourney style. I can't wait to order volume 2 when it becomes available for extra information.
Best overall Book got my money's worth March 1, 2005
A. Garcia (Whittier,CA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is by far the only book you need , if you do not improove your game switch to monopoly or come to party poker and play with me :)
The books covers the following topics
- The Game of NL Hold 'em
-Playing Styles and Starting requirements
-reading the table
-Pot Odds and Hand Analysis
-Betting before the flop
_Betting after the flop
-Betting on 4th and 5th st
It starts off with a very brief intro to NL Hold'em and how it has blown up in the past couple years
It went into the different styles :
-The Conservative Approach
-Aggressive Approach
-Super Aggrssive Approach
he does give u a basic strategy that u can follow , it a tight but not so tight approach , not like in Cloutier's style if u do follow harringtons's strategy u will have a good stack coming into the final table
he does give basic advice on tells and reading the table but nothing special if you want to go into details you might want to read Claro's Book of tells
Overall It cant get any better i cant wait for Vol 2
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