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 enlarge | Authors: Dan Harrington, Bill Robertie
Publisher: Two Plus Two Pub.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  291 reviews
Sales Rank: 1661
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 381
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.2
ISBN: 1880685337
Dewey Decimal Number: 795.412
EAN: 9781880685334
ASIN: 1880685337
Publication Date: December 1, 2004
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Awfully Perfect February 22, 2008
It is really something !!! First few pages are average, but then the tension is increasing and increasing and increasing and you want more and more and the you will go ahead and buy next two volumes :o)
but seriously, well written and very, very good from advice / strategic perspective +++
For me Poker Bible :o)
Thank
Brilliant discussion and loads of fun too! February 11, 2008
I had so much fun going through this book that I wish it never ended. You'll thoroughly enjoy testing your poker thinking against Harringtons extremely indepth comments. I've obviously read both of the other books but being forced to really think (in order to score points) is EXTREMELY helpful towards actually LEARNING the subject matter. If you enjoyed the first two. Buy this! If you dont have the first two, buy them, then buy this. Just do yourself a favour, study up and then attack this but write down all your answers to all the questions and number them (There's actually a score sheet in the back of the book). After I had gone through it I realised there is a section that categorises all of the errors you made so you can see where your game needs the most improvement but my answers were actually strewn about on bits of scrap paper so I couldn't make use of it...:S There's one or two questions where you might find yourself hard done by with Harrington not awarding points for what you may consider very reasonable plays but these are few and far between. For the most part he's pretty much spot on in his commentary.
 Definitely you will improve your game! February 8, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Last night I won again the Texas tournament with my buddies; They enroll me on Texas H and I have been playing for almost three years, they play a lot on internet sites and I don't but after reading just 1/3 of the entire book I can tell you that I noticeable improved my game, I put more attention in each hand and I can read all what is happening on the table that helps me to take better decisions.
I fish better, I bluff better, I make more chips with good hands, I detect more efficiently the danger and fold on time and I can stop and win a medium hand at the flop or before that can become against me on the turn.
This is a great book, you won't regret. There are good exercises at the end of each chapter testing you and giving you huge feedback why you should or shouldn't do something.
Of course, I don't tell anybody of my friends and neighbors that I have this book! Because this is my secret weapon and I try to keep a low profile saying "Hey that was lucky".
It's hard to pick a good Texas book because all the titles you find in internet but this is really good; thick book at small caps with 100% valuable info.
If you don't read a book like this, you will keep relying on just "luck" and Poker is not a luck game ok!
A masterpiece January 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
strategy (noun): a plan, method, or series of maneuvers or stratagems for obtaining a specific goal or result.
As the title indicates, this textbook spells out Harrington's tournament strategy. It is not a collection of tactics, but a comprehensive treatment of winning tournament play.
Unlike some other well-known poker texts, the writing in this book is clear, unambiguous, and profesionally edited. Harrington is concerned with giving you the facts as he sees them, rather than with self-promotion or opinion. Although Harrington teaches you how he approaches a problem, he doesn't hide the fact that there are other styles of play that can be considered equally valid. After reading this text, you will have a thorough understand of the differences between all the major tournament strategies, their strengths and weaknesses, and which strategy best fits your personality.
Bad poker players blunder their way through tournaments: betting when their cards are favorable, checking when they are scared, and attempting the occasional outrageous bluff in hopes of doubling their stack when nothing else seems to be working. These players know all the tactics, but misapply them. Luck is the ultimate decider of their fate.
Good poker players, on the other hand, have an overall tournament strategy.
Harrington introduces you to the various tournament strategies, and teaches you how to apply them to your play.
The value of this textbook is in the wealth of examples it provides. For each major concept or tactic, Harrington describes perhaps a dozen scenarios that illustrate the idea, and teaches you how to think about the hand the same way a pro would -- with a level-headed, rational approach to the problem.
"Harrington on Hold 'em, Vol. 1" is far and away the best tournament NL Hold'em textbook. This is a must-read for any tournament player.
If you are a tournament pro, you already think you know everything there is to know about poker tournaments. However, you should still read this book because your opponents undoubtedly have.
If you are a beginner, Harrington will show you how to think about a tournament as a single event, rather than as a collection of unrelated hands of poker. You will get a feel for overall tournament strategy, instead of relying on luck or resorting to playing hunches.
This text is the best of the best, don't miss it.
not only really good but easy too read December 30, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
not only that im plesently suprised about the stuff in the book, i mean lets be honest some poker books arent even worth one 1 dollar but its easy too read i mean really easy i mean whoever read sklansky knows what im taking about great books but it seems like and eternity and even though its verry interesting it kills you to read it. another suprise is that harrington advice can also applied to money games and hes fun to ever wondered why they called the bottom cards for a straight the idiots end??? because only an idiot would play the cards in the first place. he gives tips opponents just because player are agressive doesnt mean they have a death wish i know nothing new but you allways seem to forget the easy stuff
by the way i dont want to annoy anyone but can please someone tell me if i can change my handle to i love neda hajizadeh?
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