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Start your review of Harrington on Cash Games: How to Win at No-Limit Hold 'em Money Games, Volume I

May 11, 2017 John Pollard rated it it was amazing

These series of books are simply inspired. Worth the price tag though can get them cheap second hand. The only improvement would be if Harrington could whisper in my ear while I am playing a real hand of poker, to tell me what I should be doing and why! Poker is the last holdout against AI; don't be fooled by the recent successes AI has had in heads-up poker, proper full table poker is another level of complicated. These series of books are simply inspired. Worth the price tag though can get them cheap second hand. The only improvement would be if Harrington could whisper in my ear while I am playing a real hand of poker, to tell me what I should be doing and why! Poker is the last holdout against AI; don't be fooled by the recent successes AI has had in heads-up poker, proper full table poker is another level of complicated. ...more

Well written but outdated

Sep 18, 2018 Tobias rated it it was ok

Not up to date anymore, but still a good guide for beginners.

Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie, Harrington on Cash Games: How to Win at No Limit Hold'em Money Games, vol. I (Two Plus Two, 2008)

It took me about fifty pages of volume 1 of Harrington on Cash Games before I started saying to myself, "this is as good as Harrington on Hold'em." By the time I was finished with Volume 1, my only regret was that I didn't have Volume 2 to hand so I could start on it immediately. If you've read Harrington on Hold'em, you know what to expect here (and if you haven't, and you're even a casual Hold'em player, you should pick it up right now. Or don't, and keep giving me your money); the only difference is that the focus here is on cash games rather than tournaments. Most people who have played both, including yours truly, will attest that yes, there is a very big difference between the two games.

Where cash games are concerned, I stick to limit; I learned my lesson very painfully by giving away about 20% of my bankroll in the space of an hour the first time I sat down at a medium-stakes no-limit cash game. I have not been back in the ensuing couple of years; why bother, when I do so much better at no-limit tournaments and limit cash games? But it's always nagged at me that if I could just get my mind around the differences in mindset that eluded me about no-limit cash games, I could probably at least make back the few hundred I lost last time I gave it a shot. Having made it back in tournaments is like blowing a bankroll betting the Kentucky Derby and making it all back betting maiden claimers; you have the money again, but you still want to hit the Derby for that big score, right? Enter Dan Harrington and his easy, accessible style of teaching. I can tell you from personal experience that there's a very sharp line between my days as a losing poker player and my days as a winning one, and sitting in the no-man's-land between the two is Harrington on Hold'em. How could I not pick this up, and once I saw that the similarities I expected were there, how could I not love it? My only real complaint, as with Harrington on Hold'em, is that I would have preferred to get the whole shebang in one volume. It's not like poker players are unused to toting around doorstops. Have you ever lugged Super/System around? I have, for a month...

Simply out, and while I know a lot of people say this about their own books, I'm doing it as an independent source: Dan Harrington's books will turn you from a losing player into a winning player. If you're a small-time winning-player, they might make you into a medium-time winning player. There is absolutely, one hundred percent, no downside to reading Harrington on Hold'em or Harrington on Cash Games. Do it, and do it now. ****

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Oct 30, 2009 CV Rick rated it it was amazing

Dan Harrington is the master of poker instruction. He takes the reader step by step through the no limit cash game and doesn't give them a roadmap, but instead the tools to analyze, evaluate your opponents possible holdings, and your options given the situation you encounter. It's more than just a book, it's a complete course in playing the most popular card game on the planet. I am sure that the price of the book will be returned hundreds of times over in profit. Dan Harrington is the master of poker instruction. He takes the reader step by step through the no limit cash game and doesn't give them a roadmap, but instead the tools to analyze, evaluate your opponents possible holdings, and your options given the situation you encounter. It's more than just a book, it's a complete course in playing the most popular card game on the planet. I am sure that the price of the book will be returned hundreds of times over in profit. ...more

Must read for any advanced cash player .. Handles 1-2 to 5-10 range of NL , but also discusses some high stakes as well

Would I have been able to afford graduate school without this? The answer, friends, is no.

Oct 26, 2014 Timothy rated it liked it

A lot of example problems. Medium level. Exclusively aimed at 9 man.

Mar 08, 2016 Ben Yang rated it it was amazing

A must read if you ever want to win any money at cash game.

Very good book if you are learning how to play no limit Texas Holdem!

I guess if you are brand new to poker, this book may be of assistance. It is very generic.

May 21, 2009 Kevin Clouse rated it it was amazing

Great advice for no-limit hold 'em cash games. Very in-depth analysis of every aspect of the game. Great advice for no-limit hold 'em cash games. Very in-depth analysis of every aspect of the game. ...more

Not nearly as good as the tournament version Harrington on Hold`em books... Does not pass along the concepts, despite good hand walktroughs. Not nearly as good as the tournament version Harrington on Hold`em books... Does not pass along the concepts, despite good hand walktroughs. ...more

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

Dan Harrington is a professional poker player who won the main event at the 1995 World Series of Poker. He is also an expert backgammon and chess player.

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

Dan Harrington is a professional poker player who won the main event at the 1995 World Series of Poker. He is also an expert backgammon and chess player.

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