Harrington on Hold'em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments: Strategic Play, Vol.1
By Dan Harrington
Book Description
Harrington on Hold’em takes you to the part of the game the cameras ignore – the tactics required to get through the hundreds and sometimes thousands of hands you must win to make it to the final table.
Harrington’s sophisticated and timetested winning strategies, focusing on what it takes to survive the early and middle stages of a no-limit hold ‘em tournament, are appearing here for the first time in print. These are techniques that top players use again and again to make it to final tables around the globe.
Book Review
No limit hold'em, obviously, is a complex game and even more so when we are talking about tournaments. Harrington and Robertie do a truly excellent job of adressing all the major issues and their two volume set ranks very near the absolute best poker books of all time.
The book does a fine job addressing the relative merits of various styles, playing against each type of opponent, and even choosing one for yourself.
The book is laid out well for learning. Each chapter starts with a discussion of the topic, touching on the theory. There are several example situations with the authors' answers and detailed reasoning, as well as the merits of alternative plays. Following each chapter there are problems, mostly from real hands.
The book is focused specifically toward tournaments (early and middle stages), and especially toward those with well-defined formats, such as major casino/cardroom events and those on the Internet.