Harrington on Cash Games: How to Win at No-Limit Hold'em, Volume 2 ~ Paperback ~ Dan Harrington

Harrington on Cash Games: Volume II continues where Volume I left off. In sections on turn and river play, Harrington explains why these are the most important streets in no-limit hold em, and shows how to decide when to bet or check, when to call or fold, and when to commit all your chips. In later sections, Harrington shows how to play a looser and more aggressive style, how to make the transition from online to live games, and how to extract the maximum profit from very low-stakes games. Volume II concludes with an interview with Bobby Hoff, considered by many the best no-limit cash game player of all times, who shares some of his secrets and insights. Dan Harrington won the gold bracelet and the World Champion title at the $10,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold em Championship at the 1995 World Series of Poker. And he was the only player to make the final table in 2003 (field of 839) and 2004 (field of 2,576) considered by cognoscenti to be the greatest accomplishment in WSOP history. In Harrington on Cash Games, Harrington and two-time World Backgammon Champion Bill Robertie have written the definitive books on no-limit cash games. These books will teach you what you need to know to be a winner in the cash game world. Table of Contents About Dan Harrington v About Bill Robertie vii Tight-Aggressive Turn Play 1 Introduction 2 Characteristics of Play on the Turn 3 Sample Hand 6 Balancing Bet Sizing and Pot Commitment 8 Reasons for Betting the Turn 9 Sample Hand 13 Bluffing on the Turn 17 Leverage on the Turn 19 Sample Hand 19 Checking the Turn 22 Sample Hand 24 Handling Top Pair 26 The Problems 27 Tight-Aggressive River Play 73 Introduction 74 Deep-Stack Cash Games Versus Tournament Play 75 Betting the River: Where Do You Stand? 76 You Have the Nuts 77 You Have a Very Strong Hand, But Not the Nuts 80 You Have a Good Hand Given the Board and the Betting Action 81 Sample Hand 84 You Have a Hand with Some Value 87 Sample Hand 88 You Have Zilch 90 Sample Hand 92 Bet Sizing on the River 94 How Good is Your Hand? 94 How Big Are the Pot and the Stacks? 95 How Much Strength Has Your Opponent Shown? 96 What Do You Know About Your Opponent? 96 Calling Bets on the River 98 Sample Hand No. 1 100 Sample Hand No. 2 102 Sample Hand No. 3 103 The Problems 105 Tells and Observations 165 Introduction 166 Evaluating Tells 167 Sample Hand 168 Playing in Live Games 171 Disguising Your Own Play 172 Defending Against Tells: The Patrik Antonius Way 173 Another Approach: The Scripted Defense 173 Observing Betting Patterns 177 Loose or Tight? 177 Aggressive or Passive? 179 Straightforward or Opposite? 180 Fold or Call? 181 Top Pair, Top Kicker? 182 Sample Hand 183 Conversational Gambits 184 The Dangers of Table Talk: A Concrete Example 187 Sample Hand 187 A Quick Glossary of Conversational Remarks 193 Playing the Loose-Aggressive Style 195 Introduction 196 Strengths of the Loose-Aggressive Style 197 Picking Up the Blinds 198 Applying Pressure 198 Maximizing Payoffs 199 Sample Hand 199 Reaping Rewards of Volatility 204 Seeing More Flops Cheaply 205 Drawing Limits: How Far to Pursue Weak Hands 207 The Tactics of the Loose-Aggressive Style 209 The First-In Bluff 209 The Squeeze Play 210 The Continuation Bet 210 The Bad Board Bet 211 The Check-Raise Bluff 211 The Check-Call Bluff 212 The Double-Barreled Blast 212 Three Barrels 213 Switch to Tight Play 214 How to Play Strong Hands 215 Downsides to the Loose-Aggressive Style 217 Adjusting to a Loose-Aggressive Player 221 Sample Hand 224 What Style is Best? 226 The Problems 227 Beating Weak Games 261 Introduction 262 What's a Weak Game? 265 At What Stakes are Weak Games Found? 267 General Advice for Beating Weak Games 269 Preflop Play in Weak Games 273 Initial Raise Sizing in Live Games 277 The Power of Observation 278 The All-In Move in Weak Games 281 Sample Hand 281 Adjusting to the Tactics of Low-Stakes Games: 16 Hand Examples 285 Last Example 309 Bankroll Management and Other Topics 311 Introduction 312 Bankrolls 313 Who Needs a Bankroll? 313 Start Small 314 Moving Up and Moving Down 315 What These Guidelines Accomplish 316 Multi-Tabling 318 Tilt and Its Forms 320 Other Times for Sitting Down 322 Paying Taxes 324 Transitioning to Live Games 329 An Interview with Bobby Hoff 335 Introduction 336 The Interview 337 Conclusion 367 Index 369 Biography Dan Harrington won the gold bracelet and the World Champion title at the $10,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold em Championship at the 1995 World Series of Poker. And he was the only player to make the final table in 2003 (field of 839) and 2004 (field of 2,576) considered by cognoscenti to be the greatest accomplishment in WSOP history. In Harrington on Cash Games, Harrington and two-time World Backgammon Champion Bill Robertie have written the definitive books on no-limit cash games. These books will teach you what you need to know to be a winner in the cash game world.