Harrington on Cash Games: How to Win at No-Limit Hold'em Cash Games, Volume 2
The first years of the poker boom were fueled by the interest in no-limit hold 'em tournaments. Recently, however, players have been gravitating to another, even more complex form of hold 'em - no-limit cash games. 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...
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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.
About Dan Harrington vAbout Bill Robertie viiTight-Aggressive Turn Play 1Introduction 2Characteristics of Play on the Turn 3Sample Hand 6Balancing Bet Sizing and Pot Commitment 8Reasons for Betting the Turn 9Sample Hand 13Bluffing on the Turn 17Leverage on the Turn 19Sample Hand 19Checking the Turn 22Sample Hand 24Handling Top Pair 26The Problems 27Tight-Aggressive River Play 73Introduction 74Deep-Stack Cash Games Versus Tournament Play 75Betting the River: Where Do You Stand? 76You Have the Nuts 77You Have a Very Strong Hand, But Not the Nuts 80You Have a Good Hand Given the Board and the Betting Action 81Sample Hand 84You Have a Hand with Some Value 87Sample Hand 88You Have Zilch 90Sample Hand 92Bet Sizing on the River 94How Good is Your Hand? 94How Big Are the Pot and the Stacks? 95How Much Strength Has Your Opponent Shown? 96What Do You Know About Your Opponent? 96Calling Bets on the River 98Sample Hand No. 1 100Sample Hand No. 2 102Sample Hand No. 3 103The Problems 105Tells and Observations 165Introduction 166Evaluating Tells 167Sample Hand 168Playing in Live Games 171Disguising Your Own Play 172Defending Against Tells: The Patrik Antonius Way 173Another Approach: The Scripted Defense 173Observing Betting Patterns 177Loose or Tight? 177Aggressive or Passive? 179Straightforward or Opposite? 180Fold or Call? 181Top Pair, Top Kicker? 182Sample Hand 183Conversational Gambits 184The Dangers of Table Talk: A Concrete Example 187Sample Hand 187A Quick Glossary of Conversational Remarks 193Playing the Loose-Aggressive Style 195Introduction 196Strengths of the Loose-Aggressive Style 197Picking Up the Blinds 198Applying Pressure 198Maximizing Payoffs 199Sample Hand 199Reaping Rewards of Volatility 204Seeing More Flops Cheaply 205Drawing Limits: How Far to Pursue Weak Hands 207The Tactics of the Loose-Aggressive Style 209The First-In Bluff 209The Squeeze Play 210The Continuation Bet 210The Bad Board Bet 211The Check-Raise Bluff 211The Check-Call Bluff 212The Double-Barreled Blast 212Three Barrels 213Switch to Tight Play 214How to Play Strong Hands 215Downsides to the Loose-Aggressive Style 217Adjusting to a Loose-Aggressive Player 221Sample Hand 224What Style is Best? 226The Problems 227Beating Weak Games 261Introduction 262What's a Weak Game? 265At What Stakes are Weak Games Found? 267General Advice for Beating Weak Games 269Preflop Play in Weak Games 273Initial Raise Sizing in Live Games 277The Power of Observation 278The All-In Move in Weak Games 281Sample Hand 281Adjusting to the Tactics of Low-Stakes Games: 16 Hand Examples 285Last Example 309Bankroll Management and Other Topics 311Introduction 312Bankrolls 313Who Needs a Bankroll? 313Start Small 314Moving Up and Moving Down 315What These Guidelines Accomplish 316Multi-Tabling 318Tilt and Its Forms 320Other Times for Sitting Down 322Paying Taxes 324Transitioning to Live Games 329An Interview with Bobby Hoff 335Introduction 336The Interview 337Conclusion 367Index 369
