Cash Games How To Win At No Limit Holdem Money Games Vol 1

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Cash Games How to Win at No Limit Holdem Money Games Vol 1

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.

In Harrington on Cash Games: Volume I, Dan Harrington teaches you the key concepts that drive deep-stack cash game play. You ll learn how to tailor your selection of starting hands to your stack size, how to recognize the increasing deception value of supposedly weaker hands as the stack sizes increase, and how to use the concept of pot commitment to your advantage as the size of the pot grows. After laying out the general concepts behind deep-stack cash game play, Harrington shows you a complete strategy for post-flop play, and then teaches you the difference between post-flop play against a single opponent and post-flop play against multiple opponents. If you play no-limit hold em cash games, you need to read this book.

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.

User Ratings and Reviews

2 Stars A few good tips
Mr. Harrington gives a few good tips for playing certain hands in cash games. These tips will allow you to save enough money in one session of Hold’em to pay for the book.

4 Stars Not perfect, but still vintage Harrington
I will add myself to the list of people who start off their review of this book by saying that there was no way that it could have lived up to Harrington’s tournament series. Those books are considered foundational books for tournament play and rank among the top poker books out there. If anything, this book shows how hard it is to write a great book, even if you’re a great poker player and poker author. Even Tiger Woods doesn’t win every tournament he plays in. So why we expect a poker author to hit a homerun every time is beyond me–sorry for mixing sport metaphors.

Part of the reason for this shortcoming is, as has already been said, the more varied nature of cash games. Tournament play shifts in very predictable ways based upon the format and stage of the tournament. High ante, late-stage tournament play necessitates a looser style of play, for example, and there are ways to leverage the format to gain an advantage. But cash games aren’t nearly so predictable. As a result Harrington’s desire to provide a foundation for cash game poker play feels like it becomes a little too ABC, with most recommendations on play being based on the cards that you’re holding, rather than how you’re reading those around you. After all, it would be very difficult to account for the massive variation in the kinds of players and the particular situations that you might face in cash games, although some people have tried with varying results.

Additionally, Harrington has always been a proponent of a tighter style of play, often folding when others might call. Especially in volume 1, this more conservative style is on display, both a good and bad thing. Meanwhile, his recommendation on randomly varying your play based on percentages is a great idea theoretically, and may even be used retroactively to track your play, but I want to know who is sitting at the table with cash on the line thinking that he should take a particular action because he needs to fill his 10% quota of making a certain move.

Still, despite its limitations Harrington remains one of the game’s top thinkers and you can do much worse by reading his thoughts on cash game strategy. Though there are few certainties in the game of poker, there are definitely people who are more right, and there are people who are more wrong. Harrington certainly falls into the former category, and if you decide to adapt your cash game based on his recommendations, you will likely see an improvement. Not a full-throated endorsement perhaps, but still a recommendation.

5 Stars Readable, rigorous, and informative
Dan Harrington is an accomplished pro, and a captivating and often witty writer. The quality of his prose is well above that of most poker books.

In Vol I, he establishes broad cash game principles, and lays a foundation for presenting a tight aggressive style. His coverage of pre-flop play is rigorous, with plenty of example hands that reiterate concepts. For flop play, there are entire chapters devoted to both heads up and multiple player hands.

Vol II, also excellent, covers the turn and river, and the loose aggressive style.

This is a great book, and is deserving of many re-reads. It is particularly good for those who want to refine or counter a tight aggressive style.

5 Stars Another Excellent Harrington Book
Another excellent book by Harrington. I read this book about a year ago and loved it. If you enjoyed his tournament play books, this series on cash games are perfect. Thanks for the great work, Dan.

4 Stars Great book for the intermediate player
This is a great book for the beginner who knows the rules of the game, know a little about what hands to play or the intermediate player. I have this book 4 stars because it takes the very aggressive approach which works if you are playing with players that know what they are doing, but can cost you a lot with players that play weak. You will defiantly make the money back you paid for this book. I also suggest you get book 2 as it covers the turn and river in-depth. I am glad I found a solid book for NL cash games!

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