Harrington on hold'em V 2

Review by Ashley Adams

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Harrington on hold'em V 1

A review by Ashley Adams

This and other books in Harrington's series aren't well written, they aren't well put together. I'm a fan of concise, to the point work. Harrington doesn't even attempt that quality.

I've seen Harrington's books called a Bible For Tournament Players, but no matter what your personal religion is, I think a new player is better off with a solid work on concepts of no-limit poker than a rambling work on no limit poker tournaments. The Ciaffone and Rueben works fills that requirement. The Harrington books do not.

For example, Harrington doesn't get around to pot odds until 1/3 of the way into Vol I and then he doesn't get it right with respect to tournaments. He's got a whole chapter on pot odds as they related to the number of chips, never bothering to mention the little glitch about tournament chips having a value mismatch.

Earlier in the book he talks about "playing style" without even discussing how "style" is effected by the relationships between antes/blinds/stack sizes.

It's no where near a solid book and it's overwritten.

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Biggest Game in Town

Started out as an article in The New Yorker and is probably the best book written on poker.

If the upcoming World Series of Poker is getting you interested in poker this book is the place to start to learn about the history and culture of the game.

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The Mathematics of Poker

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See Here.

Reviewed by Mathematical Bits

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Math and Poker blog

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