Harrington on Cash Games

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ISBN: 9781880685426 | 1880685426
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Copyright: 3/4/2008

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About Dan Harrington	p. vii
About Bill Robertie	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Organization of the Books	p. 1
No-Limit Cash Games versus No-Limit Tournaments	p. 3
A Sample Hand	p. 5
Basic Ideas	p. 17
Introduction	p. 18
The Four Principles of Poker	p. 19
Expectation and Expected Value	p. 22
Example	p. 23
Pot Odds	p. 27
Example	p. 28
Expressed Odds and Implied Odds	p. 30
Example	p. 30
Calculating Outs	p. 34
The Rule of Four and The Rule of Two	p. 37
Bet Types	p. 39
The Value Bet	p. 39
The Probe Bet	p. 40
The Bluff	p. 41
The Semi-Bluff	p. 41
The Check	p. 44
Controlling Pot Odds	p. 46
Example	p. 46
The Elements of No-Limit Hold 'em Cash Games	p. 49
Introduction	p. 50
Stack Sizes	p. 51
Stack Sizes and Hand Selection	p. 53
Sample Hand No. 1	p. 54
Sample Hand No. 2	p. 55
Big Hand versus Big Hand	p. 58
Normalizing Hand Values	p. 58
Implied Odds Justification	p. 60
No-Limit Hold 'em and Venture Capitalists	p. 61
Hand Distribution as a Defensive Weapon	p. 61
Hand Selection in Tournament Play and Cash Play	p. 62
Stack Sizes and Bet Count Tables	p. 64
Stack Size, Pot Size, and Pot Commitment	p. 67
Idea No. 1: Balancing the Strength of Your Hand and the Size of the Pot	p. 67
Sample Hand No. 1	p. 69
Sample Hand No. 2	p. 71
Idea No. 2: Courting or Avoiding Pot Commitment	p. 77
Sample Hand	p. 78
Summarizing Hand Strength, Pot Size, and Pot Commitment	p. 81
Hand Reading	p. 85
Sample Hand	p. 86
Defending Against Hand Reading	p. 92
Diversifying Betting Sequences	p. 93
Sample Hand	p. 95
Recap: What Went Wrong?	p. 100
Deception	p. 104
Hand Analysis: Weighing the Evidence	p. 105
The Metagame	p. 107
Playing the Metagame	p. 109
When Not to Make Metagame Plays	p. 115
Metagame Evolution	p. 116
Avoiding Big Mistakes	p. 117
Hand Susceptibility	p. 119
Dealing with Short Stacks	p. 121
Tight-Aggressive Preflop Play	p. 123
Introduction	p. 124
Hand Evaluation and Stack Sizes	p. 126
Limping, Raising, and the Deception Principle	p. 133
Adopting Complementary Strategies	p. 136
Factoring in Your Post-Flop Skills	p. 140
Playing Individual Hands	p. 141
The Big Pairs	p. 141
Medium Pairs	p. 143
Small Pairs	p. 145
Small Pairs and Implied Odds	p. 147
Ace-King	p. 148
Ace-Queen	p. 150
Ace-Jack through Ace-Deuce	p. 151
The Trouble Hands	p. 155
Suited Connectors	p. 156
Other Playable Hands	p. 158
Playing the Small Blind	p. 160
Playing the Big Blind	p. 162
Attacking Limpers	p. 168
The Gap Concept in Deep-Stack Poker	p. 169
The Problems	p. 171
Tight-Aggressive Flop Play Heads-Up	p. 217
Introduction	p. 218
Your Goal in the Hand	p. 223
Bet Sizing on the Flop	p. 224
Raising the Initial Bet	p. 226
Sample Hand	p. 228
General Guidelines for Flop Play	p. 230
Handling a Single Pair on the Flop	p. 234
Betting Monsters on the Flop	p. 239
Example: Strategy No. 1 and Stacks of 100 Big Blinds	p. 241
An Interesting Variation: The All-In Semi-Bluff	p. 246
Various Flops and How to Respond	p. 248
Preflop Aggressor Out of Position	p. 251
You Raised with K[spades suit symbol]K[clubs]	p. 252
You Raised with A[heart suit symbol]Q[heart suit symbol]	p. 256
You Raised with T[clubs]T[spades suit symbol]	p. 260
Preflop Aggressor in Position	p. 264
You Raised with A[spades suit symbol]A[clubs]	p. 265
You Raised with A[heart suit symbol]Q[heart suit symbol]	p. 272
You Raised with 9[spades suit symbol]9[clubs]	p. 278
Non-Aggressor Out of Position	p. 283
You Called His Raise with J[heart suit symbol]J[diamond suit symbol]	p. 283
You Called His Raise with 3[clubs]3[heart suit symbol]	p. 286
You Called His Raise with K[clubs]J[spades suit symbol]	p. 288
You Called His Raise with 7[heart suit symbol]6[heart suit symbol]	p. 290
Non-Aggressor in Position	p. 292
You Called His Raise with T[heart suit symbol]T[clubs]	p. 292
You Called His Raise with 4[spades suit symbol]4[diamond suit symbol]	p. 295
You Called His Raise with K[spades suit symbol]Q[spades suit symbol]	p. 297
The Problems	p. 300
Tight-Aggressive Flop Play with Multiple Opponents	p. 339
Introduction	p. 340
Evaluating Hands in Multi-Way Pots	p. 342
Playing Very Strong Hands	p. 344
Sample Hand No. 1	p. 346
Sample Hand No. 2	p. 347
Sample Hand No. 3	p. 349
Playing Overpair and Top Pair Hands	p. 353
Sample Hand No. 1	p. 354
Sample Hand No. 2	p. 355
Playing Middle Pair and Low Pair Hands	p. 357
Sample Hand No. 1	p. 357
Sample Hand No. 2	p. 359
Sample Hand No. 3	p. 360
Playing Drawing Hands	p. 364
Sample Hand	p. 365
The Problems	p. 370
Index	p. 413
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