Harrington on Cash

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Started reading this at the weekend - am going to try really studying it this time, rather than just reading it - so will put some bullet points up here on the main topics, and what I take to be the "key ideas" - with a bit of luck we may even get some discussion going ;) I've finished Part I - there are 12 sections overall spanning both volumes.

Introduction NO LIMIT CASH v NO LIMIT TOURNAMENTS Cash is typically deeper stacked. This allows a wider range of starting hands to be played. It also means stronger hands are required to get to a showdown. Top Pair Top Kicker is a strong hand in most Tournament situations, but a weak hand in Cash games A SAMPLE HAND What are the players thinking in High Stakes Poker, Series 3, Episode 10 when the flop comes A99 with hole cards of AK, Q9, A3 and 97 Being deep stacked, cash play allows for a wider range of starting hands but needs to showdown a stronger hand Part 1 - Basic Ideas of NL Play THE FOUR PRINCIPLES OF POKER - In General you want to bet your strong hands, check your middling hands, and fold or bluff your weakest hands - In General, aggression (betting and raising) is better than passivity (checking and calling) - In General, a successful bet must be able to do one of three things: force a better hand to fold, force a weaker hand to call, or cause a drawing hand to draw at unfavourable odds - Never do anything all of the time EXPECTATION AND EXPECTED VALUE POT ODDS EXPRESS ODDS & IMPLIED ODDS - In all close decisions you should try to make the play that creates the appearance of giving action. A table image of an action player ... is more profitable than the table image of a rock. CALCULATING OUTS The rule of Four: If two cards are still to come and you will be able to see both cards, multiply your number of outs by four to get your winning chances in the hand The Rule of Two: If only one card is still to come, multiply your outs by two to get your winning chances BET TYPES -The Value Bet -The Probe Bet -The Bluff -The Semi Bluff THE CHECK CONTROLLING POT ODDS Part 2 - Key Elements of Deep Stack Cash Play Part 3 - Difference between Tight Aggressive and Loose Aggressive. How to play TAG preflop Part 4 - Flop Play Heads Up Part 5 - How to handle multi way flops. Introduction to "Harringtons Law" Part 6 - How to play the turn Part 7 - Intricacies of river play Part 8 - Tells and Observation Part 9 - Intoductions to basics of LAG play Part 10 - What are weak games and how do you beat them? Part 11 - Managing Bankroll Part 12 - Conversation with Bobby Hoff

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Re: Harrington on Cash

- Never do anything all of the time

Not sure I necessarily agree with this - and it's the Chris Fergusson comment I tend to go with - something along the lines of "It's not necessary to do something different with the same cards if you do the same thing with different cards" - either way you have your deception factor....