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But it s not just any form of poker that has people across the country so excited it s No-Limit Hold Em the main event game. And now thanks to televised tournaments tens of thousands of new players are eager to claim their share of poker glory. Harrington on Hold Em takes you to the part of the game the cameras ignore the tactics required to get through the hundreds and sometimes thousands of hands you must win to make it to the final table. Harrington s sophisticated and time-tested winning strategies, focusing on what it takes to survive the early and middle stages of a No-Limit Hold Em tournament, are appearing here for the first time in print. These are techniques that top players use again and again to get to make it to final tables around the globe. Now, learn from one of the world s most successful No-Limit Hold Em players how to vary your style, optimize your betting patterns, analyze hands, respond to a re-raise, play to win the most money possible, react when a bad card hits and much, much more. 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 it to the final table in 2003 (field of 839) and 2004 (field of 2576) considered by cognoscenti to be the greatest accomplishment in WSOP history. In Harrington on Hold Em, Harrington and 2-time World Backgammon Champion Bill Robertie have written the definitive book on No-Limit Hold Em for players who want to win ... and win big. Review: Top notch; very pleasantly surprised - No limit hold'em, obviously, is a complex game. So complex that there has never been a good comprehensive treatment in a book form; I had thought that this was because it involves more "table feel", experience and intuition that can't be easily taught or expressed in a useful format. Harrington and Robertie have done just that. Harrington is the 1995 world champion, and the only player to make the final table in both 2003 and 2004, overcoming the two biggest fields in World Series history (839 and 2,576 players, respectively). Robertie is a top backgammon player and author of several excellent books on that game. Among the top players, there are drastically different styles of play, from conservative to super-aggressive. One problem I expected was that given Harrington's solid, fairly conservative style, he wouldn't be able to give much useful information on playing at the other end of the end of the spectrum, styles such as those employed by Daniel Negreanu and Gus Hansen. I was wrong. The book does a fine job addressing the relative merits of various styles, playing against each type of opponent, and even choosing one for yourself. This makes sense; no matter his own style, to be successful he has to have spent a lot of time thinking about, observing, and combatting all different types of players. Further, a playing style isn't cast in stone; even the most conservative players have to switch gears and become much more aggressive at times, and vice versa. A few more notes on this idea: first, Harrington's own play as described isn't as conservative and cautious as many think. Second, a fairly conservative approach is demonstrably the more sound one for the student, and anyone without many years of experience. Hyper-aggressive play would be much harder to teach well, and also much harder to pull off successfully. The players who thrive playing these aggressive, gambling styles have exceptional talent as well as lots of experience and a great feel for the game and their opponents, and are faced with difficult decisions under lots of pressure much more often. For those who insist on trying, it probably still makes more sense to learn a fundamentally sounder style first and then proceed from there. The book is laid out well for learning. Each chapter starts with a discussion of the topic, touching on the theory. There are several example situations with the authors' answers and detailed reasoning, as well as the merits of alternative plays. Following each chapter there are problems, mostly from real hands. It provides a diagram of the table, the chip counts for each player, your knowledge of the opponents, etc... all the relevant information. The problems usually provide all this information even when some of it is irrelevant to the problem, which is a strength. A big part of the decision-making process in poker (as well as lots of other things) is recognizing and eliminating extraneous details to make analysis more managable. This is the first in a two volume set. I thought this was odd, as this is first for 2+2 poker books, but the first volume is bigger than most of their others already. The book is self-contained; there are no partial answers or information that tell you to buy the second volume for the details. I don't think there has been an official announcement on when Volume 2 will be released, but I've heard sometime this spring. The book is geared specifically toward tournaments, and especially toward those with well-defined formats, such as major casino/cardroom events and those on the Internet. For cash game players, a solid understanding of tournament and poker theory would be necessary to make the appropriate adjustments to cash play. Most of the book would still apply, but some situations would change drastically in a side game, where simply getting your money in with an advantage, rather than survival, is the main goal. For those newer to poker, to get the most out of this book, I would recommend a few others be read either first or at the same time: "The Theory of Poker" by David Sklansky, "Small Stakes Hold'em" by Miller, Sklansky and Malmuth, and "Winning Low Limit Hold'em" by Lee Jones, especially for the newest players. UPDATE FOR VOLUME II: Many of the same comments apply to Volume II, which is more of a continuation of the first than a separate book (even the chapter numbering picks up where the first left off). It focuses on the endgame; the late stages where everyone left is in the money and the blinds are relatively very large. They use the ideas of zones and inflection points to give effective generalized advice about different situations, evaluating your chip position relative to both the size of the blinds and the other remaining players. The last few sections cover short-handed and heads-up play, where strategy often changes radically. In most tournaments the table only gets heads-up at the very end and doesn't last very long, but the difference between first, second and third place is huge, even millions in the biggest events. Given that one position makes such a big difference, strategies changes dramatically, and most players have little experience heads-up, this material is extremely valuable. A third volume is in the works, in workbook style with problems and examples, which should nicely complement and review the material in the first two. Review: Have to own it... - Although this is a two volume set, the books should really be considered as one, so I have reviewed them as such. These books are the best publications on NL Hold'em tournaments to date. Dan Harrington does an excellent job of detailing complex strategies and how they change through the course of any given tournament. He even goes so far as to break down different styles of tournaments and how you should adjust play for each (i.e. major big buy-in, single table satellite, major online, single table online etc.) and examines all of these types within his problems throughout the book. The book is impossible to summarize due to the wealth of knowledge in the book and the detail that Dan puts into his strategies and analysis. A couple of highlights include Dan comparing different playing strategies (Loose-aggressive, tight-aggressive, etc.) and how to play and play against each. Just because Dan is a tight player himself, his vast experience gives him more than enough knowledge to teach any style. Dan goes through some of the basic components found in many poker books: starting hands, pot odds, continuation bets, slow-playing, semi-bluffing etc. But then will get into deep analysis of many complicated facets of tournament strategy that the average player may have never heard of. His analysis of M&Q and how it relates to your play as the tournament progresses, complicated moves (squeeze play, sandbagging, back-alley mugging, rope-a-dope to name a few), end play and heads-up play are some things rarely found in other books that alone will advance your game tremendously. Dan's in-depth and detailed analysis is what sets these books apart from any other book. He doesn't just explain bluffs, but goes on to explain when to bluff, how to bluff, how much to bet when bluffing, the type of player to bluff, the stack size to bluff against, why you only bluff when you have absolutely nothing, the expected return on bluffing, cards that come on the on the board that send a red flag (this may surprise many, but a 10 on the flop is one of the worse cards) and so on. This type of analysis is used on bluffing, semi-bluffing, slowplaying, check-raising and every other aspect of the game. He doesn't just talk about pot odds, but reversed odds, implied odds, and then teaches you how to not only use them yourself, but how to take them away from the player in the hand against you. Other things that impressed me are Dan is the first to give credit were credit is due, noting that many ideas come from other offers and players. Dan will also send you to other books that cover certain ideas that better than he could insert into his book. For example, he immediately references David Sklansky (of course) on the subject of pot odds, and Mike Caro on tells. Dan barely even touches on the topic of physical tells, but rather basically says that Caro has already covered it better than anyone else ever could, so I'm not going to discuss it, just read his book. Dan does say that the primary physical tell he looks for his hand movements stating that people are aware of their facial expressions but not their hand movements. Dan also states that physical tells, though important, are somewhat over rated and that betting patterns are actually more important stating "Not everyone has a tell, but everyone HAS to bet." Overall, a great book that is full of information and even well written and an easy read. I recommend reading the books multiple times, because you will be surprised the second time through the stuff you missed the first time. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #190,950 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #25 in Poker (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,053 Reviews | ## Images ![Harrington on Hold 'em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments, Vol. 1: Strategic Play - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61i5J2u0RoL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Top notch; very pleasantly surprised *by M***N on February 15, 2005* No limit hold'em, obviously, is a complex game. So complex that there has never been a good comprehensive treatment in a book form; I had thought that this was because it involves more "table feel", experience and intuition that can't be easily taught or expressed in a useful format. Harrington and Robertie have done just that. Harrington is the 1995 world champion, and the only player to make the final table in both 2003 and 2004, overcoming the two biggest fields in World Series history (839 and 2,576 players, respectively). Robertie is a top backgammon player and author of several excellent books on that game. Among the top players, there are drastically different styles of play, from conservative to super-aggressive. One problem I expected was that given Harrington's solid, fairly conservative style, he wouldn't be able to give much useful information on playing at the other end of the end of the spectrum, styles such as those employed by Daniel Negreanu and Gus Hansen. I was wrong. The book does a fine job addressing the relative merits of various styles, playing against each type of opponent, and even choosing one for yourself. This makes sense; no matter his own style, to be successful he has to have spent a lot of time thinking about, observing, and combatting all different types of players. Further, a playing style isn't cast in stone; even the most conservative players have to switch gears and become much more aggressive at times, and vice versa. A few more notes on this idea: first, Harrington's own play as described isn't as conservative and cautious as many think. Second, a fairly conservative approach is demonstrably the more sound one for the student, and anyone without many years of experience. Hyper-aggressive play would be much harder to teach well, and also much harder to pull off successfully. The players who thrive playing these aggressive, gambling styles have exceptional talent as well as lots of experience and a great feel for the game and their opponents, and are faced with difficult decisions under lots of pressure much more often. For those who insist on trying, it probably still makes more sense to learn a fundamentally sounder style first and then proceed from there. The book is laid out well for learning. Each chapter starts with a discussion of the topic, touching on the theory. There are several example situations with the authors' answers and detailed reasoning, as well as the merits of alternative plays. Following each chapter there are problems, mostly from real hands. It provides a diagram of the table, the chip counts for each player, your knowledge of the opponents, etc... all the relevant information. The problems usually provide all this information even when some of it is irrelevant to the problem, which is a strength. A big part of the decision-making process in poker (as well as lots of other things) is recognizing and eliminating extraneous details to make analysis more managable. This is the first in a two volume set. I thought this was odd, as this is first for 2+2 poker books, but the first volume is bigger than most of their others already. The book is self-contained; there are no partial answers or information that tell you to buy the second volume for the details. I don't think there has been an official announcement on when Volume 2 will be released, but I've heard sometime this spring. The book is geared specifically toward tournaments, and especially toward those with well-defined formats, such as major casino/cardroom events and those on the Internet. For cash game players, a solid understanding of tournament and poker theory would be necessary to make the appropriate adjustments to cash play. Most of the book would still apply, but some situations would change drastically in a side game, where simply getting your money in with an advantage, rather than survival, is the main goal. For those newer to poker, to get the most out of this book, I would recommend a few others be read either first or at the same time: "The Theory of Poker" by David Sklansky, "Small Stakes Hold'em" by Miller, Sklansky and Malmuth, and "Winning Low Limit Hold'em" by Lee Jones, especially for the newest players. UPDATE FOR VOLUME II: Many of the same comments apply to Volume II, which is more of a continuation of the first than a separate book (even the chapter numbering picks up where the first left off). It focuses on the endgame; the late stages where everyone left is in the money and the blinds are relatively very large. They use the ideas of zones and inflection points to give effective generalized advice about different situations, evaluating your chip position relative to both the size of the blinds and the other remaining players. The last few sections cover short-handed and heads-up play, where strategy often changes radically. In most tournaments the table only gets heads-up at the very end and doesn't last very long, but the difference between first, second and third place is huge, even millions in the biggest events. Given that one position makes such a big difference, strategies changes dramatically, and most players have little experience heads-up, this material is extremely valuable. A third volume is in the works, in workbook style with problems and examples, which should nicely complement and review the material in the first two. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Have to own it... *by N***S on April 21, 2005* Although this is a two volume set, the books should really be considered as one, so I have reviewed them as such. These books are the best publications on NL Hold'em tournaments to date. Dan Harrington does an excellent job of detailing complex strategies and how they change through the course of any given tournament. He even goes so far as to break down different styles of tournaments and how you should adjust play for each (i.e. major big buy-in, single table satellite, major online, single table online etc.) and examines all of these types within his problems throughout the book. The book is impossible to summarize due to the wealth of knowledge in the book and the detail that Dan puts into his strategies and analysis. A couple of highlights include Dan comparing different playing strategies (Loose-aggressive, tight-aggressive, etc.) and how to play and play against each. Just because Dan is a tight player himself, his vast experience gives him more than enough knowledge to teach any style. Dan goes through some of the basic components found in many poker books: starting hands, pot odds, continuation bets, slow-playing, semi-bluffing etc. But then will get into deep analysis of many complicated facets of tournament strategy that the average player may have never heard of. His analysis of M&Q and how it relates to your play as the tournament progresses, complicated moves (squeeze play, sandbagging, back-alley mugging, rope-a-dope to name a few), end play and heads-up play are some things rarely found in other books that alone will advance your game tremendously. Dan's in-depth and detailed analysis is what sets these books apart from any other book. He doesn't just explain bluffs, but goes on to explain when to bluff, how to bluff, how much to bet when bluffing, the type of player to bluff, the stack size to bluff against, why you only bluff when you have absolutely nothing, the expected return on bluffing, cards that come on the on the board that send a red flag (this may surprise many, but a 10 on the flop is one of the worse cards) and so on. This type of analysis is used on bluffing, semi-bluffing, slowplaying, check-raising and every other aspect of the game. He doesn't just talk about pot odds, but reversed odds, implied odds, and then teaches you how to not only use them yourself, but how to take them away from the player in the hand against you. Other things that impressed me are Dan is the first to give credit were credit is due, noting that many ideas come from other offers and players. Dan will also send you to other books that cover certain ideas that better than he could insert into his book. For example, he immediately references David Sklansky (of course) on the subject of pot odds, and Mike Caro on tells. Dan barely even touches on the topic of physical tells, but rather basically says that Caro has already covered it better than anyone else ever could, so I'm not going to discuss it, just read his book. Dan does say that the primary physical tell he looks for his hand movements stating that people are aware of their facial expressions but not their hand movements. Dan also states that physical tells, though important, are somewhat over rated and that betting patterns are actually more important stating "Not everyone has a tell, but everyone HAS to bet." Overall, a great book that is full of information and even well written and an easy read. I recommend reading the books multiple times, because you will be surprised the second time through the stuff you missed the first time. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Ideas *by M***D on June 9, 2026* I used to play a lot of poker when I was younger. I remember reading this book many times, and I would take a strategy from the book and then practice it in my poker games a bunch of times, and it was always cool to see it in play. If you are new to texas hold em , this is a great book to read. ## Frequently Bought Together - Harrington on Hold 'em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments, Vol. 1: Strategic Play - Harrington on Hold 'em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments, Vol. 2: Endgame (Harrington Tournament Series) - Harrington on Hold 'Em: the Workbook: Expert Strategy for No-Limit Tournaments (Harrington Tournament Series) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.ar/products/1701848-harrington-on-hold-em-expert-strategy-for-no-limit-tournaments](https://www.desertcart.com.ar/products/1701848-harrington-on-hold-em-expert-strategy-for-no-limit-tournaments) --- *Product available on Desertcart Argentina* *Store origin: AR* *Last updated: 2026-09-24*