The Second Volume of Harrington's Book on Texas Hold'em
Professional poker player Dan Harrington has partnered with poker author Bill Robertie for the publication of the former's books on Texas Hold'em. The first book that Dan Harrington co-wrote with Bill Robertie was titled "Harrington on Hold'em, Volume 1: Strategic Play," focusing on the discussion of tournament plays during their early and middle stages. Now, in "Harrington on Hold'em, Volume 2: The Endgame," Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie focuses their discussion of plays that occur near the end of a tournament.
In the first section of "Harrington on Hold'em, Volume 2: The Endgame," Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie lets the readers feel that such poker book is definitely a continuation of the subjects tackled in the first volume. The first section focuses on continuing the topics of slow-playing and bluffing, which were first tackled in volume one. Some readers may notice that although the topic of bluffing is discussed, there are only a few times that the topic of semi-bluffs is mentioned. This might make readers a little disappointed. However, Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie make up by providing details that are considered to be good stuff. If you are a poker player who likes to participate in big buy-in events or cash games, then "Harrington on Hold'em, Volume 2: The Endgame" is an ideal Texas Hold'em book for you as you will be exposed to the various moves used in playing Texas Hold'em.
The endgame analysis done by Dan Harrington in "Harrington on Hold'em, Volume 2: The Endgame" starts by explaining and examining what he refers to as "inflection point theory." Readers might think that the endgame analysis is difficult to understand but actually, Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie has made sure that the contents of this Texas Hold'em book are detailed and well thought out.
"Harrington on Hold'em, Volume 2: The Endgame" discusses heads-up and short-handed no-limit hold'em and Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie have done a great job in explaining these topics thoroughly. This part of the book is the best one every tackled. Some poker players who have read this Texas Hold'em book even say that this part of the book is the best one in the entire Texas Hold'em series written by Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie.
"Harrington on Hold'em, Volume 2: The Endgame" also mentions the heads-up confrontation that transpired between poker professionals Phil Ivey and John D'Agostino during the Turing Stone tournament that was held in 2004. The discussion provided by Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie regarding such play is very valuable that we doubt that readers would not benefit from it.
Poker players, especially Texas Hold'em players, will miss out a lot if they do not get the chance to read "Harrington on Hold'em, Volume 2: The Endgame." Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie have truly succeeded in coming up with these two volumes of books on Texas Hold'em.