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Well, as usual Amazon overachieved and delivered my book 2 days early. I read the first couple chapters then skipped ahead to the basic, and basic-plus strategies. The first few chapters are informational and fluff, not bad, just not really going to help anyone who reads this board with any regularity.

Anyway, the basic program is nearly identical to the Sklansky "crash-course" program. He even makes the statement that he's basically referencing Sklansky. The basic-plus adds your chip stack relative to the blinds/antes. So instead of using the stage of the tourney, you're using your relative chip strength to determine your plays using a predetermined hand ranking. It's quite interesting. I won't go into details but I will say on the surface it seems very easy to pick up and apply quickly.

I have not gotten to the last 2 strategies so I'll save comment on that. Thus far I have really enoyed reading the book if nothing else. It's very well written and the foreward by Phil Helmuth is pretty good too.

Ok, as far as comparing this to HoH...

In HoH2 Dan refers to Slowball vs. Longball. Well, in Kill Phil they write about the same concept. This book basically teaches you longball so inexperienced players can beat Slowballers like Dan and other old-schoolers. So I'd say it is very valuabe to have read both HoH 1&2 and this book. You really get to see the 2 major contrasting styles. I think applying a combination of the Kill Phil early in tournaments and then having the knowledge and experience of post-flop play a la Harrington, you could really be a dangerous player. So while they are 2 contrasting styles, I feel understanding both could very helpful.

One funny thing, Kill Phil authors state that there will be companion cards, similar to the blackjack cards you can get at a casino, being released soon. I find that pretty amusing. I'm gonna crack up if I see people busting out these things at a tourney.

Overall, I give this book a high rating so far. This isn't a complete review, but to answer the question about how it compares to Harrington's books, it is pretty much the opposite approach, but I don't see how knowing about the 2 contrasting styles in tournament hold em is a bad thing. I'll try to come back and post more after I apply this strategy.