Harrington on Hold'em

[cat923]

I had had a terrible April. My game had gone to Hell and I could not identify the leak. I read a post that quoted Harrington and it got me thinking.

I went out and bought the book yesterday and read the first 50 pages. It helped me to identify my leak.

I played last night and today and have had winning sessions on three sites. I paid $30 for the book and made 8 times its cost in a day.

For any NLHE player it should be a must.

cat923

[SoftcoreRevolt]

The leak being?

[Dynasty]

Find the 2+2 book which best discusses variance. That's a lesson you still need to learn.

[popniklas]

I second that. That book, by the way, is probably Gambling Theory and Other Topics by Malmuth.

[SNOWBALL138]

what was your leak?

[cat923]

Staying pre flop in the Small Blind too much. Not watching position when multi tabling.

cat923

[ptmusic]

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Staying pre flop in the Small Blind too much. Not watching position when multi tabling.

cat923

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I don't remember HOH discussing multitabling.

-ptmusic

[Mr Mojo Risin]

You play tournaments or ring?

[ptmusic]

Ah, I gotcha I think. The poster wrote "multitabling" to mean multitable tournaments? I thought he was referring to playing several ring tables at once, online (the way I've commonly seen it used).

I play both tourneys and ring games, btw.

-ptmusic

[cat923]

I play both ring and MTTs. I generally have a ring game going in the early stages of a MTT and then concentrate on the MTT when the field has been cut in half.

I play $25 and $50 NLHE and generally $5 and $10 buy in MTTS.

I play on sites with good bonus programs and/or rake rebates.

I recovered my April losses and went into the black in 5 days after adapting some of the book's theories into my game. I use PT and replayed some really bad hands. After this review the decisions that I made were a whole lot better.

I finished 45th, 28th and 16th in three large MTTs after the read

The best $30 I have ever spent on poker.

cat923