Short-Handed/Heads-Up Books

i wanna be me · #1 02-19-2005, 04:16 PM

I tried the search function and found nothing - I know that Harrington's 2nd book is due in May, but (other than the heads-up advice in HPFAP) are there any other current publications that directly refer to 6-handed play all the way to heads-up? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

wanna

benfranklin · #2 02-19-2005, 05:13 PM

You might try asking in the Heads-up & Short-handed Forum. Also take a look at the articles by Jason Pohl here.

bigmac366 · #3 02-19-2005, 07:55 PM

middle limit holdem by bob ciaffone and jim brier has a short handed section in it also. i dont know how good it is though.

yeltzen · #4 02-19-2005, 08:23 PM

Well, it's not a 2+2 book, so how could it bet any good?

i wanna be me · #5 02-19-2005, 08:36 PM

LOL it sounds like there's not much to choose from (hopefully HoH 2 will help). How do all the 2+2ers that play 6-handed get their education?

wanna

splashpot · #6 02-20-2005, 05:54 AM

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You might try asking in the Heads-up & Short-handed Forum. Also take a look at the articles by Jason Pohl here.

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Thanks, those are some helpful articles.

JackWilson · #7 02-20-2005, 03:40 PM

In my opinion SH is all about experience. You have to have the general principles down pat, but once you do, things are a lot less rigid and it's all about playing and observing thousands and thousands of hands.

i wanna be me · #8 02-20-2005, 04:59 PM

splashpot's set of articles was very helpful, thank you. Being a quasi-beginner it's nice to see the difference in strategy between "normal" and short-handed play outlined somewhere. Since I don't have those thousands of hands observed yet, it's pretty safe to say that tournament end-game isn't my strong suit right now [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

oreogod · #9 02-20-2005, 06:09 PM

You know something I found helpful for short handed poker actually is that Poker Academy program. Even the basic edition has a really good program in teaching you what works shorthanded, what to raise with, to call with, etc. I was really surprised at what hands are considered winning hands when u get down to 2 or 3 people.

I was agressive with just one other at the table, this program and this board and articles helped tailor that aggression into a winning stratedgy.

Good luck.

sethypooh21 · #10 02-21-2005, 04:57 PM

Start here...

Some excellent threads listed therein.