Concepts from Harrington on Cash

I have been reading Harrington on cash, vol 1. Its focus on cash games, and what makes them different, and strategies to employ are, in my view,
excellent. I have to say its been a revelation to me, I have had several 'aha' moments and I want to share some of those thoughts. After reading it
I realised:

• I was winning overall, but not as much as I should be - I was losing too much on so-called 'solid' hands like TPTK, or overpairs
• I was making pots too big with my betting with just TPTK or overpair - generally not adhering to a 'small hand small pot' philosophy
• I was playing the standard game too transparently and predictably
• I wasn't playing enough speculative hands like small connectors, suited and unsuited

The funny thing was, I kinda intuitively knew some of this in the back of my mind, but kept on adhering to a straightforward TAG style because I thought it was correct play. But, as Mr Harrington elaborates, the dynamics in a deep stack cash game alters. Hands become 'normalised' i.e. after the flop, big pairs go down in value and small connectors go up - largely because of the deception value and huge implied odds.

Anyway, I started appling some of his concepts with immediate results. My losses with TPTK are down, and the number of big hands won with speculative holdings is up - I am hitting more hands like those 'unlikely' straights. And my bankroll is healthier.

I look forward to purchasing these books in the near future.

The DOc, thanks for this summary so far, I have this book, the cash one, and all his tournament ones, and its interesting(Ive only read a few pages of his cash book) to realise that you need a different mindset for ring as you do for mtt/sng, i never thought about it, really.
Im looking forward to reading this book, and maybe learning lots more, I hope.

What does TPKT mean ?

You don't need to quote a whole page to ask that ZZ, it means top pair with top kicker. Try to cut a quote down to what's important to your comment .

btw there is also a thread about starting a discussion on the Harrington tournament book...but people have some time to get a copy first.

I completely agree. I was shocked at how different cash game play is from tournament play. I had read Harrington's 3 volume tournament books. But, I always wondered why the pros on High Stakes Poker played such "raggity" hands, compared to tournament play. Now I know. If you play ring games, Harrington's 2 volumes on Cash Games are worth their weight in gold.

I asked this once here and was told that's more because they play much deeper stacks.

They also play with an ante, which automatically puts everyone invested in the pot... which encourages action for the TV cameras. a small raise to 2400$ and a caller behind it almost always gives you the odds to call with the antes out there. You'll be making nearly 3-1 on your money right away.

Noob: Yes, the deep stacks are the main reason. And, given the deep stacks, hitting raggity hole cards may win an opponent's entire stack.