Dan Harrington aka Action Dan

"Action Dan" - Dan Harrington

Ok this guy is a poker player that well, makes his mark on the game like no other. A lawyer by trade (10 years) not that he liked working hard very much. The guys at Pokernex know's how he feels.

Yup that's his poker book so I guess we have to say that he can also write. Harrington is a star at Texas Hold'em tournaments. He has written this book with this in mind. If you play tournaments then we definitely recommend this book.

"Action" Dan Harrington is a top money winner at the WSOP, having raked in about $3.5 million. Dan was at the final table in the championship event in both 2003 and 2004, when the fields contained 839 and 2,576 players, respectively. In 2003, he won $650,000 for finishing third, and in 2004, he won $1.5 million for fourth place. These amounts of money are staggering compared to the other luminaries who not only made it to the final table two years in a row, but went even further and won back-to-back championships.

Dan Harrington's reputation is that of a "rock". A "rock" is someone who plays very tight. The reality is that Dan has cultivated this reputation and this allows him to play more bluffs and semi-bluffs later on.

In the 1995 WSOP Dan Harrington was sitting with:

9d8d

Howard Goldfarb had:

Ah7c

Goldfarb raised preflop $100,000 with this hand. Harrington called and the flop came:

8c2c6d

Goldfarb decided to bluff and when Harrington checked with an overpair, moved all-in. Dan called. Immediately! As if he knew that Goldfarb moves in with nothing. Maybe that’s why he checked after the flop. The last cards were:

8c2c6dQsQh

And Harrington won the title and $1,000,000 in prize money.

Needless to Say Dan Harrington is one of the most respected Texas Holdem No Limit tournament players in the world.