Dan Harrington continues to convey his years of cash game experience to poker players smart enough to purchase his latest series of books. Cash Games comes in two volumes and is packed with all the tools you will need to understand and win playing ring game poker.

Volume 1, “How to Win at No-Limit Hold’em Money Games,” teaches you the basic concepts of cash game poker from proper bankroll to playing against multiple or a single opponent. There is no stone unturned in Harrington’s quest to teach you how to play profitable poker. Once you have completed all of the preliminaries Harrington puts you in various scenarios with several players in the pot down to short-handed and heads up play. He also talks about knowing when you are pot committed and how to use deception to your advantage. This volume covers the basics. If you are an advanced player then you can skip this volume without losing any ground.

Volume 2, “How to Play No-Limit Hold ‘em Cash Games”, is where the meat and potatoes of this series is. Harrington, as usual, breaks down the streets and takes a lot of time to talk about fourth and fifth street in particular. The one thing that is disappointing is that Harrington does not discuss anything beyond the first level of thinking. All of the thought process is about “my cards” vs “his cards”. While you do need to play the cards you are dealt it would have been nice if Dan had broken it down a few levels deeper and spoken about image and how to use yours against other players. Harrington also breaks down bankroll management. Some players would consider this a non-factor while others see it as being a useful piece in the book to have. I tend to like that part of the book and I am glad he mentioned it. There are several examples in this volume with Harrington walking you through the hand and how it may be played out in several different scenarios.

Overall, as much as I love Dan Harrington books, this series is not close to the classic writings of his Harrington on Holdem series. On the other hand HOH was going to be hard to beat but Dan does give it a good try. If you are a beginner to intermediate player then this series will be extremely useful for your cash game. If you are an advanced player then I would likely take a pass.