New Books and Thanks for the Support
 

Hi Everyone:

I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for their support concerning our two new books Harrington on Hold 'em; Volume III: The Workbook and No Limit Hold 'em: Theory and Practice. Right at this moment (3:00 am West Coast Time on Monday June 26) they have Amazon sales ranks of 76 and 69 respectively. Since these books have now been out for almost a full month we are just thrilled to see that they are selling at this rate and this wouldn't happen without the support from everyone who comes to this site.

Also, for those interested, we have now had nine different books make the Amazon.com top 100. This is just incredible for a company like ours (and yes I am bragging a little).

And since we're on the subject of new books, here's what I expect in the future. But first, let me say that this is all very tentative and the dates are certainly not firm at this point in time.

Winning High Stakes and Short Handed Hold ’em; Expert Limit Hold ’em for Serious Cash Game & Internet Players by Ray Zee and David Fromm looks like the fall of 2006.

Small Stakes No Limit Hold ’em: Winning Big With Expert Play by Ed Miller, Matt Flynn, and Sunny Mehta looks like either the end of the year or early 2007.

Harrington on Hold 'em; Volume IV: No Limit Cash Games by Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie looks like the spring of 2007.

There are also a couple of other books being kicked around. At this point in time it's too early to announce anything.

Best wishes,
Mason

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Wow - you kept HOH 4 quiet. Great news.

Cheers,
John

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Hi Mason,

Great to hear that twoplustwo is doing so well! I have a question. What will be in harrington IV that is not in "No limit Hold'em, theory and practice?"

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Hi Borknagar:

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Great to hear that twoplustwo is doing so well! I have a question. What will be in harrington IV that is not in "No limit Hold'em, theory and practice?"

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I have no idea except to say that HOH: IV is, as far as I know, not a theory book.

Best wishes,
mason

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Great to hear 2+2 doing so well. I just hope that you maintain your stance on quality first, and don't over-extend on output. It would be so easy to do with a demanding readership forever clamouring for new titles.

At the moment, all one needs to know about a 2+2 publication is that it is a 2+2 publication - the quality is taken for granted. It takes a lot of hard work to build that kind of trust into a brand - long may it continue!

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Nice Hand Mason ... Very nice hand indeed [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]


Paul

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Harrington on Hold 'em; Volume IV: No Limit Cash Games by Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie looks like the spring of 2007.

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Wowza.

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Mason,
Word is there is a spectacular online professional that goes by Professor77 offering high-quality instructional videos that provide such insight that he single-handedly elimates the need for further poker literature. Nonetheless, I'll still continue to purchase 2+2 books so that you can continue to feed your family, but only the NL books.

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Harrington on Hold 'em; Volume IV: No Limit Cash Games by Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie looks like the spring of 2007.

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Wowza.

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Now you've gone and done it, Mason. You've listened to your customers and are producing exactly the product they all want.

I hope your lawn is comfortable. Me and a few hundred of my best poker buddies will be camping out in your yard come the first of March.

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Wow - you kept HOH 4 quiet.

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-Sam

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Also, for those interested, we have now had nine different books make the Amazon.com top 100. This is just incredible for a company like ours (and yes I am bragging a little).

Best wishes,
Mason

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Mason

Congrats! Can't wait for the next 3 offerings.

Binions

PS What are the other 7? I assume HOH 1 & 2 and SSHE made it . . .

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Looking forward to HOH v4, especially contrasting it to both NLHTAP as well as HOH v1 and Dan's early tournament strategy. Really looking forward to v5 though, Harrington on NL Kansas City Lowball.

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Really looking forward to v5 though, Harrington on NL Kansas City Lowball.

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Is that a joke? or is there really gonna be a book like that coming out?

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Winning High Stakes and Short Handed Hold ’em; Expert Limit Hold ’em for Serious Cash Game & Internet Players by Ray Zee and David Fromm looks like the fall of 2006.


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Hi Mason,

Any idea on how this book is going to be different from HPFAP?

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There's only one area left to publish the definitive book on...SNGs. While I admit I've gotten a lot out of all the HoH books, the true work on SNGs needs to come out.

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Really looking forward to v5 though, Harrington on NL Kansas City Lowball.

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Is that a joke? or is there really gonna be a book like that coming out?

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if this book is written they wouldn't call it harrington on hold em voulme 5 would they.

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Mason,

Any chance that a 2+2 non hold em' book is in the future?

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I am very happy to hear that 2+2 is going to be releasing 3 more books in the near future. I am really interested in reading Harrington's new book. However am I the only one who thinks that 2+2 is coming out with too many Hold'em books? Don't get me wrong, I feel that all of 2+2 books on Hold'em are excellent and probably the best poker books out in the market. With the expolosion of Hold'em on TV, 2+2 will probably make a lot of money on these new Hold'em book. However I am not sure if this would happen but I would love for 2+2 to come out with more books on other poker games such as Pot limit Omaha, Decue to Seven, Triple Draw and mix games. I know that these poker games are not as popular as hold'em but I think it will be very educational for players who want to learn more about other poker games beside hold'em.

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Hi Ty:

First off, most of these books, even though they are on hold 'em, do examine different aspects of it. As for the other games, we're not against that even though their sales would be much lower, but there is no one out there that we know who is putting together a quality manuscript and who wants to give it to us.

Best wishes,
Mason

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Hi BigStack650:

I haven't seen any of the written material yet, only verbal discussion. So it's probably best for me to leave this to the authors to comment on if they so choose.

Best wishes,
Mason

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Hi Binions:

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What are the other 7? I assume HOH 1 & 2 and SSHE made it . . .

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The 9 books are:
HP
TP
HPFAP
TPFAP
SSH
HOH
HOHII
HOHIII
NLHTP

Best wishes,
Mason

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Can you give us an idea of whats going to be covered in "Winning High Stakes and Short Handed Hold ’em"?

Im hoping for groundbreaking work on playing out of the blinds. I think that is a huge part of winning at higher levels.

2+2 on PLO high would be great
 

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However I am not sure if this would happen but I would love for 2+2 to come out with more books on other poker games such as Pot limit Omaha, Decue to Seven, Triple Draw and mix games. I know that these poker games are not as popular as hold'em but I think it will be very educational for players who want to learn more about other poker games beside hold'em.

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I own most of the 2+2 library, and I'd certainly pick up some titles on PLO High, and Triple Draw. I'm looking forward to all of the titles mentioned by Mason, especially the short handed book!.

If it weren't for 2+2, I probably wouldn't be playing poker. Although the style of writing is difficult at times, their mathematical approach teaches you how to think correctly about the game.

I would speculate that these games would get a bit more popular if 2+2 put out a strategy guide to some of them.

BTW: Do you have Super System 2? There are strategy guides for all of these games. Bob Ciaffone also re-issued his Omaha book, and it has added coverage of Pot Limit O/8.

Don't forget the 2+2 book on Limit Stud 8 and O/8.

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Mason,

I would simply like to offer my gratitude to you, your authors, and 2+2 as a whole for the commitment to producing only the very best in poker and gambling concepts. my wallet would also like to extend thanks. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
keep up the excellent work, sir.

DP

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Can you give us an idea of whats going to be covered in "Winning High Stakes and Short Handed Hold ’em"?

Im hoping for groundbreaking work on playing out of the blinds. I think that is a huge part of winning at higher levels.

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There's already been discussion about this book and it I think it has been mentioned that blind-stealing and defending will naturally be included in this book.

If someone has a link to the previous discussion/s feel free to add it. I suck at the search function and don't want to try want now.

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Hi Mason,

What about Greg Raymer's book? Is that still in the works or is shelved for now?

thanks,

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Hi avatar77:

It's my opinion that this book will not be completed.

Best wishes,
Mason

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Wow - can't wait for the Harrington Vol 4. Hope it's in the style as the others (working through problems etc.)

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Mason --

I appreciate the updates and I am pleased that there will be more books in the future. I know this audience is a little biased, but I think the general consensus is that 2p2 is releasing HE books as a good rate.

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Hi Chris:

From our point of view, these are all good books, and when the authors get them ready we'll move forward on them. That's what sets our schedule.

Best wishes,
Mason

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I really really really like the branching out into different specific elements of hold-em that 2+2 is taking.

HEFAP covers a lot of ground and is a really good foundation for all kinds of limit hold-em games (including sections on especially loose games and short-handed play).

But between SSHE and 6M/HLHM I think you guys are finding areas where there is definitely a need for further exploration that will certain have an audience in games that obviously can be extremely profitable for the knowledgeable player.

And, of course, the same can be said for all the NL books you guys have now (all the HOH's and the NLHET&P and the Flynn/Mahta/Miller book).


I'm super-duper-duper excited about all these books.

I'm also really disappointed in the semi-official announement that Raymer's book doesn't appear like it's going to happen. I was really looking forward to this one but I think a lot of us saw that this one just wasn't progressing for some reason.
Too bad.

but I still like Greg a lot...and we've got all those posts of his in the archives that we can read.

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Wow, great list of upcoming titles, looking very much forward to them!

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Harrington IV, wow!

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So, Mason, no comment on any possible SNG book?

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So, Mason, no comment on any possible SNG book?

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A SNG book would be awesome. I think the demand is there too.

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OMG HOH 4 ON CASH GAMES!!! Is it spring 2007 yet?

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Mason, is there anyway you can comment further on why you think the Raymer book will not be going through?

congrats!
 

absolutely amazing numbers. Congratulations!

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The obvious answer is that Raymer is not interested in writing it. Mason wants to publish it. The main problem is that Raymer spends most evenings on Pokerstars.net and doesn't have enough free time to finish it. If Raymer wasn't addicted to play money games on Pokerstars then things may have turned out differently.

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Dragon14,
Is there anyway that you know that Raymer sits and plays cash games all day and doesnt have time to write a book that he said he wanted to write?