Must buy. Worth every penny. This with volume one are great and if the material is mastered, your returns will be greater than you expected. Aides through all the lower to middle levels.

Got this book for my husband, an online poker fan. He loved the first one in the series and doesn't like to put this one down either. Reads them multiple times to get the most out of them.

There have been many in-depth reviews of this book so I will make this short. This book builds on the concepts in Volume 1 to further improve your playing. Some of the concepts and strategies are not as intuitive but make perfect sense and are statistically sound (e.g., As your M and the M of your opponents decrease - avoid playing small pairs and mid to low suited connectors since the implied pot odds can not reach a level to make these hand profitable late in a tournament). Many, many, many advanced topics covered to improve your game late in No Limit tournaments. Mor great insight from a top poker pro.

This book does a fantastic job of discussing the pressure of late stage tournament play. Want to know how to react when the blinds are eating your stack and other players are moving all in on you constantly? Get this book!

This is a great series of books for anyone who is fairly new to the game of No Limit Texas Hold'Em. Volume I provides some basic concepts that every player needs to know. From which hands to start with and pot odds, to raising, to how your seating position affects your play, this series is a great introduction. And the more table experience you gain, the more his discussions can help your game. Highly recommended. Also, the workbook, Volume III is great to test your decision making within his framework.

This book was recommended to me after I finished in the top third of a tourney. I've read Vols 1, 2, and 3 - and I've learned so much from these books. Easy to read, easy to understand. I'll be going back in a few months to pick up anything I may have missed. Highly recommended.

Finished in top 15% in another tourney after reading this book - easily accounted by the stuff I've learned. Looking for better results I apply the knowledge.

After he finished at the Final Table of WSOP two years in a row, I was hoping that Dan Harrington would write a book. He did so much more when he wrote three. I think this one is the best of the bunch. There is so much hand to hand analysis, much more than other books.

There really isn't much more to say, this is probably the best Poker book ever written.

This book is outstanding just like his first one. You can't go wrong with Harrington. This book will take your game to a whole new level.

I have read several poker books since i picked up Harrington on Poker Vol 1 and Vol 2 and I most say that they pale in comparison to this masterpiece.

Both books are exceptionally organized, welll written and the examples with commentary are worth their weight in gold. Harrington talks about several complex topics but distills the theory with scenario examples to demonstrate the proof of concept. Every practical engineers dream. The fact that he has a math background serves well for a player like myself.

My poker play has improved tremendously because of this book. I used to play 2/4 limit poker but have now progressed to Sit and Gos and Tournaments. Of the last 9 Sit and Gos i have played in a card room, I have won three (shared first twice), came in 2nd or 3rd on the other three and lost three times (although i was usually 4th or 5th when such happened). The stats speak for themselves.

Thank you Dan!

Excellent continuation of vloume 1. I know that reading these books will improve my game with time, it's a lot to learn and try to implement. Anyone can improve using the guidelines and tips given.

Strategy illustrated in the book seems to work well. This is a definite need for any poker player. Highly recommend.

I've now read both Harrington's Volumes I & II on Texas Hold em - terrific books. This volume (II - Endgame) is an essential follow up to Volume I. I've read Brunson's Super System. He's got some good insights, but alot of rambling too. Alot of these poker books are about the authors philosophy of poker and the great accomplishments they had - who cares? Just tell me how to make good bets! And that's just what Harrington does. Harrington's book really gives you the nuts and bolts of good poker. When I was at my first tournament, I remember most of the time not really knowing what decisions to make, whether it was pre-flop, post-flop etc. I was always going by my "instincts". Well guess what? My instincts suck - as do most people's. Yeah, you may get a good read once in a while, but that's it. I finally feel like I can make good decisions. I never had any idea the game was so complicated, but I have a much better appreciation for it now. One of the best things it taught me, and that I wasn't doing, was to try and figure out what the other players had based on their betting and their styles. If you do read this book, I hope I never have to play against you!

My success has gone up dramatically since I have read and applied these concepts. I do not want the Harrington Way becoming well known or standard play because right now I have an advantage. Concepts like M, Q, Randomizing, and his concept review of late stages - all just brilliant.

great follow up book to volume 1.
dives into the finer points of no limit holdem.
i'm looking forward to reading volume 3.

Good, solid fundamentals. I am a conservative player and I found this (and his first book) very helpful. I am playing better and better.

I'm new to the game, having played for six months. But it wasn't until reading these books that I realized I had some control over my game. Harrington combines theory with practicality. He puts you at numerous tables, the make-up of each one different than the others, and challenges you to decide how much you'd bet and why you would bet in each situation. Then he gives his opinion. As in a real game, not all hands are won, not all hands are played as he would play them, and he factors in the element of luck. This is a book for serious players.

I've resisted writing this review for a couple of years. After all, when you read the perfect tournament advice book, you don't want others knowing about it. But by now, the word is clearly out. Holding back my endorsement would not change whether you read this book. If you're reading this, then you're either a serious poker player or you're looking for a gift for a serious poker player. Either way, you need to buy this book.

Sklansky gives you the theory. Brunson gives you the courage. But Harrington gives you the paradigm. He teaches you how to think in tournaments. (Be careful. This is a tournament book. Cash games are very different, and you can't completely export Harrington's philosophy to them.)

Some criticize Harrington as being too conservative. I mistakenly thought so too the first time I read him. But when I read his books a second and third time, I realized I was wrong. He offers solid poker advice, but it's hardly conservative. True, he doesn't advocate raising under the gun with 7/2o. But if you want advice about how to purely play the person and not the cards, read Brunson. (Although bear in mind that most of us are not Doyle Brunson and cannot make a career taking such risks.)

Poker is a game that requires constant learning. Some prefer to read as many books as they can. I recommend that you just read Harrington's books over and over again if you're going to play NL Hold'em tournaments. They've certainly helped me. I've cashed in numerous tournaments and have even won a few that had a couple hundred people in them. Like I said, I usually wouldn't recommend a book that would help you beat me. But if you're reading this, you already know enough about poker to know to buy and read this book. So, stop reading the reviews, study Harrington, and I'll see you at the tables.

Dan Harrington's 3 book collection is a must for any poker player. the best series of books I have ever read. Informative, challaging and will improve your game no matter what your skill level.

I have read a lot of books on Hold'em, some useful and some worthless. However, the Harrington on Hold'em Series is far and away the best instruction out there. The Harrington Vol. 2 (Harrington Red) takes you into the strategy and tactics of the latter stages of a no-limit tournament, where he guides you into making it into the money, the final table, short table, and ultimately Heads Up for the championship. You will learn key tripwires on when you MUST make a move while on the bubble, as your stack gets small and the Blinds get big.

Harrington and Robertie's books not only provides outstanding instruction, but also provide a refreshing read with amusing anecdotes, excellent hand summaries, and great sports and pop culture references (the parable of the "Dark Tunnel Bet" and the stupid teenagers that say, "lets go into this dark scary looking house and look around," was particularly hilarious.

I find the Harrington Trilogy valuable is because I have won money with it. I was a consistent loser online and in Casino tournaments. But armed with Harrington's strategy, I have won some fairly big tournaments and have total confidence that I can play any level of tournament without looking like a donkey or fish.

Harrington's Hold'ed series is a great resource for then novice and intermediate poker player, especially in regards to tournament play. Books I&II take you through all stages of tourney play, and makes you think about position, blind strucutre, Q rating, and changing gears to mix up your play. an excellent reource to improve your play in low and mid-limit tourney's. Only weakness is he doesnt go into much detail on short stack play, rather analyzes pot, blind and stack size on determine whether to push all in or not. other than that great series of books.

This book truly upped my game. I have read all of the popular ones that everyone knows, this is in my opinion the best one. If you are a serious hold 'em player you MUST have this in your collection. I have re-read it and volume 3 twice now, I cannot say enough about it. A few friends have asked which book helped the most in my large poker collection, I tell them this one every time.

Harrington's second book on advanced tournament play for no limit holdem tournament play is a remarkable sequel to his first volume. Besides providing important stratagies for end game tournament play, stack size, positional play, short handed table play, opening hands play for heads up play, Harrington gives the reader a series of problems from real play as examples of his theories. A fantastic read.

Alan Safani

A perfect follow up to his first and the must read for all serious holdem players.

A great book. Start with Volume I and follow it up with this book. The attention to detail that went into this book really shows.

Volume 1 was a brilliant introductory book on NLHE. VOLUME 2 is quite simply the most important book ever written on the subject of NLHE tournamant play.
Period.

I have owned this series for over a year and these books have helped me so much in understanding the game of NLHE better and has made me alot of $$$ over the last year, so I figured it was my duty to post an honest review...

Just like virtualy every review on amazon, I give this one 5+ Stars. Bottom Line: If you want to step up your NL Hold'em tourament game, these books will do it for you. You can only get so lucky in touraments, in the long run you need SKILL to be a winner and consitant in NLHE Touraments. The knowelege from these books combined with table experiance is in my opinion the making of a great overall NLHE Tourament player.

PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE...This book teaches you the skills necessary to be sussesfull. You must understand: Proper Out Calculation, pot odds, implied odds, position, continuation bets, betting patterns, M, Q, Squeeze Plays, Gap theory, Value Bets, ect... ect....

These books cover just about all you need to be a sucessfull NL Tourament player. To understand and apply the knowlege in these books, and learning to think for yourself will make you lethal at the poker tables. You can read these books over and over again to absorb more knowlege and you will not get bored.

These books are Very well written and it's easy to understand the concepts. If you dont understand them Harrington gives you examples and senerios. I will personlly thank Dan Harrington for being so honest and for not holding anything back in these books. He has definatly taken a risk writing these books.
He writes about what no other NLHE books to date include. These books have helped me tremendously!! YOU MUST BOTH UNDERSTAND AND THEN APPLY THIS KNOWELEGE.This will give you an edge in touraments....Whenever I am playing a NLHE Tourament I hope that no one else at my table has the same knowlege from these books as I do.

What can I say that hasnt already been said? This is a must have for any poker player. I dont even play a lot of tournaments but there is just so much good information in all of Harrington's books that you must read them if you are looking to improve. Thumbs up.

This will take your no limit tournament game to a new level! I would recommed to anyone who plays NLH tournaments.

This book describes Harrington's NLHE tournament play. While his explainations are easy to understand, I found his style hard to play in real life. All the tips and a pro's insight make this book a worthwhile buy.

"Action" Dan may not have won WSOP titles lately, but he seems to hit a lot of final tables. Clearly his tight aggressive style, documented in this (and the prequel) book is a good reason why.

After watching Harrington in a couple of WSOP events, where you can see his hole cards and follow his action, it is interesting to see that he doesn't always follow his own advice. But it is clear that he uses his super tight image to make the occasional targeted bluff. In any case, both of these are excellent books on no limit holdem in general, and tournament poker in specific.

Highly recommended reading.

Dan Harrington, Harrington on Hold'em: Expert Play for No-Limit Tournaments, vol II: Endgame (Two Plus Two, 2005)

Well, Harrington on Hold'em vol. I was fantastic; why should we expect anything less from volume II? And it should be no surprise when Harrington delivers.

In Volume I, we learned about early- and middle-stage play. Volume II covers the endgame-- short tables, short stacks, getting blinded out, that sort of thing. If the book does have a weakness, it's that most of Harrington's scads of examples put the player on a medium or high stack; one would expect a book aimed at teaching players to reflect more of where they're likely to be, which is at the bottom of the barrel. While Harrington does address this situation on occasion, it's not terribly often.

Volume III, a workbook, is poised and ready to drop as I write this. Can't wait. ****

There is an old adage that says sequels are never as good as the original. For the most part this saying holds true but then there is the exception. Back in 1974 a sequel came out that broke the mold of how a second movie was expected to turn out. There will be endless discussions regarding which of the 2 films was superior, but there was no denying that when the second film was made, it not only was a success, but one of the greatest movies ever made.

That film was The Godfather, Part II

With 'Harrington on Hold'em Volume II: Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments: Endgame', Action Dan has managed to make the impossible possible. He (along with Bill Roberte) have written a sequel so good that it is hard to distinguish the two books and easily point to a reason why the first book is better than the sequel.

With the focus being how to play the middle to end stages of a tournament, Harrington has written a book that even the most experienced of players will be able to profit from. My favorite 2 points made in this book are as follows:

1. The concept of M and why it is so important to always know where your stack is in relation to the antes and blinds.

2. When heads up, nearly any 2 cards are worth playing and you are never that far behind.

I really hope that Dan Harrington doesn't sell a lot of these books, because anyone that reads, learns, and follows the advice within is going to become a much better poker player. Employing a writing style that makes even the most difficult concepts easy to understand and follow, the end result is incredible.

I said it when I reviewed the first book, these are the most important poker books written since Doyle Brunson's Super/System which came out in the 1970s, and it is REQUIRED reading for ALL Hold 'Em players.

Wonderful, wonderful poker book by one of the best players in the world.

***** HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION

Absolutely the best book on no limit tournament play. It is the greatest!

This book is a great read, and is a great poker resource. Unlike many poker books I've seen, this book flows very well. His problem sets at the end of each chapter really help ensure that you remember his valuable lessons. Learn from the best!

I well thought out exceptional book on advanced moves and more importantly, thinking. It moved my game up by years. A great read and a must for any library.

This is a great book on NLHE tournament strategy. It has an easy-to-read style, and focuses on advanced topics. This is probably not a beginner's book, but will be very helpful to intermediate and advanced players. I consider this to be the best poker book I have ever read, and I've read most of them. Even if your style differs from Harrington's (and he does tend to be of a more conservative mentality than most), this book will absolutely add to your game.

This book and its companion Volume II are like my bibles. I have only being playing online poker tournaments and sit-and-go games
for three months and am already consistently winning money and getting to the final table in tournaments of 150 players or so, and have won a couple too.

When I started I bought a number of books that were well reviewed on Amazon, but frankly the rest of them are not worth a hill of beans, whereas this one is worth its weight in gold. I will not go into a description of the contents, because so many reviews have already done so, but if you want to master tournament poker, or you want a great gift for your family poker player, then look no further.

I should also say that the book is extemely well written, which is not always the case with poker books. The authorial voice is sometimes witty, and always a great friend and companion.

This book is the definitive work on the subject of no limit hold'em tournament play. I just hope my opponents don't read it.

this book speaks to you logcially and explains how to play poker like a pro.

Dan Harrington, Harrington on Hold'em: Expert Strategy for No-Limit Tournaments, Part I: Strategic Play (Two Plus Two Publishing, 2004)

I've always been a horse racing guy. I'd watch poker tournaments on TV, and I loved Rounders, but I didn't catch the tournament poker bug myself until a few months ago. The first books recommended to me after I did were Dan Harrington's Harrington on Hold 'em series, and I picked up the first one recently. I burned through it in three days. I didn't even need to take notes.

This is great stuff. Harrington explains it all in simple, easy-to-understand terms, in such a way that if you've played a couple of thousand hands of poker, a good deal of this is going to seem self-evident to you-- you've had nebulous thoughts about some of it, but never concretized any of it (why A10 or KJ offsuit ain't worth your time, what positions you should be in to play low pairs, that sort of thing). Harrington's just showing you what you've already figured out and bringing it into your conscious mind.

The best recommendation I can give it? My ability to finish in the money in small-stakes tournaments increased-- tremendously-- almost as soon as I closed the back cover. There's no better endorsement for a how-to book than that it is effective, and the first volume of Harrington on Hold 'em is most assuredly that. Can't wait to get my hands on Book 2. ****

I have read about 8 or 9 of the main poker books on Holdem within the past year. This book and volume 2 are the absolute best I have read. Most other books talked about general concepts and included a lot of self praise by the authors. This book gets into the details of various strategies and structured decision making. Every chapter includes several sample hands with various situations and commentary about how to think through each situation. The problems are realistic and show many hands that you lose even when you make the correct decision. Instead of buying a new book on poker, I have just started reading volume 1 again. If you're already familiar with how to play a Texas Holdem tournament, this is the book for you.

Great information from a great "conservative" player. He proves that patients and waiting for decent cards can win you big bucks. The only reason I gave it a 4 is because his second edition could have been combined with this book, like many other authors.

Has help me be more successful in finishing in the money. Excellent stragery for the end game.

Without question, this is the best NL Hold Em tournament book on the market today.

End of story.

I have read tons of poker books out on the market, books that focus on Limit Hold Em, books that cover the basics, books that cover how to stay in the moment while playing poker. Each of these books have their own pros and cons, but sadly none of these books focused on NL Tournament Hold Em like it should be covered until I read 'Harringon on Hold Em: Volume I'. Dan Harrington and Bill Roberte have packaged together a book that ALL NL Hold Em tournament players should read (or maybe they shouldn't --- I'll get back to that later).

The chapters are broken out as follows:

1. Basics of No-Limit Hold Em
2. Playing Styles and Starting Requirements
3. Reading the Table
4. Pot Odds and Hand Analysis
5. Betting Pre-Flop
6. Betting Post-Flop
7. Betting on the Turn and River

After reading this overview you might think that this is just like any other NL Hold Em book, but it's simply not. For one thing, this book ASSUMES that you know something about the game of NL Hold Em before you read this. While you can pick up this book not having ever played the game before, you are better off probably having read a basic book like Phil Hellmuths or playing some hands before you read this text.

While most books cover the basics like AA is better than JJ and explaining what 'Big Slick' is, the heart of this book are the hand analysis parts at the end of each chapter. The thing that separates this book from any other on the market is the realism of the hands presented. Other books try to do the same thing, but to help the reader feel better, they will usually say the reader hits a monster hand and wins a ton of money. I understand why the writers do this, but it really doesn't help anyone who really wants to become a better poker player.

My favorite poker quote of all time:

"You win you earn, you lose you learn"

Without going on and on and on and on, I'll stop this review and state that while I have reviewed many books in the past, this is only the 2nd poker book that I have ever put HPR on. If you want to become a better NL Hold Em tournament player, pick up this text and watch your game improve dramatically.

Actually, maybe you SHOULDN'T pick up this book so that myself and others can take advantage of our improved game while you are stay the amateur level and watch the chips come my way.

***** HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION

Harrington's books present an excellent roadmap to becoming a winner. They clearly explain the how's, why's and when's of Texas Hold'em. But, there are some things that simply can't be taught. Beyond the necessary information on the intricacies of the game, there are some intangibles, some characteristics that are common to those who become consistent winners like Dan Harrington.

There is a particular mindset that is characteristic of winners. If you really read between the lines of this and other really good books on gambling; such as:
"Doyle Brunson's Super System" by Doyle Brunson,
"The Theory of Poker" by David Sklansky,
"Caro's Book of Poker Tells" by Mike Caro,
"How to Gamble at the Casinos Without Getting Plucked Like a Chicken" by James Harrison Ford,
"Professional Blackjack" by Stanford Wong, and
"Beat the Dealer" by Edward Thorp;
you will find that there is more to the psychology of the authors than a desire to win. There is an underlying a tough mindset, an implicit determination not to be taken advantage of, an understanding that excellence involves a willingness to work harder than the other guy in order to be the last man standing.

In spite of the outward charm of men like Dan Harrington, Doyle Brunson, Stanford Wong and the other successful professional gamblers who write excellent How-To books, they are essentially predators. These are serious people who have no intention of becoming anybody's victim and they are willing to work hard enough to learn the details of their craft to make sure that they stay at the top of the food chain.

The intricacies that Dan Harrington relates in "Harrington on Hold'em" are not just casual blather, they are examples of the attention to detail, the serious intent, that is at the heart of becoming, and staying, the best at what you do. Harrington's willingness to share his knowledge, his techniques and his insights on gambling are indicative of his innate confidence in his superior skill, ability and determination. "Harrington on Hold'em" is an open invitation to join the game and test yourself against the best. In short, it is a very good book.

Both "Harrington on Hold'em", 1 & 2, are really good poker books. There is no question that you should buy and read them... and keep reading them until you thoroughly understand every concept and know how to apply them to the relevant situations. Harrington covers virtually all of the important information in great detail - very well.

You can only win a fraction of the hands you play. What Harrington and the other poker writers don't explain well enough is how many hands you won't win. You can't win them all. It is a hard cold fact that most of the time you have to have the best hand in order to win at poker. Yes, you can bluff. Sometimes it works. The more often you bluff, however, the more likely it is that you will get caught... and the more often you get caught bluffing, the bigger the cost is. What this all boils down to is this: patience is a virtue that can best be developed if you understand the probabilities and frequencies of having the best hand.

The key to being successful, in winning more than you lose, is in building the pots bigger when you are more likely to have the best hand and in keeping your investment low when your hand is weak. It is very similar to being a successful Blackjack card counter: raise your bet when the odds are in your favor and keep it little when the odds are against you. It's all in the numbers. You need to understand the probabilities and concepts like Gambler's Ruin, which are critical to being successful in the long term.

Ford's "How to Gamble at the Casinos Without Getting Plucked Like a Chicken" does a great job of explaining Gambler's Ruin and the fundamentals of card counting in Blackjack, concepts that also apply to poker. Other books, like Packel's "The Mathematics of Games and Gambling" and Meyerson's "Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict" are tougher reading, but they make the same points.

This book is one of the best to read for no limit poker. Dan Harrington is known as simply one of the best poker players ever.

Everyone else has pretty much summed this book up, for players with a solid game that want to take that next step, these books are the bibles of poker, specifically tournament poker.

As was already mentioned, harrinton has a reputation of being a tight, conservative player but his advice on playing when short stacked is far from conservative. He explains why it is so necessary to avoid being blinded down to the point where at least the big blind can call with any two cards, and how making an allin bet is so much better than calling for all your chips.

The chapter on calculating the ratio of your chip stack to the size of the pot at the start of the hand is the single most important chapter of a poker book I have ever read. He explains why hands that are playable with a big stack are unplayable with a small one, and just as importantly how hands that are playable with a small stack are not with a bigger stack!

I consider myself a pretty good hold 'em player, but as another reviewer also said, I would so often make the money but without many chips to advance to where the real money is. Since reading these two books and Volume II in particular, my play late in tourneys when the bubble is approaching has improved immensely. The way Harrington explains things just makes so much sense. My natural style is to play fairly tight so harrington's style is one I try to emulate. I was stunned reading the sections on short stack play, to see how many "weak" hands he recommended playing, but the way he explains why just makes sense.

And unlike so many pros that have authored books (particularly Phil Hellmuth), there is little mention of reading opponents based on physical tells, but more along the lines of being able to determine an opponent's holding based on what style they play. The truly great pros rely a lot on reading their opponents based on mannerisms along with betting patterns, but for the rest of us, smart analytical play is the best way for us to be successful.

If you are a primarily a tournament player, whether online, live or both, you simply must read these books. I have paid for these books many, many times over.

I've been playing poker for about three years now casually but for the last year I've put in more hours into improving my game. I currently consider myself a decent tournament player with 50% of my tournament results ending in the money and the other 50% on the bubble.

The problem was, once I made the money, I rarely had chips to play and usually get blinded out. This is where Harrington on Hold'em comes into effect. As soon as I bought Volume 1 I finished it in less than 24 hours. It is that good. Volume 1 gives you a good core on how to approach tournaments and teaches you how to play with discipline. For me, I already knew most of the concepts but reading the book help clean up my game and patch loose ends.

Volume 2 is where it gets exciting. I've recently started Volume 2 and am already impressed. Volume 2 discusses the end game of tournaments which includes making moves, bluffs, and playing short handed; all of which I needed a lot of help on. While Volume 1 is good I think Volume 2 is what separates the men from the boys. Being able to pull off well timed bluffs is a valuable skill in hold'em because it is always more rewarding to win a huge put with a bluff than a monster hand.

I'd like to think of the set in this sense. Volume 1 is like the good girl you want to marry and bring home to mom. She'll wash your clothes, cook you meals, do the dishes, but over time you'll get tired of her because she is just too predictable and boring.
Volume 2 is that sexy bad girl you constantly fantasize about. She is seductive, exciting, and a pure freak. As much as you enjoy the hot steamy romps, there really is no future for the both of you because she is too unstable. Adding both of these books to your arsenal is like finding the perfect woman.

I hear Volume 3 is coming out in May and I can't wait. If you really want to improve your tournament game, you have to get the entire set.

In general I like Dan Harrington's way of teaching poker. His books are packed with very good examples and he describes the logic of his actions very well.

Volume II could've been as great as vol I. However this first printing (June 2005) contains a lot of printing errors and other logical errors and unfortunately Two plus two publishing provides no error correction for their books on their homepage. Most of the time you can figure out what he means or what's wrong with the example but not all the time.

For instance, example hands 11-18 and 11-19 makes no sense when you read them together. Both examples describe a similar situation where you're up against a conservative player. However when Harrington later explains why he acted differently in the latter situation he then says it's because the opponent in 11-18 was an aggressive player (that plays more hands)...

Thoroughout example 11-18 the opponent was described as a conservative player (just as in 11-19) so the conclusion is a true contradiction and the reader is left with no help on how to act in situations like these.

In general I like Dan Harrington's way of teaching poker. His books are packed with very good examples and he describes the logic of his actions very well.

Volume II could've been as great as vol I. However this first printing (June 2005) contains a lot of printing errors and two plus two publishing provides no error correction on their homepage. Most errors you can "correct" yourself but not all.

For instance, example hands 11-18 and 11-19 makes no sense when you read them together. Both examples describe their opponent as a conservative player. However when Harrington later explains why he acted differently in the latter situation he then says it's because the opponent in 11-18 was an aggressive player (that plays more hands)...

It's a true contradiction and the readers are left with no help on how to act in situations like this.