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Mid Stakes ($50NL to $600NL): 6-max or less ring game NLH strategies including Heads Up cash game play.
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Sticky Thread Sticky: Some thoughts on posting HU hand histories

Poker is a very interesting game where many different styles of play can result in a significant edge on your opponents. HU is especially cool...

Started by Numbr2intheWorld, 08-12-2008 04:13 PM
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10-01-2014 01:28 AM

Sticky Thread Sticky: READ BEFORE POSTING: Short-Handed NL Hold-em Forum

General Guidelines This forum is for all material that relates to (online) short handed no limit hold'em strategy between $50nl and $600nl. ...

Started by pocketfours, 03-25-2011 01:59 AM
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03-25-2011 01:59 AM

Sticky Thread Sticky: SHNL & HU Digest

Here are links to the most helpful and popular articles written by our own forum members for players of short-handed NL hold'em. Articles ISF...

Started by Xianti, 08-29-2007 06:44 PM
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08-30-2010 12:09 AM

Is this spew?

I've been dominating this guy all game. He's VERY loose passive. Its taking nothing more than raise pf - c-bet to take down basically every hand I'm...

Started by bjsaust, 01-10-2008 08:51 PM
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01-13-2008 05:30 PM

>220.000 from august to present, time to move up?

Hi, posting my results in 6-max from midaugust to present. Please feel free to comment. Posting more images in a while. Please note i have increased...

Started by Andypandy, 01-10-2008 01:11 PM
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01-13-2008 05:19 PM

This ever happened to you???

So this happened after about 50 hands of heads up.... PokerStars Game #14168577771: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2007/12/28 - 23:27:47 (ET)...

Started by Harvey Dent, 12-28-2007 11:59 PM
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01-13-2008 05:18 PM

Anyone like a check fold river with AQ?

Reads: Villain has been a solid TAG slowly building his stack. Doesn't seem to be making risky moves/bluffs. ABC. We're ahead of AJ, which I...

Started by mixchange, 01-11-2008 07:10 PM
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01-13-2008 06:52 AM

25NL - Tough spot, I think

Villain was 53/23. He'd bluffed me at least once off a decent sized pot but had calmed down a bit in recent orbits. I don't think this is an easy...

Started by kevster, 01-12-2008 05:27 AM
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01-13-2008 04:52 AM

two hands. river overbets. they bluffing or do they got it?

i flop the straight. he could be calling my flop bet with a flush draw so the turn scared me a little. don't know about opponent. PokerStars...

Started by b-rabbit, 01-11-2008 03:08 PM
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01-13-2008 12:32 AM

Calling 3 bets OTB with small pairs in blind wars

So this happens a lot -- folded to me OTB and I have 22-88 , I lead for $4 and 4ish diff scenarios unfold 1) foldz. YAY 2) both call 3) one 3...

Started by mixchange, 01-10-2008 10:58 PM
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01-13-2008 12:04 AM

Clueless

I hadn't been sitting long here, no idea how villain got his stack. His stats are 34/21/3 over 55 hands or so. Haven't reassy seen him do anything...

Started by Irisheyes, 01-08-2008 09:11 AM
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01-12-2008 05:57 PM

limping on the button? what do you think?

Sklansky and miller argue that it can be a good play with certain hands. Most ppl think of it as a bad play. I wont take any sides being fairly...

Started by asdpikas, 01-11-2008 11:24 AM
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01-12-2008 05:54 PM

3 more 25NL hands please

1. Villain is a 30/17/1.7 over about 50 hands. I put his range on TT-QQ, AK with a chance of KK from preflop play. Flop kind of sucks now doesn't it?...

Started by kmind, 01-12-2008 04:51 PM
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01-12-2008 05:39 PM

A couple of hands I don't like.

1) Villain is 17/8/2.5 over small sample. No reads. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (5 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from...

Started by meeloche, 01-12-2008 04:55 PM
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01-12-2008 05:27 PM

100NL - 2barell, anyone?

Villian is unknown. Does he have overs/fold his 8 often enough to fire twice? $0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem 5 players Converted at weaktight.com ...

Started by XTR1000, 01-11-2008 04:32 PM
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01-12-2008 01:59 PM

100NL hands, weeeee.

1. Villin is 28/23 + iv'e seen him 3 bet shove a FD on the flop GAME #792870873: Texas Hold'em NL $0.50/$1.00 Seat 1: CooCullen ($101.50 in...

Started by ChrisTheFish, 01-10-2008 07:47 PM
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01-12-2008 12:51 PM

push river?

and this time i was trying out the half-stack strategy, and i dropped $800 in 1500 hands... reviewing my sessions, i only made 1 dumb mistake,...

Started by |~|ypermegachi, 01-09-2008 10:46 PM
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01-12-2008 10:44 AM

HUD Stats

What stats do you use for heads up? I am not talking about the full person SNGs when it gets to heads up...by then the blinds are high and all about...

Started by mikeneron, 01-08-2008 04:54 PM
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01-12-2008 12:28 AM

150bb deep facing a turn min-raise

Against a Tagfish I haven't really seen before, he's running 38/12/6. His street by street aggression is 4/3/7. Although he appears pretty aggressive...

Started by Galapogos, 01-11-2008 06:25 PM
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01-11-2008 11:43 PM

AK 25NL

Opponent sucked out on me early on. No stats but I do know he hasn't raised pre much but calls pre raises a good amount. All I can see me beating is...

Started by kmind, 01-11-2008 11:02 PM
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01-11-2008 11:10 PM

Top 2 vs. low AF

I think this was a butcher job. This guy was one of those types that you never notice - he was running 28/2/0.8 over about 90 hands. I kinda...

Started by Ash256, 01-11-2008 01:18 PM
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01-11-2008 11:01 PM

3 25NL hands

1. I just sat down so no real reads. Should I just be raising or folding on flop or pre? How do you play the rest of the hand if he fires more bets?...

Started by kmind, 01-11-2008 06:44 PM
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01-11-2008 10:41 PM

AKo 6 max 10nl

Villain is 57/57 over 7 hands lol . . this standard yeah. I don't play much no-limit ring but really want to improve at it. Do you give him any...

Started by Skeeno, 01-11-2008 05:22 AM
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01-11-2008 10:15 PM

sauce vs cts

Surprised nobody is talking about this. Has anyone seen this vid yet? Looked to me like sauce got the best of him HU. What does everyone think...

Started by Sprayed, 01-11-2008 09:09 PM
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01-11-2008 09:13 PM

Running bad

Dec 11th - now I'm playing 50NL at possibly the softest site on the internet. What's the worst you've run? Is this kinda variance to be...

Started by Ash256, 01-11-2008 03:30 PM
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01-11-2008 08:37 PM

Someone 'splain this to me please?

Watching p3echy_keen's latest video on cardrunners and he did something which I didn't really get. I'll lay out the hand here so hopefully someone...

Started by Irisheyes, 01-10-2008 06:01 PM
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01-11-2008 07:51 PM

Short stack theory -- cbet or shove?

Hero has $20 (40bb) EUPHOLOGI - Posts small blind $0.25 BREWSNPGLT - Posts big blind $0.50 *** POCKET CARDS *** Dealt to EUPHOLOGI HOKIEWA -...

Started by euphoricism, 01-11-2008 03:16 PM
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01-11-2008 04:58 PM

6 max to FR adjustments?

I posted this in FR originally, but only got one reply in a week. I modified it after more experience and reading Renton's FR notes. I'm playing at...

Started by mixchange, 01-10-2008 10:52 PM
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01-11-2008 10:37 AM

situation i have trouble with (60-40BB stacks)

Ok, lets say i have a hand like JJ-99 or AK-AQ in the BB. a 50BB stack raises 4x on the CO, he's relatively unknown, but seems semi tight and...

Started by Numbr2intheWorld, 01-10-2008 08:47 PM
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01-11-2008 09:52 AM

100NL - a flopped flush and a flopped set

#1 Villian is unknown. I was going to call any reasonable on river, an insta psb scared me quite a bit tho. Looking back I hate to c/f river, but I´m...

Started by XTR1000, 01-10-2008 12:03 PM
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01-11-2008 08:17 AM

NL50, 3 barrel in a blind battle

No HH, this is from memory. I just sat down an orbit ago so no reads except that villain probably isn't that great since he limp-called. $50...

Started by mcatdog, 01-10-2008 09:40 PM
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01-11-2008 05:06 AM

lesson in how to bugger up the nut draw

this is not a very interesting hand, but its a common situation, and i dont know what line to take. i butchered this, i only won 116 bucks, and its...

Started by clarkatroid, 01-10-2008 10:26 PM
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01-11-2008 04:34 AM

2/4 three shoves with a loose image

These hands are from the LAG experiment I wrote about in the high stakes forum. I usually play 5/10 and 10/20 with stats like 25/18, but I...

Started by pocketfours, 01-11-2008 02:24 AM
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01-11-2008 02:24 AM

Your best suckout with Seven Two Offsuit?

Villain was a donk that had already bled about $150 to me, rebuying in $50 increments. This hand had to be devastating to him! Especially his PF...

Started by mixchange, 01-10-2008 09:02 PM
Replies: 5 Views: 544
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01-10-2008 10:48 PM

6 max to FR adjustments?

I posted this in FR originally, but only got one reply in a week. I modified it after more experience and reading Renton's FR notes. I'm playing at...

Started by mixchange, 01-10-2008 10:48 PM
Replies: 0 Views: 769
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01-10-2008 10:48 PM

Turning underpair into 3-street bluff against donk?

No strong read, stats are fishy (40/15-ish, midlevel aggression postflop, somewhat high WTSD). I've played fairly tight and straightforwardly. We've...

Started by Halv, 01-10-2008 06:34 AM
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01-10-2008 09:49 PM

homosexually calling off my stack on every street?

villain is playing 24/19 over 150 hands or so. we have been playing approx 90 mins and I got the villain pegged as a serial 3-better light pre flop,...

Started by clarkatroid, 01-10-2008 09:35 AM
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01-10-2008 09:30 PM

NL50 - AK hits flop - against short stack

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards) Button ($21.05)...

Started by szamvan, 01-10-2008 03:14 PM
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01-10-2008 08:39 PM

Theory: LAG style play

As you know I've been playing pretty much ABC (but perhaps tricky) tightish poker and I really think I need to start to work on my LAG game. I...

Started by pocketfours, 01-10-2008 05:53 AM
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01-10-2008 08:25 PM

NL50 - overpair, ace hits on the river

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (5 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) SB ($30.40) BB...

Started by szamvan, 01-10-2008 02:34 PM
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01-10-2008 07:03 PM

My stats after 10000h in 50NL 6max, please comment

Sorry, that it's not really reader friendly, but i didnt know how to do it better. Anyways, all comments are welcome. Total Hands: 10,217 Vol....

Started by asdpikas, 01-09-2008 01:05 PM
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01-10-2008 03:07 PM

Evaluate my play

Villain is unknown he just sat down no real reads other than he bought in for 50 and has been limping a lot. Correct my line or comment on it...

Started by meeloche, 01-09-2008 08:30 PM
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01-10-2008 01:54 PM

An acceptable downswing?

What kind of downswing do you need to take before you have to start wondering if it's more than just acceptable short term bad luck? I've played...

Started by DJJunkPauds, 01-10-2008 04:45 AM
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01-10-2008 11:44 AM

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