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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

QQ, sticky turn?

Villain was loose over the last 9 hands. In at least half of the pots. That is all I have on him. I don't see how the Ace helped him if he called...

Started by Silly String, 09-27-2007 03:28 PM
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09-28-2007 01:47 AM

Folding a set on the turn

Fold here? Against most players I would 4-bet push the flop, but UTG is 70-25 with flop aggression of 0.5 and turn aggression of 0.2 over 200 hands,...

Started by daven, 09-27-2007 01:54 AM
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09-28-2007 01:44 AM

20NL, I limped KK on the button.

Just had to show you this one dudes. Comments welcome. Prima Poker skin No Limit Holdem Ring game Blinds: $0.10/$0.20 5 players Converter ...

Started by Jupit3r, 09-27-2007 10:14 AM
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09-27-2007 10:12 PM

Played poorly the whole way... except the river?

Fullstacked 50NL. Only 10 hands on villain, and hes run 10/0, which really means nothing. I'm ok with the cold call pre and the flop raise.. but the...

Started by euphoricism, 09-27-2007 03:24 PM
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09-27-2007 06:12 PM

TPTK, easy fold?

Gotta fold here right? Prima Network No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) Hero ($12.12) MP ($10.90) CO ($9.90) Button ($10.22) SB...

Started by daven, 09-27-2007 02:51 AM
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09-27-2007 03:25 PM

25NL...all-in ASAP?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) SB ($49.60) BB...

Started by kmind, 09-27-2007 12:21 AM
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09-27-2007 02:25 PM

Made flush - Simple value extraction question

Against two opps am I raising the turn or calling and taking it to the river? Starting game 2133071098. sbedvek is at seat 0 with $12.32....

Started by kevster, 09-27-2007 05:05 AM
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09-27-2007 10:13 AM

connecting with poker stars

For some unknown reason i cant play for more than 5 minutes without stars disconnecting me. I dont know if its the internet connection or what. Also,...

Started by will641, 09-27-2007 12:12 AM
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09-27-2007 10:05 AM

river play?

No stats, no reads. I raise this some against limpers, but ive been trying to cut out some of these type hands (A8-T, unsuited connectors, 1...

Started by bode, 09-26-2007 03:41 PM
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09-27-2007 06:35 AM

jj overpair, call all-in?

Villain is someone I search for everytime i play. 74-17-4 and likes to bluff. But even bad players get good cards sometimes. Good call? Prima...

Started by daven, 09-27-2007 02:48 AM
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09-27-2007 06:30 AM

theoretical ?

Lets say you have been playing at a 6 max table for 200 hands or so and running nitty on that table 15/13 or so. You raise utg with qq and another...

Started by Trikflow77, 09-26-2007 04:47 PM
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09-26-2007 10:06 PM

two bluffs and a thin call down

Mad eric is a lagg, not bluffy though and pretty decent. I understand that 4 bet is not only a viable option but may be the better option, if you...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 09-25-2007 11:40 AM
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09-26-2007 08:02 PM

I am not a noob...

yes I am. :( Good to fold or what? I didn't want to induce a fold on the flop since villain will call down w/ any draw, and might stack with...

Started by Unibomber14, 09-25-2007 11:43 PM
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09-26-2007 05:56 PM

Your laggtardishness doesn't impress me

Converter not handling this stuff, so apologies for the raw hhs. Villain is LordenDelly. I'm not running PT but notice he's 3-betting a ton. I'm...

Started by Warpe, 09-26-2007 12:18 PM
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09-26-2007 12:18 PM

call a pot sized river bet?q

This hand is entirely from memory as I do not have my PT database here with me. Villain is something like 54/7/0.9. Effective stacks 100bbs 50NLHE....

Started by thizzSantaCruz, 09-26-2007 03:52 AM
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09-26-2007 07:53 AM

100NL Line check

Villain and I have a fairly long history. We're both solid LAGs and we've stacked each other tons of time, and quite often with rags in a 3-bet pot....

Started by Deanglow, 09-25-2007 04:13 PM
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09-26-2007 03:30 AM

multiway pot, TP and FD

Villain in this hand run abotu 20/10, high AF over 100 hands. I didn't want to raise the flop because he was either folding bad hands or stacking off...

Started by Numbr2intheWorld, 09-25-2007 06:43 PM
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09-26-2007 02:44 AM

Lost at 50nl

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) Button ($39.45) SB...

Started by kmind, 09-24-2007 04:25 PM
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09-26-2007 01:48 AM

$11 SnG, Call river..?

Opp is OK, not great. Has had it every time on the river so far, but he is betting too frequently for me to believe him. I'm getting over 3:1 but...

Started by badgers, 09-20-2007 10:50 AM
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09-25-2007 06:01 PM

big donks

This is the third hand at the table so no reads. I have never seen anyone donk bet this large before, so it caught me a bit off guard. Should I be...

Started by Kagey, 09-25-2007 03:06 AM
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09-25-2007 12:43 PM

10NL, bet sizing with the nuts

villain is 46, 20 and a heavy loser over 1000 hands, bets a lot of flops. Not sure about the flop call, but I figured my K&Q outs were probably good,...

Started by daven, 09-24-2007 12:33 AM
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09-25-2007 12:40 PM

400NL 10-10/A-Qo

Villain is the same in both hands. No stats for the first hand, but by the time the second hand came up villain was playing pretty tight (14/10 ~50...

Started by Vi-Zer0Skill, 09-24-2007 10:00 PM
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09-24-2007 10:05 PM

10nl playing draws hard?

ok, here are a couple of hands, the first is oesd + nut flush draw on the turn. The second I had TPTK and the nut flush draw. Thoughts on how these...

Started by daven, 09-24-2007 04:37 PM
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09-24-2007 08:13 PM

400NL K-Qs

Villain has been playing fairly loose (27/20). Though he hasn't done anything exceptionally aggressive/spewy in the time i have played with him (~100...

Started by Vi-Zer0Skill, 09-23-2007 01:38 AM
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09-24-2007 08:01 PM

Stars $3.40 HU Hands for review please.

I am trying to get more aggressive heads-up but still need loads of help. I know taipan has told me about my "donkminbets" and minimum raises but how...

Started by Rage2100, 09-24-2007 05:48 PM
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09-24-2007 06:50 PM

Tough spot

Villain is 26/10/0.8 but is a regular and not as bad as his stats suggest. From what I've noticed he usually always stabs at the flop if he has the...

Started by Toadstool, 09-19-2007 11:17 PM
Replies: 22 Views: 1,595
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09-24-2007 05:58 PM

10NL flopped straight on monotone board

I gotta go for it here right? Villain is completing from the small blind and is 63-20 over a few hands. I figure two pair or even top pair is just...

Started by daven, 09-24-2007 12:38 AM
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09-24-2007 03:46 PM

2/4 top pair deep

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $4 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards) SB ($76) BB...

Started by Renton, 09-21-2007 11:19 PM
Replies: 29 Views: 1,273
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09-24-2007 12:09 PM

I suck at 200NL

Hand 1: Villian is 46/17 and seems aggressive overall. I've been opening a lot from LP but haven't 2 barreled much if at all yet. Full Tilt...

Started by WildBobAA, 09-23-2007 07:34 PM
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09-24-2007 11:47 AM

400NL A-Qo

Villain is a competent TAG. Has been quite aggressive. I think i should have check/folded the turn, but is river an easy check/fold? Hero:...

Started by Vi-Zer0Skill, 09-22-2007 01:20 AM
Replies: 23 Views: 1,807
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09-24-2007 09:06 AM

flopped flush semi deep

No reads on villain at all, I just sat down. He raised the flop in our only previous hand, in which I 3-bet his UTG raise and I folded. I want to...

Started by thizzSantaCruz, 09-22-2007 05:54 PM
Replies: 29 Views: 1,303
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09-24-2007 05:13 AM

10nl, jj good laydown?

villain is 46, 20 and losing a lot over 1000 hands (seems to have done ok this table though, had $60 when I arrived), bets a lot of flops. Should I...

Started by daven, 09-24-2007 12:12 AM
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09-24-2007 01:21 AM

Getting back in the groove

Been a while! Interested in the preflop play for now, ideas of what the opposition may have. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed)...

Started by Liam^, 09-23-2007 11:26 PM
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09-24-2007 01:05 AM

Millionth Nutz in Limped Pot

Ptracker is fked right now so from memory : 300$ eff stacks (nl200) I limp :kh: :jh: on button. 1st time in a prob a million hands I limp...

Started by Genitruc, 09-23-2007 06:01 PM
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09-23-2007 09:38 PM

$5.25 HU tourney for review please

Been running fairly poor so playing %5.25s until I get my confidence back. I think its mainly that I havnt been playing much, I'm making some bad...

Started by bjsaust, 09-20-2007 08:10 AM
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09-23-2007 08:34 PM

open limping?

I'm playing 6-max now cos the site I'm whoring doesn't seem to have much full-ring action. $10NL. I played a couple of thousand hands then re-read...

Started by daven, 09-23-2007 06:27 PM
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09-23-2007 06:31 PM

Stupid PF?

I had to drop back to the super-micros do to some personal withdraws from my account. Now I am playing with the $50 I had deposited on stars awhile...

Started by Unibomber14, 09-23-2007 02:24 AM
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09-23-2007 05:42 PM

KK but TP pairs board

Villain is a total loose fish. 75/25 and has tried to stack off with overs earlier, but hit an Ace. He also flopped a straight vs. a KK's normal...

Started by Silly String, 09-19-2007 03:53 PM
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09-23-2007 05:41 PM

QQ vs. preflop shove (BTW, didn't post results this time :)

no reads on dude, i only played 1 orbit at the time. i realize my 4 bet was way too light, shoul've made it at least $3. i'm kinda going on a limb,...

Started by will641, 09-22-2007 03:19 AM
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09-23-2007 05:37 PM

A few others from tonight

Sorry for the double thread night. I am going through more hands than usual tonight, teaching myself to multitable. c/r better on the river? ...

Started by Unibomber14, 09-23-2007 02:42 AM
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09-23-2007 03:48 AM

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