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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

50nl 180bb deep - Line check

Opp is 71/6/1.8 over 220 hands, my image is solid. we have no history together EverestPoker Game #1391826308: Table Doha-10 - $0.25/$0.50 - No...

Started by XTR1000, 04-14-2007 07:50 AM
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04-14-2007 12:35 PM

Really REALLY simple question

opponents are unknown cydamon72 (6:16:53 PM): PokerStars Game #9389245915: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2007/04/12 - 19:15:34 (ET) Table...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 04-12-2007 07:28 PM
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04-14-2007 11:32 AM

Bluff induction gone fierce

I have a note that says this guy calls with any piece of the flop. He's 27/14/1.75 and his river aggression factor is 4.75 though I don't rememeber...

Started by Galapogos, 04-13-2007 05:13 PM
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04-14-2007 09:58 AM

Let's play "Find the Leak"

I have a leak, I am not sure what it is yet. This is my first time researching my game since my 10 buy-in downswing. I am going to run thru PT and...

Started by jyms, 04-13-2007 09:05 AM
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04-14-2007 09:38 AM

i play bad

no reads on anyone, except that people on party seem to call a lot looser. ***** Hand History for Game ## ***** $ 100 USD NL Texas Hold'em -...

Started by |~|ypermegachi, 04-13-2007 08:34 PM
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04-14-2007 12:47 AM

i'm such a rock deep stacked. help?

im sorta new, seen as tag but no history with villain. he seems slag, on a rush, but mostly straight forward. ive reraised some here but not much....

Started by benny999, 04-12-2007 03:27 AM
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04-13-2007 10:55 PM

stars 5/10- thoughts on this triple barrel?

Im running around 20/17 today so my image is probably solid tag. Villain is relatively new to the table and unknown to me, but I assume he as a...

Started by sauce123, 04-11-2007 07:23 PM
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04-13-2007 10:54 PM

AJ - is my line ok? standard?

Villian is 57/7 but it may seem like I am getting out line as I won a few pots recently. I also only raise 3x bb now + 1 for limper. PokerStars...

Started by noble007, 04-13-2007 04:56 PM
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04-13-2007 09:52 PM

Some hands 50NL

Hand 1: Villain limp-called preflop, so I had him on a small PP or SC. He leads the flop though and I only have 3rd pair. What's hero's play? Fold:...

Started by minSim, 04-13-2007 07:51 AM
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04-13-2007 05:33 PM

Hand versus Chardrian

Here's an old hand versus chardrian that I'm really not sure whether i should call or not, and still after analyzing it am not sure. Char is 22/18,...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 04-05-2007 09:54 AM
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04-13-2007 03:24 PM

Standard?

Looking through some draws. Is this standard? Should I donk the turn? Who bluffs the river? Im just such a nit. Most of you would be c/r'ing...

Started by bigspenda73, 04-13-2007 06:21 AM
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04-13-2007 01:54 PM

Working on my bluffs

Opponent is loose over small sample size. Sees roughly 1/3rd of flops. I do not have any info on his aggression. I put opponent on a TPmehK or a...

Started by Silly String, 04-12-2007 04:12 PM
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04-13-2007 01:35 PM

Just draws

These hands are from last nights session. I am considering my FD, OESD play. I'm sorry there's one FR hand in it, but my play is the same as SH: ...

Started by minSim, 04-13-2007 05:59 AM
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04-13-2007 07:01 AM

Couple EP hands

Both players are Agg enought that it is likely that one of the players will take a stab at the pot if I check it on the flop. I have seen BB bet...

Started by Silly String, 04-11-2007 03:21 PM
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04-13-2007 03:58 AM

Down I go

Big downswing has challenged my existential poker being. If I can't beat .25/.50...wtf am I even doing here? I think I was on tilt for all of these...

Started by cjs55, 04-12-2007 03:49 PM
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04-12-2007 08:47 PM

Stats check please

So i finally started my 2nd attempt to 50nl, this time shorthanded. i lifted my prf, stopped open limping and widened my button/co range a bit and...

Started by XTR1000, 04-11-2007 09:10 AM
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04-12-2007 02:36 PM

Thoughts on this triple barrel?

My image today is probably of a solid tag, I'm running between 20/17 and 21/18 for the day. Villain is an unknown, but I assume not a complete fish...

Started by sauce123, 04-11-2007 06:03 PM
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04-12-2007 01:54 PM

Beating 200nl (other stakes too): 2nd leveling 1st levelers

So I've been at 200nl for probably 25k hands (20k were HU so im not reallu counting that). Here's my obvservations: I struggled a lot at 100NL,...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 04-11-2007 12:01 AM
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04-12-2007 12:46 PM

Changing up my threebarrels.

Opp is 25/15, who tends to raise the flop with his good hands, plays like a solid tagg. PokerStars Game #9308042653: Hold'em No Limit ($1/$2) -...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 04-07-2007 10:30 PM
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04-12-2007 12:42 PM

Teach me to not be a passive donkAY

My image is pretty aggro, and people are starting to play back at my preflop raises. I feel both players have a pretty wide range on the flop. I...

Started by JJDAMAN, 04-07-2007 06:02 PM
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04-12-2007 12:17 PM

My Passive lines...

All hands are against DF_Newb who runs 14/11/2. I think he is definitely nitty, and I can never understand why his AF is so low playing so few...

Started by Jager, 04-09-2007 02:55 PM
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04-12-2007 11:26 AM

2 set lines OOP from today ($100nl)

hand 1: MP is 75/33/7 over only 30 hands. W/ shorty in the pot and MP being such a donk i thought just shoving would be the most +EV here. ...

Started by bode, 04-11-2007 10:03 PM
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04-12-2007 03:22 AM

Setting up a bluff.

I repop J6s because i have played one hand in the 50 at the table, I recognize three of these guys as regs, one of which is villan, who is 21/18/5,...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 04-02-2007 11:34 PM
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04-11-2007 04:53 PM

Jacks 'n' Bitches

1) Firstly, how's my line here? I was afraid of PickPocket being a smartass preflop with QQ-AA, but I felt he had to throw out some kind of bet on...

Started by Ash256, 04-09-2007 06:53 PM
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04-11-2007 02:39 PM

HH review. Heads up 6 person S/G. Looking for leaks.

S/G 6 person down to heads up. Looking for L-E-A-K-S!!!!! Opp was solid all game. Not sure why but the last hand is first in this conversion...heads...

Started by fdnypoker, 04-11-2007 10:12 AM
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04-11-2007 10:12 AM

AK and AQ

HAND 1: villain is very aggressive, over small # of hands he's 18/18. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter...

Started by |~|ypermegachi, 04-10-2007 11:48 PM
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04-11-2007 12:32 AM

LOL Heads Up Aments

PokerStars Game #9339552315: Tournament #47429360, $50+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2007/04/09 - 19:06:49 (ET) Table '47429360 1'...

Started by Rondavu, 04-09-2007 07:11 PM
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04-10-2007 06:19 PM

I butchered this?

Note wierd deep stack table. Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.30 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format:...

Started by zenbitz, 04-09-2007 10:15 PM
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04-10-2007 05:06 PM

stars $20 hu tournament...problems

so i've been winning consistantly at hu games for a while, finally decided to join the hu tournament that stars holds twice a day believe... won the...

Started by boom3r, 04-09-2007 12:18 PM
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04-10-2007 05:01 PM

is this a raise?

50NL on UB. MP makes a Min raise (habitual minraiser pf) I call from CO w/ 56s. Button and BB call. Button seems pretty good, fairly...

Started by pgil, 04-10-2007 01:09 AM
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04-10-2007 04:56 PM

I hate JJ.

Villain is 20/7ish but I dont many hands on him. STAGE #627603049: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $0.50 - 2007-04-10 13:38:15 (ET) Table: DOGGIE AVE (Real...

Started by euphoricism, 04-10-2007 01:52 PM
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04-10-2007 04:38 PM

Another big overpair call hand

Have some stats on this guy, zero reads though, was too busy watching a classic episode of Newsradio :) He is running at 44/12/7.5 over not too...

Started by Galapogos, 04-09-2007 01:14 PM
Replies: 13 Views: 1,124
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04-10-2007 03:41 PM

50nl - river bet decisions

#1 Villian is passive but solid 23/5/2. I´ve bn pretty aggro against him. The flop action made me check the turn, with him checking behind, do we...

Started by XTR1000, 04-10-2007 08:15 AM
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04-10-2007 08:25 AM

Find my mistake and explain why (hand reading exercise)

This is a hand from today where I knew I made a significant mistake immediately after the hand and was pissed at myself. Villain is a slightly...

Started by sauce123, 04-09-2007 01:59 AM
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04-10-2007 07:35 AM

first semi-tough 200nl decision.

Opp was unknown, but i noted he had lost a few showdowns where considering what i thought he held he was spew betting OR calling too much. Preflop...

Started by Miffed22001, 04-08-2007 10:42 AM
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04-10-2007 12:48 AM

200NL and 100nl Reg note exchange.

I am at 200nl right now, but was at 100nl for so long i have a lot of notes on guys there. I would really like peoples notes on 200nl regs. I only...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 04-09-2007 03:48 PM
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04-09-2007 08:29 PM

Pretty boring hand but I just want to check

Standard enough vs a complete unknown? Texas Hold'em $1-$1 NL (Real Money), #165,852,689 Table rblus' HE, 8 Apr 2007 3:47 PM ET ...

Started by Galapogos, 04-09-2007 12:55 PM
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04-09-2007 02:50 PM

AK hand checkup

no read. pretty regular table, no one's playing noticeably aggressive or passive. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) Hand History...

Started by |~|ypermegachi, 04-08-2007 11:13 PM
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04-09-2007 02:41 PM

Weak made hand turned semi bluff

opp is lagg reg, 25/20/5, raises a lot of flops. I suspect his range here is 22-TT, and air. How do you play back against this range? How bout this?...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 04-08-2007 09:59 PM
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04-09-2007 10:50 AM

10 hands to pass the time

no one posts in this forum and im bored i have terrible image in all of these 1 villian is TAG who just made a commend about how bad this table...

Started by gabe, 03-23-2007 12:07 AM
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04-09-2007 08:46 AM

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