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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

Confusing hand 3/6, is this often a bluff?

Villain has been quite active, calling a lot of hands in position. No other reads..Comments on all streets appreciated, ty. Full Tilt Poker...

Started by Alexos, 03-05-2007 12:39 AM
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03-05-2007 02:50 AM

Can I call here?

Villain is 22/18 ish and fairly aggressive postflop. I have about 80 hands on him and have three bet him light in the past... PokerStars No-Limit...

Started by koolmoe, 03-05-2007 01:27 AM
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03-05-2007 02:01 AM

AA 10NL River Decision

Im getting back back into poker through an instant bankroll from pso on absolute. So im gonna play my way and build my bankroll starting from the...

Started by apunisher, 03-04-2007 01:28 PM
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03-05-2007 01:58 AM

66 3 handed postflop help

27 hands on villain he has Laggish stats, it just turned 3 handed and this is my last hand on table. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (3 handed)...

Started by elipsesjeff, 03-02-2007 10:54 PM
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03-05-2007 01:49 AM

11k checkup please!

Ideally I'd like a pretty-low variance game that can move up quickly and still make money. I'm not sure whether my winrate is as good as it should...

Started by Ash256, 03-04-2007 02:24 PM
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03-04-2007 10:30 PM

Line check

This might be standard. I just played it differently than I usually would. Villain is 27/12/0.3 over 50 or so hands. Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 No...

Started by 2_Thumbs_Up, 03-04-2007 02:48 PM
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03-04-2007 04:22 PM

Any goot?

Comments appreciated. Hand 1 - Second hand at the table. Absolutely no reads. Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Hand History...

Started by Kits, 03-02-2007 06:05 AM
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03-04-2007 02:27 PM

Strong Hand Underrepped vs Aggro Deepstacked

Villain is what I’d call a SuperTagg (16/13/11). We have mainly avoided each other. This is my standard flop line w TPTK, especially this deep...

Started by Genitruc, 03-02-2007 02:01 AM
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03-04-2007 11:33 AM

Blind war vs Jager.

I just sat, we're both familiar with how each other plays. POKERSTARS GAME #8695634278: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2007/03/02 - 00:27:02 (ET)...

Started by Renton, 03-02-2007 03:58 AM
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03-04-2007 02:13 AM

Tough Spot

I am experimenting with playing taggy poker (15/12/4 ish... YIKES! SO WEIRD!) and found this spot really interesting. I raise to 7$ from the CO...

Started by Genitruc, 03-03-2007 06:15 PM
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03-04-2007 01:56 AM

Heads up sng in home game.

Let me open by providing reads on the villain. Villain is a very aggressive player and skilled post flop. He is a tricky, thinking player that...

Started by AApoker, 03-03-2007 05:39 PM
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03-03-2007 08:05 PM

Back to Back hands vs. overly LAggro villain

2 hands vs. reasonable good LAgg(for $10nl) running 43/37/7.5 over 35 hands. Me and this guy both just ran over a table full of shorties. I got...

Started by bode, 03-02-2007 11:52 PM
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03-03-2007 07:56 PM

WTF?

Villain is super-aggro, reminds myself of my days as a tag ; he runs at 26/21/5. In the past, he has wtfpwned me several times and has won every flip...

Started by Genitruc, 03-02-2007 05:39 PM
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03-03-2007 07:52 PM

Nut straight on flushy board.

No reads, I've seen this guy around before though. He hasn't really been involved in any huge pots. But then again there haven't been any huge ones...

Started by Galapogos, 03-03-2007 01:16 AM
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03-03-2007 06:51 PM

HOLY BAD BEAT....

after seeing this i might rethink ever complaining about a bad beat ever again (probably a lie...but this is absolutly sick... real money mind u) ...

Started by DaCus3, 02-28-2007 04:54 AM
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03-03-2007 06:41 PM

Is my AA up against a set AGAIN???

Have my aces gone and found themselves another set? No real reads on villian except at one point there was a hand where I raised in CO with AKo, he...

Started by Galapogos, 03-02-2007 10:47 PM
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03-03-2007 08:22 AM

Delayed bluff vs minraising nit.

POKERSTARS GAME #8697160296: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2007/03/02 - 03:09:33 (ET) Table 'Sulamitis II' 6-max Seat #1 is the button Seat 1:...

Started by Renton, 03-02-2007 04:03 AM
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03-03-2007 04:12 AM

My HU plays sucks badly and is hurting my ROI%- help!

I know I was very unlucky here but that doesnt mean that I didnt make any bad plays....When looking at my 1/2/3 places ratio its something like...

Started by anarchoi, 02-28-2007 06:11 PM
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03-03-2007 12:23 AM

QQ Hows my line - 200 NL

Original raisor is 35/25ish and Button reraiser is 22/15. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from...

Started by elipsesjeff, 03-02-2007 08:34 PM
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03-02-2007 09:16 PM

TSTONE!!

Hey, FTR guys, I'm probably headed up to Tstone this weekend as they r havin a series of tourneys and i wanna donk around in the side games. If...

Started by sauce123, 03-01-2007 09:24 PM
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03-02-2007 07:51 PM

Do good players fold this?

No reads. He is basically playing his hand face up here. It seems so obvious he has a flush. If he has a lower flush I don't think he's pushing...

Started by JL, 03-02-2007 01:46 PM
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03-02-2007 07:32 PM

A couple of decisions to be looked at please

On both hands I had no real read on the opponents as I only just sat down. Both had interesting outcomes (so I think) but I was wondering what you...

Started by silu73, 03-02-2007 06:31 PM
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03-02-2007 06:41 PM

QQ facing AI on turn...Thoughts?

3rd hand at the table and Villan is not in my DB so no reads. Should I re-raise more pre-flop? What do you do on this turn? PokerStars...

Started by Thee One, 03-01-2007 09:56 AM
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03-02-2007 06:35 PM

Flush draw question

Well, I am back trying to learn SHNL. So far so good, the only hands I see from PT where I am probably overplaying are flush draws (and this is...

Started by chardrian, 03-02-2007 10:40 AM
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03-02-2007 04:03 PM

Simple question: is this optimal?

Apologies for no proper HH, am writing this at work. Villain is fairly strong, very taggy for 6max £50NL (stats of 18/12 or so) and has a big...

Started by biondino, 03-01-2007 06:04 AM
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03-02-2007 03:51 PM

Hey Now Tough Guy...

Texas Hold'em $1-$1 NL (Real Money), #1,945,382,010 Table Ft Smith, 1 Mar 2007 1:13 AM ET Seat 1: McFrenzy ($47.50 in chips) Seat 2:...

Started by Galapogos, 03-01-2007 08:31 PM
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03-02-2007 02:39 PM

5/10 deceptive straight vs meatcity

villian is meatcity, he is a TAG who spews too much but i think he is playing more sane today than what i've seen from him before. i called the flop...

Started by gabe, 11-22-2006 02:23 PM
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03-02-2007 08:54 AM

The weak folds vs tehshortiez?

No reads, only that villain is one of TEHSHORTIEZ… Seat 2 is the button Total number of players : 6 Seat 1: crackmasta ( $232.20 ) Seat 3:...

Started by Genitruc, 03-02-2007 02:33 AM
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03-02-2007 03:05 AM

I do Poker Good

This is one of those "What the hell is going on here??" spots that makes you push because everyone is just so stupid. No spectacular reads on...

Started by Galapogos, 03-01-2007 08:20 PM
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03-02-2007 03:03 AM

You call it's gonna be all over BABY

Play this correctly? Villian is a total looney toon 90/18 and a calling station. I know he cannot fold A high to me as he stacked me on a Tc7h5c...

Started by bigspenda73, 02-28-2007 05:32 PM
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03-02-2007 02:08 AM

Making a really thin call

Opp is 24/18 reg who isnt overly thinky, make sure to read first line of chat for reads. The rest of the chat is really funny even though its all...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 03-01-2007 03:31 PM
Replies: 18 Views: 2,284
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03-02-2007 12:49 AM

Typ. spot i need help with

I'd like comments on both preflop and postflop plays. Im sure this is standard, but i dont really have a standard way of dealing w/ these...

Started by bode, 02-28-2007 01:28 PM
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03-01-2007 10:11 PM

How to fight back against habitual 3betters

23/17/11 after 250 hands. 3rd time in last 50 hands he has 3bet me from the button. I should have raised more on the flop... He thought for a...

Started by JL, 03-01-2007 02:45 AM
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03-01-2007 09:55 PM

I call down his two barrels then fire one of my own.

Villain's 50/30 over a tiny sample. He's been pushing people off hands and that's how he accumulated his stack. ** Game ID 698771615 starting -...

Started by Benoso, 03-01-2007 01:12 PM
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03-01-2007 08:57 PM

Discussion: Reraise sizing.

An interesting concept I have come across in my game is reraise sizing, and how much you should actually vary them. Certain situation comes to mind....

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 03-01-2007 03:00 PM
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03-01-2007 04:23 PM

I raised, I caught a piece.. but facing aggression

Hand 1: -villain is 34/9/2 -Villain had check raised my last contination bet, so I thought I'd look him up here on the flop. no other reads. ...

Started by griffey24, 02-28-2007 11:03 PM
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03-01-2007 03:10 PM

Blind Battle vs Solid Player

Here's a situation I need a ton of help on. villain is 28/18/3.8 and is very capable of making a move here with any 2. He used up most of the clock...

Started by JL, 03-01-2007 02:58 AM
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03-01-2007 03:05 PM

QQ against bad playing nutcamper

Effective stacks are about 150bb... Villain is a 67/8/2 but I dont know much more. Likes to nutcamp, just like everyone else who plays NL. Standard,...

Started by euphoricism, 02-28-2007 06:58 PM
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03-01-2007 02:53 PM

400nl- A Common situation that I am Commonly Misplaying IMO

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $4 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) SB ($130) BB ($716.80)...

Started by sauce123, 02-28-2007 03:37 AM
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03-01-2007 02:40 PM

Another reraised pot w/KK

Villain here is 49/7/3, likes to stack off light TPGK type hands. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool...

Started by Jager, 02-28-2007 06:24 AM
Replies: 27 Views: 1,620
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03-01-2007 02:25 PM

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