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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 HU - QQ C/F after 5B getting called?

Have been playing maybe 100 hands or so. His pretty tight and bad tho he is a winning player. I have raised BU 100% of the time and his been folding...

Started by Sup3rM4N, 04-15-2010 03:20 AM
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05-02-2010 03:50 PM

I call overbet with turned 2 pair $50NL

He had most of his chips when I got to the table, so I unfortunately had no relevent reads. Running 60/9 over 50 hands though. I'm not sure why I...

Started by donkbee, 04-28-2010 05:46 PM
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05-02-2010 01:50 PM

3/6 with antes, "big" draw

Sat down 1 hand ago. The two villains in the hands i'm 100% positive are regulars but i don't have many reads. I played with the button HU like a...

Started by Numbr2intheWorld, 04-14-2010 08:37 PM
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05-02-2010 10:31 AM

spot against strange player

The villain in this hand is an Italian regular. For anyone who hasn't played any of the decent italian player on ftp, they play really Fing weird....

Started by Numbr2intheWorld, 03-31-2010 04:06 PM
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05-02-2010 10:17 AM

Rivering nut flush on paired board vs tame reg.

Villian is 19/16 over ~350 hands with ATS from the small blind as 41%. He's pretty stright forward - folds a bunch to 3-bets, 3 bets only 4% himself....

Started by Carroters, 04-29-2010 06:55 PM
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05-01-2010 07:12 PM

What kind of range against limpers?

Sorry for creating a whole thread just for this small question. But its been bugging me... ~ 30% of the SNG players I play always limp every...

Started by kingme620, 04-15-2010 01:03 AM
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05-01-2010 07:07 PM

Set on monotone board, 100NL deep

Villain is basically unknown, only like 10 hands in which he's played half of them. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (4 handed) - Poker-Stars...

Started by mxiu, 04-29-2010 12:08 PM
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05-01-2010 01:58 PM

50NL lost in 3way pot..

SB is super spewy, running 93/20 with 23% 3bet, and lots of questionable calls post flop. UTG is pretty standard 24/17 player, only opens UTG 10%...

Started by Juked07, 04-29-2010 07:01 AM
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05-01-2010 02:30 AM

river pairs and I hit a flush $50NL

Villain is a pretty normal reg, not that interesting and we've never played a big pot together before. He has a high steal percentage from the button...

Started by donkbee, 04-29-2010 05:17 PM
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04-30-2010 10:12 PM

5/10: Few hands, line check.

Running like Jesus the whole month so time to play some serious pokah. Please help out ol' P4's and gimme your thoughts. I chose some unconventional...

Started by pocketfours, 04-28-2010 06:35 AM
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04-30-2010 09:36 PM

$3/$6 - few hands: Where's the value?

Hand 1 -utg in this hand is somewhat loose, but button caller has a very low 3bet and its possible he's flatting a big hand. I figure he'd raise the...

Started by griffey24, 04-28-2010 11:17 PM
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04-29-2010 03:10 PM

1/2 - two pair 3 barreled and raised on river

Villain is a Russian reg but doesn't have Russian stats, he's running 18/14/3.3 over a bunch of hands, only 3bets 4.5%. I know I've played with him a...

Started by zook, 04-28-2010 01:10 AM
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04-29-2010 12:57 PM

JT turns top 2 vs fish.

Villain is 48/24 over 60 hands and seems incapable of folding anything from the big blind preflop. I've seen him lead with a bunch of flopped pairs...

Started by Carroters, 04-28-2010 08:56 AM
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04-29-2010 10:31 AM

50NL TP facing 3 barrels..

I don't remember when I played villain but I have a note on him that says he frequently 2 barrels trash and gives up. I was thinking of 3betting pre...

Started by Juked07, 04-29-2010 06:46 AM
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04-29-2010 09:43 AM

50NL was this okay?

Villains are pretty normal 50NL players. I feel like I never had the value or FE to raise at any point in this hand, and I always had the odds to...

Started by Juked07, 04-24-2010 12:59 AM
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04-28-2010 06:33 PM

2/4 - deep tables with JJ

-dynamic at the table is that I was playing very crazy. Probably running like 32/25 with a 3bet of 16 -I had 6bet small with ATo in a blind battle...

Started by griffey24, 04-18-2010 03:52 PM
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04-27-2010 11:00 PM

6.25 Stars turbo, vs loose passive river c/r

This first one, villain is pretty passive to the extent that I've only seen him bet twice postflop. His stats are 65/8/10 (aggression %) with a 0%...

Started by dranger7070, 04-22-2010 10:48 AM
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04-27-2010 05:32 AM

TP against a nit and SC in BB 50NL

Vil is 18/14/4.6 3bet% over 600HH I'm running 26/23/8 he has seen me ISO and Squeeze pretty light Dunno if I got FPS here. Obviously its the...

Started by Dragon Slayer, 04-26-2010 04:22 PM
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04-27-2010 03:48 AM

2/4 - AKo 150bb deep vs. aggro reg

Villain runs 26/22/4.9 and is losing over a pretty good sample. He folds to 3bets a ton (79%) and doesn't 4bet that much (1.6%). My notes say that...

Started by zook, 04-24-2010 04:05 PM
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04-26-2010 09:44 PM

First hand of cash in a while

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com MP ($55) CO ($49.25) Button ($50) Hero...

Started by Reidak, 04-26-2010 01:48 PM
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04-26-2010 07:44 PM

I want to fold a flush bvb

Villain is Bagataway - we have no history. He's a winning 1/2 SH and HU reg fwiw. My feeling up to that point was that he was the nitregish...

Started by oskar, 04-23-2010 04:51 AM
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04-26-2010 06:47 PM

2/4 line check

villain is 23/16 2% 3b and is a regular from what i can tell. no other relevant history. Stacks: UTG ($304.50) UTG+1 ($374) Hero ($426) ...

Started by aka_red, 04-11-2010 12:10 AM
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04-24-2010 08:16 PM

A few hands against Mr. Ike

hrm so ike was playing kinda odd and different, changing gears a lot. im gonna post the hands, if you want extra information about his frequencies...

Started by sauce123, 04-15-2010 11:34 PM
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04-24-2010 06:27 AM

set vs fishy aggro/nit 50nl

Villain is very nitty running 13/8 but very aggro too, and 3bet once in the past 50 hands I probably missed a lead or c/r opportunity on the turn....

Started by humanfugitive, 04-14-2010 03:08 AM
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04-24-2010 04:28 AM

Range for Vils donk bet?

Vil is 20/10/3.5 3 bet over 120 HH No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (5 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com Button...

Started by Dragon Slayer, 04-23-2010 01:21 PM
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04-23-2010 10:25 PM

Big call vs reg 10/20

Opp is a pretty in control regular. He has been close to making a big bluffs, but has never yet put his stack in as a bluff besides 5bet bluffing vs...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 04-11-2010 01:10 PM
Replies: 17 Views: 1,953
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04-23-2010 04:14 PM

AK 3handed 50nl line checkin

mat_luke is running 30/20; according to PTR he doesn't play often. he's been multi tabling but hasn't done anything out of line in the hour we've...

Started by Vi-Zer0Skill, 04-18-2010 09:52 PM
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04-23-2010 11:15 AM

line check with trips facing shove $50NL

I've played over 700 hands with the villain and he is pretty terrible. VPIP 58, PFR 21, 3bet 9.4. He usually short stacks, so it was strange to play...

Started by donkbee, 04-20-2010 03:43 AM
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04-23-2010 04:51 AM

100NL: KK deep vs reg

Don't rly know much about this reg, he's like 22/16 6% 3b over 300ish. $0.50/$1 Ante $0.20 No Limit Holdem 6 Players Hand Conversion Powered...

Started by d0zer, 04-18-2010 07:28 PM
Replies: 21 Views: 1,663
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04-23-2010 04:48 AM

50NL AA 320bb deep

Villain was 21/10/3.2 over 500 hands, with 33% fold to 3bet (6). I'm thinking I should have decided to fold or shove vs the flop raise, and shove is...

Started by Juked07, 04-18-2010 04:43 PM
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04-22-2010 05:33 AM

TPGK in monotone flop

Villain is 28/16/5 over 180 hands. I think he overvalues TP type hands, and he's pretty passive post flop overall. He c/c'ed 3 streets OOP earlier...

Started by Juked07, 04-18-2010 07:17 PM
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04-21-2010 04:18 PM

100NL KK deep vs reg ROUND 2

$0.50/$1 Ante $0.20 No Limit Holdem 6 Players Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com Stacks: UTG Dr.Duckets ($280.10) UTG+1 champoftiro...

Started by d0zer, 04-20-2010 03:58 PM
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04-21-2010 01:01 PM

How low should we go? (discussion on exploiting unbalanced ranges)

so i've been playing a fair amount of HU lately, and it's led to a lot of contemplating on spots where regs' ranges naturally become very very...

Started by surviva316, 04-20-2010 03:09 AM
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04-20-2010 11:02 PM

QQ - Cold Calling 3-bet deep.

Villain is 30/19 3 bet of 11% over 60 hands. Preflop seems pretty standard. Flop does also. Turn I'm a bit lost, Two things are running through...

Started by Carroters, 04-16-2010 10:16 AM
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04-17-2010 10:23 PM

KQ on JJT Multiway

Villain is 17/12 over 70 hands. In a previous hand he c/r 652tt as the preflop raiser and folded to my 3-bet. I could 3 bet this flop to fold out any...

Started by Carroters, 04-16-2010 10:37 AM
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04-17-2010 09:59 PM

Fold TPGK to raise in 3way pot?

Edit: Sorry for lack of info. It was like my 2nd hand at the table. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (4 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool...

Started by Juked07, 04-10-2010 07:55 PM
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04-17-2010 05:30 PM

50nl Rush AQ

Completely readless. Does anyone call here? Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) - Hero (BB) ($54.75) UTG ($16.80) MP ($94.90)...

Started by bikes, 04-09-2010 01:16 AM
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04-17-2010 05:26 PM

2/4: combo against LAG IP

Villain is 30/24/10% reg. Line check? BB ($436) UTG ($334.20) MP ($563.40) CO ($596.60) Hero (Button) ($421.10) SB ($591)

Started by pocketfours, 04-08-2010 10:08 AM
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04-17-2010 05:15 PM

TT in 3-bet pot vs reg.

Villain is 23/19/7.5% 3-bet over 130 hands. The only note i have on him concerns him c/f KQx as the pre-flop raiser in a 2 way pot MP vs CO. I don't...

Started by Carroters, 04-11-2010 09:49 AM
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04-17-2010 05:10 PM

2kNL: Bluffcatching

Villain is mangal65. He is a new reg. Super aggro, folds to only about 35% of 3bets. Gets it in super light pre and 4bets a ton. 3bets himself about...

Started by ESS123, 04-06-2010 05:13 AM
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04-16-2010 12:22 PM

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