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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

100NL 6m TPTK OOP on turn multiway

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) Hero ($100.50) MP...

Started by nogenius, 10-28-2006 03:53 PM
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10-29-2006 02:24 AM

100NL 6m Line checkup QQ in rr pot

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (4 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) Button ($32.55) SB...

Started by nogenius, 10-28-2006 03:56 PM
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10-28-2006 04:58 PM

100NL 6m AA turn decision

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) UTG ($51.35) MP...

Started by nogenius, 10-28-2006 03:50 PM
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10-28-2006 04:57 PM

I watched Joe Hachem drop $20k last night

He was playing $25-50 PL Omaha on the table to my right at Crown Casino last night, and dropped two full buy-ins over about 4 hours. I wasn't able...

Started by handsomestan, 10-28-2006 04:13 AM
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10-28-2006 04:50 PM

bottom set not looking too good!

this is a semi-recent bodog hand...no stats or anything, just general reads based on maybe 40 or so hands. 6 handed 100nl, important stacks: me...

Started by benny999, 10-27-2006 10:46 PM
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10-28-2006 03:51 PM

Semi-bluff (quarter-bluff?) hits. Line make sense?

So I decided to limp these scs on the button and then got raised by the BB. Decided it was worth playing as villain seemed a bit loose (playing lots...

Started by Anosmic, 10-27-2006 05:25 AM
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10-28-2006 03:33 PM

this hand is boring

but how is my line? villian is kind of stupid, hence the UTG limp. I'm fairly sure he's whiffed. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (5...

Started by Alibi, 10-28-2006 01:10 PM
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10-28-2006 03:16 PM

Flop dilemma

Villan is 28/12 PokerStars Game #6796120479: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/10/27 - 23:10:38 (ET) Table 'Ijiraq IV' 6-max Seat #3 is the...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 10-27-2006 11:21 PM
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10-28-2006 01:06 PM

100NL 6m Line checkup with draw vs. possible nit

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) CO ($98.20) Hero...

Started by nogenius, 10-27-2006 06:36 PM
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10-28-2006 12:18 PM

PS $6.50 Turbo - heads up HH

Well I've been having a good amount of success at the turbo sitngo's, but for the life of me i can't take any down, plenty of 2nd's and a few 3rd's,...

Started by Lokedog, 10-25-2006 05:45 PM
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10-28-2006 11:48 AM

Tell me this was a good fold...

Please...? I'm not so sure about it. It looks like weak A... but it also looks like wiffed flush draw... Villain just sat down, I have 8 hands...

Started by euphoricism, 10-27-2006 10:40 PM
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10-28-2006 10:20 AM

Postion question..

redgrape: you think if me and an opp who is semi loose aggro both have 300BB stacks but is in position against me i should leave?

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 10-28-2006 12:06 AM
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10-28-2006 09:08 AM

Second nuts, easy fold? FU Captain Zeebo.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) BB ($91.50) UTG...

Started by mcatdog, 10-27-2006 10:59 AM
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10-28-2006 05:56 AM

Hand Reviews 25NL Please and Thanks

Here are nine hands from 25NL. I was 4 tabling throughout and had no reads. I also decided to go into each table with a $10 stack. Any tips on the...

Started by kmind, 10-27-2006 03:33 PM
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10-27-2006 07:39 PM

Flat calling raises preflop...

is generally never a good idea? Should you only really do it with AQ and AK and 22+? Does sc's make a difference? Discuss?

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 10-27-2006 01:44 AM
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10-27-2006 07:30 PM

Soft 6max games with americans?

I think prima has closed shop for americans because at around 2:00-3:00 the games dry up completely. I'm kind of a night person, so I was wondering...

Started by jackvance, 10-25-2006 09:43 PM
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10-27-2006 01:53 PM

66 in the BB

Villain is 26/22. I'm looking to set or forget on the flop but he gives me a free card (which makes me suspicious) and I pick up the OESD on the...

Started by Warpe, 10-26-2006 05:25 PM
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10-27-2006 12:32 PM

Hand review plz? 8 hands.

Thanks... I realize I'm not including reads. Assume none, because I was 6-8 tabling and I probably didn't have one either. ******* Hand 1...

Started by euphoricism, 10-25-2006 09:27 PM
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10-27-2006 10:51 AM

Good fold?

Pretty new to 25nl. I don't have any reads on villain but I believed her to have trips: POKERSTARS GAME #6770274359: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT...

Started by kmind, 10-25-2006 10:33 PM
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10-27-2006 12:03 AM

I'm rusty. Is this standard?

Unknown player. ***** Hand History for Game 5391190741 ***** $200 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, October 24, 06:59:25 ET 2006 Table Jackpot...

Started by Irisheyes, 10-24-2006 07:20 AM
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10-26-2006 07:57 PM

Another hand review? 10 hands.

Half-way through the session I started buyin in short both to mitigate losses and stimulate action because I just can't seem to get any otherwise. ...

Started by euphoricism, 10-26-2006 04:10 PM
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10-26-2006 04:57 PM

Caution: Rocks Ahead

so my favourite 5-max games have gone extremely rocky over the last couple of days. I even tried some FR to see if it was any better, but it was...

Started by pgil, 10-26-2006 11:37 AM
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10-26-2006 12:39 PM

It took me 100,000 hands

First time I've ever folded a set on a dry board in 6-max NLHE. First orbit at the table, no reads. The only really goofy thing this opponent has...

Started by mcatdog, 10-24-2006 09:41 PM
Replies: 17 Views: 1,537
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10-26-2006 07:59 AM

Huge comeback - story about my latests live session

It's 4 am here and I just got back from a 12 hour live poker session, I'm in a very good mood cause of how the session ended, being down to only $500...

Started by Iwind, 10-19-2006 07:58 AM
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10-26-2006 01:40 AM

volume looks good, have the fish left anyway...

i am relatively new to 6max. please forgive the newbie question. i have noticed that the volume numbers at Stars are still great after the US...

Started by Chopper, 10-23-2006 08:12 PM
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10-26-2006 12:32 AM

a bluff 50NL

I played a session of 1-2 yesterday and I felt really rusty after taking a month off. I decided to play a long session of 50NL today to get my...

Started by mcatdog, 10-23-2006 04:04 AM
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10-25-2006 11:04 PM

How's this?

Notes on this guy say: way loose, makes huge overbet bluffs, calling station. I made those notes yesterday when I saw him playing like a huge...

Started by Irisheyes, 10-24-2006 07:18 AM
Replies: 7 Views: 1,037
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10-25-2006 01:07 PM

Poll Poll: AK fourbet vs light-threebetting tag.

I'll do this as two parts. First I wanna talk about the preflop action. Isn't it almost standard to do this with AK in this scenario? Or is it at...

Started by Renton, 10-22-2006 08:26 PM
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10-25-2006 12:16 PM

Is this way too passive?

Villain and I are both fullstacks. Table has been super rocky, with almost nothing seeing a turn. 25NL @ Stars. Dealt to euphoricism ...

Started by euphoricism, 10-24-2006 01:47 PM
Replies: 9 Views: 1,065
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10-25-2006 12:03 PM

Heads up on heads up

Let me know if i've missed a good thread on this already but thought it would be useful to collate some good heads up tips as this aspect of the game...

Started by marmot, 10-24-2006 08:14 AM
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10-25-2006 07:33 AM

Starting to play 6-max

I have dabbled in several games(MTT's, SnG's, 25NL Full) over the past several months. I have never consistantly made money. Over the past two...

Started by villagenut, 10-19-2006 10:01 AM
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10-25-2006 05:08 AM

AK deepstacked

Villain in this hand is a very aggro TAG 26/19 / 3.25 over 357 hands. He joined a couple of orbids ago and hadn't played with him before. This were...

Started by Tom42, 10-24-2006 06:49 PM
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10-25-2006 04:57 AM

This turn bet sucks

My oppoent is sTAgg I think, just doubled up a full stack when he over-played QQ into KK. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed) Hand...

Started by Fnord, 10-24-2006 01:46 AM
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10-24-2006 02:51 PM

lol, I'm a mess.

Villain is somewhat of an unknown, although at the time, we had been playing for a bit together on just this table. We've butted heads a few times...

Started by Lukie, 10-24-2006 05:31 AM
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10-24-2006 11:12 AM

Draw to the Nuts... JohnGotti Style.

There is 1 situation that has been bothering me more than most over the past couple of weeks, partly because I've run badly when it's happened but...

Started by Genitruc, 10-19-2006 10:39 AM
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10-24-2006 01:04 AM

Best [fishiest] 6 max game is WHERE ???

Since party closed to US players I'm still just looking around for a new place to play....Would any here care to reccommend a new site??...I usually...

Started by unclemikect, 10-20-2006 10:08 AM
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10-23-2006 09:59 PM

Folding an overpair in a reraised pot?

Villain in this hand is one of the better players at party 100 NL, he's a standard TAG 22/11/2.33. He generally respects my reraises, and I hadn't...

Started by Tom42, 10-22-2006 09:43 PM
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10-23-2006 06:18 PM

AK versus a raise call,fold,push? nl 100

My only read on villian is taht he once raised in a limped pot A3 on the flop on a AQ8 board very aggressive versus 2 player. nl 100 6max...

Started by Leviathan, 10-22-2006 02:09 PM
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10-23-2006 06:17 PM

How often am I good here?

Opponent is loose/passive I'm certain this is a premium pre-flop hand. My flop play sucks skank ass. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (5...

Started by Fnord, 10-22-2006 05:54 AM
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10-23-2006 06:15 PM

Semi-bluff

I thought I'd give this a try. Apart from the bluff-raise being too small, what do you think? Opp is fairly well known to me (500-odd hands)....

Started by Anosmic, 10-23-2006 02:10 PM
Replies: 1 Views: 640
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10-23-2006 02:45 PM

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