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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

3 hands. hollywood poker madness

Hollywood poker 50nl shorthand has some big time fish, but these hands were sorta tricky for me. What do you think? #1 - I had some history...

Started by benny999, 07-09-2006 12:58 PM
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07-09-2006 01:09 PM

bottom set, kind of interesting hand

Villain in this hand is a pretty solid tagg, although perhaps a bit outmatched in this particular game, which consisted of 6 regulars. I had played...

Started by Lukie, 07-07-2006 01:26 PM
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07-09-2006 10:29 AM

+EV?

Notice that button has only $81 left after his flop bet. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from...

Started by Cocco_Bill, 07-08-2006 02:44 AM
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07-09-2006 07:47 AM

$100NL few hands.

ive gone from a big winner, to a big donk this week... 1)this guy is a donkey, he always check/minraises me with toppair+ hands...check/calls down...

Started by dan, 07-09-2006 06:44 AM
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07-09-2006 06:44 AM

Too aggerssive & too passive (3 hands)

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) Button ($16.40) SB...

Started by !Luck, 07-09-2006 02:12 AM
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07-09-2006 04:12 AM

Does a worse hand call here?

$50 Party Sat. night fun (6handed)...Opps loose and bad. Flop is pretty standard for me, when mofo bets the turn strongish I think he has the J,...

Started by NLHE lahooozaher, 07-09-2006 02:08 AM
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07-09-2006 03:47 AM

Put to the test - 3 nailbiters

Villain in this hand is very donkish, in a lot of pots, likes to float and bluff and is just an overall loose cannon. One hand I raised with K8h on...

Started by aislephive, 07-08-2006 08:43 PM
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07-09-2006 03:06 AM

heads up hand

long heads up battle - had seen very few of villians hands (picked up a lot of pots, had fought from 1500 chips with 5 to play to this point) am i...

Started by bruinblue, 07-08-2006 09:41 PM
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07-08-2006 10:19 PM

Fancy Play Syndrome

Villian is 21/18, but only over 70 hands. I know preflop sucks, but whatever. I think the way I played it my hand looks like a weak pair trying to...

Started by bdawg56kg, 07-08-2006 06:37 PM
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07-08-2006 09:00 PM

Play for stacks w/ top 2?

Turn raise is scary - smells like a set, but do I lay down top two there? River push sucks. Do I call this off? No read. Only have 12 hands on...

Started by r8ed, 07-05-2006 01:15 AM
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07-08-2006 11:48 AM

Couple of hands

So I don't face many tough decisions at the $50 level anymore. Or, at least, decisions that I don't immediately see what I did wrong/right after...

Started by stuck, 07-06-2006 10:43 PM
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07-08-2006 09:36 AM

Effective rake on PP?

Anybody knows what the effective rake on partypoker nl200 6-max games is?

Started by veos, 07-07-2006 04:34 PM
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07-08-2006 09:33 AM

A4s in BB $200NL

tiltyboy is good lag. you like? Game #2933594664: Hold'em NL ($1/$2) - 2006/07/08 - 02:23:52 (ET) Table "King" Seat 2 is the button. Seat 1:...

Started by dan, 07-08-2006 02:28 AM
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07-08-2006 05:27 AM

$100NL hands

opp is megadonk 88/49 calling station muppet with shit for brains. :) Game #2933720544: Hold'em NL ($0.50/$1) - 2006/07/08 - 03:20:02 (ET) Table...

Started by dan, 07-08-2006 03:49 AM
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07-08-2006 03:49 AM

Where do you find all the High Stakes action?

I find it hard to find a $33 SnG or a $55. How do you players manage to play 1000 $215 SnGs and play between 4 and 8 tables at a time? Is there a...

Started by pokerroomace, 07-07-2006 12:22 PM
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07-07-2006 07:47 PM

Mistakes Multi tabling

How many of yous make mistakes multi tabling, not talking about bad plays or bad calls etc, but clicking wrong buttons, timing out etc. im used to 4...

Started by alreet, 07-06-2006 06:28 PM
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07-07-2006 07:43 PM

Omfg - KK facing turn push

Villain is 20/13, seems like a decent player, better than most I face on a daily basis. He is on two of my tables but we really haven't butted heads...

Started by aislephive, 07-07-2006 05:40 AM
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07-07-2006 07:38 PM

Flush on river

PokerStars Game #5479370081: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2006/07/07 - 01:20:00 (ET) Table 'Hercules IV' 6-max Seat #2 is the button Seat 1:...

Started by Werddown, 07-07-2006 01:24 AM
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07-07-2006 10:09 AM

Do you make money with 'one pair'?

Check PT > Misc Stats. Im pretty sure Ive always been loosing with my one pairs. Id like to know if i have some leaks leading to me loosing money...

Started by SinkRox, 07-06-2006 09:54 PM
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07-07-2006 02:53 AM

Strategy for playing against many LAGS

Right, for a while Ive been trying to figure decent strategies to deal with the players at my current poker room. I'm certain many of these players...

Started by SinkRox, 07-06-2006 12:24 PM
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07-06-2006 10:22 PM

How crazy is this?

villian seems good 18/15. I thought he was making a move so I reraised he pushed and in my usual fashion didnt think at all and instacalled. What...

Started by bluey, 07-06-2006 12:18 AM
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07-06-2006 08:37 PM

Is this fishy?

Party Poker No Limit Holdem Ring game Blinds: $5/$10 5 players Converter Stack sizes: UTG: $1815 CO: $1117.50 Button: $998

Started by SmackinYaUp, 06-28-2006 12:08 PM
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07-06-2006 07:17 PM

PP leak

35K hand sample, hands with exactly 6 players. 22-99, 1308 hands, 0.00 bb/hand. pos / #hands / raise preflop / (bb/100) All / 603 / yes /...

Started by johnny_fish, 06-16-2006 07:38 AM
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07-06-2006 04:30 PM

Two NL100 hands

Hand 1: Opp is 41/21/4. His line looked weird, and the only hand I could fit in that I beat was AK (which also not very likely because he called...

Started by Robert, 07-05-2006 05:19 PM
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07-06-2006 05:02 AM

T2P, coordinated board, facing heat

Villain is kinda loose passive compared to how the game normally plays, but by no means a fish like the kind you will see at the lower limits. 35/13...

Started by Lukie, 07-05-2006 11:28 AM
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07-06-2006 04:53 AM

I don't think he has anything... hmm

I'm reconstructing this hand from memory, so bear with me. I'm holding :as: :9c: in the BB at a 5/10 6-handed table. Guy one off the button pops...

Started by PO$$E$$ED, 07-03-2006 11:13 PM
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07-06-2006 12:19 AM

Playing professinaly

Who on this site is actually playing poker professinaly? And how much do you make? You don't have to tell me the exact figure, just round abouts ie...

Started by exsentrik, 03-17-2006 12:08 PM
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07-05-2006 08:11 PM

Called turn because I thought I was good, now I bluff river?

Villain isn't anything great, not overly donkish though. 40/15 fwiw. Thoughts? Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Hand History...

Started by aislephive, 07-04-2006 02:47 PM
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07-05-2006 07:54 PM

first session of $200NL

yea, i played bad, and hands + results show it...i feel like the players check/call me down more, and bluff me off marginal hands more...i am down...

Started by dan, 07-05-2006 02:51 AM
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07-05-2006 03:44 AM

JJ overpair vs. 3 bet

Villain is 18/8/22 over 160 hands - and seems ok - at least smart enough to lay down an overpair to a flush. I guess I should fold to the 3bet but I...

Started by r8ed, 07-05-2006 01:25 AM
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07-05-2006 01:50 AM

$100NL hands.

1) Opp in this hand is TAG, he sees me as tricky, but he has a lot of respect for my game...he doesnt see me as a mega lag, but knows i can mix it...

Started by dan, 07-04-2006 09:40 PM
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07-05-2006 01:21 AM

"I'm going to keep the pot small"

...that's what I said to myself when I saw this flop. But then... Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from...

Started by NLHE lahooozaher, 07-03-2006 07:10 PM
Replies: 12 Views: 1,009
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07-04-2006 06:30 PM

weak tight passive fish

thats me, no reads at all Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)...

Started by gabe, 07-04-2006 02:08 PM
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07-04-2006 05:45 PM

$100NL AA vs TAG.

Opp is TAG, pretty decent...it just looks like hes slowplaying...he knows that i have AA, KK, QQ or AK on the flop, i think hes either holding AA,...

Started by dan, 07-04-2006 08:56 AM
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07-04-2006 05:15 PM

3 Hands & 10k Hands Stats

Hand#1- Villian is decent but i have seen him be very aggersive up to this point. Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (5 handed) Hand History...

Started by !Luck, 07-03-2006 03:05 PM
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07-04-2006 01:01 PM

How do you adjust to higher aggression?

I'm trying to move up to 50NL 6-max, but i'm having touble adjusting. Every time I try, I end Up being down a couple of buyins. Some of it is due to...

Started by Tom42, 07-02-2006 04:18 PM
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07-04-2006 08:08 AM

Complicated hand

This was one of the more complicated hands I've played in a while, and I'm still not sure what to do. I didn't have very many reads, but I've seen...

Started by jo, 07-02-2006 02:32 PM
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07-04-2006 05:29 AM

T5s in BB - flush on river.

Opp here is is 58/2/1.5 after like 150~ hands. pretty donkish really. my flop bet is standard i think, i probably shouldnt have bet the turn, the...

Started by dan, 06-30-2006 11:05 PM
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07-03-2006 05:43 PM

NL25 6max. Bad river?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) BB ($45.46) UTG ($43.72)...

Started by vqc, 07-02-2006 07:37 PM
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07-03-2006 05:25 PM

A hand vs dsaxton

Villain in this hand is FTR member dsaxton, who is one of the better players in the game and is a regular at 1/2 and 2/4. 2/4 now exclusively I...

Started by Lukie, 07-01-2006 01:02 PM
Replies: 17 Views: 989
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07-03-2006 05:17 PM

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