Select Page
Poker Forum
Over 1,292,000 Posts!
Poker Forum

Short-Handed NL Hold'em

Mid Stakes ($50NL to $600NL): 6-max or less ring game NLH strategies including Heads Up cash game play.
  Title / Thread Starter Replies / Views Last Post ByReverse Sort Order

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 05:13 PM
Replies: 2 Views: 36,620
Go to first unread post
10-01-2014 02:28 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 02:59 AM
Replies: 0 Views: 29,226
Go to first unread post
03-25-2011 02:59 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 07:44 PM
Replies: 1 Views: 30,236
Go to first unread post
08-30-2010 01:09 AM

From too agg to too weak? (3 hands)

Hand #1: No reads Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) ...

Started by !Luck, 06-26-2006 10:49 PM
Replies: 3 Views: 920
Go to first unread post
06-27-2006 10:41 PM

Representing a bluff.

Interesting hand here. At another table, I had raised on the button with 7-9 of diamonds, and this opponent called my raise from the small blind. ...

Started by dsaxton, 06-27-2006 05:24 PM
Replies: 2 Views: 812
Go to first unread post
06-27-2006 06:07 PM

Poll Poll: Hypothetical Situation (Poll)

This started with a discussion between me, boost, dsaxton, and renton. We're opening it up to vote. Here is the situation: 1/2 6Max Full Table...

Started by lambchopdc, 06-24-2006 07:22 PM
Replies: 29 Views: 1,762
Go to first unread post
06-27-2006 02:21 PM

Kinda new to SH, weak/good fold?

5-max, I have position on an unknown. Preflop good? Flop good? PokerRoom No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from...

Started by sandstorm, 06-27-2006 07:22 AM
Replies: 9 Views: 1,087
Go to first unread post
06-27-2006 01:56 PM

Ease my transition to 3/6, I heard its hard

Whats up everybody. I hear the move from 2/4 to 3/6 is the hardest one so far in a poker player's career. I am here with only vague questions and...

Started by SmackinYaUp, 06-19-2006 07:18 PM
Replies: 18 Views: 2,137
Go to first unread post
06-27-2006 02:49 AM

Top 2 monotone flop

No read. Easy push/close push/close fold? Party Poker No Limit Holdem Ring game Blinds: $2/$4 5 players Converter Stack sizes: Hero: ...

Started by johnny_fish, 06-26-2006 09:38 PM
Replies: 10 Views: 1,056
Go to first unread post
06-27-2006 01:24 AM

$200NL hand... Thoughts on my play...

***** Hand History for Game 4599802847 ***** $200 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, June 26, 20:37:46 ET 2006 Table Table 107421 (Real Money) Seat 4 is...

Started by Laeelin, 06-26-2006 09:58 PM
Replies: 7 Views: 1,317
Go to first unread post
06-27-2006 01:14 AM

AA overpair + nut flush draw, easy push? or smaller reraise?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) Button ($134.40) SB...

Started by natdang, 06-26-2006 08:15 PM
Replies: 4 Views: 1,403
Go to first unread post
06-27-2006 01:04 AM

200nl 6 max vid.

I made this today, tell me what you guys think. About an hour long or so, good content I think though. ...

Started by aislephive, 06-26-2006 06:12 PM
Replies: 8 Views: 1,153
Go to first unread post
06-26-2006 09:32 PM

88 hand

Discuss all streets plz. ***** Hand History for Game 4589680401 ***** $200 NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, June 25, 11:30:18 ET 2006 Table Table ...

Started by andr3w321, 06-25-2006 01:47 PM
Replies: 6 Views: 965
Go to first unread post
06-26-2006 08:05 PM

6max vs. 5max?

So, I'm a consistent winner at 100NL 6max on stars, and have built up my stars BR to about 6k through it... but I also have some money in paradise...

Started by natdang, 06-26-2006 05:11 PM
Replies: 1 Views: 907
Go to first unread post
06-26-2006 07:17 PM

100NL couple o hands.

HAND 1 Smithy has been pretty quiet, pretty passive. i was pretty sure he had a PP based on his calls, possibly ATo+ and KJs+, this is standard...

Started by dan, 06-26-2006 07:14 AM
Replies: 5 Views: 1,052
Go to first unread post
06-26-2006 03:09 PM

fire river on missed draw?

party $50, reads..typical donks. button(~$60) opens in a 6 handed game with a MINIRAISE!, sb(~$45) calls, I(~$1100) call with the 52 of club. ...

Started by NLHE lahooozaher, 06-25-2006 08:59 AM
Replies: 10 Views: 1,105
Go to first unread post
06-26-2006 01:15 PM

WTF DID I DO?

Maybe farked this one up pretty bad. Like our 5th hand heads-up. No reads heads up, but he's been a crazy ass mo fo with 4-6 people at the table. ...

Started by UG, 06-24-2006 06:47 AM
Replies: 11 Views: 1,198
Go to first unread post
06-26-2006 11:17 AM

QQ - Interesting Hand - Discuss

No reads on anyone at the table. ______________________________________________________ PokerStars Game #5340384938: Hold'em No Limit ($2/$4) -...

Started by allLiving, 06-23-2006 01:35 PM
Replies: 18 Views: 1,198
Go to first unread post
06-26-2006 02:24 AM

top set might as well be bottom pair

***** Hand History for Game 4585863382 ***** $100 NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, June 24, 20:05:20 ET 2006 Table Gardenvale (Real Money) Seat 4 is...

Started by boost, 06-24-2006 09:11 PM
Replies: 6 Views: 1,233
Go to first unread post
06-26-2006 02:15 AM

Fold to a nit?

Shoulda posted this in SH forum from the get go. Villain is a b 2 b nit. All the same. Doing this tilts me when I'm not sure I was behind....

Started by Genitruc, 06-24-2006 07:06 PM
Replies: 3 Views: 918
Go to first unread post
06-24-2006 09:08 PM

Did I play this hand like an underolled weak tight nit?

Guy was 23/10 over 195 hands so I figured his 3bet was pretty tight. After the flop, the only thing I figured I could beat was queens. But I...

Started by SmackinYaUp, 06-24-2006 05:11 PM
Replies: 5 Views: 1,371
Go to first unread post
06-24-2006 09:05 PM

Couple of overpair problems, how do you play these?

There's a lot more aggression at 3/6 than what I'm used to and my swings have been wild. I'm running at like 2.8 ptbb/100 after 17k hands which is...

Started by SmackinYaUp, 06-24-2006 08:50 PM
Replies: 1 Views: 926
Go to first unread post
06-24-2006 09:02 PM

Lukie vs gabe headsup hand

Technically this should probably go in the SnG forum since it was a freezeout, but the stacks were deep enough that it played more like a cash game,...

Started by Lukie, 06-21-2006 11:32 AM
Replies: 38 Views: 2,624
Go to first unread post
06-24-2006 08:35 PM

Muck this flopped TT set or not?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) Hero ($218.80) SB ($198)...

Started by underminedsk, 06-23-2006 07:53 PM
Replies: 15 Views: 1,392
Go to first unread post
06-24-2006 07:45 PM

turned 2pr on 4 straight board

hadn't been to the table very long, less than 20 hands. only played this guy a few times before but I'm not too worried about his play overall. ...

Started by alias2211, 06-24-2006 02:34 AM
Replies: 5 Views: 940
Go to first unread post
06-24-2006 01:12 PM

HU, 6-handed. Smallest flush facing reraise

Villain had been getting very frisky after i knocked everyone else out. PokerStars Game #5342344943: Tournament #26939638, $12+$1 Hold'em No Limit...

Started by baudib, 06-23-2006 06:11 PM
Replies: 2 Views: 940
Go to first unread post
06-24-2006 06:15 AM

Fold either of these?

Villain is extremely loose (64/18) and will make moves. He actually pushed A8 preflop at one point. I had been raising lots of hands. I can't lay...

Started by r8ed, 06-24-2006 02:35 AM
Replies: 5 Views: 1,207
Go to first unread post
06-24-2006 05:13 AM

Overplayed 77 overpair?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) MP ($0) Button...

Started by !Luck, 06-22-2006 10:51 PM
Replies: 6 Views: 893
Go to first unread post
06-24-2006 04:22 AM

blind losses

Blind losses in 6max games. What do you expect these numbers to be? Right now I am lossing: BB: -.03BB SB: -.18BB over about 20k of hands....

Started by ihategnomes, 06-23-2006 12:52 AM
Replies: 7 Views: 1,132
Go to first unread post
06-24-2006 02:50 AM

My first 22,000 hands

I don't really know what I'm looking for, or what optimal stats are (mostly how many hands I should be taking to showdown, etc), but I figured I'd...

Started by THaC, 06-23-2006 04:56 PM
Replies: 6 Views: 975
Go to first unread post
06-23-2006 10:43 PM

Trips river fold

Villian is a good player called SKFloppen. 21/13/2 Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from...

Started by Irisheyes, 06-23-2006 03:07 PM
Replies: 6 Views: 834
Go to first unread post
06-23-2006 09:46 PM

flush card on river, villain leads into my set

Villain was 35/11 over 80 hands. This happened while 8-tabling so I didn't have much of a read on him except for the betting pattern. The main hand...

Started by SmackinYaUp, 06-23-2006 02:46 PM
Replies: 3 Views: 1,168
Go to first unread post
06-23-2006 07:37 PM

You like my check?

Villian is 18/7. Hence I just called, had he a bigger raising range I would have reraised. I checked the flop because my hand is so obvious. Most...

Started by Irisheyes, 06-23-2006 03:13 PM
Replies: 6 Views: 882
Go to first unread post
06-23-2006 06:33 PM

KK facing river push - uh oh

Villain is 46/9, .75 AF. Pretty donkish overall but has run hot so far. Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (6 handed) Hand History Converter...

Started by aislephive, 06-22-2006 05:26 PM
Replies: 9 Views: 1,059
Go to first unread post
06-23-2006 12:10 PM

Set with loose image.

I was like 26/18 at this table, fairly lagg. My image sucks because I showed a big bluff two hands prior. Villain seems like a decent player, but...

Started by Renton, 06-22-2006 02:58 PM
Replies: 15 Views: 1,119
Go to first unread post
06-23-2006 08:24 AM

2 bluffs from my 100NL session tonight

My opponents in both hands seem like decent TAGs. Hand #1 PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (4 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from...

Started by mcatdog, 06-22-2006 04:23 AM
Replies: 7 Views: 1,129
Go to first unread post
06-23-2006 02:08 AM

H@££ makes a disgusting river call

PokerStars Game #4831120550: Hold'em No Limit ($10/$20) - 2006/05/04 - 14:47:28 (ET) Table 'Iguassu' 9-max Seat #9 is the button Seat 1: double-ll...

Started by martindcx1e, 05-05-2006 02:40 PM
Replies: 26 Views: 3,204
Go to first unread post
06-22-2006 10:40 PM

weird set hand, what is the correct river play?

No reads on this guy, I just had sat down at the table a few hands ago. ***** Hand History for Game 4572123434 ***** $200 NL Texas Hold'em -...

Started by underminedsk, 06-22-2006 08:27 PM
Replies: 1 Views: 730
Go to first unread post
06-22-2006 09:29 PM

200nl baby flush

***** Hand History for Game 4563756393 ***** $200 NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, June 21, 13:29:13 ET 2006 Table Table 109549 (No DP) (Real Money)...

Started by Renton, 06-21-2006 02:36 PM
Replies: 13 Views: 1,338
Go to first unread post
06-22-2006 08:59 PM

Weak KK play

I just couldn't see any hand that I beat rasing me with a 3rd diamond on the turn. Weak? Villain was 22/9 and I hadn't seen him get out of line...

Started by r8ed, 06-21-2006 02:43 AM
Replies: 9 Views: 1,182
Go to first unread post
06-22-2006 07:30 PM

Criticize My Donkness - - -

Did I play this well? ________________________________________________ PokerStars Game #5328346999: Hold'em No Limit ($2/$4) - 2006/06/22 -...

Started by allLiving, 06-22-2006 04:08 AM
Replies: 8 Views: 1,156
Go to first unread post
06-22-2006 03:40 PM

When blinds are huge HU, shove every hand from the button?

A basic question, when blinds are huge heads up (say 400/800 and above on PP and 300/600 up on PS), is the correct strategy to shove every hand from...

Started by taipan168, 06-22-2006 05:55 AM
Replies: 4 Views: 934
Go to first unread post
06-22-2006 01:08 PM

Is this not costing me value?

This seems to be happening me alot. How much of an argument for limp calling is this? Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Hand History...

Started by Irisheyes, 06-21-2006 07:48 PM
Replies: 6 Views: 1,138
Go to first unread post
06-22-2006 01:00 PM

Forum Information and Options

Moderators of this Forum
    Array

Thread Display Options

Use this control to limit the display of threads to those newer than the specified time frame.

Allows you to choose the data by which the thread list will be sorted.

Order threads in...

Note: when sorting by date, 'descending order' will show the newest results first.