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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 05:13 PM
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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
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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
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08-30-2010 01:09 AM

I try to give my money away .....

NL Texas Hold'em $530 Buy-in Level:1 Blinds(20/40) (Real Money) Total number of players : 9 Seat 4: UTG+1 ( $1690 ) Seat 5: UTG+2 ( $3984 )...

Started by michael1123, 03-04-2006 05:19 PM
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03-21-2006 04:25 PM

JJ on the button, did I play this wrong?

Due to the advice from FTR, I decided to dabble in ring games, low limit, short handed. Was this played wrong or was his call wrong on the turn? ...

Started by shysti, 03-21-2006 01:36 AM
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03-21-2006 04:12 PM

200NL Set on a 3 flush board

***** Hand History for Game 3786111675 ***** $200 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, March 20, 19:37:55 ET 2006 Table Table 96262 (Real Money) Seat 1 is...

Started by WildBobAA, 03-20-2006 08:49 PM
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03-21-2006 03:21 PM

Loose Call vs. LAGG (lc)

I had a crappy night and last couple sessions. I'm clearing a bonus so I'm trying to log hands on a site that has limited tables. So after all the...

Started by r8ed, 03-21-2006 02:22 AM
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03-21-2006 05:53 AM

25NL linecheck pocket tens

I go on tilt after such hands as these. When 25NL villains play AK for stacks it makes me think twice about laying down pocket tens. Not particularly...

Started by jailhousejoe, 03-20-2006 03:35 PM
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03-20-2006 08:10 PM

Is this too tight??

no reads Game #1358703265 - (blinds $0.10/$0.25) No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2006/03/18-18:48:57.0 (CST) Table "Kioa (5 max)" (real money) -- Seat 3...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 03-18-2006 09:20 PM
Replies: 8 Views: 1,178
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03-20-2006 07:55 AM

OOP faux blocking bets on the river vs. aggro

Here are a couple of big hands that came up in a recent $2/4 NL session I had today. I am posting these hands because these were both sitations...

Started by alias2211, 03-20-2006 05:17 AM
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03-20-2006 05:17 AM

Fold or No Fold?

I had been here for a short time but Villain didn't seem out of line....until this and then for the rest of the time he was there. I had raised my...

Started by r8ed, 03-15-2006 10:37 AM
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03-19-2006 03:00 PM

My first $20 HU SNG

Full Tilt Poker Game #505331511: $20 + $1 Heads Up Sit & Go (3295063), Table 1 - 10/20 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:28:37 ET - 2006/03/17 The button is...

Started by ChezJ, 03-17-2006 07:31 PM
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03-19-2006 01:32 PM

Any HU Play Money Sites available?

A friend and I were keen to practice some heads up play, we just wanted to take some play chips and play some hands, then talk through the thought...

Started by Buzz, 03-18-2006 11:35 PM
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03-19-2006 12:22 AM

Don't try to outsmart an idiot in poker.

The results aren't shown here, but villain called with A-Q (?). Evidently $80 is not too much when all you can beat is a bluff. Party Poker...

Started by dsaxton, 03-16-2006 11:58 PM
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03-18-2006 06:48 PM

200NL flopping bottom end of straight

PokerStars Game #4284922357: Hold'em No Limit ($1/$2) - 2006/03/14 - 11:11:48 (ET) Table 'Patria' Seat #6 is the button Seat 1: Iwind ($208.50 in...

Started by Iwind, 03-14-2006 12:31 PM
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03-17-2006 12:46 PM

NL 50, flopping a set and turn completes possible flush draw

Opp was unknown, I sat down at the table one orbit ago. I know I probably played this hand way to passive, but I simply dont know how to play a good...

Started by Robert, 03-16-2006 04:42 PM
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03-16-2006 06:00 PM

HU completing the small blind

Last night I was playing in a 5 +1 tourny on PP. I had about a 2 to 1 chip lead and the blinds were still like 200/400. Everytime I would just...

Started by fasin8ing, 03-16-2006 10:15 AM
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03-16-2006 01:32 PM

Learning 6 max, funny question

Let's say that I am interested in learning 6max NL. I will learn faster/make money slower if I do NOT practice good table selection. Discuss.

Started by zenbitz, 03-06-2006 07:32 PM
Replies: 9 Views: 1,405
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03-16-2006 08:46 AM

Man I must really suck - HH's Included - Feedback wanted

I don't know why but I can't seem to win anymore. I dropped another buyin after playing for almost 2 hours 4 tabling. This shit is really starting to...

Started by aislephive, 03-15-2006 05:59 PM
Replies: 4 Views: 1,185
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03-16-2006 05:47 AM

AQ in heads up sitNgo

I am wondering on your guys' thoughts about AQ in a heads up sitNgo against an opponent who is showing aggression preflop in that hand. We each...

Started by FiveBy5, 03-15-2006 10:11 PM
Replies: 7 Views: 1,123
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03-16-2006 01:00 AM

1st Hand Heads up

Push or no push? 0/0 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 21005373) - Tue Mar 14 00:47:08 EST 2006 Table Speed Happy Together (Real...

Started by fasin8ing, 03-14-2006 10:44 AM
Replies: 17 Views: 1,972
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03-15-2006 08:04 PM

$1 probe bet

I see people at 100NL betting $1 into multiway flops when they call a preflop raise (usually mine). I have to say that 100% of the time I raise it...

Started by r8ed, 03-15-2006 03:32 PM
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03-15-2006 05:23 PM

Play for stacks here?

My table image is trashy. I've been raising 20%+ of my hands (most aces, SCs and the like). There have been almost no preflop raises by others. ...

Started by Blinky, 03-15-2006 04:38 PM
Replies: 1 Views: 898
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03-15-2006 05:14 PM

200NL, TT good here?

Texas Hold'em $2-$2 NL (Real Money), #244,646,816 Table Sharjah, 15 Mar 2006 12:22 PM ET Seat 1: Iwindk ($289 in chips) Seat 5:...

Started by Iwind, 03-15-2006 01:36 PM
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03-15-2006 03:59 PM

Fold or Float?

This guy wasn't on the table long enough to have read on but somebody reraising a cbet isn't uncommmon. I thought about folding to flop cr, but I...

Started by r8ed, 03-15-2006 10:24 AM
Replies: 4 Views: 1,444
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03-15-2006 03:44 PM

5k checkup and HH's

Dabbling in 6max after lots of full ring and MTT's. Here are my stats after 5k hands (over a couple weeks) at 50NL, as well as 5 HH's for review. ...

Started by Chicago_Kid, 03-08-2006 03:07 AM
Replies: 9 Views: 1,118
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03-15-2006 03:07 PM

Session of Cold Decks - Thoughts Appreciated.

I'm feeling pretty sick right now, it was another one of those sessions where nothing goes right and everybody is outflopping me when I hit...

Started by aislephive, 03-14-2006 09:28 PM
Replies: 5 Views: 1,161
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03-15-2006 02:40 PM

Q-Q with ace on flop.

Opponent was practically a maniac preflop, raising what seemed like 1/3 of his hands, but he was semi-decent otherwise. I also noticed a pattern...

Started by dsaxton, 03-11-2006 03:16 PM
Replies: 11 Views: 1,665
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03-15-2006 01:07 AM

Deep HU Match

PokerStars Game #4276193087: Tournament #21184470, Hold'em No Limit - Match Round V, Level I (160/320) - 2006/03/13 - 16:37:45 (ET) Table '21184470...

Started by Muxy, 03-13-2006 05:42 PM
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03-14-2006 04:21 PM

What's your play here, and why?

£50 NL, 6 handed, I get AQo in 2nd position and raise to £2, get one called in the SB. No reads as i'm multi tabling, but I assume that hes a...

Started by Toadstool, 03-13-2006 04:00 PM
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03-14-2006 03:42 PM

Nut straight with a big redraw 5/10

5/10 4-handed, few hands in you get dealt :th: :kh: on the button. You raise to $35. Both SB(3.5k) and BB($700) call. Flop comes :jh: :td: ...

Started by PO$$E$$ED, 03-12-2006 01:32 PM
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03-14-2006 05:49 AM

Differences/Adjustments in NL Heads Up games?

Hey all, I sometimes mix in $10 or $20 NL HeadsUp SNG's and shootouts on stars for fun, and have been fairly successful at them. However, I was...

Started by natdang, 03-14-2006 04:17 AM
Replies: 1 Views: 1,001
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03-14-2006 04:35 AM

Heads up

How are you supposed to play it when the tourny reaches heads up? I'm new to SnGs, I've finished ITM seven times and of those seven I have finished...

Started by Red_Squirrel, 06-26-2005 04:39 PM
Replies: 12 Views: 3,984
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03-14-2006 02:36 AM

The value bluff (low content)

***** Hand History for Game 3733307593 ***** $400 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, March 13, 18:16:21 ET 2006 Table Mullet Bay (No DP) (Real Money) Seat...

Started by dsaxton, 03-13-2006 04:21 PM
Replies: 5 Views: 939
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03-14-2006 12:10 AM

Differences/Adjustments in NL Heads Up games?

Hey all, I sometimes mix in $10 or $20 NL HeadsUp SNG's and shootouts on stars for fun, and have been fairly successful at them. However, I was...

Started by natdang, 03-13-2006 09:28 PM
Replies: 0 Views: 817
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03-13-2006 09:28 PM

Lessons is LAgg (another float)

So, I NEVER school the fish, but up until this hand this guy had been really nice and was asking genuine questions that I was happy to answer, since...

Started by Demiparadigm, 03-12-2006 03:17 PM
Replies: 5 Views: 1,353
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03-13-2006 07:05 PM

Value bet?

Seat 6: GPtime ( $100 ) kingfisher52 posts small blind . CarpetPads posts big blind . GPtime posts big blind . ** Dealing down cards ** Dealt to...

Started by Iwind, 03-13-2006 09:38 AM
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03-13-2006 12:43 PM

Standard: Passive AA

PokerStars Game #4263410456: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/03/12 - 14:21:01 (ET) Table 'Roberta' Seat #1 is the button Seat 1: Spendar...

Started by Demiparadigm, 03-12-2006 03:27 PM
Replies: 3 Views: 1,074
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03-13-2006 09:23 AM

Four Player HU shootout... please critique.

I've been kind of in a poker rut lately, and decided to play a 4 player Heads up tourney on stars for a change of pace. Thought I'd post a history...

Started by Fortune 500, 03-09-2006 07:37 PM
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03-13-2006 12:37 AM

A lesson borrowed from limit

PokerStars Game #4263092659: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/03/12 - 13:49:57 (ET) Table 'Roberta' Seat #2 is the button Seat 1: BRGreen...

Started by Demiparadigm, 03-12-2006 02:54 PM
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03-12-2006 08:23 PM

Attn HU Players: BR strategies ROI and Profitabilty

I have been mainly a sng player and have achieved moderate success over the last couple of months but I was thinking of focusing on more HU matches. ...

Started by locks1018, 03-12-2006 03:19 PM
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03-12-2006 07:12 PM

So your on the run..

Playing aggressive he's calling you down with no hands. But then your hands are stil good he starts stopping calling your value bets on flop...

Started by ripjohngotti, 03-09-2006 09:57 AM
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03-12-2006 05:04 PM

Some hand.

Multitabling short-handed, so not much of a read. I'm assuming the other guy is at least familiar with the idea of counterfeit (so even J-T is...

Started by dsaxton, 03-11-2006 06:17 PM
Replies: 6 Views: 1,057
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03-12-2006 04:35 PM

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