Short-Handed NL Hold'em

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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	Replies: 2 Views: 34,322	Last Post By adilmalik View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-01-2014 01:28 AM
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	Replies: 0 Views: 26,689	Last Post By pocketfours View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 03-25-2011 01:59 AM
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	Replies: 1 Views: 27,838	Last Post By meeloche View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 08-30-2010 12:09 AM
HU how to finish/ equal stack huge blinds Ok so I was playing today had ~7k to aroun ~4k and ~2k. The 4k takes out the 2k and is now almost equal with me in terms of chips. I get him down to... Started by ProZachNation, 10-31-2005 11:38 PM	Replies: 2 Views: 652	Last Post By TLR View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-01-2005 07:31 AM
unimproved KK 100NL I push on river in LP I hadn't been paying the closest of attention to this table. I knew that moller was a maniac especially after I rebluffed him allin and took $40 off... Started by SmackinYaUp, 10-29-2005 01:46 PM	Replies: 9 Views: 1,030	Last Post By Seabass View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-01-2005 05:05 AM
inducing a bluff This is how I play against against people who are at least a bit aggressive and when I want to get some room later for free cards. Weak on flop, weak... Started by Pingviini, 10-31-2005 11:57 AM	Replies: 7 Views: 924	Last Post By Seabass View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-01-2005 04:42 AM
Heads Up Tournee Style How do you play? Lastnight I lost to a guy lastnight with ace queen to pocket deuces. I think he was betting all-in preflop everytime he had any... Started by BankItDrew, 10-31-2005 03:06 PM	Replies: 2 Views: 764	Last Post By bigred View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-31-2005 11:54 PM
Top set on the flop I came to the table about 5 hands before and I was pretty aggressive raising about 3/5 of those hands. Villain is a descent aggro as well. I... Started by Pingviini, 10-31-2005 11:04 AM	Replies: 6 Views: 827	Last Post By rdqlus View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-31-2005 03:39 PM
Bet or Check on the river with a made hand? I am thinking that checking on the river with a made hand with people to act behind you is more +EV then betting out. I'll let you all decide. ... Started by CavemanWins, 10-31-2005 12:49 AM	Replies: 1 Views: 700	Last Post By dalecooper View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-31-2005 11:23 AM
Risky Play with Low PP I think I had watched too much Poker on ESPN. The play payed off, but was it a bit too risky? I was really hoping for a fold preflop. Is this just... Started by CavemanWins, 10-31-2005 01:28 AM	Replies: 3 Views: 687	Last Post By CavemanWins View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-31-2005 11:17 AM
AJo in the small blind If your only on the second hand on a table and don't know your opponents.. And a fishy minbet comes out on the flop by the big blind. What do you... Started by CavemanWins, 10-31-2005 12:12 AM	Replies: 5 Views: 910	Last Post By dalecooper View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-31-2005 11:17 AM
Would you lay this down? Top pair, good kicker. What do you credit this guy with? *** Hand History for Game 2956985443 *** $25 NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, October 30,... Started by CavemanWins, 10-31-2005 12:38 AM	Replies: 10 Views: 944	Last Post By dalecooper View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-31-2005 11:08 AM
AKs -- Another Flop Miss. This is a typical AK hand.. I really hate it when you miss the flop and your continuation bet is just ignored. And then the Turn is no help. ... Started by CavemanWins, 10-31-2005 12:23 AM	Replies: 3 Views: 839	Last Post By Miffed22001 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-31-2005 10:12 AM
Would you fold this? The guy was tight aggressive, he kept minraising from SB whenit was folded to him with crappy hands, on the flop I thought he had nothing and by the... Started by Estrop, 10-09-2005 12:35 PM	Replies: 3 Views: 927	Last Post By IowaSkinsFan View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-28-2005 05:24 PM
heads up ok, seventy7ways makes many big overbets, mostly on the flop. I generally have been backing away from them. He does it on the river sometimes too. I... Started by Greedo017, 10-28-2005 06:12 AM	Replies: 6 Views: 1,020	Last Post By r8ed View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-28-2005 04:14 PM
Crazy game, QQ hand whats up? This game was starting to get ridiculous. Here is one hand to use as an example. I feel like I played it really passively, but at the time I... Started by SmackinYaUp, 10-25-2005 09:51 AM	Replies: 4 Views: 922	Last Post By mxiu View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-26-2005 05:04 AM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I was having a great day until this happened. Does this qualify as a badbeat, or did I just not bet enough? konstantin2 had been raising every pot he... Started by PO$$E$$ED, 10-05-2005 12:29 AM	Replies: 10 Views: 1,648	Last Post By ender555 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-26-2005 02:55 AM
Psycho call-anything opponents low-limit home game problem Okay, I posted this in another forum (the beginner's circle), but it seems more appropriate to this forum than the other. The deal is, I play a... Started by urobolus, 10-25-2005 01:05 AM	Replies: 3 Views: 777	Last Post By mxiu View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-25-2005 10:48 AM
Proper way to play a set? *** Hand History for Game 2877083587 *** $25 NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, October 14, 19:21:09 EDT 2005 Table Table 66592 (6 max) (Real Money)... Started by Lipkin, 10-14-2005 07:36 PM	Replies: 3 Views: 827	Last Post By ender555 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-25-2005 12:00 AM
Online Poker for the average Joe, Am I alone? How many FTRers are there who play online poker as a hobby? I don't mean people who don't take it seriously, I mean people who work a full-time job... Started by CavemanWins, 10-02-2005 09:40 PM	Replies: 13 Views: 1,504	Last Post By CavemanWins View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-24-2005 12:30 AM
My shorthanded hands dump This here is the biggest pot I can remember taking home to date. *** Hand History for Game 2018822422 *** $100 NL Hold'em - Sunday, May 08,... Started by SmackinYaUp, 05-08-2005 05:09 PM	Replies: 57 Views: 6,205	Last Post By SmackinYaUp View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-22-2005 10:40 PM
A couple of hands... These are some low stakes hands that im wondering what some people think about them. In this one I'm wondering what do u bet on the river and why?... Started by IowaSkinsFan, 10-21-2005 09:00 AM	Replies: 5 Views: 1,088	Last Post By dalecooper View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-21-2005 02:21 PM
Couple of questionable 200nl hands + RB question I've had trouble the last 2 times before this when moving up to 200nl. I notice that I get all kinds of ridiculous calls still, so I know its very... Started by SmackinYaUp, 10-20-2005 05:54 PM	Replies: 4 Views: 894	Last Post By dsaxton View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-21-2005 02:21 AM
Hand vs Xianti $1 and $2 blinds, 6 handed home game. $40 buy-in. I have ~$85 Xianti has me covered, but it's close. I'm in the SB with A:diamond:... Started by Fnord, 10-13-2005 05:21 AM	Replies: 24 Views: 1,961	Last Post By gabe View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-20-2005 03:16 PM
I think I should have checked this fullhouse Hand History: View Previous \| Next hand for this table. Texas Hold'em $1-$1 NL (real money), #1,376,623,058 Table Nordpol, 18 Oct 2005... Started by SmackinYaUp, 10-18-2005 11:08 PM	Replies: 5 Views: 985	Last Post By arkana View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-20-2005 09:09 AM
Check Raise Question Whats the best way to normally play this situation. PFR Bet out flop Check turn. Reraise bet. OR call turn bet and bet out on river. Are... Started by Monty9, 10-16-2005 11:22 AM	Replies: 4 Views: 939	Last Post By Miffed22001 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-20-2005 08:37 AM
Meh I feel like a moron PokerStars Game #2730456677: Hold'em No Limit ($5/$10) - 2005/10/05 - 01:31:33 (ET) Table 'Gismonda II' Seat #3 is the button Seat 1: CAsunglitz... Started by ilikeaces86, 10-05-2005 01:42 AM	Replies: 13 Views: 1,984	Last Post By Fnord View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-19-2005 02:53 PM
109 HH - Bubble Play I'm leaving a lot of hands in the bubble/3rd place, even where I folded. Mainly because I'd like opinions on places where I could have made... Started by JeffreyGB, 10-14-2005 04:11 AM	Replies: 10 Views: 1,637	Last Post By JeffreyGB View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage 10-19-2005 12:44 PM
fishtastic This hand made me feel so dirty I had to take a shower afterwards. I could probably have avoided the outcome had I pushed harder on the turn, and a... Started by PO$$E$$ED, 10-14-2005 02:44 AM	Replies: 5 Views: 1,378	Last Post By johnny_fish View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-17-2005 09:09 PM
He is super short stack, so, fuck it yeah? *** Hand History for Game 2877141036 *** $25 NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, October 14, 19:33:03 EDT 2005 Table Table 66592 (6 max) (Real Money)... Started by Lipkin, 10-14-2005 07:39 PM	Replies: 1 Views: 902	Last Post By Seasider View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-17-2005 02:15 PM
4-handed game at home. I'm in SB, and villain is on BB. Blinds are .25/.50. Villain has been tilting after being broken 4 times. Hero: $25 Villain: $10 I'm dealt... Started by mxiu, 10-12-2005 04:53 AM	Replies: 10 Views: 1,033	Last Post By SmackinYaUp View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-14-2005 06:40 PM
please help me heads up agaisnt this player I am wondering if your heads up and your the BIG BLIND and your also the button, (how it is on pokerstars) what is the best strategy to use agaianst... Started by BILLABONG, 10-12-2005 08:57 PM	Replies: 8 Views: 1,080	Last Post By BankItDrew View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-14-2005 01:30 PM
Another of many hands I need help with *** Hand History for Game 2794234194 *** $25 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, September 29, 03:01:00 EDT 2005 Table Table 37257 (6 max) (Real... Started by Lipkin, 10-13-2005 04:03 AM	Replies: 8 Views: 926	Last Post By Miffed22001 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-14-2005 11:22 AM
Its a blank, right? *** Hand History for Game 2869368221 *** 0/0 Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) - Thu Oct 13 02:44:11 EDT 2005 Table Table 69564 (6 max) (Real... Started by Lipkin, 10-13-2005 02:54 AM	Replies: 2 Views: 752	Last Post By Miffed22001 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-14-2005 11:12 AM
So maybe the skins arent so bad... 1/2 NL 6-max Fed up with PokerStars being full of lots of sharks, I decided to go back and play on the skins. Well apparently the fishies havent left one bit:... Started by spino1i, 10-13-2005 06:25 PM	Replies: 0 Views: 747	Last Post By spino1i View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-13-2005 06:25 PM
$10 stars (HU) - do you push this? I wont normally push this hand into a raise when HU, but opp had been playing really aggro since we got HU, raising almost every hand from the... Started by Robert, 10-13-2005 02:48 PM	Replies: 4 Views: 1,159	Last Post By IowaSkinsFan View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-13-2005 04:54 PM
flopped pair of 5's in BB heads up against SB I had 95o in BB, checked, and flopped a pair of fives and SB bet. I probably should have raised, but I didn't because there were a couple things that... Started by pokernewb, 10-09-2005 11:47 AM	Replies: 6 Views: 956	Last Post By pokernewb View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-12-2005 06:29 AM
Weak Aces shorthanded, how to play them? I find myself in a dabocle every time i'm dealt a hand like A6 or A7 when i'm playing short handed ring. I know it's likely to be the best hand a... Started by PokerPatNEU, 10-05-2005 07:04 PM	Replies: 3 Views: 976	Last Post By Les_Worm View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-11-2005 08:41 PM
Am i a fish? I seriously thought this was AK trying to make a move at the pot. Then on the river i said thank you jesus. PokerStars Game #2775396602: ... Started by Muxy, 10-10-2005 11:36 PM	Replies: 6 Views: 1,065	Last Post By SmackinYaUp View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-11-2005 02:55 PM
Mastering Heads Up Play Hey all, I've been hanging out and reading this page/forum for a month or so now, and this is my first post. First, I want to say thank you to... Started by beecee, 10-04-2005 05:19 PM	Replies: 42 Views: 2,306	Last Post By bobg View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-11-2005 02:29 PM
hows my high stakes gameplay? PokerStars Game #2776289855: Hold'em No Limit (100/200) - 2005/10/11 - 01:30:11 (ET) Table 'Kythera' (Real Money) Seat #2 is the button Seat 2:... Started by edudlive, 10-11-2005 02:25 AM	Replies: 6 Views: 1,269	Last Post By LeFou View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-11-2005 11:36 AM
nevermind asdadasd Started by RbSX, 10-11-2005 07:21 AM	Replies: 2 Views: 871	Last Post By Muxy View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-11-2005 09:18 AM
Few doubleups - and GAMB00L hand I piddled away about 1 buyin 2-tabling with cont betting calling stations and were pissed a bit. Decided to wait longer for hands and...youre right,... Started by Vrax, 10-10-2005 06:36 PM	Replies: 0 Views: 659	Last Post By Vrax View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-10-2005 06:36 PM