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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 lose HU yet again.

*********** # 105 ************** PokerStars Game #2257491784: Tournament #10871787, Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2005/08/03 - 23:07:10...

Started by Alibi, 08-04-2005 12:50 AM
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08-04-2005 01:20 AM

Your play? 3/6 NL 6-max

Villain is very tight, fairly aggressive. Has just been sitting folding most hands. Whats your line here and why? Results to come soon. *****...

Started by spino1i, 08-02-2005 09:24 PM
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08-03-2005 07:58 PM

HU decision?

*********** # 82 ************** PokerStars Game #2253388998: Tournament #10852135, Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2005/08/03 - 13:52:37...

Started by Staresy, 08-03-2005 03:07 PM
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08-03-2005 07:48 PM

"No fear" is helping my game

I think my biggest leak in 6-max is chickening out when the other guy bet big, even when my gut instinct said he was bluffing. I just couldnt...

Started by spino1i, 07-31-2005 08:46 PM
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08-03-2005 06:07 PM

starting over

For some reason, everytime I pull away from poker for a few weeks and withdraw everything back to my bank account, I only ever re-deposit a small...

Started by stuck, 08-02-2005 10:26 AM
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08-03-2005 04:49 PM

Should I have called this guys 1/5th stack AI with my read?

This guy was terrible. He had already busted out once on a straight draw, and had bought back in. He was making random raises and all ins, as well...

Started by underminedsk, 08-03-2005 02:07 PM
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08-03-2005 03:55 PM

Stealthing queens.. good play?

I'm unsure if I did this right.. was the smooth call pre-flop smart? Should I raise the flop or just call? I think I scared him off and could have...

Started by spino1i, 08-02-2005 11:29 PM
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08-03-2005 03:38 PM

blinds steal? Your play?

Villian is somewhat tight, havent really seen him do a whole lot yet. Whats your line here and why? Note that villain has a small stack here. Results...

Started by spino1i, 08-01-2005 05:01 PM
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08-03-2005 12:14 PM

Terrible play gone bad...gone good?

This is the worst i think i've ever played a hand in my life. Tried to buy all the limpers money from the BB and got 4 callers...proceeded to bluff...

Started by PokerPatNEU, 08-02-2005 05:58 PM
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08-03-2005 11:28 AM

Implied odds to call this?

I really didnt put anyone on the K. Read on the button was that he was really fishy, played super weird hands, called down a few hands with mid pair...

Started by PokerPatNEU, 08-02-2005 05:48 PM
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08-03-2005 10:39 AM

Might have overplayed AK here...

No reads on the guy here. I usually don't play AK to a raise oop but I was playing a little extra loose today and played it pretty strong. But...

Started by SmackinYaUp, 08-02-2005 04:20 PM
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08-03-2005 02:51 AM

making a flop bluff.

let's say you are raising 4x the BB and 1 person calls. a few things can happen. But i'm wondering the size of the bet when you miss and want to take...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 08-02-2005 08:41 PM
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08-02-2005 09:08 PM

My final run at 400 NL 6 max

Well towards the end of my stay at 400 NL 6 max, I felt like I was completely dominating the game, and had figured out how to solidly beat the...

Started by spino1i, 08-01-2005 08:26 PM
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08-02-2005 02:27 PM

Party $350K

I'm an avid student of the game (relative newcomer--been playing seriously less than 6 months, generally at $10 and $20 SNG's), but new to big MTT's....

Started by texasscud, 08-01-2005 04:00 PM
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08-02-2005 01:10 PM

is this guy just and idiot?

help me with this hand, could i have got him out? Game #917821259 - (blinds $0.10/$0.25) No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2005/08/02-08:31:00.8 (CST)...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 08-02-2005 11:57 AM
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08-02-2005 12:55 PM

spino1i the calling station

I have a feeling if I reraised pre-flop he might have folded. I didnt want to scare off a semi-bluffing AK on the flop and just kept calling and let...

Started by spino1i, 07-31-2005 06:34 PM
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08-02-2005 10:00 AM

Some Hands I screwed up...

This is not indicative of my normal style of play, but it does show some common mistakes. Hand 1: Villian is somewhere in between maniac and...

Started by Demiparadigm, 08-02-2005 05:30 AM
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08-02-2005 08:38 AM

Party $200+15 SNGs...what is the skill level?

I've been crushing the $50s lately, and even better in a limited number of $100s. I seem to do better at 50/100 SNGs then at lower levels(which...

Started by Aces, 08-01-2005 12:40 PM
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08-01-2005 10:54 PM

Big Laydown

Can't be anything else but AA or a real foolish bluff on KK or QQ. Still was tough to fold this one even though he gave away his hand in the chat at...

Started by twosevoff, 08-01-2005 02:10 PM
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08-01-2005 06:32 PM

good bluff?

I thought his small bet in early position repped a weak hand, such as a pocket pair or something below top pair.. so I raised.. ***** Hand...

Started by spino1i, 07-29-2005 08:22 AM
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08-01-2005 05:59 PM

your play

Villain has pushed all-in a couple times before, and showed A20 once... ***** Hand History for Game 2445414204 ***** $400 NL Texas Hold'em -...

Started by spino1i, 07-29-2005 09:54 PM
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08-01-2005 04:13 PM

Disapointing Performance in Sat's Million Dollar Tourney

The most frustrating part (to me) in dealing with these online, high stakes, poker tourneys is the limitted stack you have to work with. My poker...

Started by doubledown, 08-01-2005 02:44 PM
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08-01-2005 02:44 PM

villain on tilt.. your play?

Villain lost a big pot from me the previous hand after I called a big bluff of his, and is pissed lol. Has pushed all-in before on me, and I folded....

Started by spino1i, 08-01-2005 12:01 AM
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08-01-2005 11:52 AM

New special deal! Turn card is free..

..but if you hit anything you lose your stack! :mischief: I think this illustrates when its ok to slow-play and give your opponents an extra card...

Started by spino1i, 08-01-2005 05:07 AM
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08-01-2005 11:50 AM

5-10 is a whole different game.....

I just moved up to the 5-10 limits (limit hold'em). This is one of the wildest games i have ever come into contact with. Between last night and this...

Started by Mony B, 07-21-2005 04:24 PM
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08-01-2005 01:55 AM

Advice on heads up strategy.

I have a few questions on heads up strategy. I usually play for like $2 or $5 at the moment, and seem to win around 50% although lose money due to...

Started by Sco, 07-31-2005 03:49 PM
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08-01-2005 01:33 AM

set of ducks, your play?

Is a check/raise here the best play or is it too likely to scare everyone off? Would it have been better to lead out? How do you play this one? ...

Started by andr3w321, 07-31-2005 06:48 PM
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07-31-2005 08:01 PM

im baaack! 5/10 NL action

Comments on this hand? It was tough for me.. and im sure I misplayed it, but not sure how I would go about it Villian is TAG very tight #Game...

Started by spino1i, 07-31-2005 04:21 AM
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07-31-2005 06:46 PM

when someone gets overly aggressive...

I take their stack :-) Maybe this should go in tales of poker, but this was short handed and the hands are consecutive. This guy was raising to...

Started by andr3w321, 07-31-2005 06:17 PM
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07-31-2005 06:43 PM

Help me with this hand

How could I have put this guy on a gut-shot calling a pot-sized bet? Was I doomed to lose my stack here? ***** Hand History for Game 2453415364...

Started by spino1i, 07-31-2005 06:47 AM
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07-31-2005 12:58 PM

Two consecutive hands for review

Both of these hands were played consecutively at the same table against the same villain. For the first hand.. I thought he was BS'ing with overs...

Started by spino1i, 07-30-2005 07:27 PM
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07-30-2005 11:28 PM

call this or not and why?

no read on villain ***** Hand History for Game 2446934764 ***** $400 NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, July 30, 01:20:44 EDT 2005 Table Table ...

Started by spino1i, 07-30-2005 02:17 AM
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07-30-2005 03:05 PM

When someone gets too AGGRO they are asking for it....

This guy had been playing VERY aggro, was all in at end of pretty much every big hand he was involved in (literally about 4 times in 10 hands before...

Started by Seasider, 07-30-2005 11:58 AM
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07-30-2005 11:58 AM

lay this down and why?

No read on villain ***** Hand History for Game 2445020406 ***** $400 NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, July 29, 19:42:34 EDT 2005 Table Table 49763 (6...

Started by spino1i, 07-29-2005 08:38 PM
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07-30-2005 05:22 AM

whoooose your daddy??

One of my best played hands to date.. biggest pot in 6-max ever :) I know for a fact that even 2 weeks ago I would have played too scared and...

Started by spino1i, 07-28-2005 06:56 PM
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07-29-2005 06:22 PM

How did I F this up?

***** Hand History for Game 2443612582 ***** $25 NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, July 29, 14:15:37 EDT 2005 Table Table 36635 (6 max) (Real Money)...

Started by RHCNNN, 07-29-2005 03:18 PM
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07-29-2005 04:34 PM

Million Dollar ($600 + 40) Tomorrow @ Party

Only about 560 registered as of now. I did some rescearch and noticed typically they get around 1800 players (capped at 2500). Are these pros who...

Started by doubledown, 07-29-2005 02:25 PM
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07-29-2005 03:20 PM

How did I F this up?

***** Hand History for Game 2443612582 ***** $25 NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, July 29, 14:15:37 EDT 2005 Table Table 36635 (6 max) (Real Money)...

Started by RHCNNN, 07-29-2005 03:18 PM
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07-29-2005 03:18 PM

The move here is fold? Or not?

The setup: The villan (Arctrus) is the calling station from hell. I think he called LITERALLY EVERY ONE of my preflop raises for the past 45 min,...

Started by underminedsk, 07-29-2005 09:03 AM
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07-29-2005 02:36 PM

Big bluff

I have been making large bluffs quite frequently in 100NL. If I actually get the correct read, they work 85% of the time. How often do you guys make...

Started by mgobluefb, 07-28-2005 06:37 PM
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07-29-2005 01:46 PM

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