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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

Straight vs Maniac and 2 Pair vs Stupid Board

Yea i had a straight, and this sorry sack of anus worms decided to raise me almost allin representing the flush. I'm done with folding the 2nd nuts....

Started by SmackinYaUp, 06-22-2005 09:26 PM
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06-23-2005 05:18 PM

Here's an odd duck

There was some history between me and whisler. He had called most of my pre-flop raises for about 45 minutes of play, and had frequently raised my...

Started by dalecooper, 06-23-2005 11:14 AM
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06-23-2005 03:00 PM

Reaching down for more...

I believe this is the battle of repped overpairs. Incidentally, check out the ginormous stack on this guy. I wonder how long he was sitting at this...

Started by dalecooper, 06-22-2005 11:08 AM
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06-22-2005 11:54 PM

In favor of obscene aggression

I got a little lucky here with that flop - not to mention running into the particular kind of calling station that always thinks big bets = bluffs,...

Started by dalecooper, 06-20-2005 12:58 PM
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06-22-2005 10:02 AM

Discussion of aces Super Monday win

Wow...I was wondering what was up with this thread. That's pretty impressive.

Started by hagakure, 04-26-2005 04:56 PM
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06-22-2005 06:07 AM

High stakes Holdem and the value of solid reads.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed) converter UTG ($596.6) UTG+1 ($207.6) UTG+2 ($916.95) MP1 ($392.8) MP2 ($320.2) Hero ($716.05)...

Started by ilikeaces86, 05-04-2005 01:58 PM
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06-21-2005 10:18 PM

This is the competition

Ugh. ***** Hand History for Game 2240661272 ***** $100 NL Hold'em - Tuesday, June 21, 10:36:08 EDT 2005 Table Table 36690 (6 max) (Real Money)...

Started by dalecooper, 06-21-2005 10:40 AM
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06-21-2005 04:58 PM

Very interesting hand from this morning

***** Hand History for Game 2240627155 ***** $100 NL Hold'em - Tuesday, June 21, 10:17:56 EDT 2005 Table Table 36690 (6 max) (Real Money) Seat 5...

Started by dalecooper, 06-21-2005 10:37 AM
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06-21-2005 03:29 PM

A wierd hand ~ QQ

3/6 QQ in CO. EP small stack raises to 20 with about 180 behind. He's an aggro player, but it doesn't matter. This is going to be a preflop hand. ...

Started by a500lbgorilla, 06-18-2005 02:26 PM
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06-21-2005 02:28 PM

Another 99, good fold?

Is this a lucky fucking bitch or a bad fold? ***** Hand History for Game 2232364472 ***** $100 NL Hold'em - Sunday, June 19, 18:53:16 EDT 2005...

Started by SmackinYaUp, 06-19-2005 06:55 PM
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06-20-2005 06:23 PM

Heads Up Strategy

I am only going to start to explain my heads up strategy and you guys can take it from there. There is two approaches I take in heads up. ...

Started by isuck, 06-19-2005 03:27 AM
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06-20-2005 04:24 PM

99 Three handed

Im having the worst fucking month of poker ever I could have ever imagined so I am going to be posting a lot of hands. I think a lot of it is my big...

Started by SmackinYaUp, 06-18-2005 09:15 PM
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06-20-2005 02:20 PM

another QQ

I pretty much have to fold the river, but wat about my flop play? Should I have given it up with 2 people already in the pot? ***** Hand...

Started by SmackinYaUp, 06-20-2005 03:09 AM
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06-20-2005 02:12 PM

Do you insta-call this like I did?

No reads at all except that he's seen the flop 8 of his last 16 hands - but I didn't even look at that. I just insta called. Good? Bad? Ugly? ...

Started by SmackinYaUp, 06-15-2005 04:44 AM
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06-20-2005 10:46 AM

Party 2000 NL

Spent some time today watching the party nl 2000. Apart from one consistant shark IMO (b_budddy) the table was made up of LAGG's, loose / passives...

Started by tjp, 06-02-2005 03:09 PM
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06-19-2005 02:24 PM

Do I fold this turn?

This turn really felt like KQ at the least, but I couldn't make myself fold 2pair in this big pot. Should I have listened to my gut? It seems like...

Started by SmackinYaUp, 06-18-2005 05:06 PM
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06-18-2005 07:41 PM

i officially uninstalled pokerstars today after this hand..

after a horror week of -10 buyins, i have uninstalled pokerstars from my computer. some of it has come from a cumulative effect of playing slightly...

Started by fkn2pt, 06-14-2005 01:26 PM
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06-18-2005 04:58 PM

Stand your ground

This sure looked like a case of KK vs AA, but he was a maniac and loved re-raising people big. Pretty simple hand, but pretty funny. Nice pot for...

Started by SmackinYaUp, 06-18-2005 04:38 PM
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06-18-2005 04:38 PM

Funny AK unimproved hand

I was positive he was bluffing, and felt he couldn't call, i was wrong, but with good results. ***** Hand History for Game 2198503655 *****...

Started by Bmxicle, 06-13-2005 08:27 PM
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06-17-2005 04:34 PM

This blows my mind

Fiddling around with $100 NL today after staying away from it for a week. This is, from my experience, pretty common... and this guy is sitting with...

Started by dalecooper, 06-17-2005 12:17 PM
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06-17-2005 12:24 PM

So happy... so very happy

***** Hand History for Game 2215347780 ***** $50 NL Hold'em - Thursday, June 16, 10:11:07 EDT 2005 Table Table 36744 (6 max) (Real Money) Seat 6...

Started by dalecooper, 06-16-2005 10:13 AM
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06-17-2005 10:17 AM

over pair but...

.25/.5 NL UB 5 handed table Me UTG (stack 55) KK - raise to 1.75. My image is maybe a little loose, been playing lots of pots and won a couple...

Started by drmcboy, 06-17-2005 09:41 AM
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06-17-2005 09:41 AM

Sit & Go Hand

Hey everyone, I am still a learning player. Taking some of your advice from a while ago, I have been doing $1 sit and go's. I am still not doing...

Started by cman710, 06-16-2005 10:32 PM
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06-17-2005 09:30 AM

HH from the ending HU of a $10 Poker Stars SnG

This is the ending of a regular $10 SnG at pokerstars, where I went headsup. Comments and criticism on my HU is more than welcome, because I know...

Started by Robert, 06-16-2005 11:14 AM
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06-16-2005 12:30 PM

Heads up with HUGE blinds, do you push?

IAccumulator $ 6,220.00 jakewhite $ 3,780.00 IAccumulator Set dealer/Bring in spot 2 IAccumulator Ante/Small blind $ 400.00 ...

Started by vqc, 06-13-2005 10:43 PM
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06-14-2005 11:42 PM

my luck really sucks

i have bled off about 5 buyins due to absolutely shit house luck. well its a combination of shit luck and the fact that bad luck sometimes puts me in...

Started by fkn2pt, 06-14-2005 11:26 AM
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06-14-2005 12:27 PM

Bet turn or check behind?

Seat 2: SirBelvidere ( $35.26 ) Seat 3: LuntKicker ( $125.52 ) Seat 5: UGDMFSOBFISH ( $81.5 ) Seat 6: Midwestnutz2 ( $91.52 ) Seat 4: SmackinYaUp...

Started by SmackinYaUp, 06-13-2005 07:54 PM
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06-14-2005 12:25 PM

how to deal with calling stations?

i've been playing pretty well lately at the penny games on stars, been making regular cash. however i think i've been noticing that i manage to make...

Started by fkn2pt, 06-14-2005 03:31 AM
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06-14-2005 12:23 PM

Tag-teaming 6-Max

So I've noticed much more often at 6-Max than full ring that two players will disappear from the table at exactly the same moment. Are we being...

Started by saucebook, 06-14-2005 09:09 AM
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06-14-2005 10:09 AM

Fnord v Sykedupp heads-up

*********** # 1 ************** PokerStars Game #1882775304: Tournament #8896034, Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2005/06/12 -...

Started by Fnord, 06-12-2005 04:46 AM
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06-14-2005 06:31 AM

right read, but i got sucked out like a motherbitch

this guy had been pushing me around for ages, always reraising my raises, going all in and pushing me off my TPTK etc.. then this happens. i was...

Started by fkn2pt, 06-14-2005 04:52 AM
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06-14-2005 04:52 AM

Now this is how you take advantage of fish

Reads: Bothin, seated just to my right, was a mega fish - betting and raising with garbage, calling raises with crap hands, min-betting a lot... just...

Started by dalecooper, 06-13-2005 04:51 PM
Replies: 4 Views: 1,336
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06-13-2005 08:23 PM

Deepish stacks AA

This is kinda the setup for the hand i'm going to show you, i sensed weakness in him raising the minbettor, so i re-raised him with my flush draw. I...

Started by Bmxicle, 06-12-2005 03:42 PM
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06-13-2005 06:48 PM

Nitpicking at a hand of mine

***** Hand History for Game 2191551344 ***** $100 NL Hold'em - Saturday, June 11, 17:13:50 EDT 2005 Table Table 37196 (6 max) (Real Money) Seat 4...

Started by SmackinYaUp, 06-11-2005 05:23 PM
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06-13-2005 10:31 AM

QQ vs unbeliever - double checkraised

This guy thought I was stealing his blinds again, I was raising a lot preflop but playing pretty ABC post flop. My stack was already built primarily...

Started by SmackinYaUp, 06-10-2005 03:22 AM
Replies: 7 Views: 1,608
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06-11-2005 05:35 PM

quick check-up -- bad run or bad play?

I haven't played much NL ring, so bear with me. I had a good run before this and that gave me quite a bit of confidence, but the past while I've...

Started by stuck, 06-10-2005 08:21 PM
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06-11-2005 01:53 PM

Ok, all my pushing caught up to me on this hand

I'd just gotten a good run of cards and raised the previous 6 out of 9 hands and not shown down yet. I did have to fold a couple times, but nobody...

Started by SmackinYaUp, 06-10-2005 11:58 AM
Replies: 10 Views: 1,619
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06-10-2005 04:37 PM

Is this a hand to go broke on?

***** Hand History for Game 2183223773 ***** $100 NL Hold'em - Thursday, June 09, 23:50:53 EDT 2005 Table Table 37221 (6 max) (Real Money) Seat 4...

Started by SmackinYaUp, 06-09-2005 11:59 PM
Replies: 6 Views: 1,409
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06-10-2005 11:30 AM

Who's scared?

***** Hand History for Game 2180333287 ***** $100 NL Hold'em - Thursday, June 09, 13:43:27 EDT 2005 Table Table 36955 (6 max) (Real Money) Seat 5...

Started by SmackinYaUp, 06-09-2005 02:01 PM
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06-10-2005 10:12 AM

the best of hands, the worst of hands: my biggest pot yet

I had to feel sorry for this guy. Let me set the stage by saying that I had just doubled up three hands prior on an Ace high spade flush, flopped. ...

Started by alias2211, 06-09-2005 11:30 PM
Replies: 1 Views: 1,182
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06-10-2005 12:31 AM

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