Short-Handed NL Hold'em

Mid Stakes ($50NL to $600NL): 6-max or less ring game NLH strategies including Heads Up cash game play.

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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: 34,323	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: 26,691	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
2/4: three barrels multiway Villain is 16/12/2.5 seemed very solid. My image is fine, 21/18/3. Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from... Started by pocketfours, 06-14-2009 07:56 AM	Replies: 8 Views: 590	Last Post By pocketfours View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-15-2009 01:42 AM
Value bet river? No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (5 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com SB ($432.90) Hero (BB) ($272.85) UTG ($310.95) MP... Started by Marshall28, 06-08-2009 07:43 AM	Replies: 23 Views: 950	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 06-15-2009 12:54 AM
Has anyone tried to withdraw from Pokerstars lately? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=7808131 Started by dsaxton, 06-12-2009 12:40 PM	Replies: 5 Views: 577	Last Post By dsaxton View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-14-2009 09:10 PM
bb bluff line on paired board. Thoughts? ok, i'm experimenting with 6-max. I still suck, but the players at 5nl, 10nl, and 25nl suck worse so I'm now at 50nl for a while. Here is a hand... Started by daven, 06-10-2009 12:27 PM	Replies: 8 Views: 635	Last Post By Proviper View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-14-2009 07:27 PM
'nuff said {split by Xianti from http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/forum/set-deep-100nl-t85678.html and locked} i vote to de-mod nutsinho ... Started by Alexos, 05-29-2009 05:52 PM	Replies: 56 Views: 2,177	Last Post By Xianti View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage 06-12-2009 03:34 PM
Set deep (100nl) Villain is taggy, around 20/17 with 9% 3bet. 80% cbet with 100% (3/3) in 3bet pots. No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) - Hold'em Manager... Started by bjsaust, 05-28-2009 09:18 PM	Replies: 29 Views: 2,337	Last Post By Xianti View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage 06-12-2009 03:31 PM
10bi downswong. Yesterday i dropped 10 buy-ins. $50nl 6max pretty much all to bad beats/coolers, though I need to go over the hands. ie K-K cracked on 2 tables at... Started by WillburForce, 06-10-2009 05:52 AM	Replies: 34 Views: 1,322	Last Post By Galapogos View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-12-2009 03:00 PM
Top two on a monotone flop. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com SB ($308.55) BB ($232.70) UTG ($207.80)... Started by Benoso, 06-12-2009 09:26 AM	Replies: 4 Views: 534	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 06-12-2009 12:13 PM
Preflop shove or muck? No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (6 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com SB ($200) BB ($203) UTG ($450.45) MP ($232.90)... Started by Marshall28, 06-09-2009 05:38 PM	Replies: 19 Views: 1,078	Last Post By bode View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-12-2009 07:31 AM
Heads Up, Tourney? Hey Guys! I was playing a home cash tourney a week ago, and it came down to me and the OBVIOUS chip leader(Extremely tight/passive), took out two... Started by Bvest65, 08-17-2004 09:59 AM	Replies: 8 Views: 1,779	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 06-11-2009 11:44 PM
Heads up SNG strategy I have been reading and thinking a lot about getting tells based on the speed of a bet / call / check. I find it fairly hard to keep track of how a... Started by Staple Gun, 10-27-2004 10:17 PM	Replies: 9 Views: 1,922	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 06-11-2009 11:43 PM
AK vs ?? NL poker 2/4 I have AK and then the flops comes: A10K(heart/daimond/clubs) I raise he reraise it. I call. Then a 10 of daimonds comes. i... Started by boos1122, 03-15-2009 06:03 AM	Replies: 6 Views: 819	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 06-11-2009 11:42 PM
low stack vs. big stack k im low stacked and the guy im heads up against raises almost every hand wat kind of hands should i call with? what happens when i do miss flop with... Started by yezziir, 04-14-2009 06:56 PM	Replies: 4 Views: 914	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 06-11-2009 11:40 PM
paint by numbers to improve my 6-max game? I'm still playing a little bit of 6-max. This month I moved through 25nl and on to 50nl - at this rate it looks like i could eventually end up... Started by daven, 06-11-2009 08:52 AM	Replies: 4 Views: 722	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 06-11-2009 08:05 PM
50NL TT 3b pot Villain is 16/14 steal of 30%, fold to 3b of 20% PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from... Started by Parasurama, 06-09-2009 05:57 PM	Replies: 23 Views: 781	Last Post By bode View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-11-2009 02:57 PM
That's one pretty turn card. . . for U Villain is 28/12/3 & steals 18% from CO. Limited read = loose, passive, aggressive. No other reads at the time of this hand. I don't know how he... Started by Silly String, 06-10-2009 04:40 PM	Replies: 5 Views: 784	Last Post By bode View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-11-2009 08:10 AM
Unusual spot, float a c/r in 4b pot I'm making a concerted effort to try to take my game to the next level. My plans for doing this are playing shorter sessions and fewer hands, but... Started by Marshall28, 06-08-2009 07:26 AM	Replies: 7 Views: 699	Last Post By Da GOAT View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-11-2009 04:09 AM
100NL: flopped nuts, getting most value Hello guys! I'm new to this community, going to participate in its life. :) I have some problems getting the most value of my nuts hands. Here is... Started by shame_on_me, 06-03-2009 07:52 AM	Replies: 9 Views: 675	Last Post By Fnord View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-11-2009 02:32 AM
flush vs mass multitabling softish reg Villain is a massive multitabler playing up to 16 tables. He runs 28/23. I have been completely running him over by 3 betting him rampantly for... Started by thizzSantaCruz, 06-10-2009 04:41 AM	Replies: 8 Views: 658	Last Post By dsaxton View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-10-2009 11:55 PM
This is possibly dumb but anyway Villain is 22/17/2.8 kinda unthinking TAG. He's a little bit nitty postflop and generally just plays straight-forward. I don't expect him to bluff... Started by Irisheyes, 04-29-2009 06:58 PM	Replies: 8 Views: 1,227	Last Post By melinda1978 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-10-2009 02:44 PM
2 hands 200nl hand 1 - Opp is a 35/14 fairly poor player. 100 hand sample, no history. hasnt really stood out too much at this table. Obv seems to have a donk... Started by Da GOAT, 06-09-2009 04:20 PM	Replies: 11 Views: 674	Last Post By Da GOAT View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-10-2009 06:39 AM
Does playing HU table really help at FT or late in Sng? I have had people tell me in the past that playing at HU table or HU SnG will help me improve my late stages tourney play and HU at the end of MTT... Started by tbdbitl, 06-09-2009 06:16 PM	Replies: 3 Views: 675	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 06-10-2009 04:01 AM
Crappy river v's table fish (100nl) UTG is 63/7 with 40% fold to cbet. He min-3bet me earlier and psb flop and then another time minraised my cbet on a low board. My assumption in both... Started by bjsaust, 05-28-2009 07:59 AM	Replies: 18 Views: 953	Last Post By Kiriath View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-09-2009 11:41 PM
actually at Full Tilt i play in a 4 man heads up shootout sit n go. it costs $6.40 and winner takes all for $24...shouldnt take longer than 45 minutes.. ... Started by , 06-09-2009 06:12 PM	Replies: 0 Views: 491	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 06-09-2009 06:12 PM
Some recent 100nl hands Hand 1 80/0 with 100% donk bet (always min) and something like 90% bet when checked to. Has never folded to a raise on the flop and rarely on the... Started by bjsaust, 06-08-2009 07:27 PM	Replies: 8 Views: 562	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 06-09-2009 06:00 PM
KK OOP versus LAGtard Just checking that this is standard. Villain is a 45/30 lagtard. PKR No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (6 handed) - PKR Converter Tool from... Started by Benoso, 06-07-2009 01:24 PM	Replies: 14 Views: 782	Last Post By tbdbitl View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-09-2009 05:33 PM
4b pot vs some 25/50 player at 1/2 I guess No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (6 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com BB ($429.20) UTG ($323.70) MP ($204) CO ($200)... Started by Marshall28, 06-08-2009 07:32 AM	Replies: 8 Views: 672	Last Post By Fnord View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-09-2009 03:52 AM
Ideas on how to extract more value in this spot? No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (5 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com UTG ($215.05) MP ($468.30) Button ($200) Hero... Started by Marshall28, 06-08-2009 08:02 AM	Replies: 7 Views: 707	Last Post By IowaSkinsFan View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-08-2009 06:13 PM
Triple barrel bluff in 3b pot No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (6 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com UTG ($433.40) MP ($343) CO ($233.90) Button ($97)... Started by Marshall28, 06-08-2009 07:56 AM	Replies: 5 Views: 538	Last Post By mixchange View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-08-2009 05:43 PM
Flat 3b sb vs bb w/ A9s No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (5 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com MP ($200) Button ($200) Hero (SB) ($482.30) BB... Started by Marshall28, 06-08-2009 07:36 AM	Replies: 5 Views: 513	Last Post By mixchange View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-08-2009 05:35 PM
minbet raise obv? This is probably the saddest hand of my night. Comments welcome. Pre I probably should be 3 betting, but for flop it's value. wtf with turn donk... Started by FlyingSaucy, 06-08-2009 12:07 AM	Replies: 9 Views: 735	Last Post By dsaxton View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-08-2009 03:54 PM
Somewhat lost $200NL 3bet pot. PKR No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (6 handed) - PKR Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com UTG ($200) MP ($198) Hero (CO) ($238) Button ($537.69)... Started by Benoso, 06-05-2009 03:06 PM	Replies: 12 Views: 824	Last Post By minSim View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-08-2009 09:36 AM
1/2 - AA deep vs. likely bad player Villain (SB) is running 21/15/2.2 over a decent sample. Folds SB to steal 80%, 3bets from the SB 6%. Donks 11% and check/raises flops 5%. (MP is a... Started by zook, 06-07-2009 03:34 PM	Replies: 10 Views: 729	Last Post By Da GOAT View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-08-2009 06:12 AM
simultaneous hands vs the same player I think playing separate hands vs the same player on two different tables at the same time has some important psychological effects. I have recently... Started by thizzSantaCruz, 06-07-2009 02:03 AM	Replies: 2 Views: 887	Last Post By IowaSkinsFan View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-07-2009 08:43 PM
Hooks heads-up live Opponent is probably one of the strongest regulars in the cardroom (lolz.) I think he plays too loose and is very stabby when playing FR. We have... Started by Fnord, 06-07-2009 04:22 AM	Replies: 2 Views: 738	Last Post By Fnord View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-07-2009 01:47 PM
River decision No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (5 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com saw flop SB ($216.35) BB ($222.75) UTG ($219)... Started by Marshall28, 06-05-2009 01:32 PM	Replies: 11 Views: 672	Last Post By Luke999 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-07-2009 01:16 PM
To vB or not, that is the question. No reads on opp. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com Hero (Button) ($204) SB... Started by Benoso, 06-05-2009 11:22 AM	Replies: 8 Views: 680	Last Post By Toadstool View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-06-2009 10:11 AM
100NL vs. Marshall28 Marshall28 is a tough 200NL FTR reg. But I told him I wasn't rolled for NL200, so we played two tables of NL100 instead. I've been c/ring... Started by , 06-04-2009 10:01 AM	Replies: 8 Views: 1,320	Last Post By Marshall28 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-05-2009 04:53 PM
Interesting hand 200nl deep Villain had not been 3betting very much at all, maybe about 12% or so, though he had been starting to 4bet a ton once we got deep. I had 4bet him... Started by Marshall28, 04-30-2009 02:58 PM	Replies: 12 Views: 1,045	Last Post By Marshall28 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-05-2009 04:44 PM
5/10 live river bet sizing problem This is actually a mid stakes hand, but I think it's interesting enough and the kind of thinking you guys do best and the psychology doesn't really... Started by Fnord, 06-02-2009 11:58 PM	Replies: 8 Views: 1,081	Last Post By Fnord View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-05-2009 08:08 AM