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: 34,702	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: 27,195	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: 28,224	Last Post By meeloche View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 08-30-2010 12:09 AM
Lets talk about the bet/check/bet line I think this is a line which goes in cycles in terms of whether it's primarily a bluff or a VB. Without a ton of reads or past hands I think it's... Started by Irisheyes, 06-02-2009 08:50 PM	Replies: 44 Views: 7,790	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 06-05-2009 03:15 AM
Call AI on flop with 99 in 3bet pot after CR? PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com Hero (MP) ($259.60) CO ($112.05) Button... Started by mixchange, 06-04-2009 09:30 PM	Replies: 2 Views: 598	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 06-05-2009 03:07 AM
Blufraising river against a TAG Villain in the hand plays 18/14/2.1 over 367 hands, with 70% cbet and decent aggresive postflop stats overall. I'm floating the flop because a... Started by minSim, 06-03-2009 05:35 PM	Replies: 19 Views: 875	Last Post By oskar View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-04-2009 10:27 PM
Kd9d 100NL, turn play? villan has been wreckless, dont have numbers but he's been playing very loose. he's 3 bet alot of my raises and called a fair amount. if i lead he... Started by geno9, 06-04-2009 12:36 AM	Replies: 19 Views: 834	Last Post By Da GOAT View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-04-2009 04:34 PM
KJs 200nl, Opp takes c/r line on drawy board Opp seems like a good regular 25/20/36%/300 hands. 6%3bet, steals alot. Nothing much particularly crazy in his stats over tiny sample. Ive no history... Started by Da GOAT, 06-01-2009 12:04 PM	Replies: 14 Views: 972	Last Post By Da GOAT View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-04-2009 10:28 AM
Play a BvB hand with me PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com Hero (Button) ($100) SB ($102.40) BB... Started by mixchange, 06-02-2009 06:59 PM	Replies: 9 Views: 682	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 06-04-2009 08:13 AM
Bluff catching with KQ I always have trouble with these hands where I'm OOP and more or less bluffcatching with the top of my range. The important villain in the hand... Started by minSim, 06-03-2009 05:24 PM	Replies: 12 Views: 681	Last Post By Marshall28 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-04-2009 05:03 AM
Playing Strong but not top hands vs. light 3betting This happens to me a lot, and I'm not really sure how to handle these spots. The below is kind of a ramble, but that's because I don't know the best... Started by mixchange, 06-02-2009 07:06 PM	Replies: 8 Views: 763	Last Post By Marshall28 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-04-2009 05:00 AM
Weird nitfish/nitreg at NL100 24/8/0.5 basically he's tight but extremely passive so I didn't know what to make of this I confused the action in the hand, I thought I raised... Started by , 05-30-2009 08:08 PM	Replies: 20 Views: 1,367	Last Post By Marshall28 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-04-2009 04:58 AM
AA OOP on wet board Villain in the hand 20/11/1.7 over 1.9k datamined hands from like half a year ago. His BTN steal stat is 25% and his cbet raise 16%. No recent reads... Started by minSim, 06-02-2009 05:37 PM	Replies: 12 Views: 790	Last Post By Marshall28 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-04-2009 04:35 AM
100NL: turned set in multiway Here is a multiway pot. PF is std. Everybody checks flop and I turned a set. BB bets and I raise him in order to make pot bigger otherwise it won't... Started by shame_on_me, 06-03-2009 08:01 AM	Replies: 6 Views: 563	Last Post By Marshall28 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-04-2009 04:28 AM
$100NL and I want to fold my overpair. MP is 37/28/1 over a negligible sample size. BTN is 34/9/2. PKR No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) - PKR Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com... Started by Benoso, 06-03-2009 02:49 PM	Replies: 3 Views: 843	Last Post By Marshall28 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-04-2009 04:21 AM
TPMK lead into on turn after monotone flop Villain completely unknown. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com BB ($92) UTG... Started by minSim, 06-03-2009 05:16 PM	Replies: 5 Views: 592	Last Post By Marshall28 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-04-2009 04:07 AM
How could I have played this hand differently? PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00+$0.20 Tournament, 10/20 Blinds (2 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com SB (t1440) Hero... Started by golfguy37, 05-17-2009 08:39 PM	Replies: 6 Views: 787	Last Post By rllngn View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-03-2009 08:14 PM
May Garphs +280ish in rakeback epic comeback over past two days (last 2k hands) imo Started by frosst, 05-30-2009 08:35 PM	Replies: 70 Views: 4,006	Last Post By zook View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-03-2009 10:07 AM
AK, 100 NL.... opens with raise, call, re-raise .. no stats but button is fairly tight .. correct to fold here? Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) -... Started by geno9, 06-03-2009 01:04 AM	Replies: 7 Views: 655	Last Post By bode View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-03-2009 10:04 AM
Some NL100 river decisions Hand 1: Villain is unknown Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (4 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com Hero (Button)... Started by , 06-02-2009 12:20 AM	Replies: 15 Views: 746	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 06-02-2009 08:24 PM
Fold aces to CB raise after 3betting UTG on this board? 50NL Villain 23/21/3.0 fold to 3b: 25% over 292 hands His very active from CO/BU, not so much from EP I would expect KK to have 4bet PF and wudnt... Started by Sup3rM4N, 05-26-2009 06:49 AM	Replies: 2 Views: 624	Last Post By mixchange View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-02-2009 08:03 PM
I'm back FTR and getting donked into in 3 bet pots After a month and a half break I'm back to playing poker. I've dropped down to 400nl to get back in the flow of playing. This hand is against 400nl... Started by thizzSantaCruz, 05-27-2009 12:36 PM	Replies: 8 Views: 1,556	Last Post By mixchange View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-02-2009 07:23 PM
100 NL, bad call pre? Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com BB ($153.05) UTG ($109.50) MP ($103.70)... Started by geno9, 05-29-2009 10:03 PM	Replies: 18 Views: 1,026	Last Post By bjsaust View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-02-2009 07:06 PM
Are these marginal, bad or fine? Hand 1 41/21 over small sample. No postflop reads/stats (I think the 41 is largely limping, not calling raises) No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6... Started by bjsaust, 05-29-2009 09:59 PM	Replies: 13 Views: 736	Last Post By Silly String View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-01-2009 04:51 PM
100NL 3b pot vs. an unknown Guy sat down recently, I decided to 3b AQ for value Full Tilt Pot-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from... Started by , 05-30-2009 01:17 AM	Replies: 29 Views: 1,255	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 06-01-2009 01:51 AM
1k nl full tilt games with antes I just noticed Full Tilt has a new blind structure for their deep 1k no limit games. They have added a $1.50 ante along with the standard 5 dollar... Started by thizzSantaCruz, 05-31-2009 04:13 PM	Replies: 3 Views: 873	Last Post By Numbr2intheWorld View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-31-2009 10:58 PM
On getting paid off There's been a couple ghey posts like ZOMG I have a big hand deep how do I get stacks in? Making big hands will often give you a nice upswing but... Started by Fnord, 05-29-2009 06:40 PM	Replies: 8 Views: 1,011	Last Post By bjsaust View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-30-2009 08:48 PM
100 NL, 4 bet pre? Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (4 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com SB ($115.90) Hero (BB) ($117.25) UTG ($102.30)... Started by geno9, 05-29-2009 10:11 PM	Replies: 5 Views: 663	Last Post By griffey24 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-30-2009 10:55 AM
100 NL, can u fold the river? Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com CO ($22.50) Button ($154.95) SB ($100.50) BB... Started by geno9, 05-29-2009 01:44 PM	Replies: 16 Views: 844	Last Post By Marshall28 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-30-2009 05:21 AM
100 NL, few hands... Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com CO ($56.10) Button ($113.95) SB ($97.50) Hero... Started by geno9, 05-29-2009 10:46 PM	Replies: 4 Views: 555	Last Post By BooG690 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-30-2009 01:06 AM
50nl Horribluff?? UTG1 is 15/10 and BB is 20/15, both mediocre TAGG-regs. BTN just sat down and hasn't played a hand until now. $0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem 6... Started by Robb, 05-27-2009 08:03 AM	Replies: 23 Views: 1,195	Last Post By Da GOAT View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-29-2009 04:31 AM
100NL defending against a 3b the guy is running 25/19 with a 3b of 5.9 over 347 hands Standard spot to defend pf? Standard float on the flop? I might as well shove the turn... Started by , 05-23-2009 08:43 PM	Replies: 53 Views: 2,433	Last Post By bjsaust View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-28-2009 10:28 PM
100NL reg 3bs, I call OOP 19/15 with a 3b of 5.3% over 157 should I even call OOP? this is a super-obvious spot to 3b bluff, and against some people 4b/call is better... but... Started by , 05-26-2009 12:45 AM	Replies: 15 Views: 878	Last Post By Marshall28 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-28-2009 04:23 AM
madness live deep I've been playing with villain for about 50 hand and he's your normal loose-passive live donk. He doubled up earlier through a cooler and tanked a... Started by thizzSantaCruz, 12-14-2008 02:44 AM	Replies: 15 Views: 1,896	Last Post By Fnord View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-28-2009 03:27 AM
100NL reg wars This guy was complaining about how I was a "monkey" We'd 3b and 4b each other all day long, in fact I read up on 4b ranges and I think I'm going to... Started by , 05-21-2009 09:59 PM	Replies: 17 Views: 957	Last Post By mixchange View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-27-2009 12:14 AM
Planned on hitting my flush and shoving river... but... Opponent is a standard tag The reason I led the flop because I thought someone hit it and I was going to play for stacks on the flop but the PFR... Started by , 05-25-2009 01:11 AM	Replies: 12 Views: 1,040	Last Post By Da GOAT View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-26-2009 03:28 AM
50NL AA line check Villain in this hand is loose/passive. He typically limp/calls preflop and calls any flop cbets if he has isd+. Should I be doing anything... Started by sinister1, 05-25-2009 02:13 AM	Replies: 5 Views: 611	Last Post By Da GOAT View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-26-2009 03:25 AM
50NL tpgk facing river raise No reads. Bodog 6maxNL BB is $.50 UTG ($27.50) MP ($55.90) CO ($45.15) BTN ($62.80) SB ($67.30) Hero is BB ($51.60) Started by sinister1, 05-25-2009 03:52 PM	Replies: 6 Views: 564	Last Post By Da GOAT View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-26-2009 03:22 AM
flush vs reg Villain is tsif knits, a pretty good regular who 24 tables 5/10 and 3/6. We are playing hu on 2 tables just to start good 6max games. His preflop... Started by meeloche, 05-24-2009 04:01 PM	Replies: 8 Views: 675	Last Post By nutsinho View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-25-2009 05:08 AM
Couple of riv decisions 200nl. Hand 1: Vill is thee mega fish playing 60/20/2... hes a Passive station. Um lol, i expected to be called on the riv by 9x Qx even sometimes... Started by AnTman_69, 05-23-2009 03:05 AM	Replies: 16 Views: 752	Last Post By AnTman_69 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-24-2009 10:10 PM
Poll: Ethics question: Hit and run at 6max? So the other day I'm playing 6max and there's a fish at the table and everyone else is regs. Fish sits out and leaves and I know there's better... Started by Irisheyes, 05-19-2009 04:23 AM	Replies: 43 Views: 1,796	Last Post By will641 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-23-2009 01:50 PM
FLush draw in 3bet pot IP. Turn overcard, now? 60 hands 25/18/2.2 folded to my first 3 bet. No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com CO... Started by BigPapi, 05-22-2009 05:03 PM	Replies: 11 Views: 801	Last Post By Alexos View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage 05-23-2009 01:48 PM
50NL turn straight, board pairs on river Player is regular, 120 hands 17/13/3.3. This was the only time so far he showed agression on the turn. I doubt he would raise with a set on the turn,... Started by BigPapi, 05-22-2009 04:52 PM	Replies: 10 Views: 684	Last Post By minSim View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-23-2009 12:16 PM