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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

50NL Top 2 facing shove from shorty

Sticky card.. Villain is 25/13/3 after only 20 hands or so. First hand with him. I put him on KhXh a lot of the time, and max draws the other...

Started by freechus9, 06-30-2008 10:00 PM
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07-01-2008 02:08 AM

Anythink I can do except c/f?

Villain is 24/21/4 very good TAG. Mixes it up a lot and puts people in bad spots. I would suspect that he's working off the assumption that I'm...

Started by Irisheyes, 06-26-2008 01:19 PM
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06-30-2008 06:52 PM

5-10 very deep, trips no kicker

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $10 BB (6 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) Hero ($3894) Button...

Started by mcatdog, 06-28-2008 03:31 PM
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06-30-2008 06:45 PM

50NL AA facing river raise

Villain is 40/10/1.2 after 60 hands. He's been instafolding my steals almost every time. Totally clueless on the river. PokerStars No-Limit...

Started by freechus9, 06-30-2008 01:07 PM
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06-30-2008 04:24 PM

thin river raise maybe vs fish

Villain is unknown; however he has been at the table for a couple of orbits and the manner in which he is playing leads me to believe he's a fish in...

Started by meeloche, 06-29-2008 01:01 AM
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06-30-2008 09:25 AM

K-K on button against 3-bet from taggish small blind.

My opponent ordinarily plays a laggy preflop style with lots of 3-betting, but he seems to have abandoned it recently in favor of a more...

Started by dsaxton, 06-30-2008 12:29 AM
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06-30-2008 01:00 AM

5/10 - overpair facing minraise 3-way

MP is 25/15/2.7 over ~400 hands, BTN is 20/15/3 over ~350 hands. No relevant history with either. Full Tilt Poker, $5/$10 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6...

Started by zook, 06-27-2008 05:28 PM
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06-30-2008 12:14 AM

trips in limped pot.

villain is a reg, and not a great one, pretty nitty. hes 17/11/1.9. i dont have a money read on him. here i think its pretty safe to say hes not c/r...

Started by will641, 06-29-2008 11:38 AM
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06-29-2008 05:33 PM

good call, bad call?

Villain was running 45/11/2 0.50/1.00 Button ($75.60) SB ($216.05) BB BB ($62.05) UTG ($19.00) UTG+1 Hero ($100.75) CO ($138.67)

Started by jimmyc, 06-28-2008 08:44 AM
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06-29-2008 02:32 PM

3/6: TPTK 200BB deep HU

This is a deep stack HU table. We have played for 5 minutes and villain has raised every hand from the button and 3-bet 3 times from the BB, so he...

Started by pocketfours, 06-28-2008 01:02 PM
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06-29-2008 12:45 PM

25nl - bluff or value?

Villain is 69/46/4.7. No reads. $0.1/$0.25 No Limit Holdem 9 players Stacks: UTG $18.15 Villain $13.15 MP1 $4.65 MP2 $26.65

Started by grnydrowave2, 06-26-2008 04:29 AM
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06-29-2008 03:32 AM

Was I retarded all the way with QQ here?

Villain was running 17/12/1 and folded SB to steal 82% of the time over 124 hands. I don't think i could've played this hand worse if i tried....

Started by jimmyc, 06-26-2008 11:25 AM
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06-29-2008 03:29 AM

Call with gutshot and two overs?

This guy seems to play fairly straightforward against me, so this seems like a call or fold. Based on his style and the speed of his raise, I think...

Started by dsaxton, 06-25-2008 02:48 PM
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06-29-2008 01:26 AM

Middle set against aggressive opponent somewhat deep.

Opponent is an aggressive regular. He 3-bets a reasonable amount preflop and is also aggressive postflop. What is my play? Call and hope to induce...

Started by dsaxton, 06-25-2008 06:31 PM
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06-29-2008 01:18 AM

Getting played back at from the SB

So I've been stealing blinds frequently. Some have played back at me, some succumb. But this guy hasn't played back at me yet.. That being said...

Started by freechus9, 06-25-2008 04:20 PM
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06-29-2008 01:13 AM

moving in on paired board against loose opponent...

I think I made the right play even with the paired board given villain's vast range, what say ye? And yes, I normally would almost always raise PF on...

Started by jimmyc, 06-27-2008 11:44 PM
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06-28-2008 06:46 PM

AA deep, vs fish - 2/5 pounds

-SB is a huuuuge fish who has no fold button. I've had a few hands with him. One hand I bet AT on turn, and hit A river and c/r'd from 60 to 240 on...

Started by griffey24, 06-27-2008 01:15 AM
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06-28-2008 11:26 AM

I might be a station..

So as I'm getting better at this whole shorthanded thing, I'm beginning to learn that most of the important pots aren't for stacks. Instead, value...

Started by freechus9, 06-25-2008 05:22 PM
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06-27-2008 01:50 PM

Line checks

June has been pretty miserable for me to say the least, so I wanna post a few hands from today to make sure I'm not doing anything to amplify the...

Started by AlphaKennyBody, 06-27-2008 12:17 AM
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06-27-2008 10:08 AM

I'm such a donk.. quasi deep... 5/10 with KK

-Villain in this hand is the same villain as in the QQ hand I posted. Alexos tells me that he did indeed change his screenname, so my reads from his...

Started by griffey24, 06-12-2008 01:06 AM
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06-27-2008 01:01 AM

3 hands 5/10

1) Opener is a 18/14 nit and CO is a mega drooler loose/passive. Standard? $5/$10 No Limit Holdem 6 players Converted at weaktight.com ...

Started by Irisheyes, 06-26-2008 09:53 PM
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06-26-2008 10:59 PM

strong draw, 300bb's deep

-I've played with villain a long time ago, but not much recently. I think he plays higher up usually, as I saw him playing 10/20 later on in the day...

Started by griffey24, 06-26-2008 10:53 AM
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06-26-2008 04:05 PM

2 Hands: Help me c/r rivers and folding 2p

------------------ HAND #1 ------------------ Villain is completely unknown. I sometimes raise preflop, probably check more often. It keeps a lot...

Started by minSim, 06-25-2008 07:53 AM
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06-26-2008 03:40 PM

Am I totally wtf delusional? 5/10 overbet shove

Villain is a good reg 21/16/2.3. We 3bet each other and go back and forth all the time but we've no real history here. I've just recently started...

Started by Irisheyes, 06-25-2008 09:28 AM
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06-26-2008 01:11 PM

valuetowning myself?... 2/5 pounds

Hand 1: -villain is a solid tagg reg -our history is that he has seen me triple barrel him several times the last week or so and he has never...

Started by griffey24, 06-25-2008 01:59 AM
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06-26-2008 11:19 AM

Calling for value with overpairs

After a chat with a fellow FTR'er, I decided to post this hand. I think its a common situation that I struggle with, and I think that many others...

Started by freechus9, 06-23-2008 04:45 PM
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06-26-2008 04:16 AM

pahud stats

I majorly F'd up my pahud display for stars 6max. Would someone be willing to export their setup and email me them? PM me if willing, don't want to...

Started by bigred, 06-25-2008 03:35 PM
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06-25-2008 08:03 PM

KK hand

wanna puke on the river... should i call? $0.1/$0.25 No Limit Holdem 5 players Converted at weaktight.com Stacks: UTG ($25.00) CO ...

Started by asdpikas, 06-25-2008 12:16 AM
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06-25-2008 04:44 PM

What does villain hold?

People seem to float c-bets all the time at these stakes. Take from that what you will. Villain is 15.6/12.3/1.43 after 57 hands. I'm having...

Started by freechus9, 06-25-2008 11:58 AM
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06-25-2008 04:32 PM

It just occurred to me

...that with all the work I've been doing on my game over the past I've been overlooking one glaring situation where I've probably been leaking tons...

Started by Irisheyes, 06-23-2008 08:50 AM
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06-25-2008 03:48 PM

Two pair on a hard board to get value.. check through? 2/5

-Villain in this hand is a decent player but I haven't played with him that much -He runs 22/15/1.8 and have no reason to believe he's a station or...

Started by griffey24, 06-25-2008 02:22 AM
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06-25-2008 01:54 PM

I'm a Tagfish, plz help me

My occasionally 2+2 lurking moment when I’m bored at work at Friday was actually quite nice today. Someone started a thread about Tagfishes and there...

Started by minSim, 06-20-2008 11:24 AM
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06-25-2008 01:53 PM

Another 3 from 50NL

------------------ HAND #1 ------------------ Villain was playing 28/13/1.7 over 110 hands. No interesting reads or anything. Note that we're...

Started by minSim, 06-20-2008 04:11 PM
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06-25-2008 12:22 PM

50nl: TPGK facing resistance as pfr on a two tone flop

Only a few orbits on villain. He's 20/10/2. My thinking was I'd bet the turn to charge flush draws, possibly get value from a weaker ace, and to...

Started by guitarizt, 06-25-2008 09:59 AM
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06-25-2008 12:06 PM

barrel a blank river?

i bought in for half a stack. villain is about 24/16/5 over 80. he looks like he may call a little too much, based on stats tho. i think...

Started by wufwugy, 06-24-2008 08:49 PM
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06-25-2008 12:04 PM

My bluff.

The dude is round 18/16 pretty aggresive .Hes a decent tag. My image is TAggy. GAME #1039354702: Texas Hold'em NL $0.10/$0.20 2008-06-23 15:49:05...

Started by AnTman_69, 06-24-2008 03:16 AM
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06-25-2008 07:31 AM

I won a bet - did I play well or just ran hot?

I had a bet with a friend who plays 50NL who believes that the games are just not beatable anymore and too many TAG's have infested the game. I said...

Started by silu73, 04-26-2008 07:00 AM
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06-25-2008 02:46 AM

Can i get away from trips here?

SB is 22/17/1.5, seems like a solid player. We've been battling over blinds for a while, I started to 4bet light after he started 3betting light. ...

Started by freechus9, 06-24-2008 05:09 PM
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06-24-2008 10:43 PM

9-8s 200NL

The BIGFISH at my table is playing 60/40, very aggressive and spewy. LurkerDrop is a 23/18 TAG, also very aggressive. The only hand i've seen Lurker...

Started by Vi-Zer0Skill, 06-23-2008 05:14 PM
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06-24-2008 03:54 PM

QQ facing river donk lead.

villain is unknown, i dont have any stats cause hud isnt working. fairly irrelevant anyways as ive only been at teh table a couple orbits. easy flod...

Started by will641, 06-23-2008 12:41 PM
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06-24-2008 03:10 PM

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