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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

uhh. I run guud?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) Hero ($31.60) SB...

Started by Ragnar4, 06-11-2008 06:37 AM
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06-12-2008 04:01 AM

Too Aggro?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) MP ($7.10) CO ($3.60)...

Started by Ragnar4, 06-11-2008 05:14 AM
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06-11-2008 07:07 PM

this hand keeps bothering me

We´re not very deep in the match when this hand happened. We´ve played before, villian is pretty TAG-straight forward preflop, never folding pp´s to...

Started by XTR1000, 05-25-2008 07:04 AM
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06-11-2008 06:09 PM

river decision with straight.

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.10 BB (5 handed) Ultimate-Bet Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) SB ($10.65) Hero...

Started by AnTman_69, 06-11-2008 12:24 AM
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06-11-2008 04:39 PM

T9o on button

Villain is unknown. I've been pretty aggressive at this table, and got caught bluffing the river a few hands back w/ A high. My concern in this...

Started by AlphaKennyBody, 06-06-2008 10:47 PM
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06-10-2008 07:06 PM

Line check - limped pocket pair flopped bottom set.

Villain (CO) is 39/7/2.1 after 45 hands - this was before 45 hands, but his stats were in that range before also. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em,...

Started by Erpel, 06-09-2008 03:17 PM
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06-10-2008 02:33 PM

QQ - 5/10 170bb's deep... standard preflop decision?

-This seems like a reasonably standard spot preflop with a strong hand that is near the top of our range but near the bottom of our range for...

Started by griffey24, 06-08-2008 08:00 PM
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06-10-2008 02:12 PM

AK value call then squeezed vs 2 TAGs

CO is a std TAG who is running a mostly unimaginative 18/14. Steals 30%. SB is an even bigger Tagnit running 16/13 over 150 hands. His A2S is 20%...

Started by Silly String, 06-10-2008 11:43 AM
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06-10-2008 12:24 PM

Cbet against odd 10nl villain

Villain is 51/1/1.5 with 100% cbets, 10% call cbets and 7% raises cbets over 375 hands. This is NOT a situation I tend where I tend to bet. But this...

Started by Robb, 06-07-2008 10:04 PM
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06-10-2008 11:32 AM

ATo

I know calling a raise in limit with ATo is like hanging your junk in a meatgrinder. But I watched Sauce do it in one of his videos.... The part...

Started by Ragnar4, 06-07-2008 07:17 PM
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06-10-2008 09:21 AM

100NL: KK on 3bet flop - turn is an Ace

Poker Room skin No Limit Holdem Ring game Blinds: $0.50/$1 4 players Seat 1: Button ($98.50 in chips) Seat 4: Hero ($123.95 in chips) Seat 8:...

Started by jimmy44, 06-10-2008 02:35 AM
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06-10-2008 08:02 AM

$10NL 6-Max tough spot

I only have 40 hands on this villain, nothing jumps out in his stats: 22.73/13.64/1.00 pf aggro $0.05/$0.1 No Limit Holdem 6 players...

Started by speedcake, 06-09-2008 05:18 PM
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06-10-2008 07:04 AM

250bb deep 3 bet pot

Villain is 2+2er running 26/23/4 ish over 75 hands. I have been fairly active however my image should be clean in 3 bet pots. I have just shown down...

Started by meeloche, 06-07-2008 01:59 AM
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06-10-2008 12:39 AM

AQs Call Guut?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) UTG ($9.80) Hero...

Started by Ragnar4, 06-08-2008 08:49 PM
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06-09-2008 09:47 PM

Flopped quads:How aggressive?

Villain is super aggressive and extremely loose. How aggressively should I play back at him after this flop? Keep calling even though i am getting...

Started by Ification, 06-08-2008 05:54 PM
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06-09-2008 05:35 PM

{split by X from HU Digest}

sounds like a good post here, i like to play hu. i played the 20 hu tournament today and i got a really early chip lead in #1 with KK vs AQ and then...

Started by sethmundy, 06-09-2008 04:01 PM
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06-09-2008 04:42 PM

Busted Flush draw

I have several questions reguarding the play of a flush draw on the flop, turn, and the river against an aggressive opponent who regularly uses PSB's...

Started by Ragnar4, 06-08-2008 07:28 PM
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06-09-2008 05:00 AM

Hands from tonight

No reads in any of the hands....yay for 4-tabling and watching bootleg movies! 1. Full Tilt Poker Game #6736239757: Table Everly (6 max) -...

Started by CTorode, 06-07-2008 10:12 PM
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06-09-2008 04:53 AM

Busted Flush draw (NT) 2nd post

Ragnar4 posted 2 times. Ollie do you have anything to sayabout that? ...............…………..„--~~""”¯¯¯””~~-„……………………………………........... ...

Started by Ragnar4, 06-08-2008 07:28 PM
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06-08-2008 07:28 PM

3/6 - QQ on monotone flop

Villain is a regular running 24/19/2.5. Seems a little spewy. My notes say that he calls a lot 3bets and likes to float in position (not necessarily...

Started by zook, 05-02-2008 08:26 PM
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06-08-2008 03:56 PM

Two hands vs punketty, just checking

I don't have much history with him, but i know he plays pretty loose and raises a lot in position. I've seen him c/f a couple of flops out of...

Started by Numbr2intheWorld, 06-02-2008 02:08 PM
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06-08-2008 03:44 PM

TPTK monotone flop (NL30 5max)

Texas Hold'em $0.30-$0.60 NL (real money), hand #P4-69259678-54 Table Novosibirsk, 5 Jun 2008 3:41 PM ET Seat 1: Fart77 ($35.03 in chips) Seat...

Started by LoveisHell, 06-05-2008 02:31 PM
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06-08-2008 01:48 PM

HU calling ranges

I've been playing a little HU lately, really trying to learn it and I thought this hand was interesting. I'm more curious about calling ranges on...

Started by allabout, 06-08-2008 10:03 AM
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06-08-2008 12:15 PM

Bottom set gets shoved on deep

Villian raises fairly tight and is more on the passive side postflop, caught him only once bluffing where he insta bet pot with 44 on a 8926r board...

Started by XTR1000, 06-06-2008 07:00 PM
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06-07-2008 08:11 PM

first days at 100nl

Both hands are against relative unknowns. 25 or less hands, no reads. neither has shown signs of retardation yet. Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1...

Started by Schiplt, 06-05-2008 05:08 PM
Replies: 13 Views: 1,529
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06-07-2008 08:10 PM

You call it a donk... donks are bad...

Does that make it bad vicarously? PokerStars Game #17984059895: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/06/07 - 18:08:54 (ET) Table 'Telephus II'...

Started by Ragnar4, 06-07-2008 06:11 PM
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06-07-2008 06:39 PM

A-Ko 100NL

Acemanhattan, as far as i know, is still a 400NL regular. at this table he was playing very loose, 40/40 or something like that. I c/r'ed a flop...

Started by Vi-Zer0Skill, 06-06-2008 09:10 PM
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06-07-2008 06:37 PM

Dumb-ish spot

Just a dumb checkup, on this river, do you like a flat call hoping the guy behind me, tsikrima, would be more tempted to call in case he has anything...

Started by Galapogos, 06-06-2008 10:57 PM
Replies: 22 Views: 1,114
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06-07-2008 06:25 PM

100nl f'ed up crai on riv

I can only put this dude on K4, or maybe, maybe, another 2pair. 44, A5, or air. Leaning way towards air, but he time banked before his river check......

Started by Schiplt, 06-06-2008 05:32 PM
Replies: 7 Views: 1,042
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06-07-2008 06:17 PM

Squeeze 89s 50NL

CO is something like 20/15 with a high 3bet% (16). His af is 1.8 and that is over about 180 hands. I never saw him before but he was playing at 3...

Started by BigPapi, 06-04-2008 03:59 AM
Replies: 11 Views: 1,117
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06-07-2008 11:36 AM

yesterday's 7 hour session

so yesterday I played just about the longest session I've played since taking up poker last week, it was just about the most up & down ride I've had...

Started by xptboy, 06-07-2008 06:15 AM
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06-07-2008 08:28 AM

Fold in blinds with K flush on paired board?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) UTG ($558.55) MP...

Started by mixchange, 06-02-2008 05:23 AM
Replies: 12 Views: 1,026
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06-06-2008 08:48 PM

over pair, drawy board, unknown.

villain is unknown. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) SB...

Started by will641, 06-05-2008 02:26 PM
Replies: 21 Views: 1,201
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06-06-2008 07:56 PM

QJ facing a suspicious shove on the river. (NL30 5max)

Texas Hold'em $0.30-$0.60 NL (real money), hand #P4-69170838-505 Table Hampton, 4 Jun 2008 4:00 PM ET Seat 1: samara19 ($36.82 in chips) Seat 2:...

Started by LoveisHell, 06-04-2008 03:33 PM
Replies: 7 Views: 1,217
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06-06-2008 02:22 PM

May Graphs/Results

Hopefully now coming out of my 55k hand break even stretch. Bring on June.

Started by Shifubowa, 05-31-2008 12:31 PM
Replies: 45 Views: 2,502
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06-06-2008 04:50 AM

KK vs QQ with position (An experiement on my read)

$0.1/$0.2 No Limit Holdem 5 players Converted at weaktight.com Stacks: UTG Bass32 ($33.64) CO Hero ($17.33) BTN chenyuanben ($0.81) SB...

Started by Ovaltine88, 06-04-2008 11:22 PM
Replies: 7 Views: 898
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06-05-2008 11:20 PM

JJ OOP (NL30 5max)

Texas Hold'em $0.30-$0.60 NL (real money), hand #P4-69128158-220 Table San Fabian, 3 Jun 2008 9:56 PM ET Seat 2: GameofHearts ($30.00 in chips)...

Started by LoveisHell, 06-04-2008 03:20 PM
Replies: 5 Views: 830
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06-05-2008 02:44 PM

Flop shove OC 2nd NFD (NL30 5max)

Texas Hold'em $0.30-$0.60 NL (real money), hand #P4-69258721-55 Table Labe, 5 Jun 2008 3:23 PM ET Seat 1: GameofHearts ($29.70 in chips) Seat...

Started by LoveisHell, 06-05-2008 02:35 PM
Replies: 0 Views: 793
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06-05-2008 02:35 PM

25nl dabbling and losing

So I am winning, but not crushing $11 sng player. I keep playing a little bit of 25nl trying to get in, playing well for a while but always seem to...

Started by yourfather, 06-04-2008 05:34 PM
Replies: 11 Views: 968
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06-05-2008 11:40 AM

Flop Top 2, Turned Boat: Extracting Value

Still working on plays, reads, hand selection, all the basics in extreme microstakes. Table was playing extremely passively surprisingly enough for...

Started by Ification, 06-04-2008 05:03 PM
Replies: 7 Views: 902
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06-05-2008 11:15 AM

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