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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

3/6: P4's flops a flushy

Time to play some serious poker again! It's been 4 months since I last played these stakes, so help me get rid of the rust... Button is 36/21/2,...

Started by pocketfours, 05-05-2008 11:13 PM
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05-09-2008 10:00 PM

5/10: small overpair 3-way.

Villain is aggro reg running 35/28/5 over small sample. I saw him c/r a paired flop and then fold to a shove getting good odds at another table 5...

Started by pocketfours, 05-09-2008 01:09 AM
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05-09-2008 09:59 PM

Weak overpair OOP

I hate these spots. No stats on villain, the recent Ongame upgrade has fucked the site up and it's so hard to run PAHUD on it. He's a station for...

Started by Galapogos, 05-07-2008 05:29 PM
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05-09-2008 04:04 PM

tough spot vs. reg

opp is running 16/14/4.6 Is my turn bet too small here and should I bet river? Call shove? Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed) Full-Tilt...

Started by kapilalink, 05-08-2008 01:36 AM
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05-09-2008 03:09 PM

2 things...

that tilt me so fucking much when I play HU 1) Getting value from TP OOP when I flat pf 2) F*&$ing di£$heads who always call my cbets when I...

Started by Irisheyes, 03-27-2008 01:42 AM
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05-09-2008 01:02 PM

Couple more hands

Opp is a 30/25/2 who calls my infrequent 3-bets about 50% (maybe less). Hand 1) POKERSTARS GAME #17285820823: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) -...

Started by chardrian, 05-08-2008 12:11 PM
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05-09-2008 12:58 PM

tryin' to learn

so ive been noticing the massive amounts of money people are making playing HU, so im going to try to learn how to be a better hu player. here is a...

Started by will641, 05-08-2008 01:03 PM
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05-09-2008 12:25 PM

Gonna give HU Sng Exclusive a try..

Hi, I think I'm a decent HU player without much experience, but I enjoy it and (from what I have seen) I'm sure I can 60% beat $5 and $10 at PS....

Started by Manners, 03-02-2008 04:53 PM
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05-09-2008 12:14 PM

Hi HSNL, I bring the old KK, A flops (3/6, 140BBs BB vs UTG)

UTG is a reg running 23/17/2.5. I've been playing like 30/25 iso-raising and iso-3-betting the SB fish alot (for reference my 3b % was 18), and UTG's...

Started by Halv, 05-08-2008 05:02 PM
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05-09-2008 12:12 PM

QJsooted 3-way 3-bet pot

Three-bettor is solid Tagg who could be 3-betting light here because I have opened the last 4 hands in a row. SB is a slightly-passive donkey so...

Started by JL, 05-06-2008 09:27 PM
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05-09-2008 05:22 AM

Gross River Spot vs Spewy Lagg

Villain is 31/21/6 after 150 hands and is quite aggro and spewy. His line makes no sense. His river raise looks quite bluffy. Thoughts? ...

Started by JL, 05-07-2008 08:08 PM
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05-08-2008 04:37 PM

$100NL - 2nd pair party

Full ring donk goes 6max. #1 Unkown villian, he seems not very good tho. I think his range is polarized to QT or missed diamonds, less likely are...

Started by XTR1000, 05-08-2008 01:40 PM
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05-08-2008 04:27 PM

Ruh roh char's dabbling at heads up cash

Hand 1: Am I supposed to just jam this pre? villain is a 48/45/9 who likes to 3 bet a lot, but this is his first 4 bet - he has been about 50%...

Started by chardrian, 05-07-2008 01:30 AM
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05-08-2008 03:45 PM

5/10 - weird preflop spot - what's our calling range?

-UTG+1 is a pretty uncreative player overall, and has shown to be pretty passive in the past. My numbers on him long term are 19/9ish, but today he's...

Started by griffey24, 05-07-2008 11:40 PM
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05-08-2008 02:28 PM

100NL: SB vs BB: overpair and 150 deep

villain was 23/20/4 (200 hands) I decided to trap with KK here. I believe that villain will call with dominated hands here such as TT/QQ and maybe...

Started by jimmy44, 05-08-2008 08:04 AM
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05-08-2008 11:56 AM

100NL: River push by a station

Poker Room skin No Limit Holdem Ring game Blinds: $0.50/$1 5 players Seat 1: BU ($339.25 in chips) Seat 2: SB ($45.35 in chips) Seat 4: BB...

Started by jimmy44, 05-08-2008 07:47 AM
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05-08-2008 11:44 AM

Situation that I struggle with

Villain = Tagg running 22/18. Let's assume we have no reads on villain other than that, and we haven't tangled at all with him yet. Our image is...

Started by JL, 05-07-2008 06:01 PM
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05-08-2008 07:38 AM

Official FTR BE A BALLA Challenge Registration Thread

Here's the deal : Important stuff -each participant has until May 1st to send 250$ to gabe on...

Started by Genitruc, 04-14-2007 07:40 PM
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05-08-2008 04:30 AM

Who likes this?

comments on anything are fine but my the main point is the river. Original raiser is like 26/13/2 and the other is like 20/15/2. Don't have pertinent...

Started by Numbr2intheWorld, 05-03-2008 12:13 AM
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05-08-2008 03:24 AM

3bet pot wierd spot

Villain is a very good hand reader. We've 3bet each other quite a few times up to now, but nothing crazy. He's obviously not folding anything better...

Started by Alexos, 12-07-2007 10:01 PM
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05-08-2008 01:48 AM

The cheap 3-bet

This is a general philosophical point stemming from a hand I played just now. Quick version: me and villain have full stacks; I'm semi-laggy,...

Started by dalecooper, 05-07-2008 10:42 PM
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05-07-2008 10:42 PM

QQ played passive

This guys a 20/18 multitablin reg. I'd been 3 betting him light in previous pots on a different table on which i stacked him. So i wasnt quite sure...

Started by AnTman_69, 05-07-2008 03:52 AM
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05-07-2008 09:08 PM

Rivered FH - shove or check it down?

Villian was 33/10 over 100 hands - and a minor multi tabler. Button has been playing very loose - so any decent cards had good implied odds hence the...

Started by paulwright, 05-07-2008 12:52 PM
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05-07-2008 09:07 PM

Standardo?

1) Good TAG 23/18/aggro opens pot OTB at 2/5 6max. I flat 8:club:8:heart: in the SB, BB folds. Pot ($38.5): J:club:4:diamond:2:heart: I check,...

Started by Irisheyes, 05-07-2008 05:22 AM
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05-07-2008 07:31 PM

Thin river shove, who likes it?

Villain is a very good and solid high stakes HU reg who I'm playing for fun. He is running 50/40/3.1. My stats are 60/50/3.8. PokerStars No-Limit...

Started by pocketfours, 05-04-2008 12:40 PM
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05-07-2008 06:39 PM

AA deep

villain here is a fish. not sure what his stats are cause my hud is really glitchy for some reason, and doesnt show stats frequently. i stacked him...

Started by will641, 05-07-2008 02:03 AM
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05-07-2008 05:46 PM

A year on

I was thinking the other day about what it is I need to improve most in my game over the next year, and started thinking about what I had improved...

Started by Toadstool, 05-07-2008 10:43 AM
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05-07-2008 02:36 PM

Should I have got away from this?? 25NL QQ

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (5 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) UTG ($25) MP ($18.80)...

Started by sil693, 05-07-2008 08:46 AM
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05-07-2008 09:03 AM

99 played passively in 3-way pot

No hand history but this is really close to what happened. .25/.50 NL, full table. I was the big blind with a full stack and this hand: :9d:...

Started by dalecooper, 05-06-2008 10:31 PM
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05-07-2008 08:46 AM

100NL: 3bet pot - How to extract the most value?

Poker Room skin No Limit Holdem Ring game Blinds: $0.50/$1.00 5 players Seat 2: BB ($482.85 in chips) Seat 3: UTG ($127.60 in chips) Seat 4: MP...

Started by jimmy44, 05-07-2008 07:10 AM
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05-07-2008 08:25 AM

2/4 River checkraisin'

Guy is 24/18 and decent. Preflop I certainly vary. I'm TAG PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $4 BB (6 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from...

Started by Deanglow, 05-03-2008 04:16 PM
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05-07-2008 06:38 AM

Rivered two pair versus donk

Villain is a donkey, who I don't have much history with. Ten hands earlier, he called my 3-bet with KTs and called down every street on a T96 9 8...

Started by JL, 05-06-2008 06:59 PM
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05-07-2008 05:06 AM

100NL: AKs - 86BB call on big PF on pot

villain was 19/13/3 (50 hands). He definitively does not have KK+. MP was a station but he would not call his stack with an average hand. Back to...

Started by jimmy44, 05-06-2008 09:11 AM
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05-07-2008 03:45 AM

combo draw..incorrect to call ?

Couldnt fold my royal flush draw.......Just wanted to know if a call here is right or wrong. Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed)...

Started by AnTman_69, 05-07-2008 02:41 AM
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05-07-2008 03:20 AM

100NL: OESD against 2 opps

Poker Room skin No Limit Holdem Ring game Blinds: $0.50/$1 5 players Seat 1: BU ($191.50 in chips) Seat 6: SB ($128.15 in chips) Seat 8: BB...

Started by jimmy44, 05-03-2008 07:50 AM
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05-07-2008 03:18 AM

Donk river call?? = 10NL.

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

Started by sil693, 04-29-2008 11:23 AM
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05-06-2008 11:47 PM

3/6nl weekly update

3/6nl weekly update since 3-18-08

Started by storman99, 03-26-2008 02:19 PM
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05-06-2008 08:46 PM

2/4nl weekly update

If you feel like moving up Here is 2/4nl (6max) since 3-20-08 90 to 95% coverage.

Started by storman99, 03-25-2008 10:29 PM
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05-06-2008 07:22 PM

5-10nl weekly update

5-10nl weekly update since 3-18-08

Started by storman99, 03-26-2008 02:33 PM
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05-06-2008 07:18 PM

Top pair 3bet pot. Anyone ever fold here?

Villain = 21/17/2.5; no other reads. I have Taggy stats. Poker Room skin No Limit Holdem Ring game Blinds: $1/$2 4 players Converter

Started by JL, 05-06-2008 03:09 AM
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05-06-2008 03:44 PM

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