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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

Give me a range 400NL

Guy here is a terrible 35/20 raising lots and insta-calling every 3bet regardless of amount or position. I stacked him earlier when I reraised AK in...

Started by Deanglow, 05-06-2008 02:05 AM
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05-06-2008 03:31 PM

T9s bluff vs. lame reg

Villain was an 18/15 miserable reg; didn't seem out to get anyone or do anything special whatsoever (250 hands). I felt his range by the time he...

Started by Ash256, 05-06-2008 08:03 AM
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05-06-2008 02:26 PM

100NL: QQ 3bet flop

Poker Room skin No Limit Holdem Ring game Blinds: $0.50/$1 6 players Seat 2: CO ($41.45 in chips) Seat 3: BU ($149.80 in chips) Seat 4: SB...

Started by jimmy44, 05-03-2008 07:43 AM
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05-06-2008 01:20 PM

KQ vs. unknown oop, river line

what is the optimal line here. comments on other streets welcome as well. my thinking here is c/f>block>anything else. although i think its close...

Started by will641, 05-05-2008 01:15 PM
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05-06-2008 12:46 PM

Bet into trouble, bet out on river: 25nl

Villain is 66/3/1 over 100 hands. Have note "Small bet rvr = wk made hand." Blinds are tight, and I've stolen them several times this session. ...

Started by Robb, 05-01-2008 11:22 PM
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05-06-2008 11:32 AM

Bet sizing problem

Villain is 18/16/2 TAGG who I've seen fold his opening raises two different 3bets, one of which was mine. So the 3bet that gets me into stack size /...

Started by Robb, 05-05-2008 07:57 PM
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05-06-2008 08:42 AM

TPTK YAY!

the min better is just some idiot, and the open shover is basically unknown, prelim stats 20/12/1.5. easy fold right? PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em,...

Started by will641, 05-04-2008 03:33 PM
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05-05-2008 10:07 PM

In Which Hero Scratches his Head

Eff stacks of 380$ I had 60ish hands on villain and had him at 27/17 with low AF on flop but high on turn riv (obv meh sample…). No notable...

Started by Genitruc, 05-04-2008 06:30 AM
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05-05-2008 06:14 PM

Goofy situation vs. short stack

Sorry for lack of hand history - the hand converter just turns this into limit so I gave up on it. Situation: .25/.50 pot limit hold 'em. I am the...

Started by dalecooper, 05-03-2008 12:49 PM
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05-05-2008 03:46 PM

A concept I don't understand

Assume 100BB effective stacks, 6max NLH. Situation 1: Villain (MP) has A:h:K:s:, Hero (BTN) has 5:d:5:c:. Villain raises 4x, hero raises to 12x,...

Started by minSim, 05-04-2008 06:59 AM
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05-05-2008 03:39 PM

3/6 deep AA against donk

Villain is terrible 40/12/.8, doing a lot of open limping and minraising flops. He had 6d7d in this hand. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $6 BB (6...

Started by Deanglow, 05-04-2008 12:33 AM
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05-05-2008 02:28 PM

Strange hand v. loose passive

Vill is 65/30/1.3/84. I have a note on him that sez "donkbets weak w/weak" PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) Poker-Stars Converter...

Started by donnybaker, 05-02-2008 02:26 PM
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05-04-2008 04:34 PM

April graphs

Ran OK in April but not optimally. Still better than break even March though. 1/2 and 2/4 FR, HU and 6max +$3k rakeback Sets have been...

Started by Deanglow, 04-30-2008 04:51 PM
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05-04-2008 03:46 AM

Flopped two pair in a BvB and it all goes Pete Tong.

No reads on villain; he's just sat down. I've been playing a pretty standard 19/16/3 game. Hmm, can't find a decent converter so I'll have to use...

Started by Benoso, 05-02-2008 06:35 AM
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05-04-2008 02:21 AM

AA vs nit.

villain is tight pre, 15/10/3.5. hes pretty nitty post flop in my experience. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed) Poker-Stars Converter...

Started by will641, 05-03-2008 11:36 AM
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05-03-2008 11:45 PM

3/6 - AK in 3bet pot

Villain is 25/19/3. I've seen him make a couple of bad hero calls but that's the only read I have. Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Holdem Ring game -...

Started by zook, 05-02-2008 03:15 PM
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05-03-2008 10:23 PM

Making big folds

Question. At low stakes good players often advise those who post to make big folds on occasion. The opponents they play, at least the regs, have...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 04-30-2008 01:47 PM
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05-03-2008 10:19 PM

Made Hand River Bluff

Villain hasn’t been here long but I have him at 26/22/4 over a decent sample. We have no history. Table "Dresden" Seat 5 is the button. Seat 1:...

Started by Genitruc, 05-01-2008 11:18 PM
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05-03-2008 08:18 PM

QQ vs new player shorty

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2548708 Of course you question yourself whenever you lose in poker, however I don't see what I could possibly do here...

Started by bspahn, 05-01-2008 02:18 PM
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05-03-2008 06:04 PM

Unsure with KK

Thoughts on bet sizing etc. Can we ever B/F this flop? This guy is an 8/5/2 over 100 hands. $0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem 6 players Converted at ...

Started by kmind, 04-30-2008 03:12 PM
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05-03-2008 02:59 PM

Bounce

I just had an idea I want to bounce off a few of you guys, There's a few regs in my games who fold a ton to 3bets. I would consider a ton to be...

Started by Irisheyes, 05-01-2008 06:12 PM
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05-03-2008 01:34 PM

common spot vs short stack

this isnt even a reg shorty, hes just some idiot. i find myself in situations like this frequently, and is this the best/only line to take? ...

Started by will641, 05-03-2008 10:18 AM
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05-03-2008 10:18 AM

A couple 3-bet pots

This guy runs at 38/18/3.33 over 150 hands and never folds to a 3-bet preflop. Everytime it's gone post flop he raises or folds. Should I continue to...

Started by Galapogos, 04-30-2008 04:37 PM
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05-03-2008 09:07 AM

TPTK b/f turn ok? -200NL

VIllain is 28/8/3 over 600 hands. I have not tangled with him before. No real reads despite all the hands. I felt folding flop was to weak, so i...

Started by Andypandy, 05-01-2008 04:09 PM
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05-03-2008 03:50 AM

2/4 - rivered nut flush on paired board 160bb deep

Villain is an aggro regular, running 21/19/4.3. I stacked him 150bb deep earlier this session on a big cooler (my turned str8 over his turned 2 pair...

Started by zook, 05-02-2008 08:20 PM
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05-03-2008 02:13 AM

88 river line

oponent runs 31/17/5. should i be blocking this river? villian has a PS stack infront of him... what kind of line is optimal here? Full Tilt...

Started by Schiplt, 05-02-2008 09:38 PM
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05-03-2008 12:17 AM

AQ 50NL

Few orbits in no reads and HUD hasn't popped up yet. Turn line? $0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem 6 players Converted at weaktight.com Stacks: UTG...

Started by Muzzard, 05-02-2008 11:19 AM
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05-02-2008 11:04 PM

3 bet bruff?

villain is reg, 17/13/1.8. no money reads. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (5 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com...

Started by will641, 05-02-2008 01:16 PM
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05-02-2008 08:50 PM

T8o vs TAG

I was getting tired of bleeding blinds at a relatively tight table, so I decided to open a hand for a change. I'm positive that my preflop raise was...

Started by Juked07, 04-23-2008 03:26 PM
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05-02-2008 06:52 PM

good spot for yeti theorem?

villain is lagg, 32/23/3. other than that, my only reads are that he has a pretty cool sonic the hedgehog avatar. edit: i didnt 3 bet because i...

Started by will641, 05-02-2008 02:09 AM
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05-02-2008 01:02 PM

2/4 TT

Villain 22/20, theres no postflop history but we've been 3-betting each other a fair amount, and no one has called one yet. Seat 1: Renton555...

Started by Renton, 05-01-2008 08:29 PM
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05-02-2008 01:01 PM

speaking of big folds..... 2/5 pounds

-villain is a pretty solid nitty player who runs 17/14/2.58 -his fold to river bet is 74% -The last hand we had together in this session, the table...

Started by griffey24, 05-02-2008 12:08 AM
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05-02-2008 11:33 AM

a tough hand...for me.

Um, no reads on villain. I was really lost with this....i really want to call here , but i dont think 10NL players are capable of bluff raising so...

Started by AnTman_69, 05-02-2008 01:06 AM
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05-02-2008 11:07 AM

K-Q 100NL

mjhwouters seems loose and not particularly aggressive after 50 hands. FGators is a heavy multitabling tag. flop seems like a fold, but i wonder...

Started by Vi-Zer0Skill, 04-30-2008 03:16 PM
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05-02-2008 01:28 AM

Iis unsure

Villain is running 25/12 over 60 hands. I don't have any reads on him other than stats. Preflop I usually 4 bet but against this player I didn't...

Started by meeloche, 05-02-2008 12:44 AM
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05-02-2008 12:49 AM

Line Check - $200NL 5max (2 hands)

I haven't played much short-handed lately, so I apologize if these are super standard. 1) Villain is unknown Poker Room skin No Limit Holdem...

Started by JL, 05-01-2008 04:01 PM
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05-01-2008 08:57 PM

BRAG - Running like God in my shot at 25NL

Built my BR to 650 at 10NL for a sustained shot at 25NL. Started playing 25NL earlier today. 734 hands at 47.63ptbb/100 for a profit of $174.80 ...

Started by sil693, 05-01-2008 06:59 PM
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05-01-2008 07:07 PM

trapping w/ AA

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2548688 opp is a reg 22/16, AF 2.37 his squeeze was big enough that I felt like calling with the additional hope that...

Started by bspahn, 05-01-2008 02:14 PM
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05-01-2008 04:38 PM

big draw in position

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2548720 opp: regular tagg 22/18, AF 4.6 obv on the flop if he ships I'm getting it in which I would generally expect...

Started by bspahn, 05-01-2008 02:22 PM
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05-01-2008 02:50 PM

KK Turn fold - 10NL

Standard or WEAK against 2 unknowns. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format:...

Started by sil693, 04-30-2008 11:11 PM
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05-01-2008 12:37 PM

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