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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

Raise or fold?

Villain is like 24/18 TAG who doesn't really 'get it' and doesn't adjust very well to my aggression. I like to fuck with him a good bit, RRing him IP...

Started by Irisheyes, 04-19-2008 03:45 PM
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04-19-2008 07:39 PM

Hmn strange spot

This is my first button at this table, I don't know anyone. Comments on all streets appreciated. Note stacks. $0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem 6...

Started by Ash256, 04-19-2008 08:49 AM
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04-19-2008 02:17 PM

Saucey?

BB is a loose/passive fish SB is an aggro TAG. He has been reraising me pretty relentlessly, in and OOP, over the course of the session. I've been...

Started by Irisheyes, 04-19-2008 08:24 AM
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04-19-2008 12:01 PM

superchristmas nuts

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) MP ($128) CO ($227.45)...

Started by mixchange, 04-18-2008 06:15 PM
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04-19-2008 03:03 AM

This could be standard

Villain is 19/12 over smallish sample, and might be a regular. His timing for his raises was quick but not insta. I have an aggro image running...

Started by meeloche, 04-14-2008 11:44 PM
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04-18-2008 11:18 PM

Overpair in a weird spot

Both players involved in this hand were unpredictable. Button was semi-LAggy but hadn't done anything too donkish. SB was a very loose and erratic...

Started by dalecooper, 04-17-2008 10:15 PM
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04-18-2008 06:56 PM

semibluff shove

Villian runs 54/23/2 and Ive seen him show down some really retarded hands and make some strange, but strong, bluffs.His range is like Qx, JJ-22, and...

Started by Schiplt, 04-17-2008 07:52 PM
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04-18-2008 12:06 PM

2 similar spots calling flop raises OOP

heres 2 hands where i raise in EP, cbet and call a flop raise on drawy boards. hand 1: villain is 30/20/2 over 35 hands. i feel like i have to...

Started by bode, 04-17-2008 11:14 PM
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04-18-2008 11:48 AM

$100 line check

Hey guys, I've been gone for awhile, but am back; just wanted a sanity check on this line. Villain just sat down a few orbits ago and won his...

Started by stuck, 04-16-2008 10:56 PM
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04-18-2008 03:25 AM

400NL - KK against habitual 3-bettor

Opp has been running like 38/14/3 over about 150 hands so no real reads. However, he has been 3-betting me and others a lot in position. I have seen...

Started by silu73, 04-16-2008 02:03 AM
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04-17-2008 11:29 PM

50NL two pair on turn but want to fold now

No real reads. $0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem 6 players Converted at weaktight.com Stacks: UTG ($50.60) UTG+1 ($50.25) Hero ($49.25)

Started by kmind, 04-17-2008 11:43 AM
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04-17-2008 09:50 PM

Sometimes I am an aggro donk

Hand #1: Opponent is running 20/16/3.4 over 400 hands. What do you guys think about the shove? Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed)...

Started by kapilalink, 04-17-2008 07:58 PM
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04-17-2008 09:31 PM

Can a poker site "go under"?

So this is probably (see: definitely) in the wrong forum, but its the only forum I really post in and thought it would get the most views. Feel free...

Started by griffey24, 03-01-2008 11:18 AM
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04-17-2008 03:52 PM

QQ Bluff

Am I allowed to do this after I check the turn? Villain is running 30/15, not terribly aggro. We don’t have any crazy history. Fwiw I can show up...

Started by Genitruc, 04-16-2008 04:30 AM
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04-17-2008 12:25 PM

Don't mess with me man, I have my donkin' shoes on

Played well? No read on villain as I've been on the table a short time - stack came from smacking a guy's Ax with KK very early. I have so few...

Started by dalecooper, 04-16-2008 07:40 PM
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04-17-2008 11:17 AM

First day at 50nl, A couple hands

1) I sat down at this table like 2 mins ago and have 8 hands on opp, who over those 8 hands was running 50/37/2, and no reads. Should I have raised...

Started by Schiplt, 04-16-2008 11:02 PM
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04-17-2008 12:44 AM

uber homo

Opponent is playing 28 18 2 over 116 hands. I have no past history with him.... unfortunately. You guys think there is any better way I could have...

Started by kapilalink, 04-16-2008 10:34 PM
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04-17-2008 12:40 AM

pitch or ship

villain is running 27/15 over small sample. I have isoded his sb in this fashion 2 times. The first he folded the second he called and c/f a flop....

Started by meeloche, 04-14-2008 11:47 PM
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04-16-2008 11:06 PM

Gay 2/4 turn spot and two goofy 3/6 hands

1. Notice stacks. Villain is a good reg running 25/21/3.6 over 400 hands. he 3bets a lot o.o.p. Seat 1: sepnewsr75 ($232.10 in chips) Seat 2:...

Started by nutsinho, 04-15-2008 02:05 PM
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04-16-2008 04:05 PM

AK hits in 3 bet pot vs lagg

villain is 22/20/4 over about 200 hands here and there. i know hes not lag, but hes at teh end of the tag spectrum. no specific reads. given how...

Started by will641, 04-14-2008 12:03 PM
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04-16-2008 02:17 PM

Anoying river raise

Opponent is playing 29/12/1 over 113 hands I felt somewhat lost after my bet on the river. Maybe a check call would be better? Should I have bet...

Started by kapilalink, 04-15-2008 09:34 PM
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04-16-2008 01:14 AM

My Luck Graph, and Multi-Tabling

I took and couple of months off Poker, and cashed out most of my roll to spend in the real world. I then came back, rebuilt it, got my head around...

Started by DJJunkPauds, 04-15-2008 05:42 AM
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04-15-2008 08:03 PM

too thin vs. fish?

i doubt he has a K, but i think it would be retarded to bet and not shove cause he has like 3/5 pb left on river. i cant remember stats cause poker...

Started by will641, 04-14-2008 09:33 PM
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04-15-2008 03:43 PM

AA verse station

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) BB ($4.80) Hero...

Started by piitb, 04-14-2008 10:09 PM
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04-15-2008 01:33 PM

Easy fold right?

He has a flush or a boat right? I just got unlucky on the river i suppose, i dont think hes betting 3 dollars because he thinks im weak due to the...

Started by shortspacepoker, 04-14-2008 03:16 PM
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04-15-2008 01:02 PM

Hand from last night - good? bad? meh?

No hand history but I remember the details well. Villain is sort of nitty and tends to be weak post-flop. I've floated a hand on him successfully...

Started by dalecooper, 04-15-2008 09:58 AM
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04-15-2008 12:55 PM

24H 16-tabling tomorrow! And some analysis help

After running bad on NL100, i moved down to NL50 and ran even worse there. So now im down again to NL20 where i do just fine... Im not a horrible...

Started by ZwiFT, 04-10-2008 11:12 AM
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04-15-2008 12:51 PM

100nl, turn top two, play for stacks?

Thoughts? today, one of my first twenty hands at 100nl. I'll start buying in full shortly... Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (6 handed)...

Started by daven, 04-14-2008 08:51 AM
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04-15-2008 11:48 AM

EV calculation

Hey, I'm kinda struggling with EV calculations. I want to know if the turn cal is +EV assuming I stack him everytime I hit my outs. If he has a...

Started by Muzzard, 04-08-2008 07:21 PM
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04-14-2008 11:52 AM

Christ... it's like Party poker on PS right now

If anyone is thinking of taking a shot, do it now. 5/10 is a total joke right now.

Started by Numbr2intheWorld, 04-14-2008 10:22 AM
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04-14-2008 11:15 AM

My Favorite hand EVER!

PokerStars Game #2525393527: Tournament #10017950, Hold'em Pot Limit - Level XIX (8000/16000) - 2005/09/08 - 01:25:19 (ET) Table '10017950 365' Seat...

Started by Demiparadigm, 09-08-2005 06:10 AM
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04-14-2008 09:27 AM

possible spew alert

1) Villain is 27/14 seems like he likes to call most 3 bets. He has a 28% attempt to steal. This is not the first time he's being 3 bet however the...

Started by meeloche, 04-11-2008 03:40 PM
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04-14-2008 09:22 AM

AK flop decision 25NL

I feel he cant c/r both of us with less than AK here, right? $0.1/$0.25 No Limit Holdem 6 players Converted at weaktight.com Profiles and...

Started by Muzzard, 04-13-2008 07:51 PM
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04-14-2008 03:36 AM

BvB vs relative unknown 10nl

Opp has been quite at table and Ive seen nothing much from him. he has played some hands but nothing i remember. Whats your line on turn which...

Started by Da GOAT, 04-12-2008 11:36 AM
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04-14-2008 03:32 AM

Is this an acceptable squeeze?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (4 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) UTG ($2.65) Button...

Started by piitb, 04-13-2008 10:16 PM
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04-14-2008 01:23 AM

AA turn fold 25NL

Superstandard or weak? $0.1/$0.25 No Limit Holdem 6 players Converted at weaktight.com Profiles and Stacks: UTG ($25.55) 5.1/3.4/1.0 (59)...

Started by Muzzard, 04-13-2008 03:36 PM
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04-13-2008 11:45 PM

5/10 HU against creative

I'm playing creative HU because he is just not able to play against complete overaggression. He plays really "balanced" but too tight against...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 04-12-2008 02:14 PM
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04-13-2008 08:53 PM

Should I be here in the first place?

Hi guys any help is appreciated. Are these okay or should i just always be avoiding these spots 100% of the time and not mixing it up this much at...

Started by Carroters, 04-13-2008 12:20 PM
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04-13-2008 01:59 PM

Mono flops

This is gonna be pretty open ended/possibly dumb but I just wanted to get everyone's opinions on monotone flops as I feel that they represent a very...

Started by Irisheyes, 04-11-2008 07:51 PM
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04-13-2008 01:59 PM

Fish for dinner?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) BB ($7.50) UTG ($6.35)...

Started by piitb, 04-12-2008 03:10 PM
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04-13-2008 01:59 PM

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