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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: 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

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

Ask ISF about a bluff or bluffing

Feel free in this thread to post a hand where you bluff and ill comment, or ask me about concepts of aggression and I'll answer that too. ...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 03-21-2008 08:27 PM
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05-25-2018 07:28 PM

ilikeaces86 simple way to beat 6max NL

1. Maintain somehwere between a 15-25% vpip and 7-15% PFR. 2. Raise lots of hands in late position and fewer hands in early position. 3. Reraise...

Started by ilikeaces86, 08-24-2006 02:29 PM
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09-16-2016 10:21 AM

Sauce123's Super-Simple Guide to Beating Games Post-UIGEA

Sauce's Guide to Beating NLH 6max This is really a nod to the beautiful simplicity that was IlikeAces guide. The purpose of this guide is to...

Started by sauce123, 07-24-2007 09:22 PM
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08-29-2007 06:48 PM

Comments: Sauce123's Simple Guide to Beating SHNL

Comments re: http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/forum/poker-58095.htm Sauce, Thanks so much for posting this. Always appreciated your...

Started by mixchange, 07-24-2007 10:00 PM
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06-30-2009 11:51 AM

Lukie's PWNAGE thread

The idea for this thread is quite simple really, post a hand where you own somebody so hardcore that it makes you laugh. I need to give credit...

Started by Lukie, 08-05-2006 02:29 AM
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05-04-2007 01:01 PM

ISF Theorem

Amazingly, when I was hi yesterday from some horrible weed, I came to a breakthrough thought in my poker game. I called sauce up and explained to him...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 08-03-2007 03:42 PM
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09-22-2009 10:52 AM

fold quads

villain 21-16-6 squeezer kinda crazy flop call is cos who is scared of 4 outs thoughts? edit to add more thoughts as per Meeloche's comment...

Started by daven, 06-16-2010 04:47 PM
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01-20-2015 06:04 PM

Starting hands for 6max

Maybe this would be a good sticky for dalecooper or smackinyaup to write: What are good starting hands for 6max? When it gets down to 4-6...

Started by Dunk, 06-02-2005 02:10 PM
Replies: 30 Views: 18,077
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04-28-2009 10:07 PM

US Players Allowed [50NL] AKo...3bet pot. Turn decision and villain's range

Villain is 38/29 over 24 hands. PokerStars - $0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players Hand converted by PokerTracker 4 Hero (SB): $57.07 BB:...

Started by Cobra_1878, 06-01-2014 05:41 PM
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11-11-2014 07:37 PM

ISF's HU Cash Thoughts

After about 2 months of playing 90% HU, I have become really confident in my game and feel like I have knowledge to share about it. Initially, I...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 08-29-2007 02:20 PM
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08-04-2008 02:24 PM

Post Flat 3-bet with aces, now what?

Full Tilt, $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. Vi UTG$ 98,75...

Started by Killingperfection, 06-17-2014 07:23 PM
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11-11-2014 06:55 PM

$25 NLHE 6-max River FullHouse

No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) BB ($64.44) UTG ($25.70) MP ($15.70) Hero (CO) ($25) Button ($9.65) SB ($16.68) Preflop: Hero is CO...

Started by PokerChildKpo, 05-05-2015 10:25 AM
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03-16-2016 10:05 AM

[50NL] KK...3bet pot facing turn jam

Villain is 21/18/4 over 200 hands. FT3B 88%, 7/8. FTCB 50%. PokerStars - $0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players Hand converted by PokerTracker 4 ...

Started by Cobra_1878, 03-16-2014 07:59 AM
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11-25-2014 12:52 PM

5NL prop bet with Chopper (Updated 07/18/08)

My friend bet me $500 that I couldn't make $1200 at 5NL 6max in 100,000 hands. Gonna be close.

Started by Pythonic, 07-02-2008 01:07 PM
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10-13-2008 07:36 PM

Shortstacking 20bb's - discuss

I know there are a lot of arguments against it, but ignoring those for the time being what changes would you make to your strategy if you were trying...

Started by noble007, 12-23-2006 08:42 AM
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10-22-2007 05:29 AM

*Official FTR HU Challenge Thread* (Final 2)

$100 buy in, 32 entrants $3,200 prize pool 1st $1800 + Custom title & Icon + FTR Gear + FTR Hat 2nd $900 +FTR Gear 3rd & 4th $250...

Started by meeloche, 03-06-2009 12:27 AM
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04-20-2009 09:32 AM

**Official 2010 HU Challenge thread** (Final)

It's time for the second annual FTR HU Challenge. Payout and Prizes: 1st - $1500, Custom title, FTR Gear, FTR Hat 2nd- $800, FTR Gear...

Started by meeloche, 01-09-2010 04:07 PM
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03-11-2010 01:47 PM

Can someone 'splain to me this "click it back" thi

I've been seeing the term a lot and seen a few hand histories - I just want to hear the theory that goes into it. Thanks.

Started by dalecooper, 03-03-2008 01:40 PM
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03-22-2008 01:40 PM

Thoughts on 'Blue Book'

I considered posting this in the commune or SHNL but didn't want a bunch of busto's spamming the thread. Plus given the books cost and target market...

Started by Micro2Macro, 09-04-2010 08:01 PM
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06-02-2011 07:51 AM

Phil Hellmuth's Top 10 Hands

I have heard that Phil Hellmuth has the following as his top 10 hands in the limit section of his book: 1)AA 2)KK 3)QQ 4)AK 5)JJ 6)TT ...

Started by Eric, 12-25-2003 02:33 AM
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12-26-2003 11:22 PM

min 50bb talbes on stars?

I ended up at one of these tonight they only have a couple per limit. I liked that the min buy in was higher, but my hud didn't work at this table....

Started by meeloche, 03-16-2008 01:14 AM
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04-05-2008 02:07 PM

3b pot triple barrel line check 200NL

Small site so no HEM/HUD. Villain is a reg I am playing against for the first time. No real history with him besides standard stuff that has not...

Started by Sup3rM4N, 02-13-2016 01:18 PM
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09-16-2016 11:17 AM

Aces Pointless Rambling Thread

Here is a hand that illustrates the importance of position in NL holdem. If you have position and are willing to represent a good hand it become...

Started by ilikeaces86, 02-17-2005 11:31 AM
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04-07-2006 03:37 AM

I need some heads up tips

I've been playing in small limit tourneys and nl tourneys all night (single table) and i've been quite successfull so far, only one bad finish, one...

Started by Aceofone, 06-11-2004 06:44 AM
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06-12-2004 12:58 PM

AQ sb steal, turns nuts, facing river shove

villain is shaping up reg 32-24 over small sample so far - i haven't played much at this stake/site yet so far, 9% 3b, folded to 2/3 cbets so far,...

Started by daven, 12-08-2014 01:51 AM
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01-20-2015 10:21 AM

[50NL] AA...Mistake to chk the turn? Line check.

Villain is 25/22/10 over 177 hands. FT3B, 57%. PokerStars - $0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players Hand converted by PokerTracker 4 UTG:...

Started by Cobra_1878, 05-01-2014 03:09 PM
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11-26-2014 06:08 PM

100 zoom - tricky river c/r

villain is a reg, no hud running I believe I can take this line w/ sets and flushes, so I opted to choose KT w/ the Kc as my bluff hand. I don't...

Started by Micro2Macro, 12-04-2014 07:46 PM
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01-20-2015 10:30 AM

any questions

any questions???

Started by gabe, 03-28-2007 12:37 AM
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08-28-2007 04:32 PM

I've found the biggest leak among .5/1 and 1/2 grinders

The indepth discussion on the bet/fold and the check/call: I'd like to discuss a really simple concept that is killing your winrate. I discovered...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 06-27-2007 03:47 PM
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04-15-2009 09:15 PM

[50NL] JJ...3bet pot. Turn jam

Villain is 29/23/9 (3bet) over 401 hands. FT3B 50%. FTCB 43% PokerStars - $0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players Hand converted by PokerTracker 4...

Started by Cobra_1878, 04-29-2014 10:48 AM
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06-14-2014 03:36 PM

Deposit advice

I've got $3k to deposit on a new site - I wanna be playing 4-6 tables of 6max $100nl. I've played mainly on Betfair, but am now planning to put...

Started by WillburForce, 09-21-2010 05:05 AM
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02-02-2015 03:20 PM

TP on the river

Villain is a TAGish player, very positionally aware. Has a fairly high steal %. Preflop I thought he was making a play at me as I'd 3b in the same...

Started by renegaderob1, 03-09-2015 12:19 AM
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03-12-2015 09:24 AM

$25 NLHE 6-max: Are my kings still good here?

Not many hands on villain (74) - he is 20/12, 3% 3bet, 37% AfQ Hero (MP) ($53.97) CO ($28.74) Button ($25) SB ($25.51) BB ($25) UTG ($31.72)

Started by PokerChildKpo, 03-14-2015 01:42 PM
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03-26-2015 03:56 PM

Something I've been thinking about..

About a year ago, I was messing round with some equity calculations and stumbled across something that might be significant (Or I might have got this...

Started by Toadstool, 04-01-2011 12:20 PM
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12-08-2014 09:29 PM

100z squeezing IP getting called

Not exactly sure what villains range here looks like on the flop. Do regs flat AK here? I'm tempted to check but it seems likely he's just calling...

Started by Micro2Macro, 04-07-2015 03:08 PM
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04-23-2015 10:16 AM

Couple of river spots facing aggression 100NL

Hand 1: Villain is a fish who calls down light. I have not seen him be this agro before postflop. UTG (€216.33) Button (€100) Hero (SB)...

Started by Sup3rM4N, 10-21-2014 10:13 AM
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10-29-2014 02:04 PM

25/50 NL on stars

Discuss...

Started by ilikeaces86, 07-05-2006 03:18 AM
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08-14-2006 04:34 PM

FH facing river all in

No reads on this guy with only 25 hands. I can only assign a generic 3b 6max range here I guess which would be TT+, AQ+ for the most part at these...

Started by renegaderob1, 03-04-2015 09:23 AM
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03-13-2015 01:13 AM

100z 3bet pot co v sb - what should our range look like on river?

Okay so in this hand, I'm not sure of a few things A) how often people really take this line as a bluff B1) where I am in my range B2) what I...

Started by Micro2Macro, 04-05-2015 07:38 PM
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04-10-2015 11:05 AM

I've got a serious dilemma...

I have been into poker cashgames and MTTs since a few months, I used to play hold'em with playchips, but that was years ago. I wasn't taking it very...

Started by Lieutenant_OH7, 03-06-2017 11:13 AM
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03-14-2017 02:58 PM

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