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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

set against a nit.. but he's raising!.. Deep

-Villain is a nit and runs about 12/9 and his AF is 1.65 -when he calls my flop raise, I'd imagine his range is JJ+, AK/AQs. I don't think JT is in...

Started by griffey24, 10-15-2007 02:06 PM
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10-16-2007 11:16 PM

Weak Overpair + $ in Pot = ???

My image isn’t the best but I’m not sure these guys are paying attention. Dood who lead the flopo is pretty unknown to me, OMG is nitty (16 10 over...

Started by Genitruc, 10-14-2007 02:19 PM
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10-16-2007 09:29 PM

HU SnG vs a thinking aggro player

My opponent is aggro and thinking. Probably a little too loose and aggro, but meh. So far he hasn't looked me up the prior 2 times I've raised...

Started by Fnord, 10-05-2007 03:45 AM
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10-16-2007 06:55 PM

ace high straight, villain pushes allin

No reads. I don't like my bet sizing at all, I get nervous on monotone flops = a leak I need to fix. Once villain pushes I figure I'm splitting at...

Started by daven, 10-16-2007 02:19 AM
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10-16-2007 05:13 PM

3 bet calling ranges from the button (action folded to you)

This is the foil of this thread: http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=60157&highlight= which is about what ranges to play from sb...

Started by mixchange, 10-04-2007 08:54 PM
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10-16-2007 04:18 PM

10/20 - AJo in 3bet pot

Villain is a 3/6 and 5/10 regular, taggy stats, wide LP raising range, aggro postflop. Not sure if he usually plays 10/20, it's possible we've chased...

Started by zook, 10-16-2007 02:14 AM
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10-16-2007 04:07 PM

worst boat vs unknown

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed) Full Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) Hero ($200) UTG ($209.60)...

Started by Numbr2intheWorld, 10-15-2007 07:23 PM
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10-16-2007 01:47 PM

5/10 - Extraction with nuts vs. fish - 150bb deep

Boring hand, but... I'm bored. CO is 42/8/1.5 over 150 hands. Obviously calls a lot pre-flop but he hasn't showdown much and I didn't see how he got...

Started by zook, 10-15-2007 08:54 PM
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10-16-2007 12:56 PM

Playing against the school

I know this sounds like whining, but hear me out because I havent found any decent posts on this topic. Recently moved from stars over to a site...

Started by euphoricism, 10-13-2007 08:53 PM
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10-16-2007 09:09 AM

Q/Q - vs 64/10

Bad bead? can you fold? ----------------------------------------------------------------...

Started by andmunn, 10-15-2007 10:31 PM
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10-16-2007 01:47 AM

i am just lost on this set

hepformayor is running 25/9 over 100 hands, hasn't 3 bet a whole bunch, and udbrky is just kind of decent 30/20 over 40 hands. My call pre flop might...

Started by will641, 10-15-2007 07:12 PM
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10-15-2007 10:04 PM

AA 3-way

Only sat down a few hands ago, no reads, I do need o bet the turn but what do I do if both call or one/both push over? PokerStars No-Limit...

Started by Muzzard, 10-14-2007 12:02 PM
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10-15-2007 09:19 PM

my biggest leak: AK

Hand 1: -villain runs about 20/10, and raises mostly TT+, AQ+ -I had been raising a lot at the table, but folding to a lot of 3-bets.. so I felt I...

Started by griffey24, 10-15-2007 01:52 PM
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10-15-2007 04:48 PM

Given that this villain is aggro and possibly good...

Is this ok? He can only rep KQ? AK seems unlikely... but possible. Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed) Full Tilt Converter Tool from...

Started by Numbr2intheWorld, 10-11-2007 08:28 PM
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10-15-2007 03:42 PM

50 NL All-in Preflop Question

I am 8,000 hands into my first $100 at Absolute, and doubled my stake quad tabling at the 0.1/0.25 NLH 6-max tables. I'm winning, but I keep seeing...

Started by Robb, 10-14-2007 01:40 PM
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10-15-2007 08:13 AM

tracking opponents success

is there a website like sharkscope.com that can track our opponents win rate, winnings, etc. for cash games instead of tourneys?

Started by will641, 10-14-2007 10:40 PM
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10-15-2007 12:13 AM

I don't understand your line...

Villain is 21/16/3.8 over ~1k hands but I have no reads. Give him credit for J9 here? Or slowplayed set? Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Holdem Ring...

Started by zook, 09-28-2007 12:55 PM
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10-14-2007 07:17 PM

Last bit of Clutter

Cpl hands of history vs 25 17 villain. hand 1 : Seat 2: gen2x0 ( $214.60 USD ) Seat 4: u4815162342 ( $297.34 USD ) Seat 5: angelo118 ( $0...

Started by Genitruc, 10-14-2007 03:45 PM
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10-14-2007 05:05 PM

FTR's Short-Handed Poker Videos

If you haven't watched these yet, please take a look and review them. If you've already watched them, please rate them. $50 NL 6-Max 4-Table with...

Started by Xianti, 10-06-2007 08:16 PM
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10-14-2007 02:08 PM

I run goot.

Not so thinly veiled brag: I have never run this sick hot in so few hands before.

Started by Silly String, 10-12-2007 11:20 PM
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10-14-2007 02:00 PM

how do i maximize value here with my set

this is against an aggro donkey. actually probably the worst player ive ever seen. somehow he ran up to $85 on a .05/.10 table. managed to lose it...

Started by will641, 10-13-2007 11:50 PM
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10-14-2007 11:07 AM

screw pot control! oh wait...

i've been taggy but on the aggro side of that (from reraising pre and cbets, no showdowns yet). villain plays 45/13 (100 hands) but seems sorta...

Started by benny999, 10-13-2007 04:26 AM
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10-14-2007 03:49 AM

KK Nice Spot

Playing HUDless and Trackerless on my new notebook so from memory : I have been punishing a loose-passive in position a ton. Since he got to...

Started by Genitruc, 10-13-2007 04:38 PM
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10-14-2007 02:55 AM

Some hands from tonight

I didn't get to play as much I liked today and I was 6 tabling. No real good reads on any specific opponents but I played at looser tables. Please...

Started by kmind, 10-13-2007 11:49 PM
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10-14-2007 02:51 AM

flopped monster, how to max return?

Check the flop and hope someone bets into me on the turn? Bet pot? half-pot? thoughts? Prima Network No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) BB...

Started by daven, 10-13-2007 09:48 PM
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10-13-2007 11:42 PM

A-Ko 200NL

Villain is a 15/10 regular. Not sure that he would percieve me as playing unusually, since i have ran some bluffs and shown down a reasonable amount...

Started by Vi-Zer0Skill, 10-13-2007 02:28 AM
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10-13-2007 09:21 PM

5/10 - AK vs. two loose passives

UTG is 30/9/1 over 170 hands. More post-flop stats that might be relevant if the sample size weren't so small are 20% WTSD and 33% river aggression...

Started by zook, 10-13-2007 04:44 PM
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10-13-2007 06:37 PM

Ive induiced a push, now i call right? (deep)

Opp is 18/17 over 500~ Plays 3/6 also at least, havent seen him slumming it at 1/2 and he is pretty much unkown we havent tangled. Right, this is...

Started by Miffed22001, 10-09-2007 04:08 PM
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10-13-2007 06:04 PM

to shove or not to shove...

POKERSTARS GAME #12593383232: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.05/$0.10) - 2007/10/12 - 21:50:39 (ET) Table 'Fraternitas II' 6-max Seat #2 is the button Seat...

Started by will641, 10-12-2007 10:08 PM
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10-13-2007 06:00 PM

K-K 200NL

Villain is a decent TAG 200/400NL regular. Besides having played with each other before i have been aggressive at this table, so it's possible he...

Started by Vi-Zer0Skill, 10-13-2007 04:31 PM
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10-13-2007 05:51 PM

AK played wrong?

Hi, I think AK is one of my weaker areas of the game, feel free to check through and let me know if I played badly. (In this case I hit flush draw...

Started by Manners, 10-12-2007 09:27 AM
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10-13-2007 03:46 PM

Simple hand, played right?

Villain is 25/25 over small sample and new to my table. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from...

Started by Silly String, 10-12-2007 03:36 PM
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10-13-2007 03:33 PM

TPTK in family pot.

i think the min raise was from a somewhat tight person? should i have led this flop or is it good as played. PokerStars Game #12592019238: ...

Started by will641, 10-12-2007 10:07 PM
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10-13-2007 03:18 PM

i'm confused

i cant remember my thoughts on villain here. so, i guess assume no reads other than he's playing in a lot of hands, and i have at least noticed that...

Started by Chopper, 10-11-2007 10:32 AM
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10-12-2007 11:13 PM

Aggroish donk and i have aboat, but this is a fold right?

This guys on my buddy list, I haven't played with him in a long time. He is 42/20/2 over 600 hands. My notes on him say calls a pf raise with any...

Started by thizzSantaCruz, 10-12-2007 02:21 AM
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10-12-2007 05:15 PM

I can't fold a boat

With all the broadways, can I figure a river fold here? Villain is 64/14/4 over 30+ hands FWIW. I thought he would bet this flop if checked to...

Started by Silly String, 10-12-2007 03:57 PM
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10-12-2007 05:13 PM

NL Concept TP+FD, best line?

A very tight player opens UTG to 4bbs and I flat in the BB with :9h: :Th: Flop (8bbs) :Tc: :6h: :3h: What's our best line against this player's...

Started by bigspenda73, 10-12-2007 12:56 AM
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10-12-2007 05:09 PM

KK deep, scared money

Villain is a normal 100NL donk Eff. stacks 190BB or so... How did I do? ParaDogs posts Small Blind $0.50 hafaia posts Big Blind $1 ...

Started by Ash256, 10-10-2007 06:18 PM
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10-12-2007 03:28 PM

double check raise...uhh value bluff?

villain's tag. i've rr pre and c/r the flop a decent amount but overall playing solidly. what's the best line on the turn? Ultimate Bet...

Started by benny999, 10-05-2007 01:18 AM
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10-12-2007 10:56 AM

HU SnG vs Tight/Weak thinking player

I've been the more aggro player. I lost a bit looking him up a couple times light on the river in spots where I induce bluffs from the usual aggro...

Started by Fnord, 10-05-2007 03:43 AM
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10-12-2007 10:50 AM

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