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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

50nl 3bet pot AK

opp was abit of a donk like 60/40. i dont expect him to stack off without a hand so i give him some rope. wud u play same or should i just valuetown...

Started by Da GOAT, 07-17-2008 06:20 AM
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07-18-2008 05:18 AM

2/4 HU line check

So I just sat down with some guy, I've seen him before so I know he's a reg. Don't know much else. It was s00ted so I threebet. All streets comments...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 07-16-2008 01:13 PM
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07-17-2008 09:45 PM

10nl TPTK Turn Decision

Villain is 45/18/1.3 (11) The turn decision I saw as raise or fold because of the stack sizes left if I had just called. I wasn't thrilled about...

Started by Lucix, 07-17-2008 03:30 PM
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07-17-2008 06:12 PM

2/4: 230BB deep, sick river

Pretty early in a deep stack game. Villain has played very solidly so far and seems good and aggro. Both have a good image. Villain thought for a...

Started by pocketfours, 07-16-2008 08:05 PM
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07-17-2008 04:38 PM

AQs in the BB

assume no reads on anyone. $1/$2 No Limit Holdem 6 players Converted at weaktight.com Stacks: UTG ($48.56) UTG+1 ($212.92) CO ($86.36)

Started by |~|ypermegachi, 07-16-2008 06:38 PM
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07-17-2008 03:12 PM

back into HU 2/4

Early in match, villain seems kind of tight. This is my 2nd 3bet, first he has called. I haven't been to aggressive and he always minraises preflop....

Started by Deanglow, 07-17-2008 12:17 AM
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07-17-2008 02:15 PM

Adjusting to paticular leak

I recently played versus a player who folded to threebets a large % of the time, and when he did not fold he would 4bet. He opened about 60% of his...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 07-16-2008 09:40 PM
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07-17-2008 01:54 PM

was this just plain spew?

Vil was 20/11/1.6. Didn't get much from him flatting my 3-b pre from the button. On the flop raise, I had his range at a TPTK/TPGK + maybe combo, JT...

Started by sarbox68, 07-17-2008 02:26 AM
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07-17-2008 12:07 PM

Good semi bluff by villain?

Not sure why I'm not fully stacked, and this kinda f*cks up the play for me....but I think its a relativly interesting spot. I raised 5x the blind...

Started by WillburForce, 07-17-2008 05:27 AM
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07-17-2008 11:26 AM

question on small stack 3bet shove

This just happened: open utg 4xbb with KQs folded to SB who shoves his small stack, about 20bb no reads on villain i fold and got me to...

Started by asdpikas, 07-17-2008 05:08 AM
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07-17-2008 10:27 AM

I play bad Heads-up

HU SnG with no blind increases. My opponent is tight, passive and straight forward. I'm pretty much chipping away at him and he really hasn't...

Started by Fnord, 05-19-2008 04:25 AM
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07-17-2008 04:49 AM

10NL - JJ overpair vs loose maniac

V 61/25/2.65@100 ATB 43% and his W$WSD was lol 30%. Just want a sanity check; PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (4 handed) Poker-Stars...

Started by sweetlemon69, 07-16-2008 07:54 PM
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07-16-2008 09:26 PM

Seems really really standard

Villain is on huge tilt. He's been making a few calls where I am just value towning the hell out of him. He seems to call a lot of 3bets pre. He's...

Started by kmind, 05-14-2008 03:42 PM
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07-16-2008 09:24 PM

Std situation: A big draw on turn after CR

Villain has been aggro and is 33/18/2 over a small sample of 30 hands. The only real hand we've been involved in was my 3betting his CO raise then...

Started by Silly String, 07-16-2008 02:11 PM
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07-16-2008 04:15 PM

KK no goot?

ride is your average TA (13/7/2 - 130 hands) with nothing out of line, basically bets when he has something and folds when he doesn't bon3 is a ...

Started by frosst, 07-12-2008 09:27 PM
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07-16-2008 04:15 PM

trips.. facing river c/r - 2/5 pounds

-Villain in this hand is Pard01 on crypto and is definitely one of the better regs on the site -He plays higher stakes pretty often, so he's...

Started by griffey24, 07-15-2008 01:37 PM
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07-16-2008 03:03 PM

Overpair on multiway dry flop

UTG+1 is a really good 24/20/3.8 and the caller is a loose passive fish 37/1. Do you guys lead or check here? If you check then the action goes:...

Started by Irisheyes, 07-16-2008 01:49 PM
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07-16-2008 02:07 PM

weird hand vs unknown.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (5 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) BB ($267.50) UTG...

Started by will641, 07-16-2008 12:30 AM
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07-16-2008 01:32 PM

pair +draw 200nl

Very early on in match no real reads as villain is unknown. He seems maybe nitish as he hasn't been opening very many buttons at all. I have been...

Started by meeloche, 06-04-2008 01:10 AM
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07-16-2008 01:16 PM

How to handled bottom pair

I was wondering on how you guys deal with a hand like A2s on a K82r board, both IP and OOP. Say when we're IP we raised preflop and when OOP we...

Started by elipsesjeff, 07-15-2008 01:56 AM
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07-16-2008 01:06 PM

3bet pot, set on river, heavy straight board.

V is 23/8/2@90 ATS 20%. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format:...

Started by sweetlemon69, 07-15-2008 04:57 PM
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07-16-2008 12:53 PM

TPGK oop when draw hits on turn

At the time villian was 50/13 with a low aggression factor. My Question is, is this std vs a weak opponent. Or is bet folding the turn and bet...

Started by noble007, 07-15-2008 01:22 PM
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07-16-2008 06:54 AM

What do regs have when they flat 4-bets?

This expert move is not in my arsenal, so I'm at a loss to put him on a range. I'm guessing it's quite strong since I'm utg and he hasn't seen me...

Started by zook, 07-15-2008 03:13 PM
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07-16-2008 01:19 AM

400nl HU big bluff

Opp is pretty nitty reg who doesnt bluff much at all and plays a pretty standard game. He raises probably 85% of Buttons and doesn't play OOP at all....

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 06-10-2008 03:23 PM
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07-15-2008 11:12 PM

Three barrel bluff

He's 27/15 over ~20 hands. If I haven't seen him before it probably means he's bad. This is probably pretty bad and usually I live and die by the...

Started by Irisheyes, 07-15-2008 02:15 PM
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07-15-2008 02:40 PM

Why me?

Villain #1 is a total unknown who just sat. Villain #2 is a mediocre semi-LAgg who doesn't play very well but doesn't ever do anything that unusual...

Started by dalecooper, 07-14-2008 05:29 PM
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07-15-2008 02:34 PM

Marginal spot in rr pot vs lagg

Villain is running very aggro (something like 30/25). I've seen him rr random suited junk from the blinds quite a bit but shut down when scare...

Started by Genitruc, 07-13-2008 12:21 AM
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07-15-2008 02:29 PM

Do you suffer from CFDS?

Warning: Long and math involved. So I suffer from completed flush draw syndrome. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) Poker-Stars...

Started by holdin2, 07-10-2008 10:54 PM
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07-15-2008 02:25 PM

TP+OESFD 200bb's deep.. facing turn heat

-villain in this hand is riddimAce on crypto, and he runs 22/19/2.7, who's won at SD is 53% over a pretty big sample -I haven't really ever gotten...

Started by griffey24, 07-14-2008 06:50 PM
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07-15-2008 01:22 PM

4 bet pot : 2 pair yay or nay

This is the 1st time I've 4-bet him. We have been tangling a ton, mainly with him playing tight oop (he’s only rr me and he’s 3 betting pretty...

Started by Genitruc, 07-15-2008 06:07 AM
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07-15-2008 01:11 PM

Turn Play w Nuterooskiz

Villain is unknown, def only playing 1 table… probably very random late-night donk. He snap-called preflop and flop. What’s my best line on the...

Started by Genitruc, 07-11-2008 04:04 AM
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07-15-2008 11:50 AM

pot odds shmot odds, am I EVER good here?

-villain in this hand is Marie1965 -Haven't played much with him, but over a smallish sample of 1k hands seems decent at least ( nothing too...

Started by griffey24, 07-14-2008 06:58 PM
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07-15-2008 11:32 AM

What do you think of these plays: 10NL

Hand 1: villain is 27/17/4.7, solid enough regular Looking back at the hand I actually think he had the same hand as me PokerStars No-Limit...

Started by xptboy, 07-14-2008 11:52 PM
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07-15-2008 10:57 AM

100NL NFD - Best way to play?

Here's a spot I havent mastered yet. I know that I should c/r my nut draws some of the time, but I don't know if getting it in is the best play. ...

Started by freechus9, 07-14-2008 10:44 PM
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07-15-2008 02:01 AM

Welcome: Me

Greetings forum regulars and irregulars I suppose. I'm a long time sng player, grinding up from the micros to a roll just shy of 10k. Now I'm...

Started by FlyingSaucy, 07-11-2008 05:23 PM
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07-14-2008 10:40 PM

Lets give the table rock lots ot action on a bad turn card!

Opponent is 14/7 over 80 hands. Has yet to 3bet or really show much of any life. He got his stack going set over set for 150bb (he raised the flop...

Started by Fnord, 07-13-2008 10:17 AM
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07-14-2008 10:29 PM

KK: consider this

WARNING: FOLDING KK PRE-FLOP ARGUMENT you raise from early position. you get 3.5x re-raised. so at 25NL you raise to $1... get re-popped to...

Started by CorbinDallas, 07-11-2008 10:34 AM
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07-14-2008 10:23 PM

A question that will never be answered

Villain is LAggy (34/29/6) and I believe him to be capable of some aggressive bluffs - but that doesn't necessarily mean he was bluffing here. My...

Started by dalecooper, 07-13-2008 05:56 PM
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07-14-2008 05:37 PM

How to extract most value

Villain is relatively unknown. Stats are loose passivish. Best line to get most value from worse pairs/FD? Or should I just shut down. ...

Started by freechus9, 07-14-2008 04:11 PM
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07-14-2008 05:22 PM

theory post: ISF theorem and overbetting

I came up with this post by thinking about a recent 2-4 NL hand that I misplayed. I raised Q8s to $12 on the button, and a regular called from the...

Started by mcatdog, 05-27-2008 03:56 PM
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07-14-2008 03:54 PM

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