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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 05:13 PM
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10-01-2014 02:28 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 02:59 AM
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03-25-2011 02:59 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 07:44 PM
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08-30-2010 01:09 AM

Limpers (Strategy)

I've noticed that quite a few of the players in my player pool enjoy the old limp/fold pattern. My question is, how much of a mistake are they...

Started by Ash256, 12-20-2007 05:52 PM
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12-21-2007 08:41 PM

5/10: Defend underpair?

Very common spot. Villain is a fairly decent regular running 32/22/3. He is threebetting a ton and cbets reraised pot every single time. I don't...

Started by pocketfours, 12-18-2007 11:38 AM
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12-21-2007 06:39 PM

5/10: Three passive plays

Hand 1. Villain is unknown. =========================== Seat 2: CUTOFF ($1,060.00 in chips) Seat 4: BUTTON ($1,672.00 in chips) Seat 6: HERO ...

Started by pocketfours, 12-21-2007 02:55 PM
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12-21-2007 03:26 PM

A Different kind of quiz for SHNL: Adjusting?

So everyone who reads and posts in this forum knows how to evaluate a HH, knows about preflop, knows about continuation betting and knows something...

Started by sauce123, 12-18-2007 07:22 PM
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12-21-2007 07:18 AM

QQ vs. unknown 100NL

villain is unknown, and its my first orbit. do i just shove turn or what? my thoughts here is that he is holding a 10 10 or JJ a lot here. ...

Started by will641, 12-20-2007 04:41 PM
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12-20-2007 07:05 PM

Sauce's 3bet situation

I'm sitting in BB with 22-99, good SCs or AK, AQ. Except for extremely tight pf raisers, I'm 3betting any raise in BU and CO and 3betting UTG and...

Started by bigred, 12-20-2007 03:45 PM
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12-20-2007 04:28 PM

would shoving this river be spew?

ok so villan in this hand is 21/7/3... his attempt to steal blinds is 15 and his went to showdown when saw flop is only 15. and he should view me as...

Started by EzDuzIt, 12-19-2007 09:09 PM
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12-20-2007 03:34 PM

All streets in question

all players in this hand are loosish TAGGs... actually the villain is 19/15/3, capable of bluffing (never seen him do anything too ridiculous). He's...

Started by Numbr2intheWorld, 12-19-2007 07:31 PM
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12-20-2007 03:41 AM

Turning my pair into a bluff

I was playing without stats but villain seemed taggy/nitty. When I bet the turn I'd already decided to bet most rivers. $0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem 4...

Started by Irisheyes, 12-19-2007 05:33 AM
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12-19-2007 10:22 PM

Value town?

Villain tries to play well, meaning he does consider ranges and will put moves on opponents. I saw him bluff all-in vs. a short stack a when I first...

Started by Silly String, 12-19-2007 05:38 PM
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12-19-2007 07:40 PM

Passive line from OOP TAG

Standard preflop - I isolated the BB who is a good TAG (15/8). On the flop, would you cb? What's his range? What would you do on the turn? *****...

Started by DBL0SVN, 12-18-2007 05:21 PM
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12-19-2007 06:57 PM

Repping AK/AA 3bet pot oop

What do you think of this bluff, trying to represent a hand like AK? Spew? Villian is 25/18 and stealing 35% PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25...

Started by noble007, 12-18-2007 12:47 AM
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12-19-2007 06:31 PM

KK - str draws comes in on the turn

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from (Format: Plain Text) CO ($25.25) Button ($26.80) SB ($11.40)...

Started by smoothdaddy, 12-19-2007 12:09 PM
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12-19-2007 06:29 PM

Becoming a serious winning player at micro/small stakes.

I started playing poker about a year ago playing SNG’s for a while and switched to cash games soon because I like the more mathematical approach and...

Started by minSim, 12-13-2007 03:16 PM
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12-19-2007 06:29 PM

Isolate gone bad or good?

Can I iso from UTG in this situation? Easy race on the flop, correct? I'm about 50/50. PokerStars Game #13929748519: Hold'em No Limit...

Started by Sprayed, 12-17-2007 09:10 PM
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12-19-2007 06:23 PM

NL25 - huge multiway pot

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) SB ($24.45) BB ($10)...

Started by szamvan, 12-18-2007 07:05 PM
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12-18-2007 10:21 PM

Weird PF decision vs. Tourney Donk

I was in some $5 rebuy donkament, this guy calls my preflop push for half his stack with K-rag and sucks out and says "yessss" and calls me a fish.....

Started by Ash256, 09-25-2007 12:18 AM
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12-18-2007 08:44 PM

10+.25 V.S. 20+.50

hey just wondering if there is a huge gap in skill level when moving up from 10 to 20 dollar heads up tournys? any tips on the shift?

Started by ShellShock, 10-29-2007 12:36 AM
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12-18-2007 08:25 PM

Really dumb hand

Literally the first hand of the match, but im guessing opp is donk (see stacksize). POKERSTARS GAME #12666633315: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($2/$4) -...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 10-16-2007 07:03 PM
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12-18-2007 06:51 PM

$20 + .50 sit n go heads up tourny bank roll?

i know this is a very basic question and may not be very easily answered butttt what would you guys think a decent bankroll would be for $20 heads up...

Started by ShellShock, 11-25-2007 01:29 AM
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12-18-2007 06:03 PM

Joke Of A Hand???

playin heads up quite early on into the session this happens. have i played this right, or have i just been f***ed over??? PokerStars Game...

Started by Reesy, 11-14-2007 05:16 PM
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12-18-2007 06:01 PM

J-10o 400NL

First hand. Villain seems like he is probably a donk. Is the check/raise on the turn good? I was going to c/f a non 7/10/J/Q river. PokerStars...

Started by Vi-Zer0Skill, 10-21-2007 05:46 PM
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12-18-2007 05:59 PM

3 hands versus a passive opponent 200NL

I had been playing this guy for a while without making any headway. He didn't seem great by any means, pretty passive both preflop and post flop....

Started by Irisheyes, 11-29-2007 01:53 PM
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12-18-2007 05:54 PM

50NL HU

I haven't played much HU. So just generally looking for some pointers. Hand 1 This villain had been three betting me a lot preflop and calling...

Started by Muzzard, 12-05-2007 10:52 PM
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12-18-2007 05:51 PM

QQ but don't feel comfortable

Button Fuava ($129.80) SB RoyalTribun ($21.00) BB odlan ($101.80) UTG SweGro ($96.50) UTG+1 ddadkhdvrhfwkvl ($63.84) CO Hero ($111.40) ...

Started by mike2405, 12-18-2007 08:26 AM
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12-18-2007 05:40 PM

10/20 - flopped trips top kicker - passive line

Villain is 19/14/3.9 over ~900 hands, mostly mined. He doubled up recently with KK all-in pre vs. AK. BB is a fish. Obviously I'm looking to balance...

Started by zook, 12-17-2007 04:37 PM
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12-18-2007 04:11 PM

5/10 - flopped top two, lots of action 3-way

SB is a fish, running 50/17/1.8 over ~200 hands, no specific reads, don't know what his overpot donkbet means. BB is a good, very aggro tagg, running...

Started by zook, 12-17-2007 04:44 PM
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12-18-2007 02:31 PM

fold?

whole table bar 1 of them are donkeys. problem is they call with so much crap any 2 cards are possible. 2 hands earlier i raised J-J. whole table...

Started by WillburForce, 12-18-2007 06:58 AM
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12-18-2007 09:45 AM

3-3/A-Qs 600NL

The 600NL tables were looking super soft this morning so i sat down at a couple tables. 1). Villain is a 40/12 and aggressive. Besides calling...

Started by Vi-Zer0Skill, 12-07-2007 06:32 PM
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12-18-2007 02:37 AM

Some 100NL hands.

1. Is this good vs an unknown? - oma81 sitting in seat 1 with $234.17 - thomasz sitting in seat 3 with $100.03 - ShipItH0lla sitting in seat 4...

Started by ChrisTheFish, 12-14-2007 04:14 PM
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12-18-2007 01:45 AM

a common spot that I have trouble with

Villain is unknown bought in in full and just sat down at the table this orbit. Is this standard, do I stack off here? PokerStars No-Limit...

Started by meeloche, 12-16-2007 09:55 PM
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12-17-2007 11:21 PM

HUD Stats Question

What is everyone using, the default or have you downloaded or made your own for PT?

Started by Sprayed, 12-17-2007 08:52 PM
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12-17-2007 11:02 PM

100nl AQ god I want to bluff

I've been thinking about this hand all afternoon, here's the HH: Opponent was 21/21 over 20 hands my image is TAGG. Who here likes a c/r AI? ...

Started by bigspenda73, 12-16-2007 08:06 PM
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12-17-2007 10:13 PM

Against a shorty

Do I check this flop, standard c-bet, or c-bet shove? I find myself against short stacks and don't know what to do when I get smooth called and miss...

Started by Sprayed, 12-17-2007 08:31 PM
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12-17-2007 08:50 PM

5/10: TPTK, what is our plan?

Fairly common difficult spot. Assume that villains are solid TAGs, and let's also assume that AA/KK are very unlikely. My standard preflop play with...

Started by pocketfours, 12-16-2007 08:36 AM
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12-17-2007 06:50 PM

5/10: I flopped a set damnit!

Well, I actually didn't... Cutoff is 14/22/1.5 and seems fairly decent although I haven't seen him before. My image is good. I haven't donkbet a...

Started by pocketfours, 12-14-2007 07:07 AM
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12-17-2007 02:48 PM

5/10 .. I have a bluffing problem. But how good/bad is it?

hand 1 -villain is pretty tagg 19/14/2.84 -My history with him is that he plays post flop very strong after he raises preflop, and often fires two...

Started by griffey24, 12-16-2007 01:55 PM
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12-17-2007 02:43 PM

44 good flop

What do I do here. Villain is 34/9 and folds bb about half the time. I haven't seen him check raise flops much, but I only have 80 hands on him. I...

Started by Sprayed, 12-16-2007 12:34 PM
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12-16-2007 10:17 PM

overpair 3 flush line help plz

No reads on villain except I know he's bad, couple of hands ago he did like a 6 bet all in (mostly min raises) with JJ. I really felt he was drawing...

Started by meeloche, 12-16-2007 05:04 PM
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12-16-2007 07:05 PM

i think all 3 of playing this badly?

any comments please, especially on my play. first opponent playing 40/12 . second caller similar stats. GAME #758629165: Texas Hold'em NL...

Started by clarkatroid, 12-14-2007 06:30 PM
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12-16-2007 06:14 AM

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