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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

TT on low board

Villian is 22/16 af 0.7 over 50 hands. Didnt know what to do turn, any suggestions? Thanks POKERSTARS GAME #12935789768: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT...

Started by noble007, 10-31-2007 12:23 AM
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11-01-2007 06:15 PM

Do I need to learn how to fold QQ PF? $10 NL

I've been in 2-3 similar spots last couple days. I've just started playing $10 NL. I have no choice here but push or fold right? The opp here was...

Started by eugmac, 10-26-2007 09:25 PM
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11-01-2007 04:50 PM

Everbody's fav hand, OESFD, yay!

Don't have a great read other than he is loose passive (35/5) and plays in about 1/3rd of the hands. My image is TAG and not terribly aggro, but he...

Started by Silly String, 11-01-2007 03:44 PM
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11-01-2007 04:14 PM

4 simple common situations

Assume 100bb stacks for all these, 1) 2 folds, loose/passive CO limps, button folds, SB completes we check in the BB and flop middle pair on lets...

Started by Irisheyes, 10-30-2007 04:20 PM
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11-01-2007 03:45 PM

New Idea for HS forum- Weekly (or monthly etc) Theory Thread

Most "poker theory" (2p2) forums are just filled with trolls. The only other venue that deals with in depth poker theory are books. However, most...

Started by sauce123, 09-28-2007 05:31 PM
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10-31-2007 08:35 PM

question from donkeytest.com

Here is an interesting hand from donkeytest.com. I am curious to see what people do here, because I am finding myself in these situations recently....

Started by will641, 10-31-2007 12:19 PM
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10-31-2007 04:36 PM

what the hell is wrong with me?

I am just eating eternal shit at 25 NL and I just don't understand. Over 32k hands I am down 4 buy-ins (-.58 BB/100 hands), whereas in 10 NL I kill...

Started by will641, 10-31-2007 12:50 AM
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10-31-2007 02:25 PM

QKs - having problems with it - 2 hands - correction

Struggling with QKs in general at the moment, any suggestions on these two hands, thanks. In the 1st hand I 3bet & cbet but wasnt sure what to do...

Started by noble007, 10-31-2007 12:17 AM
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10-31-2007 12:41 PM

JJ vs suspected donk

It's early, so I don't know much about the villain, but I suspect he's very loose. $2/$4 No Limit Holdem 5 players Converted at weaktight.com ...

Started by v2k, 10-31-2007 01:19 AM
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10-31-2007 12:05 PM

QQ with history

MP is 30/20, he minraises a lot. I've 3bet him twice before, both times I took the pot down preflop. The second of those hands was the hand directly...

Started by Irisheyes, 10-30-2007 04:27 PM
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10-31-2007 08:37 AM

Good spot to overbet?

Here I think may be a good spot to manipulate the amount of times opp needs to be ahead to call, in other words overbet. Opp is straightforward tagg...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 10-29-2007 06:12 PM
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10-31-2007 06:28 AM

overly aggro?

an experiment in 3betting...villain is very rocky...he had something this time, and he has never seen me 3bet before. i am more curious as to...

Started by Chopper, 10-31-2007 01:48 AM
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10-31-2007 02:49 AM

Set line check 175BB 2/4

Villain is 34/15/1 and not particularly aggressive postflop. If he's backdoored the flush it's a cooler, right? No IQ poker 2.00/4.00, hand...

Started by Halv, 10-30-2007 12:51 AM
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10-30-2007 10:46 PM

3/6- confusion vs technologic

my image is slightly tighter than at 5/10 id imagine tho its still complete dogshit POKERSTARS GAME #12746972790: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($3/$6) -...

Started by sauce123, 10-20-2007 11:31 PM
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10-30-2007 07:49 PM

fulltilt 1/2nl 6max winning & losing stats

hands of 1/2nl 6 max i have tracked since may. winning players

Started by storman99, 10-30-2007 04:19 PM
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10-30-2007 07:05 PM

got lost on KK

Here is the hand history. I could not even dream of ranges for my opponents. What would you have done here, and why? BTW, SB is confirmed maniac/call...

Started by Robb, 10-30-2007 12:25 AM
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10-30-2007 06:23 PM

Q-Q 400NL 3bet pot

Villain is a 20/16 8 tabling TAG who plays 200 - 600NL. Plays solid, i haven't seen him show down anything stupid. UTG has been playing solid. ...

Started by Vi-Zer0Skill, 10-28-2007 03:46 AM
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10-30-2007 04:35 PM

Bad all-in?? $.05/.10

Here's the HH. Tear it apart, guys, I have trouble with these types of hands. The other player's hands + result are in white text at the bottom. ...

Started by Robb, 10-27-2007 03:13 PM
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10-30-2007 01:08 PM

C/R bluffed AQ on flop, hit turn

No IQ poker 2.00/4.00, hand converted by the iPoker Converter at Talking-Poker Button ($484.16) SB ($511.10) BB Hero ($394.00) UTG ($227.80)...

Started by Halv, 10-30-2007 01:17 AM
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10-30-2007 04:54 AM

weak...

villain's 33/16 and i saw them min raise 33 then check down post flop before. my image is prob tight. this felt weak. the c/r kinda froze...

Started by benny999, 10-29-2007 10:35 PM
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10-30-2007 12:51 AM

preflop fold AK...right move or played like a puss?

villain has been playing really tight. folds a lot. and he insta-pushed my 3bet. i felt confident he was holding AA or KK. but i might just be...

Started by b-rabbit, 10-29-2007 04:05 AM
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10-29-2007 11:49 PM

Anatomy of a shortstackers downswing.

Today I went all in with >60% equity 29 times, and won 19 times (67.4%). I went in 50/50 13 times and won 6 (the only thing that ran about normal) I...

Started by euphoricism, 10-27-2007 10:13 PM
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10-29-2007 11:16 PM

another bet vs check on the turn hand

if u bet here, are you folding to an insta min raie? also, what minimal hand would u bet and call a raise with here? reads--villain is 60/13 pre,...

Started by benny999, 10-28-2007 08:16 PM
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10-29-2007 07:14 PM

Raising premium hands pre-flop

I'm just reviewing my monthly stats, and I checked how often I have raised with JJ-AA (the "RFI %" stat in Poker Tracker) The amounts are as follows:...

Started by biondino, 10-28-2007 08:28 PM
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10-29-2007 04:46 PM

A-A 400NL 3bet pot

Villain is a 30/20 multitabler. I haven't seen him not c-bet in a 3bet pot, and he 3bets a lot. Not sure how light he will stack off. All in on...

Started by Vi-Zer0Skill, 10-28-2007 03:36 AM
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10-29-2007 08:30 AM

JJ oop versus two donkeys

MP is a bad TAGG CO is the table fish 30/5 or something I doubled CO when he had AA on AJx after i opened preflop. AP is quite passive so i...

Started by Miffed22001, 10-28-2007 04:01 PM
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10-29-2007 02:57 AM

$50NL, JJ river bet size

Villain is 29/12 after just 40 hands. I think his range is QQ+, AK after the 3bet pre and I call pre for set value. I call the small cbet, expecting...

Started by badgers, 10-28-2007 08:48 PM
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10-29-2007 01:34 AM

Bet again vs check behind turn w/marginal hands

I think I miss alot of value by checking behind marginal hands on the turn after my flop bet gets called. Usually my plan is to control the pot size,...

Started by Halv, 10-19-2007 08:17 PM
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10-28-2007 11:48 PM

cold calling a 3bet?

im new to the table...just assume tag/lag images for everyone, ie the pfr and reraiser seem good and could have more than premium hands, but no good...

Started by benny999, 10-28-2007 09:22 PM
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10-28-2007 10:42 PM

shaking off the rust, how to deal with this overbet?

So I took the summer off from poker basically cause I had no time with golf and everything else, but now I'm back and after spending most of the 2k i...

Started by meeloche, 10-28-2007 06:20 PM
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10-28-2007 08:07 PM

Discussion: NIT

I've been playing nitty as hell over the last 10k hands - 14/11/3.7 for you PT people , and it's been absolutely awesome.. Low variance, more...

Started by Ash256, 10-28-2007 01:41 AM
Replies: 14 Views: 1,004
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10-28-2007 05:52 PM

Crazy overbet 2/4

opp is 20/11 straightforward regular. POKERSTARS GAME #12882175818: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($2/$4) - 2007/10/27 - 16:47:23 (ET) Table 'Guangdong'...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 10-27-2007 08:07 PM
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10-28-2007 04:05 PM

I think I'm being stupid. Halp?

Since I am an abject failure at math... maybe someone can help me out here and point out where my thinking is stinkin'. Folded to me in SB with...

Started by euphoricism, 10-27-2007 05:41 PM
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10-28-2007 03:35 AM

some theory questions

if we are alone in a pot with a donk calling station, and we flop TP, do we go for 3 streets of value every time here? I find what I do a lot is go...

Started by will641, 10-26-2007 10:15 PM
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10-28-2007 01:07 AM

Couldn't Bring Myself to Post in Tales of Poker

He thought I was bluffing $400 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, October 27, 04:06:14 ET 2007 Table Table 126681 (No DP) (Real Money) Seat 5 is...

Started by Genitruc, 10-27-2007 06:26 AM
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10-27-2007 05:59 PM

Varying Success At Each Limit

having started off playing $10NL and having considerable success at that level i moved up to $25. Yet again had a relative amount of success at that...

Started by Reesy, 10-27-2007 02:50 PM
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10-27-2007 05:25 PM

10/20 - big bluff vs. bad regular - 150bb deep

Villain is 28/12/2.8 with a 22 wtsd% over a lot of hands. I've played a fair amount with him and he seems very nitty post-flop. He's made several...

Started by zook, 10-26-2007 10:53 PM
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10-27-2007 02:34 PM

Is this spew? Or just good reading?

I'm starting to understand this whole post-flop business with putting opps on ranges and all that. Here Opp is loose and is running like 50/33 or...

Started by eugmac, 10-26-2007 04:13 AM
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10-27-2007 12:35 PM

QQ in a strange spot and some quads.

My thinking on this hand is a 20/10 makes the initial raise, and then this tag makes this 3 bet. I was planning on c/c him, but he made such a weak...

Started by will641, 10-26-2007 10:06 PM
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10-27-2007 03:25 AM

600NL 55 gs on scary flop

this is the second time that villain has made a squeeze like play this session at this table, he could have a real hand here but it seemed like he...

Started by v2k, 10-27-2007 01:59 AM
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10-27-2007 01:59 AM

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