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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

Rate my SnG heads up play

Heres a heads-up situations at the end of a $5 SnG at stars. I know I have a lot of areas I can improve on. Let me know what you think. ...

Started by bdawg56kg, 02-25-2005 06:56 PM
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02-25-2005 06:56 PM

critique these hands

OK, so here's the deal - long time visitor to FTR, first-time poster. I'd like to hear your knowledgable opinions to these hands - were they played...

Started by quack, 02-24-2005 12:17 PM
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02-24-2005 04:40 PM

heads up against flush/straight draws

I've been in this situation many times, and I don't quite know the best way to play it. I'll be in early position with a strong hand and 2-3 players...

Started by rpatters, 02-14-2005 06:22 AM
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02-18-2005 10:05 AM

Heads up - How do I win?

Nice Forum :D I have played Texas Hm only for a couple of months or so and after playing fake money only I have now started to play single...

Started by Borax, 02-11-2005 10:44 AM
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02-17-2005 09:11 AM

Too agressive heads up?

I was heads up in a $10 sitNGo and by the time this hand came up we had been sparring, bluffing and overbetting eachother for a while. I couldn't...

Started by r8ed, 02-10-2005 10:54 AM
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02-10-2005 11:51 AM

A2s vs. KQs

Why is A2s ranked as group 6, but KQs is ranked as group 2, on flopturnriver's holdem chart for starting hands? When I ran a simulation of 500,000...

Started by scunning, 02-06-2005 04:04 PM
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02-07-2005 11:04 AM

Critique this heads up....

End of a SnG. An early coin flip went the wrong way and I was short stacked 5-10xBB trying to double up and get out of trouble for most of this. ...

Started by Sed, 02-05-2005 08:06 PM
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02-06-2005 04:01 PM

PLEASE HELP ME WITH HEADS UP

I have been getting very good with moving from making top 3 to heads up in sit n gos consistently. Now im having trouble winning and only coming in...

Started by BILLABONG, 02-03-2005 06:30 PM
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02-05-2005 03:30 PM

HELP

If I have top pair good kicker heads up in a nl ring game but a flush draw is showing so I bet the pot say $5 into $5, and my opponent calls. And the...

Started by BILLABONG, 01-25-2005 01:37 AM
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01-25-2005 03:43 PM

One-on-One

Hello Everyone! I have a kind of beginning question, then a more in depth one for anyone who is interested.... First---is 1-on-1 also called...

Started by Nico, 01-16-2005 05:19 PM
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01-17-2005 09:21 PM

Head's Up vs Calling Station (Newbie)

I was playing in a tournament style game this weekend with some VERY weak players. Most of them had not played any poker before and it was their...

Started by Khabbi, 01-17-2005 09:12 AM
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01-17-2005 09:54 AM

KQ faces an all in

ok heres the situation: Heads up play im delt KQo, I am SB, and doube the BB. the flop comes QJT rainbow and my opponent moves all in. I was a the...

Started by Mony B, 12-14-2004 11:57 AM
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01-17-2005 04:48 AM

Anyone have a problem with this - slowplaying AA heads up

Note: This was heads up and no I don't slowplay when there are more players. I feel slowplaying aces will get good results most of the time. I...

Started by Mischief, 12-26-2004 06:57 PM
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01-17-2005 03:20 AM

Finishing 2nd

In my home game im consistently finishing 2nd. Its frustrating to say the least. Its not always the same players winning and the players vary some....

Started by Monty, 01-11-2005 05:29 PM
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01-14-2005 12:09 AM

Heads up decision - call or fold?

Heads up hand during live home game this weekend. I have about 65% - 35% chip lead. I'm on the button and the big blind (strange home rules)....

Started by Phew72, 01-10-2005 05:14 AM
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01-11-2005 10:12 AM

heads up play

does anyone know where to get some good information on heads up play, or even the names of some good books? I was looking through my collection today...

Started by Mony B, 12-14-2004 04:54 PM
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12-30-2004 04:57 PM

end of tourny heads up strategy

Ran into this guy at the end of a 10/1 SNG. We are HU and I playing for a while and then he starts folding almost all his hands when I am in the BB....

Started by robe43, 12-04-2004 01:43 PM
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12-05-2004 11:30 PM

I Want Fnord HU

I would like to challange Fnord to a HU match. Start with $300, blinds $1/2 play 'til someone gots it all. I wanna' see how good you really are. ...

Started by kidpoker22, 11-17-2004 07:29 PM
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11-24-2004 03:45 PM

Bad call...

Do you guys think this was a really stupid call on my part? ***** Hand History for Game 1207183120 ***** $100 NL Hold'em - Sunday, November 21,...

Started by Ragingg, 11-21-2004 09:50 PM
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11-23-2004 12:42 AM

I gave one helluva bad beat!

I almost feel bad about this one. This guy had been bullying me for a while and bluffed me out of many pots. I tried to fight back on this hand but...

Started by Les_Worm, 11-11-2004 02:32 PM
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11-11-2004 06:47 PM

Nauseating Part II

Bad play / good play? I feel like a deer caught in the headlights. Is it wise to slow down on the turn once I'm called on the flop? ...

Started by AvatarKava, 11-11-2004 11:48 AM
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11-11-2004 12:40 PM

How not to play heads up ...

This is funny stuff. There was a third player just before this first hand, so this is the entirety of the heads up match. CARDSON *********** # 16...

Started by michael1123, 11-05-2004 11:38 PM
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11-06-2004 12:40 PM

interesting hand

Hey guys, this was the last hand heads up in a single table tournament. Just curious what you guys this about my call to go all in on a PP of 3's. ...

Started by iSHACKABUKU, 11-02-2004 12:45 PM
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11-03-2004 09:26 AM

My Choice!

Ready...Go! #Game No : 1129919863 ***** Hand History for Game 1129919863 ***** $25 NL Hold'em - Tuesday, November 02, 04:53:38 EDT 2004...

Started by lolzzz_321, 11-02-2004 04:56 AM
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11-02-2004 11:06 PM

headsup

I continually place second in sng's. I have only won an sng once in my life and it was because I actually found someone worse at heads up then me...

Started by bigred, 10-15-2004 09:42 AM
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10-22-2004 11:46 PM

Most Enjoyable Heads Up In Ages

As I'm sure I have told some of you, I am not so good when it comes to heads up. So I've spent the last few weeks playing small buying heads up...

Started by , 10-19-2004 06:00 PM
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10-20-2004 12:41 AM

maniac heads up

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Started by , 10-09-2004 06:22 PM
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10-15-2004 02:12 PM

heads up :D

in the hand that crippled me i knew he had two overs that didnt pair but he just wouldnt fold. then I made a miraculous comeback. love it when the...

Started by maxxscam, 09-11-2004 12:51 AM
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09-11-2004 12:51 AM

Heads up play question

Last night I was in a heads up match with a player that did the following things. A) Never raised pre-flop, only called or folded. B) Never raised...

Started by davfagan, 07-29-2004 06:13 PM
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08-20-2004 12:24 PM

Ripptyde's Rag theory while heads-up

Hey Ripp and all who use this strategy. If any of you remember from some of my other posts I'm the guy who plays the majority of my poker in live...

Started by ShadySully, 08-05-2004 03:30 PM
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08-20-2004 12:09 PM

Question. Heads up SnG, luck or skill?

A small sample, but i played 10 heads up $5 SnG recently and i won all of them. If i count all the heads up SnG i played so far, they'd be about 20...

Started by JJgoneMAD, 08-16-2004 10:47 PM
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08-19-2004 01:57 PM

Short handed or heads up. Lose aggression and lose 'em all?

I've finished in the money the last 16 out of 20 SnGs i've played (some were heads up), and i noticed a pattern in losses and wins. Correct me if i'm...

Started by JJgoneMAD, 08-14-2004 08:10 PM
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08-16-2004 05:03 PM

heads up tournies

i'm just lookin for some advice in heads up tournies i've only played 3 but i've lost all 3 and it seems the other players totally outplay me ...

Started by boooomer42, 08-15-2004 02:11 PM
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08-16-2004 02:24 AM

My thoughts on the 4 person SnG Heads up tourneys

For those of you with a good heads up game I recommend trying the 4 person tourneys. It's a two table tourney, if you win your table and you play...

Started by mike4066, 08-09-2004 10:27 AM
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08-10-2004 11:10 AM

Squeeze up on that 1on1

THis is the end of one of last night's SnG, when it got down to head-to-head I'm going to print this out and study it myself, but I wanted to...

Started by Humphrind, 07-16-2004 09:28 AM
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08-03-2004 03:05 AM

Setting the 'trap' heads up

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Started by , 07-25-2004 02:22 PM
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07-26-2004 01:11 PM

Heads Up Strategy?

Recently when Ive been playing in heads up games I have been using the loose aggressive style shown best by Ripptyde's posts. Against the average...

Started by Papa Georgeo, 07-15-2004 05:48 PM
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07-16-2004 04:21 AM

so i'm cruising the paradise 1 on 1's

and i see this guy named ripptyde sittin down, so I figure, hmm with a cheesy name like that he can't be that good at one on one's, so I take a seat...

Started by maxxscam, 07-04-2004 12:20 AM
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07-05-2004 04:59 PM

Talk about getting lucky heads up...

10+1 NL on PP - got down to heads up down about 3:1 in chips, worked my way back into it over a grueling half hour of grinding heads-up. Solid...

Started by AvatarKava, 07-01-2004 02:11 AM
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07-01-2004 02:15 AM

Rip apart my first heads up after my 2 days off

I don't think I played bad, guy just got lucky to get the flush on the last hand, I put him on a draw, and I was right. Ripp - I tried your raising...

Started by davfagan, 06-28-2004 03:14 PM
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06-28-2004 03:14 PM

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