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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

IP 4-bet bluff gets flatted 100NL

Villain has folded to almost every 4-bet he's faced. I think his range here for flatting is hence pretty strong and probably comprised of value range...

Started by Carroters, 07-19-2013 12:36 PM
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07-20-2013 05:00 PM

Three Hands From Today

1. Villain seems like an aggro reg. I guess my standard here is to b/f river vs 100NL unknowns, but this guy looks aggro and reps not very many...

Started by Carroters, 07-17-2013 11:12 AM
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07-17-2013 03:36 PM

Weird relative hand strength spot 100NL.

So this guy seems fairly nitty so far. I decide to just flat the flop. Not thrilled about getting this in obv vs a tightish player on a paired board,...

Started by Carroters, 07-15-2013 10:57 AM
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07-15-2013 11:06 AM

99 In need of a better turn plan?

I'm not sure about this. My turn line might be okay but it feels somewhat like spew here as I only get called by worse in the form of flushdraws or...

Started by Carroters, 07-03-2013 10:25 AM
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07-15-2013 10:50 AM

few zoom hands from today

1. Villain is 30/26 reg with 10% 3bet over 53 hands BTN: $629.95 Hero (SB): $500.00 BB: $515.00 UTG: $594.37 MP: $226.44 CO: $537.20 Hero...

Started by pocketfours, 07-14-2013 01:29 PM
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07-14-2013 04:57 PM

Some Likely Spew 100NL

1. Villain is a SS reg, not got a big sample on him, but this seems to be his standard 3-bet sizing and he's 3-bet a few times so far from the blinds...

Started by Carroters, 07-02-2013 12:17 PM
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07-14-2013 12:19 AM

Tourny Donk Adventures in 50NL

No stats since it's an anonymous table. Villain stacked me once ~40 hands earlier when I floated the flop IP with AT in a 3bet pot on a drawy flop....

Started by KoRnholio, 07-11-2013 04:23 PM
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07-13-2013 12:16 PM

TT flops set on mono board vs 2 whales, facing donk

Both villains are running around 50/10 and neither has 3bet since I sat down 50 hands ago. Both are passive post. Cake Poker No-Limit Hold'em,...

Started by supa, 06-30-2013 12:00 AM
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07-04-2013 05:12 AM

Flop 3-bet bluff vs SB limper.

Despite the open complete villain doesn't seem like a big fish. I have a hard time believing he has anything here. Good Ax surely raises preflop, bad...

Started by Carroters, 07-03-2013 10:42 AM
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07-03-2013 03:30 PM

Folding a set 100NL

I think this is good, just want a line check though. Flatting the flop seems mandatory with the fish behind. Villain's river timing was very fast. I...

Started by Carroters, 07-03-2013 07:13 AM
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07-03-2013 12:28 PM

200NL - Facing flop raises

Hand 1 - Villain is 28/22 over 237 hands. I believe he's a reg, but haven't played with him much. Overall 3bet % of 10% (9/91), with 7% v MP opens....

Started by Stacks, 06-26-2013 11:43 AM
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06-27-2013 07:53 PM

3bet range preflop

Is a person with a 3bet range of say 11%, more likely to be 3betting a polarized range or a wider strong range? Is there a general preference for...

Started by jackvance, 06-17-2013 08:01 PM
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06-26-2013 10:23 AM

100NL some bluffs

It'd be great to get some more discussion going in this forum again, so here's some more hands, this time bluffs. 1. I had the T in mind as a good...

Started by jackvance, 05-29-2013 05:20 PM
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06-26-2013 04:35 AM

50nl AQ TPTK facing flop raise and turn bet

villain is 18/14 opening 43 on the button Poker Stars, $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The...

Started by Keith, 06-19-2013 06:00 AM
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06-23-2013 07:21 AM

A2s 4-bet of Squeeze gets flatted.

Sup Guys. How are you all doing? Just graduated and using my newly found free time to make a return to grinding. Trying to shake off the rust ...

Started by Carroters, 06-14-2013 04:17 PM
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06-23-2013 07:19 AM

100nl/200nl - 2 Hands

Hand 1 - Villain is a bit of a peculiar reg. He plays frequently, and I'd guess he's winning. But he calls 3bet way more than any other reg I've...

Started by Stacks, 06-14-2013 02:05 AM
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06-19-2013 05:43 AM

50nl : turn flush with shitty river

Just moved up and taking my first shot at 50nl. Villain is 75/29 over 50 hands 5.9% 3bet. Poker Stars, $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5...

Started by Keith, 06-13-2013 07:59 PM
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06-15-2013 11:29 PM

50nl : JJ overpair vs weird line from villain.

villain is 31/18 6.3% 3bet over 39 hands Poker Stars, $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The...

Started by Keith, 06-13-2013 08:12 PM
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06-13-2013 10:50 PM

200NL paired board

1. Line check. Should I lead, c/c or c/r like I did for max value? PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (5 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool...

Started by jackvance, 05-29-2013 04:42 AM
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06-07-2013 02:09 AM

5kNL and DEEP vs Dutch_maniak

Full Tilt Poker $25/$50 No Limit Hold'em - 3 players - View hand 597907 The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter BTN: $5100.00 Hero...

Started by ESS123, 03-18-2010 07:12 PM
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06-06-2013 07:49 PM

100-200nl - Hands

Hand 1 BTN is a 25/21 reg over 6.5k hands. 8% overall 3bet, 10% (19/200) BTN v CO. Overall fold to 4bet of 58% (19/33). BTN 3bet/fold versus CO...

Started by Stacks, 05-31-2013 10:31 AM
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06-01-2013 06:00 PM

200bb deep 3bp 2nd nut flush

villain has tight stats for 6m something like 19/16 with a 67% overall fold to 3bet, 0/2 fold to 3b in co, 0/7 overall 4b however i've been...

Started by aka_red, 05-26-2013 07:24 PM
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05-30-2013 12:17 PM

200NL I think I'm too loose

This hand is pretty typical. I don't want to call in the small, so I 3bet. Then I continue because otherwise I am giving up the hand. And it's money...

Started by jackvance, 05-29-2013 05:23 AM
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05-29-2013 06:49 PM

2/4 - Trip aces - 3bet pot

-UTG in this hand opens fairly wide around 23% -CO in this hand has a lot 3bet around, 6.5 -BB squeezer in this hand has a squeeze of around 7.5...

Started by griffey24, 02-23-2013 07:46 PM
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05-26-2013 09:03 AM

Weird Spot Rivered Set

Stacks: UTG Duque_copas ($173.99) 174bb CO socito ($102.86) 103bb BTN xjlking0271 ($111.93) 112bb SB wallliddd ($107.76) 108bb BB ...

Started by aka_red, 04-15-2013 09:25 PM
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05-26-2013 01:38 AM

100NL - 4 hands for Review

Hand 1 - Villain is a 21/18 reg (5.8k hands). RFI from SB of 31%. Flop/Turn/River cbet of 65%/62%/65%. Stacks: UTG ($381.97) 382bb UTG+1 ...

Started by Stacks, 05-16-2013 11:07 AM
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05-23-2013 12:43 AM

100nl - Some more hands

Hand 1 - Only have 27 hands on villain. He's running 74/61 over those hands, with a 33% 3bet (3/9). Nothing of note postflop wise. Just a few...

Started by Stacks, 05-17-2013 03:36 AM
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05-22-2013 10:43 PM

100NL - Facing c/r on dry board from loose reg

Villain here is a loose reg. 33/27 over 3.5k hands. Overall 3bet percentage is 10%, with 11% BB v CO opens. I'd estimate higher here, given we are...

Started by Stacks, 04-21-2013 05:48 PM
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05-15-2013 09:48 AM

middle pair. playing for stacks

villain is 25/17 over 100 hands. he autocalls my flop raise. a few orbits earlier, he raised my BB from SB and i raised to 3x his raise. he called....

Started by pokerroomace, 07-22-2007 06:36 PM
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04-12-2013 02:22 PM

2/4 - bottom end of wheel

I posted this hand in my blog, but thought I'd post this here too. Villain in this hand is a reg who is pretty aggro, and generally has a high cbet...

Started by griffey24, 01-13-2013 01:17 PM
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04-04-2013 05:35 AM

50/1 Awkward Spot with Jacks

$50/$100 Ante $25 No Limit Holdem 6 Players Zyph is a fish, down a bunch according to PTR. It's been a few orbits and haven't seen him do...

Started by aka_red, 07-07-2011 01:38 PM
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03-18-2013 05:42 PM

1/2 - couple turn decisions

Hand 1) -no major reads on either player -I can only imagine SB is bad given sizing of sq pre, and btn over VERY few hands (prob 20) running like...

Started by griffey24, 02-10-2013 01:04 PM
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02-17-2013 10:05 AM

50NL 3bet pot IP facing c/r

Villain is a goodish reg. Unfortunately lost my current DB today when Postgres messed up (haven't been able to reimport all HHs yet), so only had...

Started by Stacks, 02-15-2013 09:42 PM
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02-16-2013 03:44 PM

TT Bvb Help with river play 50NL

Tagg reg on a few of my tables. 24/18 , 80% fold to 3bs. I have been 3betting him a lot preflop and he hasn't been playing back. With that said, I...

Started by Sup3rM4N, 02-15-2013 03:34 AM
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02-15-2013 08:33 PM

2/4 - couple river spots

Hand 1 -villain is 24/20/3.2, with a went to showdown of 23 but a won at SD of only 43 over a reasonably large sample -his cbet is 68% and...

Started by griffey24, 02-07-2013 08:00 PM
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02-15-2013 02:58 PM

2/4 - Counterfeited two pair on straight board

Villain stats and reads: -Villain in this hand has been very aggro (today is the first time I'm playing him, but he's on multiple tables) -he's btn...

Started by griffey24, 02-02-2013 07:24 PM
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02-05-2013 08:07 PM

2/4 - Couple spots with strong hands

Hand 1) -villain is a reg, but I don't think he's too great. He runs pretty taggy 21/17 and calls a ton of 3bets (my stats have him flatting about...

Started by griffey24, 01-26-2013 02:23 PM
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01-29-2013 06:13 PM

2/4 - deepish, TP/OESD in squeezed pot

Villain in this hand is running 34/28, calling 3bets 70% and 4betting around 20%. So essentially never folding to 3bets. Earlier this session I...

Started by griffey24, 01-19-2013 12:14 PM
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01-22-2013 09:22 AM

Set of 4s getting C/R on river 100NL

Villain is a reg. 26/22/2.5. I haven't seen him do anything crazy postflop. Should I have even bet the river? Now that I think about it, I'm not sure...

Started by Sup3rM4N, 12-25-2012 07:34 PM
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01-22-2013 08:10 AM

100nl rivered flush on bad board

Villain is 25/20/5.4%, very good and solid reg. I've caught him bluffing three streets a few times, but only in 3bet pots. Steals from SB wider than...

Started by pocketfours, 01-16-2013 12:09 PM
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01-22-2013 07:08 AM

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