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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

Donk flop or check multiway (50nl)?

I am interested in whether people think its worth squeezing here, but I'm mostly interested in thoughts on the flop: Both TAGs $0.25/$0.5 No...

Started by bjsaust, 09-19-2008 03:51 AM
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09-19-2008 08:14 PM

facing 3-bet monkeys

i was playing HU, and this guy was just literally 3-betting me like 70% of the time. how do you adjust to that when you think he will just 5-bet when...

Started by will641, 08-29-2008 03:08 AM
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09-19-2008 05:57 PM

QJs 3bet pot + riv shove

opp runs 34/24. steals alot and was never 3bet b4 based on small sample. Preflop is range is quite wide, i took time before i decided to initially...

Started by Da GOAT, 09-18-2008 05:43 AM
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09-19-2008 02:49 PM

Is this too thin or fine (50nl)?

37/30/1.5 v'small sample. $0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem 6 players Converted at weaktight.com Stacks: UTG zcfacai ($51.85) UTG 1 Gwar6...

Started by bjsaust, 09-19-2008 03:45 AM
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09-19-2008 01:06 PM

50 nl KK

Villain is not very good. Stacked off with QJ on J high board. semi bluffed a few times but pretty straight forward and weak The ace kinda sucks...

Started by yourfather, 09-16-2008 09:59 PM
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09-19-2008 06:06 AM

100NL: TT on K high board vs donk

I'm a FR player making my third attempt at 6max. I'm very heathly rolled for 200NL (about 55 buy-ins) but I want to try and get the grips at 100NL...

Started by jimmy44, 09-19-2008 05:17 AM
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09-19-2008 05:41 AM

Another KQ spot vs 11/4

opp 11/4 over 60 hands. Hows my river play? Opp doesnt have a super strong hand on river so i imagine he has Tx at most but mostly underpairs...

Started by Da GOAT, 09-18-2008 05:38 AM
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09-19-2008 05:08 AM

JJ standard 100nl, call or fold riv?

UTGH minopens tons and is his standard 31/19. SB is a nit. hows my line? prob shud fold pre? $0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem 6 players Converted at ...

Started by Da GOAT, 09-18-2008 05:44 AM
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09-18-2008 10:27 PM

JJ 100NL, 4bet pot, anyway I cudda played it differently?

Just sat down and this was my first hand. Villain is a complete unknown. Should I have done anything different? Just wanna know if this standard or...

Started by Sup3rM4N, 09-18-2008 02:00 PM
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09-18-2008 09:24 PM

Kings vs. Flush Draw

Preflop, I raise 5x (there was an early position limper). The flop brings a heart draw and I fire off just over a 1/2 pot sized bet which the button...

Started by geoffm33, 09-18-2008 01:59 PM
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09-18-2008 02:33 PM

Another gay line from an unknown

First hand opponent bought in full, posted from CO, raised to 3x, I re-raised to 10x from the button with a couple cards that looked kinda shinny, he...

Started by Fnord, 09-05-2008 12:11 PM
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09-18-2008 12:36 PM

Sowwy but one more T9s

31/19 calls and he calls loosly. whats the best overall line? i think i may of over thought flop and put myself into a spot i didnt know what to do....

Started by Da GOAT, 09-18-2008 05:47 AM
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09-18-2008 12:35 PM

I'm through runnin'

This guy was on two of my tables but I had only scraped together 30 hands with him so far. However, this was his 4th pre-flop 3-bet in those hands,...

Started by dalecooper, 09-17-2008 10:24 PM
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09-18-2008 11:01 AM

KQ facing turn donk lead 100nl

32/15 over 53 hands. 44% AF% tho this is over a sample which is tiny. ive not noticed him at all really. I think he limps/call pre and plays postflop...

Started by Da GOAT, 09-17-2008 07:22 PM
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09-18-2008 10:31 AM

Time for a hero call? 600NL

Villain is a reg that I don't have a great read on. 23/17/3.5. 3bets 6.6% He seems to like to get tricky on the flop in single raised pots, raises a...

Started by Irisheyes, 09-15-2008 07:20 PM
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09-18-2008 09:58 AM

JJ BTN 100nl

ive 3bet the CO 3 times in SB vs BTN spots so obv a 3bet is cool here BUT ive a massive passive fish in BB. im torn between which option preflop. Co...

Started by Da GOAT, 09-17-2008 07:25 PM
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09-18-2008 05:28 AM

Something just clicked...

I have been breaking even for close to 80k hands now at 100NL/200NL. I know it's due to poor play, and I kept thinking it's due to my inexperience,...

Started by d0zer, 09-02-2008 01:11 PM
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09-17-2008 09:21 PM

5/10 - KQs in 3bet pot turns top two - 200bb deep

Villain is a reg running 19/14/2.2, 3bets 5.5%, cbets 75% (80% after 3betting over a smallish sample). We have some history and he might think I'm...

Started by zook, 09-16-2008 04:33 PM
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09-17-2008 12:13 PM

AKo, deepstacked, 4bet pot vs nit 100NL

Villain is 14/9 over 105 hands, and has a 50% 4bet percentage. What should I have done different preflop? As played, anyway I can fold? Wish I knew...

Started by Sup3rM4N, 09-16-2008 01:56 PM
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09-17-2008 04:26 AM

One of those hands.

Opponent is 33/8/donk/donk/goose over a small sample size because he'll be busto before I ever see him again. Kinda straight forward and passivish...

Started by Fnord, 09-16-2008 12:53 AM
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09-16-2008 09:17 PM

NL50 3bet - flatted oop w/ QQ, ship it?

Haven't seen villian do too much, he's only been sitting for a few orbits. Up to this point, he seems borderline taggish/laggish, picking his spots...

Started by seatown1two, 09-16-2008 03:10 PM
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09-16-2008 07:30 PM

TT 100nl

Only 70 stats on villain (23/20) but he was stealing 32% of the time with 100% cbet. Turn aggression was 50% as well as river. Should I bet looking...

Started by kmind, 09-15-2008 01:45 PM
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09-16-2008 04:48 PM

in which our brave hero c/r bluffs the river...

Villain is a kinda nitty, kinda passive, not the most thinking player in the world TAG. No recent or relevant historical information. $3/$6 No...

Started by Irisheyes, 09-15-2008 11:52 PM
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09-16-2008 02:48 PM

200nl facing a river raise with TP

Villain is bigbobm11. I have 2.2k hands on him where he is running 19/16/3.34 He had a 14 4bet % and a 10% call 3 bet %. I originally put him on...

Started by thizzSantaCruz, 09-15-2008 03:28 AM
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09-15-2008 10:50 PM

100NL QQ's hits set on river is it good?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com BB ($236.95) UTG ($73.50) MP ($200.45)...

Started by mg0698, 09-13-2008 03:59 AM
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09-15-2008 09:48 PM

Living dangerously with donks

I played both of these hands this morning in a sleep haze and have no opinion as of yet on whether I played them OK or totally botched them both. ...

Started by dalecooper, 09-14-2008 05:25 PM
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09-15-2008 07:06 PM

umm.. wtf... fold??

Hand 1 -this was a serious wtf spot.. and I have nooo clue -This guy was a pretty big donk, running like 45/18 with an AF of about 2.7 -he was the...

Started by griffey24, 09-11-2008 10:40 PM
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09-15-2008 10:55 AM

Marshall28's stuff {split from Massimo's thread}

how does one do this for 6 months..... then proceed to do this for the following 6 months....

Started by Marshall28, 09-10-2008 09:24 PM
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09-15-2008 10:22 AM

50nl hand

23/14/1 seems kinda decent. $0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem 5 players Converted at weaktight.com Stacks: UTG ibon8 ($52.08) CO RingoDingo...

Started by bjsaust, 09-11-2008 09:02 PM
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09-15-2008 01:33 AM

Couple hands vs reg

Hand #1 Villain is a decent regular running 21/16/3 He calls a wide range in this spot preflop. Overall he plays pretty standard in my experience....

Started by meeloche, 09-14-2008 02:17 AM
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09-14-2008 11:31 AM

100NL AJ BVB

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com UTG ($108.25) MP ($64.40) Button ($71.15)...

Started by mg0698, 09-13-2008 03:54 AM
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09-13-2008 12:28 PM

Set of Jacks deep vs Regular

Opponent is BabyHoss555 He runs 22/17 with a 6.5% 3-bet. I think he's too solid for his own good. Seen him fold quite often in big pots. Looking...

Started by Fnord, 09-12-2008 09:38 AM
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09-13-2008 12:00 AM

Check behind for pot control on turn? 100NL

Villain was tight/passive. Only hand I'm beating from his range is two clubs, rest have me beat. I'm thinking of checking behind and folding to a 1/2...

Started by Sup3rM4N, 09-12-2008 09:31 AM
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09-12-2008 02:36 PM

2 pair button vs BB (100nl)

villian is 19.5/15/5.5 over 90 hands, 3bet 8%. i think calling the flop is best because literally the only hand im behind in his range is QJ. ...

Started by bode, 09-07-2008 08:26 PM
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09-12-2008 08:10 AM

Two 3 street calldowns

Hand 1) Seems TAGGY, on a few tables. Only 70 hands so far but coming out to be 26/23/10. Not many of the regs at my level are capable of betting JJ...

Started by Irisheyes, 09-11-2008 09:31 AM
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09-12-2008 05:36 AM

100NL BVB TT"S

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com CO ($100) Button ($21.75) Hero (SB) ($190)...

Started by mg0698, 09-12-2008 01:00 AM
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09-12-2008 01:44 AM

AQ 3ways turn play

here in this hand I believe i made the right play, but perhaps you can offer a different line or perhaps bet size. Stabber7: 36/23/5.0...

Started by bspahn, 09-09-2008 09:19 PM
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09-12-2008 01:35 AM

How do you put in the hours?

I make about $35ph, including bonus. The problem is I don't work very many hours; currently I'm mainly playing less profitable computer games,...

Started by Kamawoop, 09-09-2008 01:56 AM
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09-12-2008 01:33 AM

TPMK vs aggro

here's an interesting spot where I decided to call a double barrel from opp. Bagataway: 30/25/2.4 with 3bet 13.8% cbet 78%, double barrel 8/9...

Started by bspahn, 09-10-2008 06:37 PM
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09-12-2008 01:32 AM

Playing with marked cards.

I still have an overpair on the river, but my holding feels very face up. Villain is unknown but judging by his stats and limited play, I'd say a...

Started by Silly String, 09-08-2008 04:48 PM
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09-12-2008 01:29 AM

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