Join Date: Mar 2009
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Well, here's another post from me. Today, I lost a couple of dollars in my attempts to practice heads-up. I won one and lost about 6 HU tourneys. I'm not very good...I will admit that. But hey...I'm trying to get better! I will say this about the heads-up tourneys though...they DO help with blind stealing in FR games. When folds come all the way around...I am more aggressive when I am either blind in stealing the other's blind. Even when I am the button, HU play has helped with being more aggressive.
Aside from losing a lot of HU tourneys, I played pretty decently at the FR tables. I had my aces cracked by AK for a big hand (for 116 BB)...but that's as bad as the beats got. I guess I evened it out when I caught ANOTHER AA against AK...and villain caught a K on the flop and ended up shoving his TPTK. I ended up $14.43 in 347 hands (41.59 BB/hr). I was up $23 at one point...but hey, we all suffer bad beats. However, I am down about $12 on the night from those damn HU tourneys.
I'm beginning to widen my range mid-late position. I am beginning to play suited connectors. I also blame HU play for this...but I like it. I will continue to practice HU play until I get better at it. I agree when people say it is the purest form of poker you can play. The cards simply do not matter. I thoroughly enjoy it and hope I can one day master this form of poker. I end this post with my suited connectors:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
MP1 ($5)
MP2 ($5.22)
CO ($10.14)
Hero (Button) ($12.69)
SB ($2.35)
BB ($1.93)
UTG ($5.46)
UTG+1 ($9.75)
Preflop: Hero is Button with  , 
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.05, 3 folds, Hero bets $0.25, 2 folds, UTG+1 calls $0.20
Flop: ($0.57)  ,  ,  (2 players)
UTG+1 bets $2, Hero calls $2
Turn: ($4.57)  (2 players)
UTG+1 bets $2, Hero calls $2
River: ($8.57)  (2 players)
UTG+1 bets $5.50 (All-In), Hero calls $5.50
Total pot: $19.57 | Rake: $0.95
Results:
Hero had 3 , 4 (straight, five high).
UTG+1 had A, 10 (three of a kind, Aces).
Outcome: Hero won $18.62
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