$5 - Heads Up & Slowplaying

When I get to heads up I am usually down in chips sometimes as much as 3:1. Do you slowplay when heads up to try and double up or do you just play your big hands strong?

If opponent is super loose, then I would just likely play this strong. This opponent wasn't super loose nor tight...somewhere in the middle.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 200.00 BB (2 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB (10569.00)
Hero (Button) (2931.00)

Preflop: Hero is Button with http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/.../smiles/kd.gif http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/.../smiles/ks.gif
Hero calls 100.00, SB checks

Flop: (400.00) http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/.../smiles/qd.gif http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/.../smiles/tc.gif http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/.../smiles/6s.gif (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets 200.00, SB calls 200.00

Turn: (800.00) http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/.../smiles/9c.gif (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets 500.00, SB raises to 1000.00, Hero raises to 2531.00 (All-In), SB calls 1531.00

River: (5862.00) http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/.../smiles/3h.gif (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: 5862.00 | Rake: 0.00

Limping like this every once in a while against the right type of player and prior action is fine, but pot the flop so you don't get turned by 78o.

I like to basically play straight up with my big hands. If you 3x and he calls. You could then push the flop and not have to worry about the turn. As you played it, you had him on a lonely pair. The turn raise makes me think villain has more then a Q...You could have open pushed the flop as well.

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Originally Posted by mxiu

Limping like this every once in a while against the right type of player and prior action is fine, but pot the flop so you don't get turned by 78o.

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What he said. If you're going to play like this then you need to pot the flop and push the turn rather than donkminbetting giving him 3:1 odds to call.

if you haven't limped before and it's almost the middle of a HU, this trap is suspicious even for donkish players.. you should also consider that..

meh just raise pf