Heads Up BLITZ

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[AllinLife]

been using preflop raise- representing thanks to you and been winning

much more than when I played super tight on headsup

[Legendash]

Rippy I love your style, i've been cleaning up in turbo SNG's by sitting tight and then stealing blinds and betting the board when it comes up rags and its working nicely. Keep up the good work.

Dealt to ripptyde [ 7h ]
Dealt to ripptyde [ 4c ]
Goin' All In: Raise (385)
ripptyde: Fold

WTF???



I like your heads up style, it has helped me out a great deal, just gotta be aggressive aggressive aggressive.

Good post.

[Tottenham]

I agree that I like the style.

For newer players, I think that's it's important to note that although you want to be aggressive heads up, its also crucial that you dont blow yourself up. At some point you are going to get called, and you have to be able to determine how far to take your agressiveness and when to lay the hand down.

The problem that I end up running into is the "end of tournament" heads up situation, where the blinds are really high. Coming out aggressive on a carp hand pre-flop and post-flop can cost you a lot chips if you get called and are forced to lay the hand down.

[DrumzCT]

Very good stuff

[Borax]

moved my question to another post...

[Corey]

tip: dwarfman has no life like rilla and brought this post back from the dead

tip: dwarfman has no life like rilla and brought this post back from the dead

I brought this one back because I think it is a very good post and the with the recent boom in FTR, I'd love for the new players to see it.

[dsaxton]

I don't think a super aggressive style is necessarily optimal in all situations. If you're playing someone who calls you down with weak hands, then this doesn't make much sense. If you're playing someone who will consistently reraise you with a wide range of hands, this doesn't make much sense. A very aggressive strategy really only works against weak players who fold easily.

I think the best strategy to heads-up play is a general one where you pay attention to the changing dynamics at the table (how your opponent is playing, how he/she is likely to percieve your play) and try to make your best decision on each hand. If your opponent is likely to think you may be bluffing a lot, be less prone to bluff. If you believe your opponent thinks your bets are mostly made for value, be more prone to bluff. I think your judgement has to be completely situational, and that it isn't really wise to cling to some preconcieved strategy.

[Greedo017]

i personally think consistent aggression in heads up games is the best way to go. i played a few heads up sng's earlier. won a few to start just by constantly being aggressive. after he folded away maybe 100-200, he started reraising me a little bit, so i folded to them and backed off for a couple hands, but he stopped after maybe 4 hands and started folding again, so i figured for those 4ish he just had real hands and was still a wimp.

played another guy heads up, who was very aggressive in return, i'd raise 40 he'd push AI. he had a 1200-800 edge on me, he'd win my 40 dollar bets every few hands with a push or reraise but i'd maintain with the blinds. then i got AJs, did my normal 40 raise, he pushed i called, he had A7 and won. watcha gonna do.

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[JeffreyGB]

What do you do when someone starts pushing back and you don't have decent cards?

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[Borax]

Hi Ripptyde, and thanx for plenty of good tips
I have tried your style in heads up games mostly 5$, and very often I get a good start from the aggressive approach and get to 12-1300/8-700 advantage when blinds are still small. But then the oponent starts to understand my tactic and change to aggressive reraises as blinds go up, or calls any raise and very often we soon get back to 1000/1000. I find it difficult to follow up my lead. Any good tip for this second stage?

Also, what should it take to press All in in HU with blinds still small?

[dsaxton]

So, when your opponent is calling with crap, do you continue betting everything? Or when they start raising and check-raising you?

[dsaxton]

Hi Ripptyde, and thanx for plenty of good tips
I have tried your style in heads up games mostly 5$, and very often I get a good start from the aggressive approach and get to 12-1300/8-700 advantage when blinds are still small. But then the oponent starts to understand my tactic and change to aggressive reraises as blinds go up, or calls any raise and very often we soon get back to 1000/1000. I find it difficult to follow up my lead. Any good tip for this second stage?

Also, what should it take to press All in in HU with blinds still small?

Use your own situational judgement. There is no singular strategy you can use aside from "do what is best in the given situation." Consider how your opponent percieves your play, figure out how your opponent is playing, look for things which signal whether he is strong or weak, and make decisions accordingly.