BjsAust v's Taipain168 HU!

[bjsaust]

Taipan offered to sit in on a $6.50 with me, and we ended up HU at the end. I figure it might make interesting reading. I think the major point to take away is that Taipan knew I'd call tight so loosened his range up a lot. I played much the same style I normally would v's people who will normally start callilng loose after a while playing HU.


Hand 1

PokerStars Game #10694532370: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2007/06/30 - 10:14:45 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9180 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (4320 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts small blind 100
BjsAust: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [8c 6h]
Dealt to taipan168 [Qs 2d]
taipan168: folds
BjsAust collected 250 from pot
BjsAust: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 250 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (big blind) collected (250)
Seat 7: taipan168 (button) (small blind) folded before Flop

Hand 2

PokerStars Game #10694533745: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2007/06/30 - 10:14:53 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9305 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (4195 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
BjsAust: posts small blind 100
taipan168: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [Ts Th]
Dealt to taipan168 [3h Jh]
BjsAust: raises 400 to 600
taipan168: folds
BjsAust collected 450 from pot
BjsAust: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 450 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (button) (small blind) collected (450)
Seat 7: taipan168 (big blind) folded before Flop

Hand 3

PokerStars Game #10694535893: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2007/06/30 - 10:15:04 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9530 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (3970 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts small blind 100
BjsAust: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [Ks 9d]
Dealt to taipan168 [7s 9s]
taipan168: raises 400 to 600
BjsAust: folds
taipan168 collected 450 from pot
taipan168: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 450 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: taipan168 (button) (small blind) collected (450)

Hand 4

PokerStars Game #10694538480: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2007/06/30 - 10:15:19 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9305 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (4195 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
BjsAust: posts small blind 100
taipan168: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [As 7s]
Dealt to taipan168 [Js 9c]
BjsAust: raises 400 to 600
taipan168: folds
BjsAust collected 450 from pot
BjsAust: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 450 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (button) (small blind) collected (450)
Seat 7: taipan168 (big blind) folded before Flop

Hand 5

PokerStars Game #10694540665: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2007/06/30 - 10:15:31 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9530 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (3970 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts small blind 100
BjsAust: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [9d Th]
Dealt to taipan168 [5d 6c]
taipan168: folds
BjsAust collected 250 from pot
BjsAust: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 250 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (big blind) collected (250)
Seat 7: taipan168 (button) (small blind) folded before Flop

Hand 6

PokerStars Game #10694541999: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2007/06/30 - 10:15:39 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9655 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (3845 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
BjsAust: posts small blind 100
taipan168: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [Th 3d]
Dealt to taipan168 [4s 8c]
BjsAust: folds
taipan168 collected 250 from pot
taipan168: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 250 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (button) (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: taipan168 (big blind) collected (250)

Hand 7

PokerStars Game #10694543382: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2007/06/30 - 10:15:46 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9530 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (3970 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts small blind 100
BjsAust: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [2d Js]
Dealt to taipan168 [Tc 8h]
taipan168: raises 400 to 600
BjsAust: folds
taipan168 collected 450 from pot
taipan168: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 450 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: taipan168 (button) (small blind) collected (450)

Hand 8

PokerStars Game #10694545027: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2007/06/30 - 10:15:55 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9305 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (4195 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
BjsAust: posts small blind 100
taipan168: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [9d 7h]
Dealt to taipan168 [2s 9c]
BjsAust: folds
taipan168 collected 250 from pot
taipan168: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 250 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (button) (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: taipan168 (big blind) collected (250)

Hand 9

PokerStars Game #10694546436: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2007/06/30 - 10:16:03 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9180 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (4320 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts small blind 100
BjsAust: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [5d 3c]
Dealt to taipan168 [7c 6d]
taipan168: calls 100
BjsAust: checks
*** FLOP *** [4d 3s Td]
BjsAust: bets 300
taipan168: folds
BjsAust collected 450 from pot
BjsAust: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 450 | Rake 0
Board [4d 3s Td]
Seat 5: BjsAust (big blind) collected (450)
Seat 7: taipan168 (button) (small blind) folded on the Flop

Hand 10

PokerStars Game #10694550419: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/30 - 10:16:25 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9405 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (4095 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
BjsAust: posts small blind 200
taipan168: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [2c Ah]
Dealt to taipan168 [Qh 3s]
BjsAust: raises 8980 to 9380 and is all-in
taipan168: folds
BjsAust collected 850 from pot
BjsAust: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 850 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (button) (small blind) collected (850)
Seat 7: taipan168 (big blind) folded before Flop

Hand 11

PokerStars Game #10694552529: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/30 - 10:16:37 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9830 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (3670 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts small blind 200
BjsAust: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [Kc 2s]
Dealt to taipan168 [Ad 7d]
taipan168: raises 3245 to 3645 and is all-in
BjsAust: folds
taipan168 collected 850 from pot
taipan168: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 850 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: taipan168 (button) (small blind) collected (850)

Hand 12

PokerStars Game #10694554318: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/30 - 10:16:47 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9405 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (4095 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
BjsAust: posts small blind 200
taipan168: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [Jh 6h]
Dealt to taipan168 [9h 8s]
BjsAust: folds
taipan168 collected 450 from pot
taipan168: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 450 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (button) (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: taipan168 (big blind) collected (450)

Hand 13

PokerStars Game #10694555754: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/30 - 10:16:55 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9180 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (4320 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts small blind 200
BjsAust: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [Jc 4c]
Dealt to taipan168 [3h Th]
taipan168: folds
BjsAust collected 450 from pot
BjsAust: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 450 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (big blind) collected (450)
Seat 7: taipan168 (button) (small blind) folded before Flop

Hand 14

PokerStars Game #10694557211: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/30 - 10:17:03 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9405 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (4095 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
BjsAust: posts small blind 200
taipan168: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [7h Jh]
Dealt to taipan168 [2h 4s]
BjsAust: folds
taipan168 collected 450 from pot
taipan168: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 450 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (button) (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: taipan168 (big blind) collected (450)

Hand 15

PokerStars Game #10694559053: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/30 - 10:17:14 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9180 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (4320 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts small blind 200
BjsAust: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [3h Tc]
Dealt to taipan168 [Qc 9s]
taipan168: raises 3895 to 4295 and is all-in
BjsAust: folds
taipan168 collected 850 from pot
taipan168: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 850 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: taipan168 (button) (small blind) collected (850)

Hand 16

PokerStars Game #10694560938: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/30 - 10:17:24 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (8755 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (4745 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
BjsAust: posts small blind 200
taipan168: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [Js As]
Dealt to taipan168 [9h 3c]
BjsAust: calls 200
taipan168: checks
*** FLOP *** [Qc Qs 6d]
taipan168: checks
BjsAust: bets 500
taipan168: folds
BjsAust collected 850 from pot
BjsAust: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 850 | Rake 0
Board [Qc Qs 6d]
Seat 5: BjsAust (button) (small blind) collected (850)
Seat 7: taipan168 (big blind) folded on the Flop

Hand 17

PokerStars Game #10694564694: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/30 - 10:17:45 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9180 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (4320 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts small blind 200
BjsAust: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [As 2s]
Dealt to taipan168 [6h 7c]
taipan168: calls 200
BjsAust is disconnected
BjsAust is connected
BjsAust: raises 8755 to 9155 and is all-in
taipan168: folds
BjsAust collected 850 from pot
BjsAust: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 850 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (big blind) collected (850)
Seat 7: taipan168 (button) (small blind) folded before Flop

Hand 18

PokerStars Game #10694573773: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/30 - 10:18:35 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9605 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (3895 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
BjsAust: posts small blind 200
taipan168: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [4h 4c]
Dealt to taipan168 [3c Jh]
BjsAust: raises 9180 to 9580 and is all-in
taipan168: folds
BjsAust collected 850 from pot
BjsAust: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 850 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (button) (small blind) collected (850)
Seat 7: taipan168 (big blind) folded before Flop

Hand 19

PokerStars Game #10694575716: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/30 - 10:18:46 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (10030 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (3470 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts small blind 200
BjsAust: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [9s 3c]
Dealt to taipan168 [6d Tc]
taipan168: raises 3045 to 3445 and is all-in
BjsAust: folds
taipan168 collected 850 from pot
taipan168: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 850 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: taipan168 (button) (small blind) collected (850)

Hand 20

PokerStars Game #10694577525: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/30 - 10:18:56 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9605 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (3895 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
BjsAust: posts small blind 200
taipan168: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [2d 4d]
Dealt to taipan168 [3s 7s]
BjsAust: folds
taipan168 collected 450 from pot
taipan168: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 450 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (button) (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: taipan168 (big blind) collected (450)

Hand 21

PokerStars Game #10694578928: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/30 - 10:19:03 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9380 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (4120 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts small blind 200
BjsAust: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [Jc 2c]
Dealt to taipan168 [Qd 5c]
taipan168: raises 3695 to 4095 and is all-in
BjsAust: folds
taipan168 collected 850 from pot
taipan168: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 850 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: taipan168 (button) (small blind) collected (850)

Hand 22

PokerStars Game #10694580804: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/30 - 10:19:14 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (8955 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (4545 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
BjsAust: posts small blind 200
taipan168: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [Kh Ts]
Dealt to taipan168 [Jc 8h]
BjsAust: raises 800 to 1200
taipan168: folds
BjsAust collected 850 from pot
BjsAust: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 850 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (button) (small blind) collected (850)
Seat 7: taipan168 (big blind) folded before Flop

Hand 23

PokerStars Game #10694583975: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/30 - 10:19:31 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9380 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (4120 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts small blind 200
BjsAust: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [Td 7d]
Dealt to taipan168 [5s 2h]
taipan168: folds
BjsAust collected 450 from pot
BjsAust: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 450 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (big blind) collected (450)
Seat 7: taipan168 (button) (small blind) folded before Flop

Hand 24

PokerStars Game #10694585284: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/30 - 10:19:39 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9605 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (3895 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
BjsAust: posts small blind 200
taipan168: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [Ac Qh]
Dealt to taipan168 [4d Kd]
BjsAust: raises 800 to 1200
taipan168: folds
BjsAust collected 850 from pot
BjsAust: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 850 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (button) (small blind) collected (850)
Seat 7: taipan168 (big blind) folded before Flop

Hand 25

PokerStars Game #10694587874: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/30 - 10:19:53 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (10030 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (3470 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts small blind 200
BjsAust: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [4s 7s]
Dealt to taipan168 [2h Ac]
taipan168: raises 3045 to 3445 and is all-in
BjsAust: folds
taipan168 collected 850 from pot
taipan168: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 850 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: taipan168 (button) (small blind) collected (850)

Hand 26

PokerStars Game #10694589673: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/30 - 10:20:03 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9605 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (3895 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
BjsAust: posts small blind 200
taipan168: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [9c Jh]
Dealt to taipan168 [Ts Jc]
BjsAust: folds
taipan168 collected 450 from pot
taipan168: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 450 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (button) (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: taipan168 (big blind) collected (450)

Hand 27

PokerStars Game #10694591460: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/30 - 10:20:13 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9380 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (4120 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts small blind 200
BjsAust: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [6s 7d]
Dealt to taipan168 [2h 8d]
taipan168: folds
BjsAust collected 450 from pot
BjsAust: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 450 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (big blind) collected (450)
Seat 7: taipan168 (button) (small blind) folded before Flop

Hand 28

PokerStars Game #10694592738: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/30 - 10:20:20 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (9605 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (3895 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
BjsAust: posts small blind 200
taipan168: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [Th Ks]
Dealt to taipan168 [9s As]
BjsAust: raises 9180 to 9580 and is all-in
taipan168: calls 3470 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Qh 4d 4s]
*** TURN *** [Qh 4d 4s] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [Qh 4d 4s Kd] [Ah]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
taipan168: shows [9s As] (two pair, Aces and Fours)
BjsAust: shows [Th Ks] (two pair, Kings and Fours)
taipan168 collected 7790 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7790 | Rake 0
Board [Qh 4d 4s Kd Ah]
Seat 5: BjsAust (button) (small blind) showed [Th Ks] and lost with two pair, Kings and Fours
Seat 7: taipan168 (big blind) showed [9s As] and won (7790) with two pair, Aces and Fours

Hand 29

PokerStars Game #10694596868: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/30 - 10:20:43 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (5710 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (7790 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts small blind 200
BjsAust: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [9s Qd]
Dealt to taipan168 [5h 2h]
taipan168: folds
BjsAust collected 450 from pot
BjsAust: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 450 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (big blind) collected (450)
Seat 7: taipan168 (button) (small blind) folded before Flop

Hand 30

PokerStars Game #10694598195: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/30 - 10:20:50 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (5935 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (7565 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
BjsAust: posts small blind 200
taipan168: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [5d 7s]
Dealt to taipan168 [Js 6s]
BjsAust: folds
taipan168 collected 450 from pot
taipan168: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 450 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (button) (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: taipan168 (big blind) collected (450)

Hand 31

PokerStars Game #10694599593: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/30 - 10:20:58 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (5710 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (7790 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts small blind 200
BjsAust: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [5h 3s]
Dealt to taipan168 [Ts 7h]
taipan168: folds
BjsAust collected 450 from pot
BjsAust: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 450 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (big blind) collected (450)
Seat 7: taipan168 (button) (small blind) folded before Flop

Hand 32

PokerStars Game #10694600923: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/06/30 - 10:21:06 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (5935 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (7565 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 25
taipan168: posts the ante 25
BjsAust: posts small blind 200
taipan168: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [Ah Jd]
Dealt to taipan168 [6h 5s]
BjsAust: raises 800 to 1200
taipan168: folds
BjsAust collected 850 from pot
BjsAust: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 850 | Rake 0
Seat 5: BjsAust (button) (small blind) collected (850)
Seat 7: taipan168 (big blind) folded before Flop

Hand 33

PokerStars Game #10694605431: Tournament #54191080, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2007/06/30 - 10:21:30 (ET)
Table '54191080 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 5: BjsAust (6360 in chips)
Seat 7: taipan168 (7140 in chips)
BjsAust: posts the ante 50
taipan168: posts the ante 50
taipan168: posts small blind 300
BjsAust: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BjsAust [5c Ah]
Dealt to taipan168 [8c 8s]
taipan168: raises 6490 to 7090 and is all-in
BjsAust: calls 5710 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [4d 3s 9h]
*** TURN *** [4d 3s 9h] [Qs]
*** RIVER *** [4d 3s 9h Qs] [7d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BjsAust: shows [5c Ah] (high card Ace)
taipan168: shows [8c 8s] (a pair of Eights)
taipan168 collected 12720 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 12720 | Rake 0
Board [4d 3s 9h Qs 7d]
Seat 5: BjsAust (big blind) showed [5c Ah] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 7: taipan168 (button) (small blind) showed [8c 8s] and won (12720) with a pair of Eights

[zachaser]

bsjaust: Looked pretty good overall, the only problem I had was the last hand when you called Tai's shove with A5. I think this was very loose considering you've got 10 blinds left; not sure what the lowest Ace you can call with is, but I don't think the 5 kicker is good enough in this spot.

[bjsaust]

True, but I know Taipan likes to abuse his big stack power, so he's got a fairly wide range on this one.

Whats everyone else think?

[mcatdog]

Zachaser, folding an ace heads up with 10 BB is really bad against good players. If you're folding there then your opponent can shove any two cards and make a huge profit. I'd call that with K5 let alone A5.

Guys, it's really cool to see both of your hands like this. I wish the hands were numbered so it'd be easier to refer to them.

Hand 3 - I probably re-steal with the K9.
Hand 5 - I'd raise 56o from the button he's folding enough for it to be +EV.
Hand 8 - Raise 97o from the button.
Hand 11 - I'd call with the K2o against a good player, it's close though.
Hand 12 - Definitely shove J6s with 10 BB.
Hand 14 - Shove J7s.
Hand 16 - I doubt a good player like taipan is going to fall for you limping a big hand when you've been folding your button so many times. He'd be more likely to shove against a guy who'd limped every time.
Hand 20 - This is close but I'd shove the 24s.
Hand 26 - Shove J9o for sure, this fold is really bad.

Rest of them look fine to me but you're missing a decent number of shoves bj. With <10 BB I'd start with any pair, any ace, king, queen, any suited jack or ten, any two cards six and higher, and the suited connectors 54s+, 64s+. You can add in even more hands if they're too tight. Also, taipan can speak for himself but it doesn't really look like he loosened his shoving range against you. I didn't see any shoves by him that shouldn't be shoves against anyone.

[Fnord]

You play too tight and just generally suck at HU poker. Read HoH and donk off some money playing some HU SnGs.

K9o is an easy call Heads-up.
97o is an easy call from the button.
The A2o hand is really silly, L2P post-flop.
J6s otb fold is silly
Same with J7s
Calling with AJs when you've been just raising or folding will rarely get good action
LoL @ A2s again
J9 is an easy push with the chip lead and huge blinds.

[mcatdog]

The A2o hand is really silly, L2P post-flop.

Blinds just went up so stacks are only 10BB, nothing silly about going all-in.

[taipan168]

bsjaust: Looked pretty good overall, the only problem I had was the last hand when you called Tai's shove with A5. I think this was very loose considering you've got 10 blinds left; not sure what the lowest Ace you can call with is, but I don't think the 5 kicker is good enough in this spot.

Easy call for me, but we can do some ICM on this.
- If bjs folds he will have 5710 chips worth 38.5% of the prize pool
- If bjs calls and loses he is out in 2nd for 30% of the prize pool
- If bjs calls and wins he will have 12,720 chips worth 48.8% of the prize pool

Therefore, bjs needs to be 45% to win to make this a good call.

Now, what would I shove in this spot? I'm not really shoving ATC since we're more or less even stacked, so let's assume the following:

	equity 	win 	tie 	      
Hand 0: 	53.102%  	48.06% 	05.04%  { 22+, A2s+, K4s+, Q7s+, J9s+, A2o+, K7o+, Q8o+, JTo }
Hand 1: 	46.898%  	41.85% 	05.04%  { A5o }

With that kind of edge, I call this. Plus, and no disrespect to bjs, when you are playing against a more skilled opponent it is correct to take slimmer edges, but this call is +1.7% EV, more than good enough for me.

[Fnord]

The A2o hand is really silly, L2P post-flop.

Blinds just went up so stacks are only 10BB, nothing silly about going all-in.

Meh, misread the hand. Yeah, standardish. Still hero is folding too much on the button and has so little faith in his post-flop game.

[taipan168]

bjs, can you go through and number the hands? Makes it much easier to comment. If you don't have time I can do it. EDIT: never mind, I did it.

Thanks for putting the HH together BTW, it was good fun playing you.

[zachaser]

Mcat,
What do you fold in that spot? Apparently this is a huge leak I haven't fixed; I don't mind shoving wide against people, but I tend to have problems with my calling range.

[Fnord]

In general, for Heads-up you should be playing a lot of hands. Getting over 3:1 immediate on your money and with position on every post-flop betting round HoH argues that any hand is worth at least completing your SB. I'm somewhere around 90% and tighten up a bit if the other guy is in push/fold mode. I like to balance limping vs raising ranges and mix it up a bit. Hence, I'm more likely to get action limping a strong hand because my opponent will get a little aggro when I limp because he'll see I tend to do that with weaker hands.

With shallow money 20bb or less any 2 cards Nine or higher are gold and you should often felt as little as middle pair because with all of the aggression going on the pot will be offering too good of a price by the time you figure out it's no good. 56o and 56s are trash hands. Think pairs when the money isn't deep and be willing to back them up with your stack.

Eventually someone is going to run into a hand and you just want to make sure you're in there gambling it up instead of just folding away all your money. Even if you pushed *every* hand, you're still not that big of a dog.

[mcatdog]

Mcat,
What do you fold in that spot? Apparently this is a huge leak I haven't fixed; I don't mind shoving wide against people, but I tend to have problems with my calling range.

OK maybe calling with K5 is a little too loose but I'd be calling for sure with any pair, any ace, any king except the ones with really small kickers, any two broadway, plus a couple more suited non-broadway hands like Q9 Q8s J9s.

By the way the best thing for people to do would be to sit down with PokerStove and figure these things out for themselves. First off, think about what your shoving range is, and then figure out what hands you should call with if you were playing against yourself. Then go back and see whether you should be shoving more or less, assuming the calling range you just came up with. Really getting your own hands dirty with the math is the best way to improve your heads-up game instead of hoping people on the forum tell you what to do.

[givememyleg]

You guys are nits!

[Fnord]

You guys are nits!

QFT. The most exploitable mistake shallow-stack heads-up is folding too much.

According to PokerStove K5o is a top 50% hand and runs better hot/cold than 22.

[bjsaust]

Still hero is folding too much on the button and has so little faith in his post-flop game.

I'd agree with that. Post-flop game to me consists largely of hitting a big hand and extracting maximum value (or minimising losses if I'm concerned). I really dont have much experience with post-flop play when I'm calling loose (i.e., most of its been full ring or early in SnGs).

Even in my SnG experience, I've rarely made it to HU with blinds this low before, and rarely so evenly stacked, generally either I or villian are short. So HU to me has laregly consisted of push/fold poker.

I really appreciate all the advice, going to run through it all a bit closer.

[Fnord]

Look at it this way, you're folding better than average hands with position against someone with 2 random cards.

[bjsaust]

You play too tight and just generally suck at HU poker. Read HoH and donk off some money playing some HU SnGs.

I'm about to clear a $50 bonus so maybe I'll dedicate some of that to some HU play.

I just finished HoH 1 (some of the 'interesting' hands I've posted recently have been prompted by his looser riskier suggestions more aimed at MTTs than STTs). I've just started HoH2, so hopefully I'll get some good advice out of that.

Getting over 3:1 immediate on your money and with position on every post-flop betting round HOH argues that any hand is worth at least completing your SB.

My assumption was that Taipan wasnt going to put up with much limping, but yeah, I should have tried a few more times at least.


Thanks for advice guys, I was working on a very basic and obviously too tight approach of only playing Qx+ and PPs. I obviously need to loosen that up a bit, I guess the reason I havnt is that I've been called VERY loose at times in other games, so tend to play tightish so when called I generally have the best hand.