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  1. #1

    Default #2 helps you with HU

    Whether it's hu to win an mtt, sng, or just a hu sng, post your hands here and I'll give you the best advice I can. Please only post 1 hand at a time and don't spam the thread. Also, please include all relevant reads and thoughts about your image. If you don't I won't respond.
  2. #2
    This is actually from a home game live Sng, we are HU, Hero has 10000 in chips, villian has about 4000, blinds are at 100/200 no Ante, this is one of the first hands in HU.

    Hero and villian are regular players in this weekly home game, this is the first time we are playing heads up

    Images: Villian is usually a tight player and is usually not aggressive without a made hand, however he is opening his game up as the table gets shorter, from Hero's read on villian when he is bluffing it is usually with a bullet on the flop.

    Hero is relatively LAG, villian's view of hero is that hero is very loose and bluffs a lot, villian's view of Hero thus is that he sees hero has looser then he really is

    Preflop: Hero raises to 500 with 36s. villian calls. Hero's plan for HU is to raise every hand on the button until he encounters real resistance, since I believe I can often steal the blinds preflop or play in position, I believe I will not be 3betted much , the one downside is that villian will likely call with very strong hand trying to trap, I also think I can outplay villian in most pots postflop, villian calls
    my view on villian range for a call is low-mid PP, Ax, K7+, any 2 broadway and maybe mid SC

    Pot is 1000
    Flop is QQ3 rainbow, hero also has a backdoor FD FWIW. Villian checks, hero bets 600 villian shoves - Hero: ?

    I dont think there is even a 5% chance that villian is pushing with a Q here, he will likely call and try to trap with a Q


  3. #3
    Quote Originally Posted by TLR View Post
    This is actually from a home game live Sng, we are HU, Hero has 10000 in chips, villian has about 4000, blinds are at 100/200 no Ante, this is one of the first hands in HU.

    Hero and villian are regular players in this weekly home game, this is the first time we are playing heads up

    Images: Villian is usually a tight player and is usually not aggressive without a made hand, however he is opening his game up as the table gets shorter, from Hero's read on villian when he is bluffing it is usually with a bullet on the flop.

    Hero is relatively LAG, villian's view of hero is that hero is very loose and bluffs a lot, villian's view of Hero thus is that he sees hero has looser then he really is

    Preflop: Hero raises to 500 (you should really be minraising no antes espeically with this stacksize) with 36s. villian calls. Hero's plan for HU is to raise every hand on the button until he encounters real resistance, since I believe I can often steal the blinds preflop or play in position, I believe I will not be 3betted much ,

    I think this is a very correct way of developing your strategy, good job. I agree with your plan.

    the one downside is that villian will likely call with very strong hand trying to trap, I also think I can outplay villian in most pots postflop, villian calls
    my view on villian range for a call is low-mid PP, Ax, K7+, any 2 broadway and maybe mid SC I'd bet good money it's wider. I bet you see random K3o Q7o type hands.

    Pot is 1000
    Flop is QQ3 rainbow, hero also has a backdoor FD FWIW. Villian checks, hero bets 600 villian shoves - Hero: ?

    I dont think there is even a 5% chance that villian is pushing with a Q here, he will likely call and try to trap with a Q
    How long have you played so far. If you've been running over him, I can envision him having an AX type of hand a lot which makes it a call. If not, I probably fold, I think you run into A3, K3 or a pp a lot and given he seems to play poorly you can pass up this marginal EV situation in order to take advantage of very high +EV situations later.
  4. #4
    Quote Originally Posted by Numbr2intheWorld View Post
    How long have you played so far. If you've been running over him, I can envision him having an AX type of hand a lot which makes it a call. If not, I probably fold, I think you run into A3, K3 or a pp a lot and given he seems to play poorly you can pass up this marginal EV situation in order to take advantage of very high +EV situations later.
    Thanks for answering, a few follow ups
    1. Can you elaborate on why minraising is the best strategy?
    2. You are right, his range was wider
    3. How high do you think my paired card has to be to make this a call? I assume 86 on QQ8 board is an easy call


  5. #5
    1) I mean, minraising is a great strategy in general for so many reasons. It allows for more play postflop and allows you to risk less to win preflop, which allows you toplay more hands. I'm sure there's a type of opponent in which 2.5x is better but its unlikely that its the case here.

    3) I think a QQ8 board is a totally different situation, and I'd fold 86 there definitely. I think maybe a QQ5 or QQ6 I'd have to consider calling with a 86 type hand, but idk I may fold anyway. I don't like making borderline ev plays with no metagame against a bad opponent.
  6. #6
    No Limit Holdem Tournament
    OnGame
    2 Players
    Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com

    Stacks:
    Hero (BTN) (2,533)
    BB (7,467)

    Blinds: 75/150

    Pre-Flop: (225, 2 players) Hero is BTN
    Hero raises to 375, BB calls 225

    Flop: (750, 2 players)
    BB checks, Hero checks

    Turn: (750, 2 players)
    BB bets 225, Hero calls 225

    River: (1,200, 2 players)
    BB checks, Hero bets 800


    This is the final two of a 5-max $54 tournament. The villain is a regular that is generally on the aggressive side, that is hard to steal from (fold to steal 60%, call 30%, 3-bet 10% in BB) and who doesn't fold to c-bets often (fold to flop c-bet 50% (over 28 occasions)). Granted, these numbers may not mean much for the HU-stage.

    Villain probably views hero as a tight ABC-reg that steals a lot.
  7. #7
    First off, again I'd minraise pre under 20bb with no antes for the reasons stated when commenting on TLRs hand. I like the idea of the bluff here because it looks like you have A high on the turn and the A hits. However, you have the nut air and the only reasonable hand he can have here thats beating you and will fold is 9x. If you think he has 9x and want him to fold, I think you need to make a bigger bet than you did, maybe even just shoving. I wouldn't be surprised if you got looked up here by 9x. So I think shoving is probably your best option, and checking really wouldn't be bad since I think you're ahead a decent amount.

    I also forgot to mention I like the flop cback. You have good equity and kind of hidden outs (at least you don't have A high) and cbetting will usually end in either a cbet and give up or getting it in ~ even EV against a range of 9x, tx, or a draw.
  8. #8
    PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tournament, 15/30 Blinds (2 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from Play Online Poker, Site Reviews & Poker Forum | FlopTurnRiver.com

    Hero (BB) (t455)
    SB (t545)

    Hero's M: 10.11

    Preflop: Hero is BB with 10, 3
    SB calls t15, Hero checks

    Flop: (t60) 10, J, A (2 players)
    Hero checks, SB bets t35, Hero calls t35

    Turn: (t130) 3 (2 players)
    Hero checks, SB bets t90, Hero ?

    This hand is from a $300 hyper turbo on PokerStars. Villain is a $500 reg who occasionally plays $1ks and will play $300s when action is slow.

    We have probably only played a couple games vs each other, so the sample of hands I have with him is like 25. He raises some standard amount preflop (60-65) and I've seen him limp once. In the one hand he limped, he had K5 and checked down 3 streets on T9236 (vs my 15bb stack). I had flopped bottom pair with Q2 and had (obviously) also checked down.

    Assuming we don't have any interesting dynamic post flop, I want to know what my best option is on the turn. I'm assuming it's between c/c and c/jam, but you can let me know if you like something else.

    FWIW, I was a little surprised by his sizing on the turn. From the little I've played him I've seen him bet a little bigger than most people on most streets, but 90 into 130 is a lot bigger than I'd expect even from him.
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