Tips for Heads up play

fatboy

Hey all first just wanted to say the new site rocks!!! Great job Sloth!

My question here is does anyone have any sites or info or tips on how to play heads up at the end of S'n'Gs or MTT's. Any feedback would be much appreciated.

moose

Never fold from sb.

Mix up your play a lot. ie limp your good cards just as often as you raise.

Be aggressive. Raise 50% of the time. Cards don't matter.

BigChrisEl

I like to try and take flops as much as possible. I hardly ever fold my SB and will tend to call a 2x to 3x the BB raise with almost any two cards.

If I like my hand as the BB I always raise too. Here are a few hands from a SnG I played earlier today.

Full Tilt Poker Game #1093967195: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (7431814), Table 1 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em -

Seat 6: BigChrisEl (5,655)
Seat 8: dazenconfused (7,845)
BigChrisEl posts the small blind of 60
dazenconfused posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BigChrisEl [Ah 3h]
BigChrisEl raises to 240
dazenconfused calls 120
*** FLOP *** [Jh 2s 4s]
dazenconfused checks
BigChrisEl bets 480
dazenconfused folds
Uncalled bet of 480 returned to BigChrisEl
BigChrisEl mucks
BigChrisEl wins the pot (480)
The blinds are now 80/160
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 480 | Rake 0
Board: [Jh 2s 4s]
Seat 6: BigChrisEl (small blind) collected (480), mucked
Seat 8: dazenconfused (big blind) folded on the Flop

Full Tilt Poker Game #1093971342: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (7431814), Table 1 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em

Seat 6: BigChrisEl (5,135)
Seat 8: dazenconfused (8,365)
BigChrisEl posts the small blind of 80
dazenconfused posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BigChrisEl [6s Ts]
BigChrisEl raises to 400
dazenconfused folds
Uncalled bet of 240 returned to BigChrisEl
BigChrisEl mucks
BigChrisEl wins the pot (320)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 320 | Rake 0
Seat 6: BigChrisEl (small blind) collected (320), mucked
Seat 8: dazenconfused (big blind) folded before the Flop

Full Tilt Poker Game #1093983698: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (7431814), Table 1 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em -

Seat 6: BigChrisEl (5,295)
Seat 8: dazenconfused (8,205)
BigChrisEl posts the small blind of 80
dazenconfused posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BigChrisEl [Qh 8c]
BigChrisEl raises to 500
dazenconfused calls 340
*** FLOP *** [4h 8h 3c]
dazenconfused bets 500
BigChrisEl raises to 2,500
dazenconfused raises to 7,705, and is all in
BigChrisEl calls 2,295, and is all in
dazenconfused shows [6h Kh]
BigChrisEl shows [Qh 8c]
Uncalled bet of 2,910 returned to dazenconfused
*** TURN *** [4h 8h 3c] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [4h 8h 3c Jc] [8d]
dazenconfused shows a pair of Eights
BigChrisEl shows three of a kind, Eights
BigChrisEl wins the pot (10,590) with three of a kind, Eights
The blinds are now 100/200
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10,590 | Rake 0
Board: [4h 8h 3c Jc 8d]
Seat 6: BigChrisEl (small blind) showed [Qh 8c] and won (10,590) with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 8: dazenconfused (big blind) showed [6h Kh] and lost with a pair of Eights


Full Tilt Poker Game #1093985619: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (7431814), Table 1 - 100/200 - No Limit Hold'em -
Seat 6: BigChrisEl (10,690)
Seat 8: dazenconfused (2,810)
BigChrisEl posts the small blind of 100
dazenconfused posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #6

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to BigChrisEl [3s 3d]
BigChrisEl raises to 600
dazenconfused raises to 2,810, and is all in
BigChrisEl calls 2,210
dazenconfused shows [2d 2s]
BigChrisEl shows [3s 3d]
*** FLOP *** [5s Tc 6d]
*** TURN *** [5s Tc 6d] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [5s Tc 6d 2c] [3h]
dazenconfused shows three of a kind, Twos
BigChrisEl shows three of a kind, Threes
BigChrisEl wins the pot (5,620) with three of a kind, Threes

WaterLooser

BigChrisEl wrote: »

dazenconfused shows three of a kind, Twos
BigChrisEl shows three of a kind, Threes
BigChrisEl wins the pot (5,620) with three of a kind, Threes

That was mean dude

Well played, but I do fold the odd SB from time to time. I find that calling every one also makes my opponent call every one. If I fold the odd one or two early it looks like it's ok to fold. Then when they start doing it back I know it's time to put the screws on. Especially if the stacks are deep and the blinds are proportionally small.

Flint Bones

Raising in Heads Up is the key. You will find a lot of players in the BB will fold to any raise. They are still playing like it is 6 players and don't realize that the hand selection can be much wider.

On the flop I typically find that if it is checked to me a reasonable bet will win the pot, however, if I am re-raised I think about it more. Although a re-re-raise tends to win.