Heads up play
Hi All,
Well one suggestion to get better was to post hands and ask for opinions. I think one of the areas that I am weaker in or at least inexperienced is heads up play. I understand basics but as this is where the money is I would like to improve this part of my game.
Below is a hand that I played heads up this weekend.
PokerStars Game #5976562279: Tournament #30263458, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (600/1200) - 2006/08/19 - 16:20:22 (ET)
Table '30263458 3' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 8: korn999 (10255 in chips)
Seat 9: gnw60 (30245 in chips)
korn999: posts the ante 75
gnw60: posts the ante 75
gnw60: posts small blind 600
korn999: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to korn999 [Jc Ah]
gnw60: raises 1200 to 2400
korn999: raises 2400 to 4800
gnw60: raises 2400 to 7200
korn999: raises 2980 to 10180 and is all-in
gnw60: calls 2980
*** FLOP *** [3s 2c 6s]
korn999 said, "nh"
gnw60 said, "u2"
*** TURN *** [3s 2c 6s] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [3s 2c 6s 7c] [9d]
korn999 said, "gg"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
korn999: shows [Jc Ah] (high card Ace)
gnw60: shows [Jd Jh] (a pair of Jacks)
gnw60 said, "gg"
gnw60 collected 20510 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 20510 | Rake 0
Board [3s 2c 6s 7c 9d]
Seat 8: korn999 (big blind) showed [Jc Ah] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 9: gnw60 (button) (small blind) showed [Jd Jh] and won (20510) with a pair of Jacks
how would you have played this one? Should I of just called and seen the flop? I considered AJ to be very strong in heads up but in retrospect I think I should have of made the read that he had a pair at least
Thanks for any feedback
Well one suggestion to get better was to post hands and ask for opinions. I think one of the areas that I am weaker in or at least inexperienced is heads up play. I understand basics but as this is where the money is I would like to improve this part of my game.
Below is a hand that I played heads up this weekend.
PokerStars Game #5976562279: Tournament #30263458, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (600/1200) - 2006/08/19 - 16:20:22 (ET)
Table '30263458 3' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 8: korn999 (10255 in chips)
Seat 9: gnw60 (30245 in chips)
korn999: posts the ante 75
gnw60: posts the ante 75
gnw60: posts small blind 600
korn999: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to korn999 [Jc Ah]
gnw60: raises 1200 to 2400
korn999: raises 2400 to 4800
gnw60: raises 2400 to 7200
korn999: raises 2980 to 10180 and is all-in
gnw60: calls 2980
*** FLOP *** [3s 2c 6s]
korn999 said, "nh"
gnw60 said, "u2"
*** TURN *** [3s 2c 6s] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [3s 2c 6s 7c] [9d]
korn999 said, "gg"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
korn999: shows [Jc Ah] (high card Ace)
gnw60: shows [Jd Jh] (a pair of Jacks)
gnw60 said, "gg"
gnw60 collected 20510 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 20510 | Rake 0
Board [3s 2c 6s 7c 9d]
Seat 8: korn999 (big blind) showed [Jc Ah] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 9: gnw60 (button) (small blind) showed [Jd Jh] and won (20510) with a pair of Jacks
how would you have played this one? Should I of just called and seen the flop? I considered AJ to be very strong in heads up but in retrospect I think I should have of made the read that he had a pair at least
Thanks for any feedback
Comments
With the blinds where they were, and the size of your stack, I would say that when he raised you should probably have pushed all in. I doubt he would of folded his Jacks, so you were done anyway. You needed to pick up at least the blinds there, and if he had a weak hand you would have with an all-in raise there.
That's my two cents; but I'm curious as to what anyone else thinks as well.
Cheers,
Dave
My (lazy) 2 cents.
After the initial raise I would have pushed hoping he would fold with a small pair or weaker ace. If you happen to run into a bigger pair, use your winnings to buy in to another SNG.