my name is junius and i suck at poker, and i've finally found a forum where people talk a language i understand, maybe there's hope for me yet. thank you hunl. you rock.

500->BH 25NL

welcome

Any elaboration as to why? If you could give me more elaboration, that would be awesome. Its just a lot of $$ for me, so I wanna make sure its the right decision

eh, i mean i dont know a ton about sng roi and variance but it just seems sorta grueling/annoying if you have the nicer option of just depo'ing 500 and BH 25NL.

I also think its probably more likely that your risk of ruin is higher with 200-$10sngs than 500-BH25NL.

What kind of experience and results do you have though?

I'm break even over 400SNGs...all levels mixed of $10 and lower. Mostly $2STs and $6Ts

Been playing for 2 years...started HU this year

What is a good strategy against a loose player who can call you down with A high hands when 3 barreling?

(He have never played online and he is pretty much a bad player.)

He calls from the BTN almost 95% of times with anything. 22+ Ax+ kx+ qx+ T4+ and almost any suited hand. What should i do? check bad hands and simply raise better hands?

He is loose as i said so he can call 3.5x bets with Ax and also almost any suited hand 97% of times.

Postflop he is a little more aggresive but still way to passive. He will very often check nuts on the flop to the river and then bet.

He also overbets when he bluffs and when he is not bluffing.

I am a okay player, i got a strategy to simply value bet him to death when i can but is there any more of a advanced strategy against him?

Bluff less, ez. And make thinner value bets

Play a stronger range than his (you didn't mention what your range is) and make a larger pfr for value. Not 3betting light is prob a good idea also

my BTN open raise range: Ax k5+ 22+ Q8+ 45s-JTs. And BTN 3bet range: AT+ KQ+ 77+

On SB i raise with Ax k8+ 22+ QT+ 65s-TJs. I 3bet with a range of AJ+ KQs+ 88+

I see. Well the point is if the villain isn't folding to 3bets often with your current sizing, make a bigger sizing and make sure the hand you'er 3betting him with is ahead of his range. So instead of 3.5x'ing, try 4x-6x to see how he reacts. If his range is that wide, you're getting money in good pf if you do it with the right hands

BTN = SB in HU games... and you have a 3betting range otb (so you limp/reraise)? And overall still VERY tight

oh yeah i know BTN = SB im sry i meant BB all the time.. and when i 3bet from BB its only when he raise and i reraise. When i 3bet from BTN i meant 4bet so i raise he 3bet me and then i 4bet.

Do you think i should loose up much more? could u say a better range against the opponent im up against? (a very loose one)

I would open: Ax, Kx, Q6o, J6o, T7o, 54o+, 22+ and pretty much anything suited with the exception of maybe like 72s and those super weak hands. I would also try opening 4x or 5x.
My 4betting range would depend on how much he 3bets (i cant find that stat).
I'd defend my standard which is A8o, K9o, Q9o, J9o, T8o, 65s+, 22+ and Axs, K7s, Q8s, J8s, T7s

He usually min 3bet when i raise from BB. But sometimes he can 4x.
When "defending" u mean call or 4bet? Like when i raise from BTN and he 3bet me
And i then 4bet as "defend" or just call his 3bet as "defend"?

Oh and when u say "open" u mean raise 4-5x on BTN or on BB also when he just limps?

Btw he dont 3bet often at all. He can call after my raise with AJ+ 60% of times and 3bet 40%..

Defending: he raises his btn and i call
Opening: i raise my btn
and i'd raise his limps with JT+ and 88+

Okay great thanks! I will loosen up my range much more and make it closer to urs!

Does anyone know any good 2+2 threadss about adjusting to aggressive players?

I keep having to quit really aggro opponents and going for fish and nits.

I'd like to widen my horizons!

In NLHE 6max my non-showdown winnings always were a little down or BE,

now im playing hu, its break-even, not a large sample, is this normal, or is this a leak?

nothing specific comes to mind off the top of my head but there are definitely some out there, try using the search feature if you havent yet.
nahhh dont worry about this at all. make your green line as big as possible!

hehe ok, thats going pretty good so far

Okay so I have been playing some HU this month, ~8k hands at 25NL and according to HEM, winning 11.46bb/100. Is this just a heater or I am actually playing okay? I have had two -6 BI and one -11 BI swings and clawed back out slowly, yeah thats my thing, I lose quickly but then win it back slowly. Also, the rake is a mindboggling ~17bb/100.

My question is, is it worth playing 25NL? Should I be winning at a better/worse rate? I dont table select much, just play whoever sits, or sit someone whom I have played before and have some reads (Some now sit out when I sit them). Know this is all lol, cheeseburger stakes, but would appreciate some feedback.

Thanks!

I've been playing headsup recently and I sometimes play people from 35-60bb's because that is all they buy in for.
Are there any specific strategic adjustments someone would recommend for early on in the match?

Most of the time they're here for going all-in at one point, then sit out. I would play a little less low cards and a little more high cards. That would be my default adjustement to an unknown short stacker.

Would also try to open for a little less than 3bb, like 2.5 or even min raise if it has the same effect on vilain. This to keep pots smaller so they go all-in on later street and have to play more post flop. Them sucking at post flop is the reason why they buy in for so short.

Thanks for the range ideas, and it does make sense to raise less and play it post.

Versus a player you don't know, which hands do you raise from SB? In a 200bb game, what would be considered LAG and what would be considered NITTY?

My general strategy versus unknowns is to open all hands from SB, from BB i defend around 30% of the hands to a minraise, until i know more about opponent, is this okey? i cbet all flops basically and 3bet 11% of hands.

Opening 100% and then cbetting 100% seems to me highly exploitable. This strategy should not work well against a semi-good reg.