What training sites are best for learning the basics of heads up cash?

What does probe turn/river mean exactly?

I'm guessing it's when you check back flop/turn after having initiative and villain leads the next street but I'd like to be sure.

ya basically ^

"A probe bet is a bet out of position after the player who could have made a continuation bet on the prior street did not make that continuation bet.

So for example:

Player X raises preflop on the button, Player Y calls in the BB. Y checks, X checks. Y bets the turn. That's a probe bet because on the street before (the flop) X could have continuation bet (by virtue of the PFR) but did not do so."

https://www.pokertracker.com/forums/...ic.php?t=36711


also ones i didnt put in my other post would be fold to the probe bets t/r, and fold to c/r f/t/r

ive always been a fan of deuces cracked. and i think they have some good NLHU series that would be especially good for beginners, learning basics, adjusting to diff player types, etc. but wiltontilt is still making videos there and hes still a great player in todays games so there's advanced stuff too. look around this thread tho its been discussed before but im not very current with it i dont use training sites at the moment.

Thanks a lot for the reply. I've looked at the forums and have only been able to find old posts. I ended up with a cardrunners account I don't really see to much heads up content on there though starting to think I made the wrong choice

bluefire and DC are both much better for HU than cardrunners. you can always go to the sites set the filter and browse what they have. most of them have free trial periods too, or at least at one point did.

Posted this in the wrong place earlier, thinks it belong here.

New to HU and i stop playing opponents that seems kinda solid after 20 hands most of the time.

I played this villain today with these stats

SB VPIP/PFR 63/54
BB VPIP/PFR 42/14 3bet 14%
Cbet flop 100%

Raised pre 2-2.5xBB

I opened about 70% of buttons, is that good or should it be widen or tightened against this villain? (Not that comfortable in my postflop play)

Did never 3bet him but had a default range of TT+, AJ+, KQ, should this be widen or tightened?

Flatcall BB with about top 25%.

Counterstrategy against a 100% cbettor, that must be a leak right? But i didn't adjust so he kept winning the pots.

Any advice would be appreciated

opening only 70% is way too tight. 100% minraise might be the best strat against him if hes going to continue to fold that much.

3b default value range looks fine.

flatting 25% is way too tight esp for his small sizing. even tho hes not opening much u should still be able to play much more than 39% oop.

so 100% cbet is a leak. why though? whats going to happen when he does this? think about each part of his range and then the best way to play each part of your range to take advantage of it. but his frequencies on later streets might affect what u want to do on the flop. obviously there is a different adjustment for someone who cb 100/80/70 vs 100/15/100 or w/e.

Where can i post my HU-stats nd get som feedback?

start a thread if you think it is enough to create some discussion

Hi

1. How many hands per table per hour can one expect to play at HU cash?

2. How do I work out the average rake taken in bb/100 per table if possible at different levels of HU cash, e.g. 50NL hu as oppossed to 100NL hu?

Regards

Hi

Does the pokerstars rake cap at 50c make it worth my while to be playing there rather than on sites where I have anywhere between 30%-60% rakeback.

I don't normally play on Stars so I will not achieve anything like supernova

I will be playing at NL50 and trying to work upwards

1. 200

2. basic math

3. yes, but i'd advice playing on more than one site

sup y'all, new to HU trying to improve my all round game.

had a fun session with a Villain last night, just played 1 table with him for about an hr.

Up to this hand I had not 5bet shoved and had folded to all Villains 4bets, I decided it was time for a v light 5bet shove and was very surprised when he called.

50NL£

Villain BTN £39.25
Hero SB £164.28 J2

Villain raise to £1
Hero 3bets to £3 (dont like my sizing,think £4/£4.50 is better?)

Villain 4bets to £10
Hero 5bet shoves £161.28

Villain calls showing Q8

was my shove complete spew given his 80bb stack? was his call normal for HU? He later on called my 5bet shove with 56ss (100bb effective) stating he put me on AK (level?) when I had AA, lol

I just dont think hes folding enough when he already put 1/4 of his stack in, so just start 3B/5B PP and good broadways/aces....

thanks Czech, yeah at the time I thought how the hell did he call but as I was posting looking at his stack size I thought it was bad play on my part. Altho he's definately not going to be +ev calling off with Q8 in that spot every time. He musta fist pumped so hard lol.

what do u think of my 3bet sizing? to small?

yea, i like 4... 4,5 when deeper

safe as houses

also, in a match where both players are min raising most of the time when on the button do you defend with hands like Jxs Qxs from the big blind?

player dependent obv but as default yes

Thanks again Czech!

just getting into heads-up and figured this is a good spot to post.

what is the bottom of our calling range when we are OTB facing a 3 bet when starting a match?

I know this is a bad question and varies very much from person to person. But my thoughts are 89ss for suited connectors, 77 for pocket pairs, all suited broadways, and A9ss

Any input would be great, thanks

i just started dabbling in HU after reading an old galfond post about how HU is great training for learning poker quickly. but why is that so, since it plays so much differently than 6-max or full ring? why isn't multitabling the game in question the best sort of training for learning to play that particular game? thanks.

He probably says it because you have to open up and play wider ranges hu and play weaker holdings, so you get put in alot more difficult spots that you wouldn't if you were to just play 6 max. It helps you hand reading abilities in the long run.

Hopefully simple question here:

I'm looking at moving from 6max cash games to HU after discovering that my HU winrate is just way better than 6max even though I'm well studied in 6max and (imo) pretty horrible at HU. (I mostly blame the winrate difference on game selection.)

So, my question is pretty simple: What's the best route to go for the basics and fundamentals of HU poker? I don't feel like I'm advanced or sound enough in my game yet to really benefit from video sites or 1 on 1 coaching.

For example, for 6 max NLHE I would recommend a book like Small Stakes No Limit Hold'em or Professional No Limit Hold'em Volume 1.

I've played full time with success for a few years now, so I don't really need things like poker term definitions or how to calculate pot odds, etc. I just need the HU specific stuff, but I need that right down to the basics.

Anything out there that is a good resource?