****General Questions THREAD (Open Sticky)****

[jakedamus]

Originally Posted by alex23

I recently staked a husng reg (avg. bi $88 roi 5% over 4-5k game sample) for 20nl hu to try switching. He initially won 5 bi, but I watched a vid of his where he played pretty terribly and I predicted he would be having trouble soon. He constantly did moves without rhyme nor reason like c/c tp no draw on a monotone board and then donk the 4flush turn. He then went on a 15 bi downswing over 4k hands at 20nl, all vs. fish. I've had him doing EV calcs, analyzing hands, and watching vids as he seems like a smart guy (has experience in abstract mathematics, + was a winner at husng) and I'm hoping I can turn him into a winner. He is also willing to drop down to 10nl. Anyone have any suggestions? Do you think it's just a matter of time before someone with his background 'gets' it?

I played a guy at NL50 that had made over 20k profit from HUSNG and he was terrible limping alot with hands like queen 10 suited and with alot of good hands i even at one point tried too tell him that limping in is really bad and he said how much money have you made from poker,

and told me that he made alot more than me from husng and he doesnt need my advice and too look him up on sharkscope i did and he had great stats might of been 20k or more profit i cant rememeber..

Not bragging but i took him for about $300 the first time he quit and came back later that day and i took another $250 or so off him he was really bad just proves that HUSNG And HUCASH are completly different game...

[biggerblatch]

A few noob questions for the NL100+ players:

1) Do you make a living playing solely HU? For 6-max players getting action is easy: you just sit down at a table. But even at NL25 and 50 I'm finding it hard to get much action (Cereus network--I'm an unfortunate WA player)--the majority of players who sit down are shortstacking fish. I'm wondering if it's this bad at the micros, how can people make a living playing NL100+?

2) Related to the last question, how many HU hands a month do you play? Wondering how much volume it is possible to get in with all the bumhunting going on these days...

3) Do you think a HU pro needs to play on FTP or PS in order to get in enough volume to make a living? Another recent thread in this forum made it sound like action is pretty dead at the NL200-600 stakes.

[ShipItMehr]

Thanks again for the feedback friends. Still find myself focused on my win loss total a bit too much more than necessary. I play a mix of 100NL/200NL with 90/45 BIs which I suppose is decently healthy yet I still think of daily money totals. As an aside I am considering practicing meditation at home, which is something I think could help a lot of people out in poker (and everything else). Knowing when to walk away and having confidence that I can always be successful are great traits to have BYN and Lovefish. I also think I was in reality just a bit too tired to play optimally even though I felt like grinding and should have taken that into consideration. Good stuff.

[BreakYaNeck]

Originally Posted by ShipItMehr

Thanks again for the feedback friends. Still find myself focused on my win loss total a bit too much more than necessary. I play a mix of 100NL/200NL with 90/45 BIs which I suppose is decently healthy yet I still think of daily money totals. As an aside I am considering practicing meditation at home, which is something I think could help a lot of people out in poker (and everything else). Knowing when to walk away and having confidence that I can always be successful are great traits to have BYN and Lovefish. I also think I was in reality just a bit too tired to play optimally even though I felt like grinding and should have taken that into consideration. Good stuff.

You use really good bankroll management thats for sure. Cant really look at how much you are winning/losing though as long as you are playing well. Just keeping making +EV decisions and in the long run things will even out and go your way. I use to be the same way like continuing to refresh cashier and now I never look. Just have to get use to getting owned every once in a while :P. It happens to everyone

[jakedamus]

Originally Posted by BreakYaNeck

You use really good bankroll management thats for sure. Cant really look at how much you are winning/losing though as long as you are playing well. Just keeping making +EV decisions and in the long run things will even out and go your way. I use to be the same way like continuing to refresh cashier and now I never look. Just have to get use to getting owned every once in a while :P. It happens to everyone

**** i do this all the time i check the cashier when im playing too see how much im up or down!!

[BreakYaNeck]

Originally Posted by jakedamus

**** i do this all the time i check the cashier when im playing too see how much im up or down!!

lol yeah dont do that

[ShipItMehr]

Originally Posted by BreakYaNeck

You use really good bankroll management thats for sure. Cant really look at how much you are winning/losing though as long as you are playing well. Just keeping making +EV decisions and in the long run things will even out and go your way. I use to be the same way like continuing to refresh cashier and now I never look. Just have to get use to getting owned every once in a while :P. It happens to everyone

Yeah you are right, thanks man I'm going to not look at the cashier.....I experimented with this a while back and I think I was making better decisions, not sure why I stopped :S And yes I admit it, I got pwned, yippee

[reivas]

What should be on my hud if i am playing HU?

[BreakYaNeck]

Originally Posted by reivas

What should be on my hud if i am playing HU?

Whatever you want. Most people customize their HUDs to include specific things they look for while playing

[reivas]

Originally Posted by BreakYaNeck

Whatever you want. Most people customize their HUDs to include specific things they look for while playing

What are the most important things to look for HU?

[BreakYaNeck]

Originally Posted by reivas

What are the most important things to look for HU?

sb vpip
bb vpip
3b %
fold to 3b %
4b%
fold to 4 bet %
Cbet%
fold to Cbet%

These are common and popular ones to construct a HUD. Also would include flop aggression, turn aggression, and river aggression

[Lovefish]

c/r and fold to c/r on flop.

[alteolga]

Played 300000 Hands 6max 2010, getting into HU 2011 and want to shift more and more to HU over the year.

Have two Questions that came up in my first HU Sessions regarding one Player Type.


1. Villain limp/calls 99% of his Range on the BU. Minraises every 20 Hands.
How does this affect my BB Raising Range and my Cbet range? when hes loose Postflop but also raises my cbets light for Value (TPweakKicker Type). With what range should i checkraise ?

2. How to adjust against Villains who call 100% OOP preflop (never 3bet) are loose postflop and mindonk always into me. How does this affect my Button raising range ?

These player types give me trouble, i have a hard time get paid off with good made hands and probably are too loose against them pre.

[Lovefish]

1. cbet and c/r range depends on how villain reacts to them.
2. open to 4BB and 5BB with top of your range, it also depends on how he reacts and his post flop play. Take mindonk as a check (well I fold to them sometimes if my hand is a completely trash and don't wanna cbet). If he's donking a lot and u feel lost and losing a lot by folding to them, tighten up your range pre, cbet bigger (in this case raise bigger).

[tneva82]

Decided after long while try headsup cash game. As I'm pretty new I have very little idea of reqular lines/stats/etc. So to help categorising villains how to identify fish/decent player(at my stakes I don't expect to face stellar players though then again I'm not good HU player either so no reason to get cocky quickly? What should I be looking forward?

ATM I'm looking simply huge vpip/pfr gap, high call open from BB, high limp from SB and then either high pfr from BTN and high fold to 3bet or high pfr from BTN and very low fold to 3bet. Also ridiculously high pfr/aggressions are key though those aren't neccessarily ideal opponents I would like to play yet.

Any other tips for categorising players? I'm big fan of table selection and while challenging yourself is important I rather do basic training in HU vs the bad players than try up against best players of my(albeit small) stakes rightaway

Also if there's good basic primer for HU play wouldn't mind if somebody links to it.

Thanks.