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07-12-2008 , 05:21 PM
One of my biggest leaks i think is blind play.

Assuming i'm either SB or BB and its been folded to us, I find myself kindly folding my sb a lot of the time to the BB and I find the SB more frequently raising my BB. Now obviously, thats a general statement and everything happens, but I really tend not to know what to do in these situations. Is there a generalized method / previous post explaining how best to deal with this 1v1?
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07-12-2008 , 07:49 PM
It depends on your opponent, but generally you have to loosen up and keep opponents on their heels in blind battles to prevent them from just running you over. You have to raise/re-raise more often than you probably are doing imo. Check Sklanksy's books on this, think he covers it in detail.

...or if you're playing live, just chop when you get the chance
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07-13-2008 , 01:31 AM
I'm with Johnny. Every poker book has a section for just this topic. As my name isn't on any of them, my best advice is to say 'study the experts.'

As far as brick and mortar - I feel it's just bad karma to not chop if given the opportunity. I've twice (recently) seen pocket A's refuse to chop and just get their butts handed to them. It doesn't matter what my cards are, if the situation arises, I chop.

In fact, offering a chop and then showing a monster to the BB after they accept always seems to buy me an extended period of goodwill at a table (which I take advantage of in other ways).
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07-13-2008 , 02:00 AM
First of all, you're asking the wrong players. Even 6-handed players are often quite weak heads up.

Second, aren't you basically asking "how do you play heads up?" I mean, it's a little broad, isn't it?

Try reading the short-handed forums. Then BE... aggressive... B... E... aggressive.

good luck.
eric
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07-13-2008 , 09:14 AM
IMO, Stox's book covers this best.
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07-13-2008 , 10:52 AM
understand that when an aggressive player raises on the button you have to call often enough that he doesnt show an automatic profit.

second, you have to then continue past the flop often enough that his flop bet doesn't show an automatic profit. think about the pot odds and the minimum equities required to make calls given those odds.

you need 35% equity to call from the bb. there's your starting point. as stated, there are many books/articles that have covered this topic. go out and do some research. get stox's book, "winning in tough hold em games". it's covered in that to a certain extent. that's where i got the 35% equity number, fwiw(i think). besides that, wait until my book on blind play comes out next year.
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