Am I bad at HU SnGs?

That is the question I ask myself after losing half my roll (a roll of 150$ dollars, I may add) on 5$ HUSnG's with a -26% ROI. I hate blaming things on variance, and I really want to become good at HU poker, but it's getting me down how I can't even beat 5$ SNGs. I really don't feel like playing if I keep losing like this, I feel something large is missing from my game, I'll post some hands here and hopefully someone enlights me about something.

i'm no expert but in the 3rd hand why are you raising crap hands like 35o and then giving up when you dont hit well (most of the time)? surely that's not +ev

You're right, I think I'm autopiloting too much and making bad plays.

Cbet that hand, you have no showdown value. Rest are standard

ugghh, why do I run bad/not play well when I move up...

All hands are pretty standard. Third hand could be good as well because that board hits almost all hands in a defending range, so a Cbet could be -EV.

@dogg: seems good against an agro this deep.

wasnt sure what to do this hand. Villain has been agrro in pos raising most buttons, cbetting, often followed another barrel. Called him down 2 barrels and he gave up river on dry a7xxx bored where he had air (qj). I hesitantly called his flop bet here, despite figuring he would fire again and that I would fold. Folding flop would have been weak more logical as opposed to that plan.

Poker Stars $6.00+$0.25 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t15/t30 Blinds - 2 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter By DeucesCracked Poker Videos

BTN/SB: t775 25.83 BBs
Hero (BB): t2225 74.17 BBs

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is BB with 4 A
BTN/SB raises to t60, Hero calls t30

Flop: (t120) 5 5 Q (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets t60, Hero calls t60

Turn: (t240) 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets t120,
I figure I most likely have the best hand here, and versus a lot of oppenents I'll float hoping they give up turn and showdown Ahi. Floating seems bad versus this villain. Would calling turn and folding most rivers to further agression have been viable? Maybe a check raise flop would have been better? Then what? cf turn? edit: Should also note I've been properly 3betting him so I don't think he will put many pocket pairs in my range here

call turn if he barrels often.

Putting in volume to combat variance resulted in -14 bi downswing. fml

Just looking for some reassurance. How likely is the fact that I have a -30%ROI after 60 games due to me not playing correctly rather than a downswing? Hard to stomach since I was on 10%ROI after 500 games on the previous stake.

Most likely a combination of a lot of bad luck and bad play/tilt. Either way you're running sick bad. -30% roi isn't even possible for a superbig fish.

Try to keep grinding but take regular breaks, especially if you're losing a lot. Good luck!

Thanks a lot for this. I'll take a break and then see how it goes before deciding whether or not to stay at this stake.

Not sure if this is appropriate in here, but I've talked with a couple husng players over msn and would like to add a few more if anyone wants to? It's already helped my game tremendously by just having some people to talk strategy, ask advice, etc...

You can PM me for msn/aim/yahoo or i'll PM you

just ssed myself for $1 super turbo. 150 games and down 31 buy ins for a -21% roi. What variance are you guys getting with these games?

I'm down 40 bi in the last 600 games

this may be a silly question but how do you cope with that kind of downswing???

In one of spamz HH review threads he responds to a hand:

Std obv. Cutoff here for getting it in would be like AJ+ 77+ here probably. 22-66 looks like a fold because his range can still consist of smallish-mid pocket pairs and he's calling a jam with those anyway if you ask me. AQ/AK/77-JJ i'd just jam i guess; QQ+ normal 3bet; AJ doubt between flat or shove; flattingrange would be like AT/KQ/KJ and the occassional AJ if i dont feel like jamming.


t15/t30 Blinds


BTN/SB: t1000 M = 22.22
Hero (BB): t2000 M = 44.44

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is BB with A 7
BTN/SB raises to t120, 1 fold



Why jam with the range he gives and 3bet with QQ+?

Because we think his range for calling a 3bet is larger than his range for calling a shove. For example he might call a 3bet with TJs but will most likely fold vs a shove. QQ+ dominates all those hands, so we like that they call. 99 on the other hand will be flipping against most of those hands so we like to take our fold equity.

Thanks Bear.

So we push AQo for fold equity, value vs worse hands and we don't want to play it OOP in a raised pot?

We 3bet QQ+ to either get it in preflop, or likely have the best hand post?

Yeah, pretty much. That's how I interpret spamz's words anyway.

3betting AQo instead of shoving might be more +EV than shoving it, and if you know it will be then by all means just 3bet. But AQo usually has less dominating equity against villain's range than QQ.

Hey guys, just started playing heads up and was wondering, What is a real solid %ROI for the low/micro 4 player HU tournaments? I am doing pretty well, but I think I am just running well. Like to know a realistic stat to shoot for once the dark poker clouds come rolling in. *also sorry if this has been answered a billion times, I searched but couldnt find anything.

suck it up princess

Another ? while I am at it. I recently started playing 4 person heads up and HM says I am up $82, but whenever i win the $8 two bucks are actually mine, so I am only actually profiting $6 is there any way to have HM account for my buy in during the times I win?

The $8 actually is your winnings because that $2 is no longer yours once you enter the tournament.

Also, with playing 4mans, HEM does this weird thing if you play on stars where it accounts for you winning even money if you finish the first table but lose the last. It really skews your winnings. You have to request the tournament summaries from the menu in stars and import into HEM to correct it.

4th hand
1st he mr i fold
2nd i mr he folds
3rd he limps, call 1 bet T63ss flop, folds to blank river bet

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, 102 Tournament, 10/20 Blinds (2 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Hero (SB) (t540)
BB (t460)

Hero's M: 18.00

Preflop: Hero is SB with 3, K
Hero bets t40, BB raises to t60, Hero calls t20

Flop: (t120) 2, 3, 10 (2 players)
BB bets t20, Hero calls t20

Turn: (t160) 10 (2 players)
BB bets t80, Hero calls t80

River: (t320) J (2 players)
BB bets t300 (All-In), Hero