Friend of mine wants to start playing HU SnG's to make some money. He has some experience with microstakes MTT's, but has never played HU before.

Any specific recommendations for him ?

I'd say he should get a basic husng.com membership, watch all the beginner videos, then grind the $5's ? Or maybe start at $1's - but isn't rake there abnormally high or something like that ? Unfortunately, he doesn't have much money.

PM me ur friends messenger details and I will help him get started.

When playing an opponent who call many (like 70-80%) of my cbets but folds all his air to a double barrel, do I tighten up my pre-flop raising range? Also, should I check back my marginal showdown hands or my complete air or both or none on the flop? Does it matter whether he'll let me check down the hand or if he'll try to steal it on later streets when I shut down?

Is there any way to convert hand history from RPM to something I can convert for the forums

How often are you raising PreFlop? Take into account the structure of the board when you Cbet. ie is it a wet or dry board??

If he is calling your 70-80% cbets then he is a fish. I would definitely tighten up my PreFlop raising range if he is fishy. I would stab bluff very rarely at the dry flops and double barrel turns even less. Valuetown his ass with TPr and 2ndPr on the flop and turn if the board doesn't turn ugly. The turn bet i wouldn't make too big if I have 2nd Pr, just enough for him to call with worse. But see what he calls you down with, this will give you a better idea which type of hands to ValueBet.

I would stab with marginal hands ie BotPr or 2nd Pr weak Kicker on the flop if it is dry and check back if I dont improve.

Take note how he plays on the later streets if you do check and adjust accordingly. It depends what hand you have and what range of hands you can put him on according to the structure of the board. If he's a LAG fish the occasional Hero call wouldn't hurt.

$6 - PF question with 44

Probably a question only a fish would ask...not sure. I just remember reading that there is a low probability that one pair is up against another pf when it comes to HU

Villain is a reg, we played about 5 games together that day. In a previous game he called my bet with a FD OTB OTF, raised my bet OTT (about 3.5x), the river came a blank, I checked, he shoved into my 2 pair, obv I called and ended the match...and that was the 3rd hand.

10th hand, blinds are at 10/20

Hero's stack - 1540
Villain's stack - 1430

Hero Posts SB 10.00
Villain Posts BB 20.00
Hero [44] Raised to 40.00
Villain Raised to 100.00
Hero Raised to 340.00
Villain All In 1350.00
Hero?

why did u 4bet

I have to fold like 99% of flops (or peel them off reluctantly), and figured I'm most likely in a coin flip situation. Not sure if it's relevant, but it was a turbo match

If you're thinking like that, you should be snap calling the shove. You're 7.5 to 1 to hit a set so if you're folding all non set flops, you're folding ~86-87% of flops, not 99%. 4b/folding is horrible.

i think I played this hand bad... what do you think abt it?
my reads: he's a a fish (-15% roi in ~ 1500 hu), after 14 hands his bb coldcall is 50% and he's quite passive (1.2 af). Microstake regular speed husng.


IPoker Network No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t10.00/t20.00 Blinds - 2 players
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN/SB): t1780.00 89 BBs
BB: t1220.00 61 BBs

Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is BTN/SB with A J
Hero raises to t50, BB calls t30

Flop: (t100) 4 3 9 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t60.00, BB calls t60

Turn: (t220) 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (t220) 2 (2 players)
BB bets t165.00, Hero calls t165

i don't think he has a lot of 6s in his range... i had to two barreling the turn? i have to fold the river?

Only 14 hands in? or do you have any other history on the player?

I'm never 2 barreling the turn here against a fish, especially with a 5 rolling off.

56, 67, 57 definitely in his range, if he's a fish.

Has he potted any rivers before? Some fish just insta pot rivers when they miss draws so its possible he's done that with a missed flush draw, and being a fish not noticed that there is 4 to a straight on the board. lol

I would probably call here. But it depends on other history as you have only played 14 hands. 50/50 Pshhhh.

unluckily I don't have any other history... and i've never seen a showdown before this hand...
do you think that he could have 57, 67 in his floating range?

Just realised he didnt pot the river... lol.

If he is a fish definitely, but as you said you didn't have much history at the time. But the only way to get history is to showdown eh? A little more expensive then you would have liked... I would call... what did he have?

yeah, he's a HUGE fish

Indeed, I did not intend on 4b/folding. I called, villain turned over A5o.

I ran into a similar situation with 99s against a villain's QQs in another game. Is that a standard cooler or could a case really be made for folding? Do we always play pocket pairs aggressively like they are the absolute nuts pf in a turbo format? Or even reg speed for that matter

hi guys I have a question (mby very fishy lol ): is this a standard move in a 1$ husng turbo? I don't have a lot of reads but he 4bet/snapfolded another time (I had AKs)

Poker Stars No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t15.00/t30.00 Blinds - 2 players
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BTN/SB: t1225.00 40.83 BBs
Hero (BB): t1775.00 59.17 BBs

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is BB with T T
BTN/SB raises to t60, Hero raises to t150, BTN/SB raises to t360, Hero raises to t1775, BTN/SB calls t865 all in

Flop: (t2450) A 2 8 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: (t2450) K (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t2450) 4 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Yes veryyyy standard with early on / no real reads

hi guys,

how is the stat called at PT3 when the BB attacks my limp?

thx

Hey there, I'm flying a lot lately and wondering if anyone has any links to Hu sng strategy PDFs. Thanks

raise with previous callers (RWPC)

tho if ur making heads up hud...
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/18...d-pt3-1047640/

Hi all,

i just played a match, i am just unable to identify what kind of player this is. basically im trying to find out a strategy to beat these kind of players

seems like a hybrid? but not too spewy aggressive or passive callstation..

he would defend most of the time against my minbutton raise or 3x button raise and a couple of times he would min donk bet into me with top pair on 3 streets..

he seems to be opening about vpip is 40 and his pfr is 20%. his cbet on flop is 26%

an interesting thing to note is that whenever he limps on the button and if i check the flop, he would min bet with a very high frequency.

what would be the optimal strategy against this kind of player?

once in a limp pot, i tried to check on the flop with J pair good kicker and checked call him 2 streets only for him to river a Q

Hey, I had a quick question about the preflop raise sizes of HokieGreg. I remember in the beginning he makes it 3 times the BB, later 2,5 and then 2. Does anyone know the exact effective stacks he does that?

A few days ago I was talking to some friends about HUSNGs and I told them that 99 is much better than 88. Then this bud suggested that TT must then be much better than 99 but I disagreed with him. He asked for a logical explanation but I couldnt really come up with one. With experience I just feel that 99 is much better than 88.


What do you think, do you agree with me?

yesno

Yes, you agree, no you don´t think TT is much better than 99?