They names you mention are from Deuces Cracked. I'm sure you know and just mistyped, just pointing it out.

For SNG's you can check sharkscope and see how is in the top. For cash I dunno, big training site coaches like you mention are probably a good start if you wanna rail although I'm sure there are plenty of great HU cash players out there worth railing but who are unknown to most.

What is an attainable (or even the longterm best possible) winrate (#won/#played) for 5$ and 10$ regular HUSnGs at PS?

(sorry. if its asked the 100th time)

Ye DC for sure soz.

Ye i was thinking of sng's...

Found a few good ones on ipoker who are unknowns like +$50k.

Totally agree with you that there are a ton of great unknowns.

If i don't think i have a significant edge i quit them the moment i realise this. Sometimes an opponent starts off very different than their regular style and then nits it up or the other way around. I don't look too much into stats but just go by the way they play because some styles suit you and some don't. Like a semi loose preflop guy who is a huge nit postflop who according to stats seems loose (fishy)/weaktight but on 100NL he might not as profitable or you just don't play them very well (i know i don't) while your LAG/TAG opponent who might be more capable and according to stats decent but does suit your style because he might be more predictable and likes to gamble abit. Not all regs are good so i defintely don't quit them too soon but i am maybe alittle more cautious if i recognise their name.

For longest losing streak you might want to check that BBV Sharkscope thread (pretty hilarious by itself). For best winning streaks check out sharkscope i think they have leaderboards if that's what you are looking for.

bet pot flop/turn= leak?

i bet pot when i bluff,when i flop draw, when i have pair or set.

who play on ipoker 20$ here?

I don't like it unless you're really comfortable with marginal holdings in big pots. Whenever someone does it to me they seem pretty bad.

You should be cbetting the vast majority of the time, and a huge percentage of those cbets are going to be bluffs. The bigger you are betting the higher the percentage of the time your cbet will have to be successful. Thus, betting bigger than necessary may not be a leak in the sense that it is costing you chips directly, but it generally won't be optimal.

Another couple of Q's:

1) Over a sample of 26,000 hands at NL10 & NL25 HU (about 50/50) my profit from the BB is a significant amount larger than from the SB. What's up with this?

2) Second question is about aggression (and might be related to the first one). I am not really the most aggressive player, and don't have the feeling it's really necessary to crush my current limits. My roll is steadily increasing to the amount needed for 50NL but I feel this lack of aggression in my game will result in trouble once moving up to 0.25/0.50. Problem is, with most of the villains at NL25 being very loose/passive I just have to vbet hard and not bluff really frequently. Any recommendations on how to adapt a more aggressive style without risking to spew a load of dollars?

3) This might not really be the place for this question so my apologies in advance is this is the case. I'm thinking about subscribing for DC, but since I don't have a CC, this will be at least for 6 months and thus costing a significant amount of money (from my BR ofcourse). Should I do it?

Thanks in advance.

(edit: can post stats if necessary)

Recently started playing HU, been playing a few HU sngs.

I've read in some places that the rake at 50nl hurts a bit. Is it worth it to play this level over sngs if I'm just starting out?

Is building BR up with HUSngs in order to play 100/200nl bad?

Thanks,

CTB

What's your roll?

$1,300~

bump.

$1300 roll I'd recommend building your roll with hu sngs.

The rake at $50 NL is beatable but if you are not experienced with HU cash I think you are much better off grinding SNG's untill you have a roll big enough to play 100/200nl

Can anyone tell me how to figure out the % chance of having a losing day, if you are 10% ROI (55% win rate, excluding rake) player and play 100 games is.

so i want to start HU being a nl100 reg as i feel it gives me even more of an edge at 6max when im good at hu cashgames. i have absolutely no clue where to start..unfortunately. any help?

XST, use the cumulative binomial distribution to find out the probability of you winning at least 53 games (to beat rake).

1) Not really a big enough sample to mean much, I've had larger stretches where i've had the same thing happen and other stretches where it doesnt...I wouldnt worry about it for now

2) All depends on your opponent no matter what level you playing. If he's aggro and barrelling then def take a more passive route and just let him keep firing. If your opponent is weak/tight then you have to take the initiative and turn up the aggression. This is where Hand reading skills become very important.

3) DC is def worth it but I know they are RB affialites as well who will give you your membership for free if you join a site through them and generate enough rake. Maybe look into that

I'm kinda in the same boat
6max player looking to get into HU, but not sure where to start
Am rolled for $1/2, but don't want to start there




Also, FTP with RB or Stars as Supernova and using FPPs for bonus?

nova

Bump so its on the first page. Please use this for your quick questions that dont need their own thread or for general questions that you would like answered.

ok thanks, i bet less now and i think that help me to control pot when i catch draws and bluff cost me less.




i have another question:

how many time cbet against fish reg at low limit(and high stakes too)?

do you have stats about that?

profile: they call preflop oop a mini raise around one time of 3. They can adapt with float (or raise sometimes but not that much)on flop if you cbet too much.They are hyper nitty post flop and check always, but if they catch anything you can't bluff them even if you try to represent monster.Sometimes they can semi bluff,and they are very agressive with top pair bad kicker.

this kind of players are winners at 20$ 30$,they call too much oop and don't know how to fold if they catch for example two pairs(against obvious quinte or flush).I see big mistakes from them time to time on river.A lot of them are small losers at 50$ (around -1% ROI).

this nitty style (loose passive preflop but very nitty postflop) is more hard to play than cash, i don't know why? nitty style seem more profitable on HUSNG.

assume you have 2 strategy preflop:

-first you limp all the buttons and play 90% of hands (not at high level).It is hard to balance you range...

or

- you play like a cash game, fold crap hands and raise suited connectors,brodways with kicker 6+,all pairs,monster etc... the pot are bigger.

Hey everyone. I'm a newbie to HU (played just over 150 HU SNGs now with a ~60% ROI) and I would really want to get in touch with a poker buddy/coach to discuss hands with and to generally discuss poker with.

I read 2+2 and post occassionally but I really would like someone to talk to on MSN/AIM/Skype about poker... to improve my game, and hopefully yours as well.

PM me if anyone is interested.

I'm obviously confused about some of the terms. ROI is 12.61%, % in the money is ~60%.

I'm looking to start playing 50nlhu. Can't get RB at FTP and I can't get SN by the end of the year at PokerStars.

Any suggestions on where to go? I just checked Cake and it looks like they don't have 50nl.