Yes, it's normal. Most or all of most players' win comes from AA.

And (from another point of view) most or all of most players' loss comes from play in the blinds.

Can anyone recomend a decent euro poker room for HU SNGs? micro + low stakes?

thanks

the implied odds requirements for sc's are very similar to pp's, actually. there's an amazingly good analysis in the archives you should check out. They require more thought to play postflop, because they'll flop a lot more complicated spots than just "set or no set".

"Sophisticated" players aren't simply calling with these hands though. Very villain-dependent, they'll be 3betting with a lot of these same hands but folding others, and you should be thinking about this too. The days where you could passively mine for monsters and expect to get paid are mostly over.

What does ido mean?

(yes googled it)

and what does QFT mean?

ldo (that's an L, not an I) = Like duh, obviously. Usually used in a sarcastic sense.

QFT = Quoted for truth.

Beginners Forum Frequently Asked Questions

Thankyou sir

What do these terms mean?

-backwards shove and fold equity?

I know what equity is.

How do you play heads up against ~50/10 fish?

So many times I reach 1v1 in a SNG to face some passive player that always seem to suck me out. I bet aggressively almost with air and blind steal a lot. The times I get tripped up is if I get called or even 3 bet (and I've caught him doing this on bluffs). So even as passive as my opponent is, he seems capable of bluffing minimally...no idea how to approach these players

I'm so terrible lol

Especially when the blinds are a big portion of your stack, you will save yourself a lot of trouble by min-raising instead of 3xing when heads up. Of course this depends on the opponent - if he calls the min-raise really wide then raise more with your value hands of course, but a lot of people will fold to the min-raise just as much as they fold to a 3x so give yourself a better price. You can also probably limp all sorts of things if he's playing passively.

HU play is really its own extremely complicated animal. I would suggest playing some HU SNG's or at least browsing around on that forum to get some idea of how to play it.

But to get you started, I think changing up your bet sizing based on the opponent and stack sizes will help a lot (ie, if he 3bets you a lot you might want to minraise instead of 3x preflop, likewise if stack sizes are getting small relative to the blinds).

Also, as a general rule of thumb, play very tight OOP (when you're the BB) and aggressively IP (when you're the SB/have the button).

And don't be afraid to give him a pot now and then. If you 3bet preflop and you totally miss the flop but the flop really hit his range, there's nothing wrong with not cbetting and just check/folding and giving up on the hand. Doing this every now and then will make him think you're staying honest, which will keep him nice and passive and easy to play against. (this is assuming pretty deep stacks though.... if you 3bet with 10bb's left, for example, it should probably just be a shove, or you should plan to open shove any flop)

FE is the % of the time someone will fold to your bet

RFE (ReverseFoldEquity) is the % OTT someone will call your bet.

Dont know what backwards shove is

Ummm, no.

When the blinds are large compared to your stack when head up, you should be playing jam-or fold. Memorize the jam-or-fold table. Or at least keep a copy by your monitor as you play.

Thanks for the advice, I'll head over and read up on HU forum. I find it gets a lot tougher in SNG as the field narrows down.

Also when you mention
"Doing this every now and then will make him think you're staying honest, which will keep him nice and passive and easy to play against"

I might be underestimating these players because they don't think. Most of the time I have a ton of fold equity betting with air, and when I do get value hands, I never get paid off. But thx again, I have to read up as HU is a whole different game.

Well sure they don't think, but they are still going to notice that you're betting every single hand and are going to start playing back at you.

If you can get them to fold, then do it. Just try to be aware of what your opponent is feeling like. Even the worst player in the world is going to eventually get frustrated with you and start playing back, and this makes them harder to play against. It also puts them out of their element, as they prefer being passive, and good players are able to take advantage of this.... But I'm not that good and neither are you most likely, so I prefer to just keep them passive and thinking, "man, he must just be getting really lucky!"



Well, it depends on stack sizes obviously. It's usually not optimal to play push/fold until you're under 10bb's or so, IMO. I see some people 3x'ing in the 10-20bb range, and this is just awful because you're going to get shoved on a lot with hands that can't necessarily call a shove, so the 2x raise allows you to raise/fold preflop more easily.

It's obviously villain dependent, but if you're playing shove/fold with 20bb's left HU you're burning money imo.


(to the original question asker) The push/fold chart he's talking about is called NASH - here's a link http://www.holdemresources.net/hr/sngs/hune.html

Nash is kind of another animal in itself and there's plenty of info if you search the forum.

I have both the trial versions on poker tracker 3 and hold 'em manager. I really like the programs but when I am playing in certain spots on tables on pokerstars the stats box will get in the way of my hand so I either have to strain through the stats box to see what my hand is or turn the program off. It can be a different spot if I have a different table background and I really hate having to strain and look to see what cards I have. Is there a way to fix where the stat boxes show up on these programs so they don't get in my way?

You can move the stat boxes, and you can reduce the size of the font which will reduce the size of the box.

You can also adjust the opacity of the box, making it easier to see through.


--klez

What forums would I ask about scripts that replace the standard Stars player stat boxes (Name and remaining chips)?

How do I unmark a marked hand for review in PT3?

Software


--klez

How do I post a picture that I have on my computer on a post?

How to change avatars and post pictures

Can you tell my how? I am trying to move the box in with hold em manager and I can't find any options and it when I am click on the stat boxes, I can't find anything either. If I double click on a stat box it turns red but I still cant move it anywhere.

In HEM, right click on the stat box—and hold the button down— and you can move it around.

It's probably the same in PT3, but I don't remember.


--klez

Whoah, Bettie Page!

Ok i sussed it by spending more than 4 seconds lookingn at it.