^^ Thanks for the reply NicholasJ

I raise pre-flop vs. the villain that makes oversized 3bets. (Basically they are usually 4xing my open instead of 3xing)

Most of the players that are doing this to me are 4xing because I switched my open from 3X to min raising because they are 3betting 25%+

I was thinking that I can tighten my 3b calling range because I have less implied odds?

Would there be any general adjustments to my 4b range vs. this player?

Is there any active small stakes skype strategy group? I would like to join with one.

For someone that wants to Play huplo and nlhe hu cash games(50$+), whats the best way to grow the br and practice? Play 6max plo and holdem cash game till I hit a good br, and so i get used to deepstack Play, or hu sng regular speed, so i get used to hu Play but not to 100bb+ Play??

Hey guys.I have one question.How do you do hand reading and in HU .I think most important is a history with opponent,but by statistics HEM,PT ?In HU ?And how do you do ? Do you say,for example : I have AA on flop K Q 2 rainbow.Im worse only with KK,QQ,22,K2,Q2 BUT i think before flop he didnt re-raise me,i think he cant have KK,QQ and K2 and Q2 are so bad cards he folded and im worse only by 22 and KQ.And i think he can have 22-99,56-KQ etc ? OR how do you do this ? I start with this and i dont know so much ,thanks a lot for answers THANKS

ugh, hate flops like this. What is your plan for the hand against a winning reg less than 10 hands into the match and this being my first 3bet? I feel like both checking and betting the flop put me in tough spots where I make mistakes on the turn or to a flop raise.

BTN: 100 BB
Hero (BB): 106.52 BB

Pre-Flop: T T dealt to Hero (BB)
BTN raises to 3BB, Hero raises to 9.4BB, BTN calls 6.4BB

Flop: (18.8BB) 6 6 J (2 Players)

Hi guys.I have question about calculate equity.I know how calculate it,but i cant make it when i play.I dont catch up it in time.How have to make it ? Is it question training ? Or i have to calculate this after session in pokerstove and in future i will remember % ? I dont know...Thanks guys !!

yeah training. work in programs like stove and then eventually itll come naturally

Hello Guys,

I have some questions and hope you guys could help me out. I've been out of poker since 2 years, not playing very serious in that time. I used to be winning 6max player 1/2nl but I know times have changed and games got tougher. I want to get back in poker, playing a couple of hours a day and am interested in HU because I love it and think it could be something I can win at.

I'm going to start at 50NL (Stars) with a $2k bankroll.

Some questions about preflop game.

1: I looked up the biggest winners at PTR and saw most big winners open around 89% of their SB's. Is this a good range to start with?

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2: And the same for 3bet range, seems to be around 15-25%, are this good ranges to start with against unknowns?

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Hope you guys can help me with these 2 questions, and if you guys have good material to read, please let me know!

1. You can start opening 100% and see how he reacts. If he isn't 3betting much or defending enough you can keep opening almost any hand. Can't go wrong folding your bottom 10% though.

2. 15-20% is quite standard. More than that can be tricky to play postflop if opponent is competent and you are new at HU.

the 89% is obv just an average, as pokerman said, look to open 100% buttons versus anyone early, then tighten up if villain is 3-betting you alot.

3-betting is also super opponent dependent, versus someone folding to alot of 3bet i chose to 3-bet alot of suited hands that can still flop alot of equity but aren't good enough to call oop with and premiums, but if opponent doesnt fold hands i will 3bet a much wider value range JQ+ 88+

And when I open, is that to 3bb or 2,5bb or maybe even 2bb against an unknown?

i usually start at 2.5x, if villain calls a lot oop or plays very passive straightforward postflop i make that at least 3x sometimes more versus big fish (although watch out some fish tighten up when you increase your preflop sizing) - if villain 3bets a lot i usually tighten up a bit from the button but try and keep it 2.5x, if villain is absurdly agro preflop and is 3betting more that 30% i min raise since you save a bb every 4 times you fold. obv i adjust to these by 4betting more bluffs (unless villain 5bet jams a wide range which i think is a tough play fwiw) and calling more 3bets with a wider range in position.

anyone know what sites offer 60%+ Rakeback and some occasional decent action HU ~ i play iPoker and Stars already, but wanna branch out so i have a BR on some more sites (since the iPoker action is pretty meh)

Here I'm gonna lead 90% of the time, and c/c the rest of the time depending on my opponent's aggression and recent momentum. Against a super LAG who has been trying to run me over, I am c/cing all the way. Against anyone else, I will be firing and will commit here, unless I face a ton of counteraggression from a player who's nitty, or an ace or king hits the turn. It will take a couple of barrels from anyone to convince me this flop hit them.

Added: You should love this flop. The likelihood that this flop hit your villain is thin, and it's a great spot for a LAG to bluff at you, allowing you to sit back and let him own himself.

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Not sure why you'd love that flop, a J is one of the most likely cards to hit a 3bet calling range, AJ, KJ, QJ, JT, J9s, J8s. Actually, it's probably the very worst card combo wise.

For ex, If you take a calling range of:

AQ, AJ, AT, A9s, A8s, KQ, KJ, KT, QJ, QT, Q9s, JT, J9s, J8s, T9s, T8s, 98s, 97s, 87s, 76s, 65s and 99, 88, 77, 66, 55, 44, 33, 22

Comes down to 213 combos, discounting flop cards. 54 combos hit the J, 25% of the calling range! So yea...obv it's better than AKQ, but it's not exactly the best high card possible either for TT.

Compare to that A66 flop, interestingly enough even though a lot of people I'm sure would hate that flop a lot more, villain has TP only 20% of the time.

On K66, only 16% of the time!


Edit: Actually forgot to discount the TT from the combos, it's even worse than that with J being the worst card with 27% TP, then a Q with 25% TP.

at what point in HU SNGs (turbo OR regular) is the rake too high?

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I want to try doing the whole poker thing properly, with serious bankroll management (I tend to lack discipline in this regard). With this in mind I am definitely not sufficiently rolled to play heads up NLHE cash on stars. In the past I've been tempted to play there seriously under rolled and enjoyed the highs and lows variance brings. I've tended to have some success too, thanks to table selection. I'd like a site recommendation (I'm in Europe so not overly restricted) where I can play start out playing 10nl, where there is good traffic and not too brutal a rake. I hope there is such a site as I find HUSNGs incredibly dull after playing 10+ in a session, and would rather not have to play them to build my bankroll for stars.

iPoker, ainec imo. You can get really good RB too.
If you're half-way decent, be ready to have a completely polarized opponent range, since 98% of regs are weak hit and run bumhunters, so you'll end up playing complete ******s or people who crush you.

Just been researching ipoker rakeback, apparently it doesn't exist? It is banned on their network. Instead 'vip' programmes are run in its stead

for someone that plays nl400 for a living whats good brm both for 6 max and for hu?

how game selective are you? battling tough regs hu? playing in tough 6m games?

game selection wont be something that i'd nit up over and wouldn't mind playing the tough 6m games

I'd say you'd need 100BI available if you're playing for a living, playing regs HU and playing in tough 6max line ups.

If you have a higher limit that you're really game selecting at, something like 40BI would be fine.