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 Heads Up?, TryNotDO, 6. Aug 2003 16:54 | ||
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| I am fairly new to poker in general (about one year). I have been playing sit N go tournaments at party and getting 2nd and 3rd regularly. But 1st is rare. I could use a little help with heads up strategy. Thanks | ||
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| Re: Heads Up?, stdioh, 6. Aug 2003 17:06 | ||
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| It is as much art as it is science. Be careful not to wildly overbet the pot when the blinds haven't put you into desperation. Semibluff a lot on decent draws, but not with massive bets. Most importantly, adjust your play to match and beat your opponent. If he is agressive as hell and bluffs all the way along on hands, then trap when you flop something huge. If he's weak then raise maniacally a lot. If he's a big fan of the checkraise, bet fewer hands in position. If he never checkraises, play everything for value in position. Basically it takes practice and deeper understanding than early tournament play. A computer could do a very good job of playing a tournament and getting in the money, but only a human (currently) has the savvy to play a no-holds-barred heads up freeze out well. It also helps to be lucky :) | ||
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| Re: Heads Up?, JaggedEj, 7. Aug 2003 09:00 | ||
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| stdioh is definately right. When you play heads up you play so many hands with 1 person very quickly. You can detects patterns and tendencies from ALOT of people. If you semi bluff and are aggressive when the blinds are valuable. Your opponent is often times weak and they defer to you. But beware of being trapped. No need to bet the farm to steal. I check to the river often, and opponents decide they can put up huge to steal and I catch them. The key really is to concentrate on your opponent and not your cards | ||
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| Re: Heads Up?, pt_Gatsby, 7. Aug 2003 09:13 | ||
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| The best way is to get a couple of people to practise against with play money - I do so at pokerstars, and had to in order to learn heads up without losing a fortune. If you want to practise, a good way is to sit down with chips ~equivalent to what you would be using in a tournmanent (eg: if you normally find yourself 1v1 at 150 or 200 blinds, and are sitting at a 5-10 table, just bring 25, or 250-300 to the table. It emulates the pressure factor overly well...) | ||
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