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 Constant all-ins when heads up, fourstar2000, 15. Sep 2003 13:38 | ||
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| I was playing in a NL SnG last night and for the first time in a long time, I amassed a big chip lead with about 6 players to go (usually I'm grinding away with a medium stack). I caught the nut flush on the turn and trapped another player into betting large amounts on the turn and river. After doing this, the player wrote that he'd be getting all his chips back and seemed intent on gunning for me. Sure enough, the two of us get heads up. I had just under 9000 in chips and he had about 4500. We went back and forth for a while. He would win a couple of small pots and I'd come back and win a bigger pot. Then he went all-in on a hand. I didn't really have anything so I folded. Next hand, same deal. He proceeded to go all-in 6 times in a row before I finally called on the 7th hand. With the blinds being 300-600 and an ante of 50, by the time I called one of his all-ins, he had the chip lead on me. I won the hand and was back to around 9000. But the all-ins continued. I called another one a few hands later and lost. A few hands after that I called again and was knocked out. How would you deal with a situation like this? It was costing me 1000 every two hands when I folded. Most of my cards weren't very good, but I finally called on a few of my better hands (king high, aces were not to be found). Is it just a crapshoot at this point or was this good strategy? Was I outplayed and didn't realize it? I kind of felt robbed at the end. I just wasn't sure how long I could wait on cards in this situation. | ||
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| Re: Constant all-ins when heads up, EC, 15. Sep 2003 13:47 | ||
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| You got outplayed. It is basically a crapshoot, but if he can go all in 6 times in a row and you never call, then clearly he found a weakness he was able to exploit. Remember that your starting standards must become much, much looser when heads up, and I promise you he didn't have great hands all 6 of those times. Crapshoots can just as easily work in your favor. Don't let him smack you around, hit him back regularly. Eli on 15. Sep 2003 13:38 fourstar2000 wrote: > I was playing in a NL SnG last night and for the first time in a long time, I > amassed a big chip lead with about 6 players to go (usually I'm grinding away > with a medium stack). I caught the nut flush on the turn and trapped another > player into betting large amounts on the turn and river. After doing this, the > player wrote that he'd be getting all his chips back and seemed intent on > gunning for me. > > Sure enough, the two of us get heads up. I had just under 9000 in chips and he > had about 4500. We went back and forth for a while. He would win a couple of > small pots and I'd come back and win a bigger pot. Then he went all-in on a > hand. I didn't really have anything so I folded. Next hand, same deal. He > proceeded to go all-in 6 times in a row before I finally called on the 7th hand. > With the blinds being 300-600 and an ante of 50, by the time I called one of > his all-ins, he had the chip lead on me. I won the hand and was back to around > 9000. But the all-ins continued. I called another one a few hands later and > lost. A few hands after that I called again and was knocked out. > > How would you deal with a situation like this? It was costing me 1000 every > two hands when I folded. Most of my cards weren't very good, but I finally > called on a few of my better hands (king high, aces were not to be found). Is > it just a crapshoot at this point or was this good strategy? Was I outplayed > and didn't realize it? I kind of felt robbed at the end. I just wasn't sure > how long I could wait on cards in this situation. | ||
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| Re: Constant all-ins when heads up, SmellsLikeVictory, 16. Sep 2003 12:48 | ||
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| Like the other poster said, he found a weakness in you and exploited it. I've had the same thing happen to me. Basically you're going to have to suck it up and call him down and roll the dice. What to call him with? This link might help you: http://www.gocee.com/poker/he_ev_pe.html This shows the equity of any hand vs a random hand. If he keeps raising you all-in every time, he's basically doing it with random hand. So you want to play hands that have a pot equity above 50%, maybe a little better than 55%. Essentially, any A, any pair, any two face cards, Kxs, some Qxs. Consult the chart for further details. | ||
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| Re: Constant all-ins when heads up, tpir90036, 16. Sep 2003 21:19 | ||
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| he probably realized that he couldn't out play you straight-up and was trying to turn it into a coin flipping contest. which, to his credit, isn't a bad idea. if he only has a 20% chance of beating you in poker....he might have gained as much as 30% in equity by just moving in on you every time and turning it into heads or tails. the only real way to combat this is grit your teeth and call with something that has any sort of decent chance against two random cards. if he is literally doing it *every time*, then it is safe to classify his hands as "random". if someone did this against me i would call with any ace, any pocket pair or any two cards 9 or above. assuming his hands are everything and anything you will make out in the long run. of course in this example there is no long run...but you get the idea. good luck!! | ||
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