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 Home game tourney 1-on-1 strategy, Doc Hollywood, 11. Dec 2003 06:58 | ||
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| I play in a weekly, friendly $20 buy-in NLHE game. 2nd place gets money back, the rest goes to the winner. By no stretch of the imagination am I a great player, but I am at the point where I've got this game beat. For about 3 months now I've finished either 1st or 2nd, winning about 40% of the time. Almost every time the showdown is against a different person. Here's my question: Any suggestions on end-game, one-on-one strategy? Most of my success has come from hyper-aggressive, all-in type moves -- forcing opponent into decision for all his/her chips. But yesterday, for example, I flopped top 2 pair, went all-in, and was called with opponent's open-end straight. He hit it. I lost. So, I'm finding that my skills translate well to get to the "final table" but once there, luck is more of a factor than I'd like it to be. Also, since I have varying opponents, any tells or reads I have are harder because of the lack of consistency. People's games change so much once we hit one-on-one. Any suggestions for how to get over the hump and use my skill against their luck to win more like 75% of the time? Many thanks for any input. | ||
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| Re: Home game tourney 1-on-1 strategy, redsoxasu, 11. Dec 2003 13:59 | ||
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| I think you're going to find (as I did) that when it's down to two people, the person who attacks the most wins. This is especially true if the big stack is attacking the small stack. I will usually raise before the flop with any hand when im in the small blind. If you've got a good hand, you're probabally ahead anyways. If you have a weak hand, you're putting your opponent to a decision, and he may end up folding something better than what you would've have called HIS raise with. If you're significantly short stacked (i.e: 10% of the total chips), you best bet is to go all in and hope you've got the best of it, you're likely to be getting called with a hand where you're most likely even money. A lot of the times i see at my home games is that it when it's down to two it's a lot of limp-check-check-fold. Nobody is playing the person at this level. In fact, I find heads up the perfect place for playing the person. Eventually, either someone busts with thesecond best hand, or it comes down to a race between two hands. I guess I'd suggest aggressive, as people often try to limp heads up with strong hands in order to trap. It works sometimes, but often i see AA busted by someone who flopped two pair that wouldn't have stood a raise before the flop. | ||
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