Heads Up

Kamaldihnio

Still learning and wondering what would be the best way to improve my heads up game? Any tips or info.

Marq

play a lot and buy in full.
one tip is that headsup play allows you to control the size of pots in position a lot.
throw away **** out of position and raise a lot of pots in position, even with mediocre hands.
marginally good hands go up in
value a lot when you are in position headsup.
I think marginal calls are the key to heads up play. you can get a very good idea of somebody's game when you play them headsup because you they're in every pot.
headsup omaha is gerat value btw.

Ace2007

Marq wrote: »

play a lot and buy in full.
one tip is that headsup play allows you to control the size of pots in position a lot.
throw away **** out of position and raise a lot of pots in position, even with mediocre hands.
marginally good hands go up in
value a lot when you are in position headsup.
I think marginal calls are the key to heads up play. you can get a very good idea of somebody's game when you play them headsup because you they're in every pot.
headsup omaha is gerat value btw.

not bein smart marq, but wa is ***** when playin heads up?

Marq

I'm talking about when you get raised when you're out of position
there are plenty of hands you should throw away.

TommyGunne

I play a lot of low stakes HU and have been making a nice bit off them. I find the most profitable way to play is to play very very little out of position, and be very aggressive in position. I haven't found any books/sites that deal much or well with HU play, but I suppose that's because HH are very history dependent.
Position is incredibly important HU. There are very few playable hands from the BB.

ianmc38

there's a good article in this months 2+2 magazine on headsup play and also last months one covers preflop play pretty well.

play tight oop, you should usually raise or fold to a button raise and cold call very little.

OTB raise any playable hand , any pair, any connectos or 1 gappers, any 2 broadways, any 2 suited cards.

Most importantly study how your opponent plays and adjust accordingly.
Alot of SSNL hu players never adjust and play the same ABC strategy from start to finish which becomes highly exploitable.

CHD

The best way to do it is play the online low stakes sit and go heads up tables. Best way to improve, learn and develop your own heads up game.

mewso

What about relative stack sizes? I would think it would have a pretty significant effect on the positional plays. i.e. Low relative to opponent means more aggression required, big stack lead over opponent means tightening up or am I completely wrong.

RoundTower

no?