Heads up play.

#2 1st October 2007, 9:46 AM

Give author credit plz, unless you wrote that, in which case +rep.

#3 3rd October 2007, 9:37 PM

IMHO

I believe that the hand really begins after the flop when you are heads-up. This lends itself to the theory of playing a greater range of hands. So, unless the opponent has raised some huge amount, you should almost always call/raise pre-flop.

I would say that this is especially true if you are way ahead in the chip count.

just my humble opinion

#4 3rd October 2007, 9:43 PM

I love heads-up... I like to control the game... this may be beneficial or a problem in the long run... making bets as frequent as possible is my method... try and take it down whenever possible

#5 3rd October 2007, 11:33 PM

very imformative, one minor thing you forgot...

Patience-Being able to wait for a big hand before playing a big pot, you dont want to be calling your opponents all ins without a big hand. This also touches on the gap concept and requires some reads on your opponent.

What hand is a big hand against this opponent?? If he regularly gets all in with middle pair and top pair weak kicker then TPTK might be ebough.

#6 7th October 2007, 5:37 PM

When you get to HU play you should already have a read on your opponent. At this point in the match you are playing the player not the cards. If you don't know when to get away from a hand at this point in the match your going to lose. It's all perception at this point. You must learn to use this perception to gain an advantage on your opponent. All of the prefop betting is just a result of changing gears for me. I won't let my opponent breath. But trust me I know when to back off.

#7 8th October 2007, 3:50 AM

I like this article on heads up play better:

http://www.cardschat.com/heads-up-strategy.php

#8 8th October 2007, 7:05 AM

That is a good article............

#9 8th October 2007, 8:05 AM

Nothing pisses me off more in HU play than when my opponent concedes that he can't outplay me post flop, so he just starts folding/all in pre flop. Happens to me on a regular basis in my thursday night game. It normally doesn't affect my play much, but it still irritates me.

#10 8th October 2007, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by phatjose

Nothing pisses me off more in HU play than when my opponent concedes that he can't outplay me post flop, so he just starts folding/all in pre flop. Happens to me on a regular basis in my thursday night game. It normally doesn't affect my play much, but it still irritates me.

Use that information to your advantage. I love it when people play me that way. I get there money.

#11 8th October 2007, 11:11 PM

Oh trust me, I use it to my advantage. I played saturday night with a few people from my thursday night game. Went to heads up and the chip leader was about 2.5x my chips. I ended up dominating him and won in about 7 or 8 hands as he just had no answer for what I was doing. Like I said, it's just irritating, doesn't really affect my play.

#12 8th October 2007, 11:44 PM

Nice Post 111. I play alot of head-up and your approach to the game is very close to my own. I don't see any point in us ever facing eachother.lol
GL

#13 9th October 2007, 4:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Four Dogs

Nice Post 111. I play alot of head-up and your approach to the game is very close to my own. I don't see any point in us ever facing eachother.lol
GL

Your no fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#14 13th October 2007, 5:06 AM

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Originally Posted by awt420

good article i hope it helps

L4et us know how it works out for you................

#15 4th December 2008, 12:59 AM

I like your advice a lot. Could you tell more about your experience starting to play HU. Did you read any books on that? What books/articles would you recommend?

#16 8th December 2008, 3:46 PM

Playing HU is much more about tells in my opinion...you need to enter in your opponent's head and try to realize whats his style, of course u need time to make a read on him, so i try to play a little agressive in the beggining of the session just to know how good my opponent is...

I saw an interview with Patrick Antonius when he was talking about HU, I dont know if im able to put the link here...but he just said the same thing you guys posted here.

#17 8th December 2008, 4:51 PM

Just started playing in those fulltilt HU freerolls so your advise couldn't be more timely. I have always played the cards and am just now starting to pay a little more attention to the competition.

#18 8th December 2008, 9:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phatjose

Nothing pisses me off more in HU play than when my opponent concedes that he can't outplay me post flop, so he just starts folding/all in pre flop. Happens to me on a regular basis in my thursday night game. It normally doesn't affect my play much, but it still irritates me.

I love playing people like that. You can just sit back and wait and get all the money in the middle when you have them dominated.

#19 8th December 2008, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by vanquish

Give author credit plz, unless you wrote that, in which case +rep.

http://www.badweatherplayers.com/BADWEATHERPLAYERS.html

He has copyright on it, according to the page...

#20 9th December 2008, 10:36 PM

I dont know if you guys has already saw this interview: http://www.cardplayer.com/tv/3-strategy/32833
Great toughts about HU's play.

#21 9th December 2008, 10:42 PM

imo, any pair heads up is good, especially top pair

#22 9th December 2008, 11:20 PM

Thank you..it helps..Great Post
Take Care Ray

#23 10th December 2008, 7:42 AM

In heads up , you need be Hyper agressive i think. XD. if u are passive, u will be lost. In heads up u need take the control of the game.

#24 10th December 2008, 9:14 PM

There's a brilliant article that cowpig's wrote about momentum shifting and what it really means in heads up game. I suggest everyone reading it, for its a definite eye opener.
http://www.deucescracked.com/article...formation-Game

#25 10th December 2008, 10:03 PM

Interesting article - what's a WCP?

#26 11th December 2008, 6:30 PM

in heads up you can play like this or that but often there will be equal stack parity after playing it some amount of time. so then the blinds are so high that luck is a big factor. so you cant just wait for best hands. ist important to be agressive but a good opponent will cause an allin if it happens too often so you have to take the chance the game gives you. if somebody plays like hyperagressive you go allin no matter what if you have somehow good hand. cause in headsup a hand with an ace or king is much more worth than in a tourney or cash games.

#27 11th December 2008, 6:42 PM

I get my best results by pissing my opponent off. (bet, raise, bet, re-raise) Then I can usually catch him on one of his/her frustration pushes.

"He can't be getting that many hands..."

Once they start pushing, it's just a matter of time.

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#28 11th December 2008, 7:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spacemiu

There's a brilliant article that cowpig's wrote about momentum shifting and what it really means in heads up game. I suggest everyone reading it, for its a definite eye opener.
http://www.deucescracked.com/article...formation-Game

lol wow i know cowpig in real life

#29 13th December 2008, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoWuckingFurries

Interesting article - what's a WCP?

I've seen this reference in lots of places and when I searched for it, in 2+2, it said it means Wicked Chops Poker- and that it is a blog. But I still dont get what it means in this context. so someone knows can enlighten may be?

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanquish

lol wow i know cowpig in real life

so is he handsome?

#30 13th December 2008, 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spacemiu

I've seen this reference in lots of places and when I searched for it, in 2+2, it said it means Wicked Chops Poker- and that it is a blog. But I still dont get what it means in this context. so someone knows can enlighten may be?

World Class Player, maybe?

#31 14th December 2008, 12:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spacemiu

so is he handsome?

looks a lot like me actually

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