$100 H2H

Lately i have only been playing heads up mainly because of two reasons: they don´t take too much time and they are really enjoyable.
I play mostly $20 and $30 buy in, and sometimes $50. I was showing a good profit so i decided to try a $100 one, and here are the results. I was going to post only the last hand (i want to discuss it), but i decided to post the whole thing so you can get your own reads and make comments considering the opponent style (althought it was a extremely short match), and also you can critize any move you think that was incorrect.

I want your opinions on two specific hands: the last and the second one.
In relation to the last one, was my flop reraise too short? Did i take too much risk on the turn?
In relation to the second one, was my turn check really weak?

Well, it´s late here so i´m going to give my own opinions about the hands after i read a few replies.

Good going, JL. I play around $50 most of the time but have played a few $100 games. The igher you go up, the more aggressive the players seem to be.

He was oviously trying to bluff you out of the pot on the last hand. With your call, he knew you must have had a hand but decided to take a shot on the inside straight he picked up on the turn.

Ready through the hand analysis, I think you played most of the hands pretty well, I would have played most of them the same

If you can show a good return on the $100 HU games then stick there. The players can be quite loose aggressive and there is money to be made, especially as your game is tight-aggressive. Having the ability tp pick up a read on a player HU is a massive advantage, certainly more of an advantage than if it was a full table

Well played

The last hand you played fine - you let him dig himself into a big hole that he couldn't get out of. I know what the river would have been if i was playing him

2nd hand, i wouldn't worry about analysing hands like this - if he's "outplayed" you, he's only won 60 chips. I'd tell myself he had an Ace or a 9 and get onto the next hand - you made one bet which he called, so i reckon he had an ace, but it's not worth risking more chips to find out that early.

I think you played that last hand just fine.

I play the odd head's up match periodically, but I've decided to stop until such time as I make it a focus or the subject of a 100 game challenge or something.

One time when I wandered into a Stars $100 HU, I found myself playing against a guy with the screen name Tom McEvoy. It took me about 5 hands to realize that Tom McEvoy is on Team poker stars, and that his screen name is Tom McEvoy. Uh oh.

Anyway he basically made me look like an idiot and cleaned my clock. Maybe I'll dig out the highlights one of these days. Very classy guy, though, and a worthwhile learning experience.

very nice game, JL
The way I see it, you dominated him the few hands you played, and he obviously wanted to take a stand that last hand. Bad timing on his part
I think the last hand was played fine - your flop raise was perfect size IMO.
As for the 2nd hand, I don't know if I'd call your turn check weak but I could definitely see following up with another bet being a decent option, though checking is fine, as there're just too many hands that are ahead of you there.
I'm actually surprised at how passive villain was. You just about completely dominated him. Nice job JL; keep up the good work

Beriac said:

I think you played that last hand just fine.

I play the odd head's up match periodically, but I've decided to stop until such time as I make it a focus or the subject of a 100 game challenge or something.

One time when I wandered into a Stars $100 HU, I found myself playing against a guy with the screen name Tom McEvoy. It took me about 5 hands to realize that Tom McEvoy is on Team Poker Stars, and that his screen name is Tom McEvoy. Uh oh.

Anyway he basically made me look like an idiot and cleaned my clock. Maybe I'll dig out the highlights one of these days. Very classy guy, though, and a worthwhile learning experience.

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Missed this the first time around...wow! What an experience that would be. Try and find that HH - that would be quite the read