Katyushka4
Visionary
Silver Level
Thats a really hard position to be in. In that situation I only play premium hands cause thats all you can do. Oh, you could also try a prayer to the poker gods.Every hand or through just put all-in. On my raise opponent do re-raise with any garbage on his hands. As a result, it arrives and I lose a duel. How better to build the game in this case? (SNG game, hads-up, $3.50)
don't know why people think these types of players are the easiest to face HU, the easiest to face HU are obviously the passive tight opponants who just give you the game without any real risk. playing against anyone aggressive HU is much tougher...
we dont have to get as much value from our hands because they are giving us a tonne of value preflop by folding too much. This also allows us to basically take every pot with a low board texture, and makes them much easier to read. so i guess it depends on what your definition of TAG or tight is in HU poker, but if he's folding say 40-50% of his buttons it's game over when i'm raising 100% of my buttons.These types of players are only the most ideal players to play against when we are catching cards, if not they can be very deadly! Just as catching cards against a TAG player just means we aren't getting any value out of our hands.
My limited experience with these has been to fight fire with fire, especially during high blinds at the end of a 9-player SnG. I've found that players who shove almost every hand when they're first to act will often be reluctant to call if you do the same. You're guaranteed second place money no matter what, in this situation if somebody wants to play for stacks I'm going to do likewise. IMO it's better to go down swinging than losing all your chips to the blinds anyway.
A HU SnG is a very different situation, especially when you're faced with aggression right from the very start. Definitely open your range and don't play passively unless you're trapping, and don't let the opponent start pushing you around. You don't have to wait for premium hands, often one Broadway card is good enough to win in a showdown.