How to play in a heads up

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I have a doubt with the heads up tournaments

As I understand the aggressiveness is essential


But with which hands should I raise preflop and not link anything postflop than to make a continuation bet?


To go up often preflop I do not give my opponent a chance to recover?
 
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Any King and ace you should be raising. Pocket pairs, suited connectors higher than 10. Heads up its harder to make a pair on a flop, so any pocket pair ur ahead pre flop, comes down to aggression and getting an early lead, once u take the lead chip away slowly on there but blind
 
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play hands that have a chance to make big stuff like suited and str8 type hands.. raise with your As and any group 3 hand
 
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It's a special kind of play. In general I play it loose and going to be agressive if any card hits me at the flop.
 
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HU is all about playing your opponent. It's important to be aggressive but more important to be able to adjust your game depending on your opponent. Play most hands on the button to be able to read your opponent and be more careful when playing out of position. I usually raise like 70-90% preflop on the button. If your opponent is super loose aggressive you could be a little tighter and if he is a very tight player you could raise almost every hand, also out of position. HU is all about trick your opponent into doing mistakes, so try to confuse him. Raise with bad cards and check with the nuts sometimes, vary your game. HU is a game of the mind that's why it's really fun to play! :)
 
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Thanks Guys

Now I understand the Heads up formulas better

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heads up is not my favourite game cause in the most hands none has good cards in his hand and usual it ends at the flop.so you have to be agressive and make your opponent beleive you have a good hand.
 
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If you are a leader - aggressive attack.
if your opponent is the leader - defend your stack.
If your game better - avoid at all-ins
 
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I play aggressively preflop. Chances are you opponent didn't hit anything in the pocket. An A or K is good enough for a major raise or push. I am not a fan of continuation bets should I miss, I will bet small, hoping he has totally missed.
 
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Play aggressively, there is only one opponent and it's hard to get a good hand and every hand you are in small blind or big blind so if you fold too many hands preflop you are going to lose your stack.
 
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Think, good one point to remember : in HU no any of cheap flop - for opponent !
Better show him : "ok, I can die here - but that will be very expensive for you !"
So, meet his raise with your 3bet !

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Life is short one - so hurry up by every second !
 
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Use the final position to take advantage. Play many hands.If you have a good hand in the after-flop, take advantage.
 
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In heads-up range of playable hands should be wider and much depends on the style of your opponent's game if he not agressive and you have to steal the blinds more often and not wait for a premium hand to come
 
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Can you clarify What is the speed of your heads up games (Normal, Turbo, hyper-turbo), and what nachalny stack (Dep stask or normal)?
by the fact that each case has its own strategy games
 
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Hello,
Try to open more hands , and try to bluf a lot , but be carefully with bluffs, and try to hit nice combinations against your opponent.
Its depends wich style have your opponent , and how he playing his hands.
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It is so easy mates .... just play to WIN every hand. SIMPLE IT IS.
 
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Any ace, regardless of the second card, is 52% or better to win against a single random hand. These are just numbers to help get your head around starting-hand requirements in heads-up versus a full ring. If you pushed all-in every time you had an ace heads-up you would not win 52% of the time or more.
The reason is simple: you don't get a call every time you push. You are almost guaranteed to get a call when the person has a hand that seriously dominates your own, and a fold when they have junk. The numbers in this article are just one way to help make you comfortable playing at the aggression level needed to dominate heads-up poker.
The better a player you are, the more aggressive you can be without being reckless. The more aggressive you can be as a heads-up player, the more often you'll find yourself winning the match.
 
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I usually play loose-aggressive. There is no need to rely on a very strong hand, heads-up requires frequent semi-bluffs. Aggression pre-flop will bring good profit. However, frequent bluff is better not to get involved. For an attack on all streets - needed a good reason.
But one of the main conditions - a study of the opponent's game.
 
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Heads up is more about your opponents hand than yours. Put them on 2 cards and go with instinct. Remember to push action and be the aggressor because in most cases you win the pot
 
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i play a big open range,will call to there raise, also mix ur O/R an they will be confused when ur holding the nut an top pairs
 
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Increase a little the bet with hands premiun is very motivating but in many occasions you may lose your raise or others that make you a strong resubida and you will see in difficult situations
 
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if you are against a tight player it is better to play aggressively, probably, in most cases it will be a novice.
 
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In a face-up heads-up, the main thing is to keep track of which cards your opponent plays more unequivocally, go or pair with an all-in pair is very productive, raise with A by hand, even with 76 89 54 this is fine with 37 28 It would be very risky
 
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Play the flop, if you hot equity bet, if not release and wait for a next hand. Do not bluff .
 
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Don't try to get too tricky post flop, and don't be scared of draws.
 
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